February 15, 2010
Wanna Make $100? How About $1000?
As you already know, we’ve launched TransparentMe to help job applicants conduct background checks on themselves so that they’ll know what potential employers might find when they do so. For as little as $19.95, job seekers can perform their own background check.
We’d like to ask for your help in making this venture a success. All you have to do is refer us to your Facebook friends or anyone you know who might use the service. We’re offering $100 to our 100th customer and their corresponding referral source and $1000 to our 1000th customer and corresponding referral source.
If it works, we’ll keep doing it. If it doesn’t, well . . . let’s just see. All the customer has to do is tell us who referred them when they sign up.
February 15, 2010
The importance of self background screening is more important now then ever before. Imagine, you finally get that interview only to find out later you didn’t get the job because of a conviction from 51 years ago? This is for a crime that does not even exist anymore!
Convicted for buggery 51 years ago – and still paying a price
The crime no longer exists but, half a century on, John Crawford’s criminal record dogs his every step
For more than half a century John Crawford’s crime has cast a shadow over his life; a permanent stigma etched into the files of the national police database. His conviction in 1959 was for consensual sex with another man – which is no longer a crime – and based on a confession extracted only after weeks of beatings in a police cell.
But 51 years later, Crawford has been told he is legally bound to disclose his criminal record for “buggery”, received when he was just 19, when applying to work with vulnerable people. The retired butler, now 70, is seeking to clear his name in what he hopes will be a landmark legal campaign against the residual consequences of laws which, although expired, continue to persecute homosexuals.
Crawford, from London, discovered his conviction for a sexual offense was still registered on the police national computer (PNC) eight years ago, after seeing the results of a routine criminal records check conducted when he applied to work as a volunteer at Wormwood Scrubs prison.
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February 12, 2010
Everyday you hear about more and more layoffs and cutbacks at companies around the world. However, there are many companies that are actively hiring new employees. It is more important now than ever before, to be organized and prepared, if you are searching or applying for a job since competition for all available jobs is at an all time high. Below you will find some useful job search and interview tips from actual companies that currently have 100 or more positions available for immediate hire.
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February 12, 2010
Habits can be good for you. As Stephen Covey pointed out in his landmark book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, the right behavior patterns can propel you to great success. Unfortunately, however, there’s also a dark side to habits. Habits can be good, and they can be bad. And, the wrong behavior patterns can constrain your opportunities and, ultimately, derail your advancement in the world of work. What are the bad habits of online job search? With a nod to Dr. Covey, I think there are seven.
I call them The 7 Bad Habits of Ineffective Job Seekers. They are:
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Habit #1: Limiting the time and effort you invest in your job search
Habit #2: Limiting the research you do to plan your search campaign
Habit #3: Limiting your search to a handful of the same job boards
Habit #4: Limiting your application to clicking on the Submit button
Habit #5: Limiting your use of the Internet to reading job postings
Habit #6: Limiting the care you take with your communications
Habit #7: Limiting the preparation you do for employer interactions
As is readily apparent, bad habits are all about limitations. These self-imposed constraints curtail the jobs you see, the impression you make, and the opportunities you’re offered in the job market. Let’s look at them in more detail so you can be sure to avoid them.
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February 12, 2010
Identity theft is one of the leading causes of job seekers not getting gainful employment. Did you know that a criminal record may exist as part of your persona and it wasn’t even you who committed the crime? Running a background check on yourself before an employer does can help break the mystique of why you were not given a job!
Identity theft reached new high in 2009, report says
The number of identity fraud victims in the United States increased 12 percent to 11.1 million adults in 2009, a report released Wednesday shows.
The financial impact of the frauds increased by 12.5 percent to a stunning $54 billion, according to Javelin Strategy & Research.
The research firm’s 2010 Identity Fraud Survey Report also found that measures to protect consumers and businesses from fraud are helping.
Average fraud resolution time dropped 30 percent to 21 hours, and nearly half of new victims file police reports. The results: a doubling of arrests, a tripling of prosecutions and a doubling in the percentage of convictions in 2009.
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As you already know, we’ve launched TransparentMe to help job applicants conduct background checks on themselves so that they’ll know what potential employers might find when they do so. For as little as $19.95, job seekers can perform their own background check.
