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Focus On White-Collar Crime: Accounting Fraud and Computer Crimes Creates Need; Qualified Investing

An epidemic of white-collar financial crime has resulted in the development of specialized education programs focused on economic crime investigation and fraud management. These college-level degree programs attract students who are interested in law enforcement and are attracted by the very unique nature of these types of crimes and the special investigative techniques required to […]

3 Resume Secrets the Pros Use

You don’t write a resume every day. Not even every month or year, most likely. So you can’t be expected to do it flawlessly every time, right? After all, you’re not a professional.
Well, I am.
My team and I have written or edited nearly 5,000 resumes over the past nine years. And there are a handful […]

Youre Fired!

One-day you’re minding your own business and your boss comes in and says “You’re Fired”, perhaps he was a bit more polite than that but the end result was the same, you’re now out of work!!
Now what do you do?
Well get over the initial shock and look at the whole experience as a positive, this […]

Traveling for An Interview? 10 Tips to Get You From Here to There

You’ve just been granted an on-site interview in another town. Hurray!
This means you’ll be traveling to an employer’s location so that they can further evaluate you for a specific job position.
Before you make any travel arrangements, it’s a good idea to discuss who will be paying for your trip - you or the employer. If […]

Auto-Disqualification - When Your Resume Never Reaches the Decision Maker

How would you know if your resume did or didn’t reach the appropriate decision maker? You can truly never know for certain. However, there are steps you can take to ensure that your resume does not get “auto-disqualified”, or provide obvious reasons not to be hired.
There are several "mistakes" commonly made in resumes that give […]