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A Job-Skills Checklist For New Webmasters
Marketing Department Management Report; December 1998
Like most marketing department functions, personnel management is likely to be the biggest stumbling block for your department's Web site. Qualified talent is scarce and outstanding Webmasters the felicitous term for site administrators are even rarer.
New Products
Security Solutions Online; December 1998
Web.Sweep helps detect unauthorized use on the Internet of company names, trademarks, copyrights and other intangibles, according to service provider Kessler and Associates Ltd., New York.
Fraud Across The Internet
Internet Fraud Watch; November 14, 1998
The Internet, along with online services, provides many types of people with many different varieties of information. It provides consumers with a world of information, and sellers with a new way to promote their products and/or services. Many different types of business are done though the computer, including "cybershopping," and "banking online."
Resume Fabrication
Careerbuilder.com; October 1998
Eager to win that coveted position, job seekers are sometimes tempted to be "creative" when writing their resumes. But that doesn't surprise Edward C. Andler. "Cheating on resumes has become distressingly common," says Andler, a "resume detective" and the author of The Complete Reference Checking Handbook, published by Amacom Books. "And many people are getting by with it, which appears to be making others follow suit."
Could This Happen To You?
Human Resource Executive; October 1998
There are numerous sources available through the Internet and World Wide Web to help job applicants concoct phony college diplomas and certificates, according to a recent study conducted by Michael G. Kessler & Associates Ltd., a New York based investigative services firm.
Job Applicants Finding Fake Credentials On The Web
Computerworld; September 7, 1998
Resume fraud isn't new, but it seems to be more widespread at least partly because of the Web. Information systems recruiters should look out for phony college degrees, transcripts and certifications that can be easily bought on the World Wide Web, according to Michael G. Kessler & Associates Ltd., a New York-based corporate investigation firm.
Internet Makes Resume Fraud Rampant - Study
Newsbytes; September 2, 1998
Resume fraud has become rampant in the workplace and the Internet is at least partly to blame, according to corporate investigation firm Michael G. Kessler & Associates, Ltd. Kessler just completed a six-month investigation of resume and credentials fraud and has released a report with findings it describes as "amazing."
Dallas Delights
ASIS 44th Annual Seminar and Exhibits; September 1998
Kessler & Associates, Ltd., an international corporate investigative service, unveiled its newest products, Web.Sweep and News.Sweep. The News.Sweep product is an Internet clipping service that provides companies with current information on their firm or on their competitors. Web. Sweep helps detect unauthorized use of company names, trademarks, copyrights, or other intellectual property over the Internet.
Kessler & Associates Introduces Web.Sweep
Software Wire; July 14, 1998
The Internet is a legal battlefield these days over copyright issues. In May this year the Senate approved the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, a bill that would implement two international copyright treaties adopted in 1996 by the United Nations' World Intellectual Property Organization.
Gray Goods Market Protected By Supreme Court Decision; Copyrights Do Not Protect Manufacturers
Corporate Legal Times; July 1998
The continuing viability of a multibillion-dollar gray market in unauthorized imports was assured by the U.S. Supreme Court's March 1998 ruling in the case of Quality King Distributors Inc. v. L'anza Research International. In a unanimous decision, the Court decided that a copyright owner loses control over a product once it enters the stream of commerce.
The Nuts And Bolts Of Hiring A Contractor
Business Week; July 7, 1997
The contractor I hired to renovate my Manhattan apartment came highly recommended. Impressed by his credentials and eager to start the renovation, I paid him $ 20,000 up front. Two weeks later -- when the renovation was in full swing -- my ''dream builder'' skipped town for Singapore. He absconded with valuable art deco cabinets and a substantial chunk of my savings, leaving behind an apartment in shambles.
Nation’s Smaller Jails Struggle To Cope With Surge In Inmates
The New York Times; January 1, 1996
The town square in the seat of rural Chenango County is postcard-perfect. The restored old courthouse has a gold dome and stately columns. The First Baptist Church is on one side of the square, the United Church of Christ on the other.
Gunrunner Found Dead Shot On Top Of Mother's Grave
The Morning Call (Allentown); November 22, 1995
A private investigator from New York City was paid more than $ 7,500 by Northampton County to investigate alleged improprieties in the prison, Controller Jean Lewis confirmed yesterday.
County Hired Prison Investigator
The Morning Call (Allentown); June 14, 1995
A private investigator from New York City was paid more than $ 7,500 by Northampton County to investigate alleged improprieties in the prison, Controller Jean Lewis confirmed yesterday.
Your Home; Guarding Against Intruders
The New York Times; May 7, 1995
In the Middle Ages, castle royalty found security behind water-filled moats and turret-topped towers. In ancient China, an entire civilization found security behind a 5,000-mile stone wall. Beefing up security, it seems, is a universal preoccupation. But moats, towers and walls can all be breached. So how safe is your castle?
'Canned!’ : Fired Campbell’S Soup Employees Fight Back
ABC News 20/20; March 18, 1994, Transcript # 1411-2
Sixty-two employees at a Campbell's Soup factory in Napoleon, Ohio, are fighting their dismissal by the company after private investigators said they were using drugs, despite the lack of hard evidence.
Taxing Lesson At Yonkers Market
The New York Times; May 23, 1988
Armed with guns and pages from the New York State Tax Law, a team of undercover agents swept through the Yonkers Raceway Flea Market today to demonstrate that tax evasion does not pay.
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