Source: Uncouth Facebook postings closing doors for job candidates More employers than ever are researching job candidates on sites like Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter in order to find out more about their activities and character. And, it turns out, many candidates are doing a great job of showing their potential bosses poor communication skills, inappropriate pictures, and even how many workplace secrets they can leak. By Jacqui Cheng | Last updated August 20, 2009 3:02 PM CT Some of us had the luck of doing stupid things online before most employers knew what social networking was. (I'll admit it: in my early working days, I said some not-nice things online about some of the people I worked with.) These days, however, those looking for jobs have had many years to build up an unsavory history across the Internet, and employers now know how to do their homework. In fact, nearly half of the employers in the US now search for job candidates on socia...
10 Commonly Overlooked Auto Safety Issues by Bobbi Dempsey Wednesday, July 1, 2009 provided by As the weather gets nicer, people tend to spend more time in their cars and start to plan road trips or family getaways. You may have already done the routine springtime vehicle maintenance tasks, such as removing the snow tires. Perhaps you've even waxed the car thoroughly, replacing that grimy sludge and salt of winter with a glossy shine. However, you may not necessarily be ready to hit the road just yet: You may be overlooking important safety issues. These issues can be costly -- not to mention dangerous -- if you don't take care of them immediately. Here are our top 10 overlooked auto safety issues: Missing air bags. A new report from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, or NHTSA, finds that nearly one in five fatal accidents involves cars with missing air bags. This is something that should concern anyone who has bought a previously owned car. Don...
State of the CIO 2009 By FmMonteverde Created 12/03/2009 - 2:46am By Chee Sing Chan and Emily Chia | Mar 12, 2009 | The CIO role by nature will always be dynamic and evolving. Technology itself develops at a searing pace leaving slowmovers cliaging to the coattails of pioneers and groundbreakers. As such CIOs must be constantly re-evaluating their priorities and objectives to ensure they are delivering the maximum value that technology can deliver to the business? So what does it take to be a successful CIO today? Is the role being diminished as som e argue or has it in fact been elevated to another status, one which finally lays to rest the perception of a back office cable-pulling software programmer. According to a recent report by CIO Connect, a professional peer network for CIOs, "CIO leadership is all about keeping ahead of executive and user demands." The report further adds that for modern and relevant CIOs, "it is all about drivin...
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