by Blake Forrester
11/24/2009 4:05:00 PM
Original Story on AZCentral.com: How job background checks work
by Dave Cherry
Call 12 for Action, NBC Channel 12 News, KPNX-TV Phoenix, AZ
For "jobs" Tuesday, Call 12 for Action wants job seekers to know about background checks. They will be part of just about every hiring process.
The hiring manager just offered you the job but says a background check is needed. Then your wheels start spinning. What are they looking for? Who are they going t...
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by Staff Writer
11/24/2009 11:40:00 AM
While “Black Friday” – the day after Thanksgiving – is known as the beginning of the holiday shopping season when retailers go from “red” (posting a loss) to “black” (turning a profit), online shoppers recognize “Cyber Monday” – the Monday after Black Friday – as the beginning of the online holiday shopping season.
However, Black Friday and Cyber Monday are also the beginning of the holiday season for cyber-criminals...
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by Staff Writer
11/20/2009 3:51:00 PM
How much would you spend for a background check? How much should you spend? In certain cases – such as being a Vice-Presidential candidate potentially “a heartbeat away from being President” – the cost would, and should, be higher.
But $50,000?
An article in the Los Angeles Times reports that – according to her new memoir, "Going Rogue" – Sarah Palin claims the Presidential campaign of Senator John McCain had her cover $50,000 of the co...
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by Staff Writer
11/17/2009 5:24:00 PM
An eye-opening video report by CNN Homeland Security Correspondent Jeanne Meserve (watch here) shows just how public our supposedly private information can be online.
The CNN report cites two examples – one somewhat embarrassing and the other downright dangerous – about people who discovered that pictures they posted online had reached far more people than originally intended.
A newly-married man posted intimate pictures of his Hawaiian wedding on social networki...
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by Staff Writer
11/17/2009 3:06:00 PM
For most jobseekers currently looking for work, the more exposure they get through resumes, applications, and networking – both online and off – the better their chances are of finding work.
Unfortunately, according to an article in the Contra Costa (CA) Times, exposing personally identifiable information (PII) such as names, addresses, dates of birth, social security numbers (SSNs) and driver’s license numbers also increases the chances of jobseekers suffering from ide...
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