 50
million people impacted, 66 already killed, billions in lost
retail sales, the damage hasn't even started yet & Loss
Prevention teams are leading the way during this crisis
Regardless of how powerful it ends up being when it hits
land later today Hurricane Sandy is just a terrible way to
start the holiday shopping season. Billions in sales will be
lost and as Michael Rouleaau, former President & CEO of
Michael's taught me in 1992 when he was EVP at Lowe's and
starting up their first LP program, when a storm hits and
you lose sales you never make it up. You lose every penny.
And billions in sales have and will be lost. And that's not
even including the damage and possible lives lost. Right now
every emergency preparedness team in retail is hard at work
and for those in the impacted areas their families won't
even see them during the storm. A few years ago Marvin
Ellison, EVP of Home Depot and a former LP executive
himself, told an NRF LP conference audience that Hurricane
Katrina was one of their Asset Protection team's greatest
and defining moments. As they led the response and made an
incredible difference. In 2011 RILA's Disaster Response and
Preparedness Committee members and 250 other volunteers from
RILA retail member companies, led by Lisa LaBruno, Vice
President, Loss Prevention & Legal Affairs for RILA,
traveled to Joplin, Missouri for their "Retailers Rebuilding
Joplin" project - a large-scale cleanup and rebuilding
effort following the F5 tornado that ripped through the
small Midwestern town. This is a defining moment for Loss
Prevention executives and thousands of them are hard at work
trying to help their stores, their employees, and their
customers get through this as safely as possible and at the
same time trying to minimize loss of property. Good Luck to
all of you and your families.
Wal-Mart prepares for Hurricane Sandy
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is sitting on go with respect to
Hurricane Sandy – deemed Frankenstorm – with 800 stores in
the path of destruction. "We’ve been monitoring the storm
for the past week and have teams on the ground in those
states in the path of the storm. We try and keep our stores
open as long as possible to allow residents to get the
supplies they need. But when a mandatory evacuation order
issued we close them in time to allow our associates to seek
safe shelter for them and their families," said Wal-Mart
spokeswoman Dianna Gee. Gee said the loss of power is a
major threat and generators have been staged within a safe
distance of the storm so they can moved into needed areas as
quickly as possible after the storm. FlightAware.com reports
more than 6,800 flights have been canceled as of Sunday
evening. There were 1,251 flights canceled Sunday, another
5,559 flights have been scratched for Monday (Oct. 30). (Source
thecitywire.com)
Rite Aid Stores Stock Additional Emergency Supplies to Help
Residents Prepare for Hurricane Sandy
As Hurricane Sandy takes aim at the East Coast, Rite Aid
stores in anticipated areas of impact have stocked up on
supplies to help residents get ready and urge them to plan
ahead. (Source
tmcnet.com)
Hurricane Sandy could cause big mess in cyber space too
Cyber crooks are likely to take advantage of the historic
storm to make a quick buck or steal personal information
from the unsuspecting. "If the past repeats itself, Facebook
postings, tweets, emails, and websites claiming to have
exclusive video or pleading for donations for disaster
relief efforts will appear shortly after the storm hits,"
security company Avast warned in a Monday blog post. (Source
scmagazine.com)
Good Morning America's Saturday edition - Extreme
Shoplifting Caught on Tape: Organic Foods Targeted
Saturday the industry got some coverage about ORC and the
extent of the shoplifting problem in the U.S. With Rich
Mellor, VP of LP for the National Retail Federation talking
to the cost and consumers consequences of higher prices. (Source
yahoo.com)
Orchard Supply Stores doesn’t
back fill their VP of LP position.
Recently spun off from Sears HC Orchard Supply’s former VP
of LP joined Gordman’s, a very strong growth Midwest
retailer, and Orchard didn’t back fill the role.
State of South Carolina facing Security breach of 3.6
million Social Security Numbers.
The unencrypted Social Security numbers along with 16,000
credit card numbers were hacked from the South Carolina’s
State Tax computers first discovered on October 10, the news
was released to the public 16 days later. Political finger
pointing has already begun with SC State Senator calling out
Governor Haley for withholding the information from the
public for so long, then releasing the information late on a
Friday afternoon. Investigators believe the hackers were
able to access the information five times from August to mid
October. There have been more than 30 hacks into government
computers in the US this year alone. (Source
infosecurity-magazine.com)
Average value of Cargo thefts rises in 3Q
FreightWatch recorded a total of 225 thefts in the U.S. with
an average loss value per incident of $172,403, a 23%
increase from the previous quarter. 78 thefts in July, 71 in
August, and 76 in September. (Source
truckinginfo.com)
 Armored
car pick up at Cricket Communications store in Takoma Park,
MD turns into robbery & "wild shootout" at busy shopping
center & innocent man carjacked and shot a few blocks away
Two armed and masked suspects attacked an armored car driver
as he was making a delivery to a Cricket phone store Friday
evening and opened fire with the guard firing back at them.
Fleeing the scene in a stolen bullet "riddled" car the
suspects then a few blocks away carjacked a man on his way
home from work and shot him. That vehicle was later found a
blaze and abandoned in an alley. Police say they were two
black males in their early 20s. One was wearing dark
clothing. (Source
myfoxdc.com)
Wrentham Village Premium Outlets Active shooter drill - a
well planned drill
The drill at the outlet mall conducted between Wrentham
police, firefighters and a regional SWAT team called
MetroStar was conducted Sunday night to train local first
responders with the skills they would need in the event of
an actual shooting incident at the busy mall. The purpose of
the training was to help his officers develop "muscle
memory" of the tactics that would be needed for any type of
incident that were to develop at the outlet mall. The police
chief said not only has his department developed emergency
plans for the outlet mall, but for all of the town's schools
as well. This may be something worth pursuing with other
police departments covering your stores. (Source
thesunchronicle.com)
Greenville SC retail shop employee kills armed robber
A Greenville retail shop worker shot and killed one of the
men who tried to rob the store Thursday afternoon, according
to Greenville County deputies. Master Deputy Laura Campbell
said that two men walked into the shop, and at least one of
them pointed a gun at a worker and demanded money. She said
the worker then pulled his own gun and shot the armed man,
killing him. The second man, identified as 21-year-old
Ernest Dennis Jr., of Greenville, was arrested at the scene.
(Source
privateofficerbreakingnews.com)
Ohio Men Plead Guilty In Upstate multi-million dollar
Counterfeit Trafficking Ring selling their goods in two
c-stores in Columbus Ohio
Agents seized four tractor trailer loads of counterfeit
athletic shoes, jeans, watches, and other items as a result
of the 15 month undercover investigation conducted by the
FBI. The knock-offs were sold in two convenience stores in
Columbus. Three men have plead guilty and agreed to pay $1M
in restitution to the to the trademark holders. (Source
wspa.com)
Seizures of counterfeit and pirated goods in Ohio have
skyrocketed in recent years
Customs officials in the state were responsible for 1,767
intellectual property rights seizures in fiscal year 2012,
52 times as many as in 2008, according to U.S. Customs and
Border Protection. The retail value of the goods was $13
million, up from $1.1 million four years earlier. 34
seizures of $1.1 million in goods in fiscal year 2008, and
55 seizures of $519,554 in goods in 2009. The number of
seizures in the state rose dramatically starting in 2010. (Source
daytondailynews.com)
Keller, Texas Kohl's shoppers reflect on shooting of
shoplifting suspect People
shopping at Kohl's on Friday were abuzz about a fatal
shooting the day before in the busy department store.
Officer Johnathan Hicks fatally shot the shoplifting suspect
inside the store late Thursday afternoon. It's the first
time that a Keller police officer has fatally shot someone
in the 57 years the city has been incorporated, officials
said Friday. As store workers put up Christmas decorations
Friday, Burkhart said it must have been hard on employees to
have to return to work Friday after witnessing the shooting.
(Source
star-telegram.com)
400 TSA employees fired for stealing from passengers from
2002 to 2011 ABC News recently
reported that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
fired almost 400 employees for alleged theft from travelers.
(Source
wcpo.com))
Olympia, WA female shoplifter hits Target for 152 items in a
storage bin the day after reaching a deal on previous
storage bin thefts from Fred Meyer
Madorin-McGregor also has a felony conviction from 2010, for
second-degree identity theft and possession of stolen
property. (Source
privateofficerbreakingnews.com)
Serial shoplifter busted hitting Kohl's store in St. Louis
Wayne Lee Waller was caught on surveillance video on five
separate occasions, stealing almost $2,500 worth of
merchandise from the store. A Minneapolis man with almost 50
previous theft convictions has been charged with shoplifting
almost $2,500 worth of merchandise from a store in St. Louis
Park. Waller remains in the Hennepin County Jail on a $5,000
bond. (Source
patch.com)
 Teen
arrested after crash-and-grab burglaries across Greeley,
Colorado. A drunken teen was
arrested after finally crashing into a telephone poll
following a short police chase. The suspect had crashed his
stolen vehicle through a Sears Auto Center, stealing tools,
smashed through a liquor store and then drove through a
bank, in the east doors trough the lobby and out the west
side doors. Robert Eugene Sandoval, 19, was being treated at
a hospital for a back injury and broken bones, he will face
charges of criminal mischief, auto theft, destruction of
property, burglary and drunken driving. (Source
9news.com)
Spirit Halloween store robbed in Amarillo, Texas.
An armed gunman approached two employees
as they were locking the front doors of the Spirit Halloween
at 12:40 am Sunday morning, forcing the two employees back
inside the store. The suspect fled with an undetermined
amount of money, police are investigating, and no one was
injured. Spirit Halloween operates over 1000 stores in the
US and Canada. (Source
connectamarillo.com)
Advanced Auto armed robbery in Hamilton, NJ, second time in
8 days. On October 20, the
Advanced Auto store was robbed by two armed suspects who got
away with $2500 in cash; yesterday’s robbery went down
almost exactly the same way. Two armed suspects entered the
store at 6:30 pm took the cell phones and manger’s
identification and fled with an undetermined amount of cash.
(Source
trentonian.com)
Army Surplus Store in Tennessee busted for selling $300,000
in Meth Materials. The US
Government is seeking to seize the building, land and cash
of $300,000, believed to be profits of a criminal empire.
The Army Surplus store has been owned by the family since
1972, the owner turned it over to his son who has managed
the store for several years. The government was successful
in the seizement of another company in Chattanooga in 2006,
also charged with selling Meth Equipment. (Source
chattanoogan.com)
Trio charged with armed robberies at La Cibaena grocery
stores and a Sunoco A Plus Store in Reading, PA
The defendants robbed the Sunoco A Plus store, and La
Cibaena grocery store at gunpoint while wearing masks and
gloves. They also robbed the stores’ employees. The
indictment further alleges that the three defendants then
carjacked the owner of a 2000 Toyota Avalon. (Source
westmorelandtimes.com)
Quarterly Same Store Sales
Results
Weis Markets Q3 up 1.7% with sales down 1.5%
Last week's most popular news article --
Barnes and Noble PIN Pads Hacked in Nine States Barnes &
Noble Inc. says devices customers use to swipe credit and
debit cards have been tampered with in 63 of its stores in
nine states. Only one of the devices, known as PIN pads, was
tampered with in each of the 63 stores. The stores are in
California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts,
New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island. The
company says it disconnected all the PIN pads in its nearly
700 stores nationwide on Sept. 14 after learning of the
tampering. Federal authorities are helping in its
investigation. (Source
yahoo.com)
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eBay
Investigators Assist Law Enforcement on Forged
Signatures Case Leads to Conviction
eBay Global Asset Protection group assisted law
enforcement with identifying antique dealer selling
forged signatures leads to conviction. The registered
antiques dealer from Hampshire was found guilty of
duping unsuspecting collectors by forging the signatures
in books of famous writers like Winston Churchill and
Robert Louis Stevenson. The suspect found the books and
magazines in car boot sales and a recycling centers,
added the signature and then sold them on eBay as the
real thing, the Court heard. He made thousands
defrauding collectors from as far afield as Texas after
also lying about the provenance of the items, the court
was told. The suspect denied 15 counts of fraud from
2009 to 2011 but was found guilty of ten counts. He was
acquitted of two counts and the jury could not decide on
a further three counts. Following the verdict,
prosecutor Simon Edwards said: "His fraudulent scheme
consisted of him forging signatures in books by historic
authors such as Winston Churchill and Robert Louis
Stevenson to dupe unsuspecting collectors into buying
what they thought were genuine historic items, but were
in fact false". Click
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Disney now the happiest AND safety place on Earth.
During an executive
forum at the 2012 National Safety Council in Orlando,
Florida, Disney VP of Operations Dan Cockerell explained how
empowering employees to be safe and demonstrating a
commitment to safety are keys to creating a safe
organization. "We influence everything. We tell our leaders
that 80 percent of the incidents at Disney World are caused
by behaviors," Cockerell said. "People need to own safety
and own their behaviors." (Source
ehstoday.com)
Safety Incentives: Can you create an OSHA compliant safety
incentive program?
The free live webinar will be
presented by Jim Barr, VP Sales for C.A. Short; Lori Irvin,
Senior Account Manager for C.A. Short; and Candace Flanagan,
President of My Safe & Sound Home Inc. The webinar will take
place Thursday, November 8 at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT. Click
the link to register today. (Source
on23.com)
Planning Your EHS Budget for 2013? The Regulatory Trends
That Might Impact Your Company and Budget
As a global EHS manager, you may be tasked with planning for
your entire corporate EHS program. Although most companies
believe that environmental, health and safety issues are a
top priority, resources assigned to managing compliance vary
by company. (Source
ehstoday.com)
How to measure and strengthen your work's safety culture.
Rosanne Danner, managing director of
global productivity at DuPon, spoke at the recent NSC 2012.
In her October 22 session, Danner outlined different culture
types and how to measure and strengthen your safety culture. (Source
ehstoday.com)
Minor occupational injuries may be on a downward spiral but
that's not the case for serious and fatal work injuries.
According to Colin
Duncan, CEO of BST and keynote speaker at the NSC 2012, EHS
professionals need to start looking at fatalities and
serious injuries differently. Duncan encouraged EHS
professionals to look at the underlying causes as well as
the influencing factors that specifically surround serious
incidents. (Source
ehstoday.com)
 Joint
partnership in Canada uses zombies to raise young workers
awareness.
SAFE Work Manitoba is a joint
partnership between the Workplace Safety and Health Division
(WSHD) and the Workers Compensations Board of Manitoba (WCB).
The group's SAFE Work youth campaign is an initiative
targeted at young workers aged 15-24. Combining the
Halloween season with the new popular obsession with
zombies, the campaign is spreading the messages of workplace
safety by releasing brief televisions ads, as well as a
video on their
website. (Source
safetyservicecompany.com)
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LAAORCA Leaders - Part One:
Filmed in Los Angeles the week of LAAORCA's 3rd annual
conference the LAAORCA leaders were gracious enough to
take the time to sit down and talk with LPNN and share
how they developed their association, how it works, and
what's involved. In this four part series they talk
about exactly how their model operates and give some
great advice on how a city or group of retail LP
executives can come together and form their own
association.
With Captain Bill Williams, Commanding Officer,
Commercial Crimes Division, LAPD & LAAORCA Law
Enforcement Co-Chair; Kent Oda, LAPD Detective; George
Torres, CVS & LAAORCA Retail Co-chair; and Joe LaRocca,
Senior retail partner and Senior AP Advisor to the NRF -
the group's highly energized discussion serves as a
great example of how retail and public law enforcement
partnerships can successfully work. A must watch for any
retail LP executive who is interested in the national
ORC efforts. Stayed tuned tomorrow for part two.
Organized Retail Crime Series
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crime ring boss gets 25 years in prison for stealing
thousands of personal identities and counterfeiting credit
cards to buy high-end goods to be resold on Craigslist and
eBay. Christopher Aragon, the ring leader,
hired a crew of primarily women to make purchases for him.
These women traveled throughout California and to Las Vegas
to purchase high-end goods. Christopher Aragon and his
co-defendants resold the merchandise on eBay and Craigslist.
Clara Aragon hired an employee solely to sell stolen goods
on eBay. On May 12, 2007, Aragon and Shitrit entered
Bloomingdale's at Fashion Island, Newport Beach, and used
fake and fraudulent American Express and Visa cards to make
purchases totaling over $13,000. They purchased Coach
handbags, men's and women's clothing, and watches. Newport
Beach police officers were alerted when the scan of the
magnetic encoding on the back of a credit card did not match
the imprint of the card. Christopher Aragon and Shitrit were
arrested in the parking lot and a search of Christopher
Aragon's vehicle led to over 50 forged credit and gift
cards, and fraudulent California driver's licenses bearing
various names with Christopher Aragon's photo. During the
investigation, hundreds of forged credit and gift cards and
fraudulent California driver's licenses were discovered at
Christopher Aragon's home and high-end goods were found at
his and his wife's business office. Similar items were found
at other co-defendants' homes when searched. At Shirit's
Aliso Viejo apartment, investigators found a forgery lab
designed to encode credit cards in the process of being set
up, and credit card writers, and thumb drives with thousands
of hacked and stolen credit card numbers.
(Source
patch.com)
Novi, Michigan Eye care store hit for $25,000 in merchandise
by burglars. The Town &
Country Eye Care store in Novi was burglarized, door pried
open and the power was cut. Stolen were 40 pairs of Maui Jim
sunglasses, and Gucci frames. Several other burglaries in
the area were reported during the same time frame.
(Source
hometownlife.com)
An organized shoplifting crew made off with high-end
handbags worth more than $5,000 on Oct. 21 at Nordstrom in
Pleasanton, Calif. Police say a similar crime
was reported recently in Los Altos.
(Source
pleasantonweekly.com)
Yuba City, California suspects nailed at The Home Depot;
Theft, Fraudulent identities and Mail theft.
The three suspects were arrested for loading
up an ice chest with merchandise and purchasing the chest at
a Oroville Home Depot. When Police stopped the vehicle,
inside was evidence of identity theft, credit card
information, stolen personal and business checks and stolen
US mail from at least 25 Yuba City Residents.
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Vector
Security® Wins 2012 Salvation Army Nehemiah Award
for Long-Term Support
Award recognizes more than 10 years
of partnership
PITTSBURGH – Vector Security® is the winner of the 2012
Salvation Army Nehemiah Award, recognizing the electronic
security leader for its sustained and continued efforts to
support the organization.
Since it began its involvement with the Salvation Army in
2001, Vector Security has contributed to and volunteered at
numerous events, including:
•The Red Kettle Campaign, the Salvation Army's signature
effort to raise donations during the holiday season. Vector
Security volunteers have manned the kettles annually at
various locations in the Pittsburgh area since 2002.
•Project Bundle Up, where employees have volunteered to shop
for coats, jackets and other cold-weather gear for those in
need. The Vector Security Pittsburgh branch donates a
security system to the Project Bundle Up Telethon auction
every year.
•Treasures for Children, by donating toys to children during
the holidays. Vector Security has also worked with trucking
companies in Pittsburgh to donate trucks that pick up and
deliver toys to the Salvation Army's warehouse for sorting.
•Sponsorship of Hartwood Acres Festival of Lights,
benefiting the Salvation Army.
•Participation in the Red Kettle Annual Golf Tournament,
Project Bundle Up Kick Off Dinner and Doing the Most Good
Award Dinner.
Additionally, Michael Grady, Executive Vice President at
Vector Security, has served on the Greater Pittsburgh
Advisory Board for the Salvation Army since 2002. He remains
an active Board member and attends local chapter meetings
annually.
The Nehemiah Award will be presented to Vector Security at
the Doing the Most Good Dinner celebration on December 4 at
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Location |
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Dept Mgr Store LP & Safety |
Lowe's |
Marrero, LA |
Lowe's |
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Dept Mgr Store LP & Safety |
Lowe's |
Alpharetta, GA |
Lowe's |
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Dept Mgr Store LP & Safety |
Lowe's |
San
Jose, CA |
Lowe's |
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Dept Mgr Store LP & Safety |
Lowe's |
Riverdale, UT |
Lowe's |
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Dept Mgr Store LP & Safety |
Lowe's |
Columbia, MO |
Lowe's |
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Regional AP Sr. Mgr |
Sam's
Club |
Denver, CO |
Walmart |
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Market AP Mgr |
Walmart |
Montrose, CO |
Walmart |
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AP Mgr in Training |
Walmart |
Harrodsburg, KY |
Walmart |
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AP Mgr in Training |
Walmart |
Montgomery, AL |
Walmart |
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Sr. Regional LP Mgr |
CVS
Caremark |
La
Habra, CA |
CVS
Caremark |
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Sr. Regional LP Mgr |
CVS
Caremark |
Atlanta, GA |
CVS
Caremark |
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Sr. Regional LP Mgr |
CVS
Caremark |
Largo, FL |
CVS
Caremark |
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Area LP Mgr |
Family Dollar |
Louisville, KY |
Family Dollar |
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Regional LP Mgr |
The
Vitamin Shoppe |
Orlando, FL |
Linkedin |
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EHS Manager |
Tremco, Inc. |
Beachwood, OH |
Tremco, Inc. |
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Regional Mgr Security & LP |
FedEx |
Atlanta, GA |
FedEx |
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Loss Prevention Mgr |
Kmart |
Pineville, LA |
Sears
Holdings Corp. |
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Loss Prevention Mgr |
Kmart |
North
Miami Beach, FL |
Sears
Holdings Corp. |
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Loss Prevention Mgr |
Sears |
Baltimore, MD |
Sears
Holdings Corp. |
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Loss Prevention Mgr |
Sears |
Austin, TX |
Sears
Holdings Corp. |
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Loss Prevention Mgr |
Sears |
Austin, TX |
Sears
Holdings Corp. |
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Loss Prevention Mgr |
Sears |
Midland, TX |
Sears
Holdings Corp. |
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Loss Prevention Mgr |
Sears |
Tuscaloosa, AL |
Sears
Holdings Corp. |
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Loss Prevention Mgr |
Sears |
New
Hartford, NY |
Sears
Holdings Corp. |
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Loss Prevention Mgr |
Sears |
Clarksville, IN
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Holdings Corp. |
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Dee Brown
was promoted to District Loss Prevention/Safety Manager for
the Navy Exchange.
Kevin Rowan was
named District Loss Prevention/Safety Manager for the Navy
Exchange.
Brian Clifton
was promoted to District Loss Prevention/Safety Manager for
the Navy Exchange.
Terry Martin
was named District Loss Prevention/Safety Manager for the
Navy Exchange.
Eric Miller was
promoted to Loss Prevention/Safety Manager for the Navy
Exchange.
Alesa Ramseier
was promoted to Loss Prevention/Safety Manager for the Navy
Exchange.
Tom Mulhall was
promoted to Loss Prevention/Safety Manager for the Navy
Exchange.
Lee Adams was
promoted to Loss Prevention/Safety Manager for the Navy
Exchange.
Kimberly Futch
was promoted to Loss Prevention/Safety Manager for the Navy
Exchange.
Thomas Martinez
was promoted to Loss Prevention/Safety Manager for the Navy
Exchange.
Timothy Larson
was named Loss Prevention/Safety Manager for the Navy
Exchange.
Noah Spevak was
named Loss Prevention/Safety Supervisor for the Navy
Exchange.
Randy Graham
was named Loss Prevention/Safety Supervisor for the Navy
Exchange.
Jason McKinney
was named Loss Prevention/Safety Supervisor for the Navy
Exchange.
Steve Dean was
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6 Things You Can Do to Ramp Up Your Job Search (This
Week!)
Do you live for the
weekends? Do you despise Monday mornings? Are you
majorly stuck in a rut or in a job you hate -- or
think there's got to be something better than what
you're doing right now? Or perhaps you live a double
life -- working all day at a job you hate, then
coming home and being a "job applicant" after work
and on the weekends. You're stuck and you don't know
how to get out.
(Need
a change)
The Dos and Don'ts of Job Searching While You're
Still Employed
Ready for a new
job? Most career experts would tell you to start
looking while you're still employed. And when you do
-- you must tread carefully. "When you're working,
your professional network is working for you because
you're constantly interacting with your industry
contacts. They can inform you about jobs you may not
be aware of. If you're not working, you're out of
sight and out of mind."
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Last week's most popular
article--
The Presentation Mistake
You Don't Know You're
Making
During an
interview, your
potential new boss asks
you to briefly describe
your qualifications. You
begin to rattle off your
list of accomplishments.
"Oh," you add. "And I
took two semesters of
Spanish in college." Not
technically an
impressive
accomplishment, but
since the company does a
lot of business in Latin
America, you figure some
Spanish is better than
none.
(Or
is it?)
Survive Your First Video
Interview
In today's world, Skype
and other forms of video
chats and conferences
are becoming more
mainstream. Because of
this, it is not
ridiculous to expect
things such as
interviews to be done
via video as well. There
is one thing important
to note, however. A
video interview can be
very different from an
in-person interview.
(Keep
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The speed of the day and today's economic pressures often
tempts even the most defined professional to take shortcuts
and risk exposures that ultimately they have to mentally
deal with and occasionally have to face the consequences
for. There is no better use of the adage, It's the Tortoise
vs. the Hare, and the tortoise always wins, that applies
here. Staying grounded in your principals, committed to your
mission and being a professional is what should drive every
executive every day – remembering that long term actions
speak louder than words and the tortoise always wins will
hopefully rule the day.
Just a Thought,
Gus Downing
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