As it turns out, what happens on Facebook doesn't always stay on Facebook. An emerging trend in pre-employment screening involves what some are calling social media checks, where as part of a background check, an investigating company will look
Northwest Farm Credit Services, the big Spokane-based agricultural lender and crop insurance provider, has reported record net income of $159.2 million for 2011, up from earnings of $150.1 million the previous year.Additionally, the total 7.4 to
Since a Ross Dress for Less outlet opened last fall in the Manito Shopping Center on Spokane's South Hill, along with separate improvements completed by another of the center's tenants, several surrounding businesses have experienced a notable in a
Gold Reserve Inc., the Spokane-based mine-exploration company, is awaiting a decision with huge implications for its future, and it could be a lengthy wait.A three-person tribunal held arbitration hearings last month concerning Gold Reserve's in
Fierce Inc., a Seattle-based communication, training, and leadership development company, recently released a survey that suggests a disconnect between the priorities of managers and employees in terms of workplace communication.Nearly 800 and a
Have you ever wondered whatever happened to the days when employees worked for a company for life, where employers considered their people the company's most valuable asset, and a strong bond of loyalty existed between employers and employees? most
Labor department survey shows coverage increase for first time since 2002
March 1, 2012
Idaho employers reversed an eight-year decline in workplace health care coverage in 2011 despite the financial pressures of coming out of the worst recession since World War II.The Idaho Department of Labor's 2011 Fringe Benefit Survey found 66
Fairchild Air Force Base, home to a population exceeding 8,600, offers a hub of college options on the base within its Professional Development Center. While one school, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, is ending its program at four The
Sure, these agents carry sidearms, but they take down criminals with spreadsheets.As part of an investigative course held biennially at Whitworth University, special agents with the Criminal Investigation unit of the Internal Revenue Service a a
Computerized tomographic colonography, also known as virtual colonoscopy, is comparable to standard colonoscopy in its ability to accurately detect cancer and precancerous polyps in people ages 65 and older, says a paper published online last month