If you’re graduating next month at 21 or 22 years of age, you were 13 or 14 when the bottom fell out of the economy in 2008. While you may remember your parents discussing it, the chances are it was a remote concern for you. By the time you were learning to drive, things were… Read more »

A Coca Cola subsidiary in Alabama will be forking over $35,000 to an applicant they did not hire. In addition to facing charges of discrimination, the company was unable to produce records related to the positions in question. This article discusses what the FEDERAL EEOC expects regarding record retention. If you are unsure about the… Read more »

The UK Behavioural Insights Team took a look at whether one really smart person or a group of people reviewing candidates’ interview responses produced better hiring decisions. They reported on three different conditions. In one, an “easy” situation, where there was a clear gap between the best and second best response they found that one… Read more »

Below is a model letter in support of the UBP proposal to fix Hwy 37. Sending it today can only help solve the problem. The proposal is in the very early stages and will be reviewed endlessly before building actually begins. If you’re reading this, you need to send this letter or write your own.… Read more »

An Environmentally Sensitive Solution to the Highway 37 Traffic Jam   One never knows when traveling on Highway 37 between Sears Point Raceway and Mare Island, a nine-mile section of highway that ‘handles’ over 38,000 cars per day, whether there will be an hour-long back up, an accident, or an errant seal (which happened again… Read more »

Pluarism is a great concept.  In theory it accommodates the ideals and values of many different people in a single society. As the US has evolved from Eurocentric society into one that embraces people from all over the world, the ideals of our revolution have been tested and expanded. Over time, the limits of concepts… Read more »

All relationships are fundamentally a matter of economics. As startlingly prosaic as it sounds, on reflection it makes perfect sense. Whether in business or personal life, relationships that are in balance are mutually pleasing to each person involved. In a very real sense we exist to serve one another. When relationships sour it is inevitably… Read more »

By Scott Crossen At job fairs and mixers three common questions I get asked are… “How do I find a career?” “What do staffing agencies actually do?” “When should I start looking for work?”   The best way to find your career is try different jobs, joins clubs, and intern. The more experience you have,… Read more »

By Scott Crossen Growing up, there is always pressure to keep succeeding in order to move on to the next best thing. After passing one hurdle, we keep our head down and focus on the next one. Rarely, do we ever look back and pause. It is in these moments where we have the opportunity… Read more »

The bible tells us about the tower of Babel, a bit of human hubris that resulted in a cosmic spanking that gave us “the confusion of tongues.” These days the profusion of hand held devices is bringing us to the brink of confusions far more numerous than all the human languages. The siren call of… Read more »