Topic: Mike Aitken

Who you are on Internet can hurt job chances

0 . You looked wonderful on your resume. Your references raved about you. The interview went swimmingly. Yet you didn't get the job. Oh, no: Did...

Naomi should forgo her bikini for sackcloth

Not because of her "inconvenient" appearance at the Hague war crimes trial but because she had to go on holiday to Sardinia with a bunch of celebrities including Leonardo DiCaprio and his Israeli model girlfriend Bar Rafaeli.. In her testimony Campbell said ...

Cramming for Midterms

With midterm elections on the horizon, employer groups and lobbyists are ready to battle -- and a few HR issues will be at the forefront of the deliberations. The U.S. Chamber disagrees with Democrats on healthcare reform, cap-and-trade and financial regulations, and ...

HR Pushes Alternative to E-Verify

Human resource and other business leaders say the flaws of E-Verify make them look like bad guys when they inadvertently hire illegal aliens. Fed up with the federal government's E-Verify system, a coalition of business leaders led by the Society for ...

Immigration and Aggravation

Finding better ways to verify employee status is becoming more urgent as Congress and state legislatures debate immigration reform and as some HR leaders fret that the Electronic Employment Verification Program, the government-run system known as "Basic Pilot," will become mandatory.. SHRM ...