| In this issue… |
| Workplace Feature: Email Can Make Big Business Act Like Big Brother |
| New Faces at the Career Marketplace |
| What’s New? |
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| Partners in Profile |
Ameristar
Pfizer
Cerner |
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| Talent Spotlight |
Courtney Adams
Danielle Scott |
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Fall Schedule for
Career Fitness Workshops |
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What's New?
The Career Marketplace e-Newsletter reaches multiple audiences, but is written specifically for our career seekers and corporate partners. To really inform, educate, and maybe entertain readers, we’ll start leading each issue with a feature article about an important workforce or job search topic. Also, take a look at our new “Talent Spotlight,” an article that will introduce you to some of our job seekers.
If there’s something you’d like to see in our e-Newsletter, please make a suggestion by emailing Benita at bugoline@ulkc.org. Remember, too, you can always count on the e-Newsletter for profiles of our corporate partners, a list of Career Fitness workshops, and calendar of other upcoming events.
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Job seekers who want information about services should contact Benita Ugoline: 816-471-0550, ext. 28 or bugoline@ulkc.org.
Corporations and organizations that want Career Marketplace partner information should contact Sharonne McGee: 816-471-0550, ext. 15 or smcgee@ulkc.org. |
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Email Can Make Big Business Act Like Big Brother
It goes without saying: email has changed the way we communicate. Other than the printing press and the telephone, no communications tool has made a greater impact on us personally or professionally. Yet used inappropriately, email can get us into trouble, especially at work.
The American Management Association estimates that 130 million U.S. workers send 2.8 billion emails a day. No doubt your emails are among that 2.8 billion. “So what,” you might ask, “if I use my employer’s email for personal communications?” While there may be many reasons, two big ones are that using business email for personal reasons exposes your employer to legal risks and reduces productivity.
- Fifty percent of employees report receiving racist, sexist, pornographic or otherwise inappropriate email at work.
- Twenty-seven percent of Fortune 500 companies have defended themselves against claims of sexual harassment stemming from inappropriate email and/or other Internet use.
Therefore, many employers monitor their employees’ emails to protect their business interests. How many? A survey of 500 companies in 2006, stated:
- 84% of companies regulate personal email use
- 41% regulate personal IM (instant messaging) use
But “what about my privacy?” you say. Well, it may not be protected because of The Electronic Communication Privacy Act of 1986 (ECPA), which lets big business become big brother under certain conditions.
Today, employers of all sizes and types (for-profit, nonprofit and governmental) are likely to present a written, communications policy statement to an employee and require a signature. Don’t think of this as a mere formality. This is serious business. A signed communications policy statement allows an employer to legally monitor your email and Internet use and take action if necessary. continued >> |
New Faces at the Career Marketplace:
Introducing….
Benita Ugoline (pronounced you-go-lean-ee)
Career Marketplace Director
Benita comes to the Urban League with 12 years of career management and job search training experience. She’s an expert on all facets of job search and brings new dimension to preparing Career Marketplace job seekers. In addition, her knowledge of hiring practices and ability to assess employer needs and job seeker qualifications will aid corporate partners in their recruiting and screening processes.
Prior to her work in career management, Benita was a marketing communications and advertising professional. She has written for and been quoted by The Kansas City Star and The Kansas City Small Business Monthly on job search topics, appeared on KKFI-FM and KPRT-AM radio, and written a yet-to-be published book titled, “Think Like an Employer to Get Hired.”
Sharonne (prounounced sha-ron) McGee
Director of Outreach & Marketing-Career Marketplace
Sharonne’s professional contacts describe her as the “consummate sales professional” and “a natural born” salespeson. Time and again over the last 10 years, Sharonne’s abilities have proven the accuracy of those descriptions. Her success has been rewarded with vacation trips and being named to her most recent employer’s (Allstate Insurance) Millionaire’s Club…not once, but twice. Sharonne started in radio sales where she worked for three different broadcast groups, including Carter Broadcast, which is a Career Marketplace corporate partner. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Communications from Central Missouri State University.
Aside from her considerable professional achievements, Sharonne is active in the community: Perhaps most notably as Vice Co-chairman for Calvary Temple’s Community Outreach Program. Whatever Sharonne does, she does with enthusiasm. You’ll see for yourself as Sharonne calls on you to discuss Career Marketplace partnerships and other Urban League programs.
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