The Perfect Fit

Disturbing Trend in Background Checking

This just strikes me as ludicrous!  Friday in a Wall Street Journal article (here).  Does this make any sense to you?  Thanks to my colleague and friend Tom Thompson for bringing this to my attention!

"There was a disturbing article in the Wall Street Journal today regarding B/G checks.  The EEOC is suing companies who use criminal B/G checks to “discriminate” against convicted felons.  Their reasoning is that because minorities are more likely to have felony convictions the B/G checks keep minorities from being hired.  I am not making this stuff up.  So a company that uses B/G checks in their hiring can be sued by the EEOC.  But, if a company does not use B/G checks and hires an employee who harms a co-worker, that co-worker or their family will sue the company for not taking proper precautions to protect its employees." 

It's becoming more and more complex to negotiate the ever increaseing maze of rules and regulations around hiring.  As if it wasn't already difficult enough!

Advertising Internship Opportunity #13025

Our client, located in ST. Louis County has been created by a group of seasoned advertising pros, former agency owners & CMO's who have reunited for a new "agency" (they call it a Groupe) concept. Their friends have grown with them to become Presidents and CEO's. Their clients will continue to be Fortune 100 marketers, as they have always been.  They need an ambitious, over-qualified and equally passionate intern to assist this new Groupe’s founder and leader.  This leader has previously been responsible for creating another agency which was recognized as the 2000 “Agency of the Year”.  This is a serious opportunity and only the serious should apply.

You have to do it all. Support the building of our client’s online presence and content addition to that presence.  Help organize the communications between the partners.   Execute  research as needed to provide the partners with the information necessary for various efforts.

We expect you’ll have expertise in the Microsoft Office suite, and proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite.  Video editing experience (even on a “amateur or enthusiast” level) is necessary, as is a proficiency with Wordpress.  We’ll be looking for evidence of your own social media presence and exuberance.

This internship is not only for “entry level” professionals.  It is not a paid internship.  It is an opportunity available to any qualified professional to sit on the inside of a new, international Groupe, that’s about to celebrate its second birthday.  It’s an exciting and unique opportunity to contribute to the foundation and growth of that Groupe.