Archive for May, 2009

Corra Group Client Selected for Red Herring 100 North America

Corra Group is pleased to announce that one of our clients, BlueNog, has been selected by Red Herring for its list of 100 North American Finalists.   We have been conducting background checks for BlueNog for sometime and know them as a consummate website management service. To be picked for the Red Herring 100 is no [...]

When You Pay Employees Not To Work Their Jobs

We all used to hear the stories about the mob run unions where underworld assets were paid union salaries for jobs they didn’t work.   Be it the longshoreman, construction, or waste removal it seemed there was always someone getting paid for not showing up.     This is all pretty outrageous and part of our lore, but [...]

Don’t Let Your Marketing Team Take You Out of the Game

It is no secret that when the economy is as bad as it is bucks for marketing and promotion are hard to come by.   Even when the economy is upbeat  it can be difficult  to increase the marketing and advertising budgets.    But when sales are off and because of a recession there are no [...]

Which Employers are Laying Off Because of the Economy, and Which Are Just Cleaning House?

Not every employer is laying off its workers.  In fact, some are hiring new employers.   Despite the economy, according to the New York Times, while 4.8 million people were laid off from their jobs, there were 4.3 million applicants who were hired in the same period.   I realize this leaves the employment shortfall at close [...]