Wal-Mart has thrown its hat into the contentious debate between those who think that employers should be forced to provide health insurance for their employees and those who do not support the idea. In a move that comes as a big surprise to many retailers, Wal-Mart supports a federal mandate that would compel employers to provide health coverage.
According to Wal-Mart’s letter to President Obama, the rising cost of health care can be blamed on the large number of uninsured Americans, so a federal mandate that would drastically increase health insurance coverage would also drive down healthcare costs.
The National Retail Federation, …read more

United We Work is a new nationwide service designed to stimulate hiring by connecting job seekers and employers without any recruiting, job posting or advertising fees. Any job seeker looking for work can join United We Work and be hired for free. Any employer can easily find, contact and hire job seekers without incurring recruitment costs.
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Is it ever ok to lie? Not! Call them fibs, falsehoods, fish stories, tall tales, terminological inexactitude or whoppers, but what’s really true is that lying has become as commonplace as paper money. Have you ever lied to your boss? Don’t answer to quickly. Think about it for a moment. Is there ever a time you believe it is ok to lie on the job? Or to get a job?
According to a study by University of California, Santa Barbara professor Bella DePaulo, “people tell an average of two lies a day and that’s the ones who will admit to telling, …read more

“Discrimination is a plague that hamstrings corporate productivity and steals the dignity of all mankind. It is the definition of ‘UnAmerican’.”
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Over the last week, I have had the opportunity to answer questions about employment over at Yahoo! Answers. I responded to one of the questions. My answer was selected as the best answer received by the asker, Cynthia. Below is the question and my answer.
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Cynthia: I was fired from a job a couple years ago and I wanted to know if I should or could use this job in my resume and employment history? It’s my longest employment history so I gained a lot of my experience from this job but I was fired for petty theft. If a prospective …read more