As of June 23, 2011, all cities, all counties, and private employers with at lest 25 employees in North Carolina are required to use the federal government’s E-Verify program to verify the work authorization of newly hired employees.

Remember when political opponents attacked California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman over the social security no-match letter she received in the early 2000’s regarding her maid? Many employers may have wondered just what those letters were all about, because for the past three years, the Social Security Administration stopped sending them out. As the saying goes, [...]

Anyone using LinkedIn knows that one of the steps to a complete profile is to ask people for recommendations. These recommendations can be very valuable in a job hunt because about 75% of hiring managers check LinkedIn to research the credentials of job applicants, according to a recent Jump Start Media poll.

This blurb on the Domino’s pizza mess caught my attention because of the second comment: BioTech0296 wrote: if the owner/franchisee hired these morons, then he is responsible for their actions..NO EXCUSES!!!!

According to a recent survey by Discover Financial Services Small Business Watch, 90 percent of people surveyed continue to rate the economy as fair to poor, unchanged from February. But a greater percentage of small business owners see economic conditions for their businesses improving, and fewer people see conditions getting worse. An excerpt from the [...]

The blogosphere is abuzz this week after a column by Seth Rogan, a well-known marketing consultant, entitled “Personal Branding in the Age of Google.” Seth explored the results of Googling three housekeeper job applicants: