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Archive for September, 2007

Labor Dept. Training Disabled Vets in IT Work

Sunday, September 23rd, 2007

Suitable employment opportunities are among the many needs of our disabled vets returning from service in Iraq and Afghanistan.

With a focus on the number of dead, it is easy to lose sight of the much larger number of wounded. Due to medical progress, many of them have survived severe injuries that would have [...]

Much Employee Creativity Unused on Job

Friday, September 21st, 2007

The following is a guest post from The Fairfax County Economic Development Authority, with a few of my thoughts appended thereafter. (Do I sound like a lawyer there, or what?)

At a time when many economists and futurists are pointing to creativity and innovation as one of the cornerstones of U.S. competitiveness in the years ahead, [...]

How to Write a Great Reference Letter

Tuesday, September 18th, 2007

Being asked to write a reference letter for a former or departing employee may be a source of undue stress, time demand, and hassle, depending on how naturally writing comes to you — or not.

Today, while poking around a bit using StumbleUpon, I found an answer to this problem: a “Letter of Recommendation Guide” [...]

Firemen’s Dog Food Prank Could Cost City Millions

Tuesday, September 18th, 2007

A black LA firefighter filed a racial discrimination suit after his coworkers “secretly laced his spaghetti with dog food.”

He said in court documents that the dog food incident “was part of a pattern of incidents” at the fire station “that were done to dehumanize black men.”

But “firefighters called it a prank and city [...]

Blawg Review # 126 » Small Business Trends

Monday, September 17th, 2007

Anita Campbell’s Small Business Trends hosts Blawg Review this week. Anita, a “recovering lawyer” herself (not necessarily a term she would choose), is a pioneering business blogger (her archives go back to January 2004).

Anita’s take on Blawg Review is to focus on law for business readers and business for law readers, a great [...]

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