You’ve probably seen friends, coworkers, family members, and strangers glued to their "smart phone" of choice as if it is somehow an appendage. The use/addiction to these items is increasing as we become more and more mobile. A […]
Last year there was discussion about the DOJ’s investigation of alleged improper hiring practices by companies like Google, Intel, IBM, and Apple. Apparently, the DOJ has stepped up the investigation according to a Wall Street Journal article. According to the article, […]
Today I have the privilege of speaking to the DFW Texas Recruiters Network. Below are some resources and previous writings placement professionals might find of use: Texas Occupations Code Section 2501 (Related to Placement Professionals) Previous entries related to […]
Minnesota based TEKsystems Inc. sued three former employees for violating non-compete and non-solicit agreements. TEKSystems is in the technical recruiting business and it claims one of the former employees was contacting its contract employees. The complaint alleges Defendant Brelyn Hammernik used LinkedIn to […]
Seventy percent of participating U.S. employers indicated they had rejected a job applicant based on their on line profile in a recent Microsoft survey. U.S. employers were well ahead of the UK, Germany, and France: […]
After filing a lawsuit against Texas Tech and then being fired, Mike Leach relocated to Florida and continued with his breach of contract lawsuit. The amended petition (or complaint from those outside of Texas) sheds a little more light on […]
Different companies have different and evolving social media policies that hopefully are tailored to the companies’ business but below are some social media commandments that most every employee should follow. Here is a start: (1) Assume everything you post is being […]
Jay Shepherd’s recent post on "Rethinking non-competes" in his Gruntled Employee Blog got me thinking. His take was this: But if […]
Predictions about a slowdown in financial advisor recruiting appear to be premature. Last week, Wells Fargo, which purchased Wachovia, which purchased AG Edwards, announced it was looking to add 1400 financial advisors. It plans to recruit 400 new advisors and obtain the others […]
In Texas a non-compete has to be ancillary to an otherwise enforceable agreement. What does this mean? The consideration (or value) in the separate agreement must give rise to the employer’s interest in keeping the employee from working and […]
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