Category Archives: Reputation

2008 Looking More Like 1929 Outside NYC Job Fair. Time To Invest In Yourself!

Recently, I was walking down 6th Avenue in Chelsea and stumbled upon a tremendous line of people snaking around several blocks. I figured it was the line to try out for the next edition of American Idol, but I was … Continue reading

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The Problem with LinkedIn: Why “Peer Based Verification” Has its Limits

Meet Janet Jones. She is the Chief Marketing Officer of BeenVerified, she is a former marketing executive at Goldman Sachs and a Harvard Business School alum. Why don’t you check her out on LinkedIn? Better yet, why don’t you check … Continue reading

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In Times Of Downsizing, BeenVerified Can Help HR and Jobseekers

A quick scan of your RSS feed tells you that parts of the American workforce are taking significant hits. In the last couple of days alone, Hewlett-Packard announced they will cut their workforce by just under 25,000. For those of … Continue reading

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Top 10 Problems with Sharing Personal Information Online

We are in the process of taking a good hard look at the way personal information is currently shared online. When we speak of personal information, we are referring to your name, age, date of birth, education, work experience, credit … Continue reading

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Lifelock’s CEO’s Identity Stolen…

An article in the Sun Times discusses the failure of the credit protection service, Lifelock, for protecting it’s very own CEO, Todd Davis, from the abuse it’s designed to protect. According to the article, there were 87 instances where people … Continue reading

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