The Event I received a first email this week from our CEO advising of intention to send a wire that day. Then got a second email an hour later with wire details. Bank of Philippines, wrote John P. Hart Vice Pres – CFO at Nova Pressroom Products, LLC on Proformative.com, a social media and education […]
Read More »Another classification issue that received a great deal of attention in 2015 is the distinction between employee and independent contractors. This will continue to be a thorn in the side of employers. In 2015, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued guidance on the determination of whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor. […]
Read More »I was negotiating a contract with a major player in the on-line e-commerce space. They sent us their boilerplate contract to sign. I read the contract. Not to re-hash everything that a friend of mine Bart Eagle, Esq. wrote in his article Look before you leap you really need to read that contract and object […]
Read More »Received this via InMail looking for clients: “My name is <name removed>. I’m a former New York Jets player that is now working as a Recruiter. I have over 20 million resumes for all different industries. Do you have any job opening at your company? If so, Can I send you over a resume?” What […]
Read More »Looking for a job can be a way for the unscrupulous to steal your identity. These days I am in a perpetual job hunt mode. The job can be as a new client of my consulting business, whether as it is an interim or long-term assignment or as a full-time employee. The roles are typically […]
Read More »The Venture Capital/Private Equity market space from all accounts seems to be slowing down, with no one predicting a great 2016. Pundits abound as to the reasons behind this phenomenon, from over valuation to lack of deals. Venture capital funding overall has risen so far this year. Through the first nine months of 2015, $57.9 […]
Read More »If one looks at the searches being conducted for additions or replacements to the C-suite, the time it is taking to fill those positions seems to be lengthening. One search becomes two searches, which becomes three searches and so on. We are talking about jobs where the position stays open on the firm’s website. As […]
Read More »Ethical Challenges: Cooking the books has been a long and time-honored (albeit illegal) pastime from time immemorial. The earliest know game was diluting olive oil during the Roman Empire. The Roman’s solution was to record all aspects of each amphora of oil with all the particulars about the production, inspection, quality for the creation of […]
Read More »Thornton Melon: Oh, you left out a bunch of stuff. Dr. Phillip Barbay: Oh really? Like what for instance? Thornton Melon: First of all you’re going to have to grease the local politicians for the sudden zoning problems that always come up. Then there’s the kickbacks to the carpenters, and if you plan on using […]
Read More »I have been using LinkedIn pretty heavily for the last few weeks. So heavy, that that LinkedIn has locked me out for 12 hours at a time for exceeding whatever limits they have for accessing LinkedIn. Therefore after looking at thousands of profiles I have to ask this question: Why do people join LinkedIn? Is […]
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