Businesses Must Provide Victims and Law Enforcement with Transaction Records Relating to Identity Theft
The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) spells out rights for victims of identity theft, as well as responsibilities for businesses.

Buying A Franchise: A Consumer Guide
When you buy a franchise, you often can sell goods and services that have instant name recognition, and get training and support that can help you succeed. But purchasing a franchise is like every other investment: there’s no guarantee of success. The Federal Trade Commission, the nation’s consumer protection agency, has prepared this booklet to explain how to shop for a franchise opportunity, the obligations of a franchise owner, and questions to ask before you invest. The Benefits and Responsibilities of Franchise Ownership. Advance Work: Before You Select a Franchise System. Selecting a Franchise. Finding the Right Opportunity. Investigating Before You Invest. Before You Sign the Franchise Agreement.

Is Franchising For Me?
Small Business Administration's (SBA's) Workbook - Deciding whether or not to go into business is a very important step in the business start-up process for new and potential small business owners. Each year, thousands of entrepreneurs and potential entrepreneurs are faced with this difficult decision. Because of the risk and the amount of work involved in starting a new business, many new and potential small business owners choose franchising as an alternative to starting a new, independent business.

Although the success rate for franchise-owned businesses is significantly better than the success rate for many independent businesses, there is no formula to guarantee success. One of the biggest mistakes you can make is to be in a hurry to get into business. That's why it's important to understand your reasons for going into business, and to determine if owning a business is right for you.

87% Of The Jobs Are Never Advertised - The most effective job-hunting method is this: know your skills, research the potential company users of those skills, arrange to see the person who has the power to hire you, and request the interview. This method, faithfully followed, leads to a job for 86 out of every 100 job-hunters who use it. Compare this to: 1. Answering local newspaper ads -- leads to jobs for about 8 out of 100. (The higher the level, the less effective.) 2. Private employment agencies -- leads to jobs for 4-22 out of 100. (Again, depending on the level sought.) No one can present you as well as you can, or cares about your situation as much as you do.

Identity Theft Protecting Personal Information - A Guide For Business
Most companies keep sensitive personal information in their files; names, Social Security numbers, credit card, or other account data, that identifies customers or employees. This information often is necessary to fill orders, meet payroll, or perform other necessary business functions.

A sound data security plan is built on 5 key principles:

1. Take stock. Know what personal information you have in your files and on your computers.
2. Scale down. Keep only what you need for your business.
3. Lock it. Protect the information that you keep.
4. Pitch it. Properly dispose of what you no longer need.
5. Plan ahead. Create a plan to respond to security incidents.

I recently reviewed your qualifications and found your skills to match several of our requirements. I included a couple of questions for you to answer that will help me better match your skills and experience to our current openings. Once I receive your response, I will give you a call to further discuss the match between your career objectives and our current openings as well as any future ones. 1) Have you been contacted by Eagle Business Solutions in the past concerning job opportunities? If so, when? 2) Please provide the total number of years experience in Information Technology. 3) Please list your top 5 skills and the number of years of experience for each. 4) What is your Desired salary? 5) Are you eligible to work in the United States? 6) What is your daytime contact number where you can be reached for scheduling interviews.

Here is additional information that will assist you in the interviewing process. TIPS FOR PHONE SCREENS and/or INTERVIEWS (most information applies to both Contract or Permanent opportunities). The most important thing to remember is that you are working towards obtaining a personal, face-to-face meeting with a prospective client company. If you can create the proper first impression on the telephone your chances of being invited for a personal visit are greatly enhanced. Here are some tips you should keep in mind (for phone or in person interviews): Be enthusiastic and assertive. Be ready to provide specific examples of projects and accomplishments, which showcase your skills. Avoid: speaking too fast, having music or other noises in the background, chewing or smoking, speaking too close to the receiver - anything that can create an unpleasant image of yourself.

GREETING, SMALL TALK, TRANSITION QUESTION: How did you happen to become interested in our organization? How did you hear of the opening? What has been your contact with us in the past? What is your understanding of the position you're applying for? WORK EXPERIENCE I'm interested in the jobs you've held, what your duties and responsibilities were, your likes and dislikes, and what you may have gained from them. Lets start with a brief review of your first work experiences, those you might have had part-time during school or during summer, and then we'll concentrate on your more recent jobs in more detail. What do you remember about your very first job. Document all interview responses on the Candidate Profile Documentation Form.