by Tom Ahearn
5/28/2009 12:22:00 PM
With summer vacation almost here, some parents are busy making – or have already made – plans to send their children off to summer camps for days, weeks, even months. However, while summer camp should be a time for fun, freedom, and frolicking, volunteer screening helps keep it safe and secure.
Ensuring the safety and security of campers is a top priority for any summer camp. Since many popular organizations promoting summer camps are nonprofits – meaning that they must...
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by Tom Ahearn
5/22/2009 10:29:00 AM
With schools closing their doors for summer vacation soon, millions of children across the nation will be released for three whole months, leaving many overwhelmed and under-helped parents scrambling to find safe and trustworthy nannies and babysitters to assist with childcare.
One way to find a reliable and experienced nanny or babysitter is with a background check. Nannies and babysitters who are truly interested in the job and who have nothing to hide will not only submit to a backgro...
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by Tom Ahearn
5/20/2009 10:13:00 AM
As if finding work in these tough economic times wasn’t already hard enough, this story from WHAS-TV Channel 11 in Louisville, KY tells us about a Kentucky jobseeker who is discovering first-hand how identity theft can turn the dream of landing a job into a nightmare.
Like most of us who have ever looked in a telephone book or visited social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace, Michael Anderson realizes that he shares his name with many others in thi...
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by Blake Forrester
5/19/2009 3:18:00 PM
BY LANCE FREDERIKSEN
Concept Marketing Group, Inc.
College and university students today are among the vanguard of the next generation of America’s workers.
Not only must they master the theoretical and practical knowledge needed for their chosen careers, but they must also prove to potential employers that they don’t have personal histories that will cause on-the-job problems or potential lawsuits.
These tougher standards are already showi...
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by Tom Ahearn
5/18/2009 11:19:00 AM
Parents will usually do just about anything to protect their children. They try to provide them with the best nourishment, take care of them when they are sick, and give them lots of unconditional love. Parents also try to do everything in their power to prevent complications so children can have the best chance to grow up healthy and happy.
However, parents now must face a growing problem that could harm the financial futures of their children: Child Identity Theft. ...
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