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Canadian Researchers to Study the Effects on Males of Workplace Bullying

Workplace Bullying has been on the increase.  Not only in the United States, but in other countries as well, there are growing concerns about workplace bullying.  Nearly a third of the workplace experiences some form of workplace bullying.  Usually the infliction is psychological and not physical.  Nearly seventy percent of those who report workplace bullying […]

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Dangers of Workplace Bullying

I am old school.  I believe in dealing with bullies in general, the best solution is to kick their butts so they realize it is best not to bully people.   Over the years, despite all rhetoric to the contrary, in general that seems to get the job done. However, not everyone can fight a […]

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Social Media, the New Buzzword in Background Checks

Social media has created a new means of communication.  We can correspond with current friend and get in touch with old acquaintances and new people with whom we may share a common interest.  through social media we can comment on products and services and generally vent about our weekends, are lifestyle, our job, our manager, […]

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Social Media Background Checks Find “Stupid Girl”

Ere.Net, a web and blog site for employment recruiters, just published its top ten blogs of 2010.   Among the top ten, and deservedly so, was a blog post by Rich DeMatteo.     His post is entitled, Stupid Girl Loses Job Because of Facebook Post(how would you handle the situations as the employer?) DeMatteo doesn’t […]