DFPK: "Sam Brownback hires IT chief with diploma-mill degree" plus 2 more

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• Sam Brownback hires IT chief with diploma-mill degree
• How to Keep Your Employees From Becoming Millionaires At Your Expense
• Hotel employee attempts to rape fashion designer

Sam Brownback hires IT chief with diploma-mill degree Posted: 10 Nov 2011 10:15 PM PST A day after accepting the job as Kansas chief information technology officer, Jim Mann resigned from the $150,000-per-year job yesterday after it was revealed that he had a degree from an online diploma mill, the Topeka Capital-Journal, reports. The paper, which broke the story, reports that Mann's resignation letter read, "The questions surrounding my qualifications to perform and deliver in this position have compromised confidence in me and in my integrity. As such, I am no longer an asset to your team and your IT mission."

How to Keep Your Employees From Becoming Millionaires At Your Expense Posted: 10 Nov 2011 09:55 PM PST An "aspiring millionaire employee" is a type of employee that is looking to gain some easy money through lawsuits against his/her employer. An employee like this may even have a history of suing employers to support lofty ambitions of wealth! Pre-employment background checks are one of the best ways to prevent and avoid hiring unethical employees. Companies should be prepared to conduct pre-employment background checks on all prospective employees before they consider permanent hiring. In a short interview, either on the phone or in personal, it is practically impossible for employers to readily identify unethical applicants. To ensure you have covered your bases, it is a smart idea to conduct pre-employment screening on all potential candidates.

Hotel employee attempts to rape fashion designer Posted: 10 Nov 2011 09:31 PM PST The incident took place on October 8 when the victim, a Bangalore resident who had come to the Delhi to visit the ongoing fashion week, was attacked by an attendant inside her room It's not just Delhi's roads that are unsafe for women. A room attendant at a three-star hotel in south Delhi allegedly assaulted and attempted to rape a 24-year-old fashion designer from Bangalore, who had come to the Capital to meet her close friends and attend the ongoing Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week, in her room.