Our friend , Diane Gubin, has a most interesting seminar coming up, Saturday, April 10th, from 9 A .M. until Noon.  The seminar is entitled “From Pens to Pumps.”   The show is hosted by Diane and co-hosted by Terri Turco Golden. Diane will advise on how to find employment in this very competitive job market.  [...]

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All right, so this is really tongue in cheek.  Well, sort of.   Having recently read an article on Yahoo News, entitled Marijuana Use By Seniors Goes Up As Boomers Age,  I couldn’t help but wonder what most employers would do if they find out through preemployment drug tests that their more senior executives are huffing [...]

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Employees will steal from you.   This is no secret.   Some employees will steal the small stuff like pens and paper.    Others will steal the more important things, like proprietary information and sensitive databases.   These are the things that can be embarrassing and costly, if stolen. According to The Sydney Morning Herald, a security guard was [...]

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I was reading a recent article about how WorkSafe in Australia  will be going to more than 40,000 employers to educated their employees on workplace violence and workplace bullies.   It is a pretty daunting task and one that takes awhile, as they interview staffers and provide training. This decision comes after one poor soul was [...]

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