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I just read the article about a guy who gets paid with taxpayers dollars to litterally do nothing at all including get out of bed. Can I have a job like this one. Ever better yet, can I have two or three jobs like this one.

The story as copied from cnn.com is posted below

A worker was paid for 12 years without ever showing up for work at a Norfolk, Virginia, agency funded by federal, state and local money, officials say.

Norfolk Mayor Paul Fraim told CNN on Friday that when a new director took over at Norfolk Community Services Board recently, she was “doing her due diligence” when she discovered the hooky-playing employee was on the books. The director, Maureen Womack, then notified the city attorney’s office, Fraim said.

Sandy Johnson, a spokeswoman for the Community Services Board, told CNN Friday that her agency couldn’t comment because of the ongoing investigation.

On behalf of the city attorney’s office, Norfolk city spokeswoman Terry Bishirjian referred to a statement released on Wednesday that said, “The city attorney’s office, with the approval of Womack, took appropriate steps to prevent any further payments to the employee and the employee was terminated.”

It added, “The city attorney has undertaken a detailed investigation of the circumstances and history of this matter to determine what further personnel actions should be taken, and the board of the NCSB passed unanimous motions supporting the executive director in any further employment actions she might take on the advice of counsel. After all necessary employment actions are taken, the city attorney will turn the matter over to Norfolk’s Department of Police for further investigation.”

CNN affiliate WAVY said that the employee, a woman whose name was not released, “earned” somewhere between $300,000 and $480,000, not including full benefits, from the board over the past dozen years.

The Norfolk board is partially funded by the Virginia state Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services. According to the department’s website, it is one of 40 locally run community services boards that “serve children and adults who have — or who are at risk of — mental illness, serious emotional disturbance, intellectual disabilities, or substance use disorders.”

The mayor said state law requires cities, towns and counties throughout Virginia to host the boards, but each city has little involvement beyond providing some of the funding for the offices.

“This is not a city employee. She does not work for the city, does not get a city check,” Fraim said. He added that while the Norfolk City Council appoints members to the Community Services Board, the board hires its own director and is autonomous and independent.

The city of Norfolk provides just under $4 million of the local board’s budget a year, Fraim said. Meghan McGuire, a spokeswoman for the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, said the state pays $9.7 million annually and the federal government usually contributes $2.4 million, but this year added $190,000 in stimulus funds.

Fraim expressed concerns about a lack of oversight at the agency.

The Norfolk Community Services Board is a “quasi-federal, state and local agency that operates independently,” he said. “No one really judges their performance, if you will. It’s not a good model.”

McGuire said there is some state oversight. Each board is required to commission an independent annual audit, then send a copy of that audit to the state. A state auditor then looks for red flags and prioritizes the reports by risk level, she said.

“Recent audits of Norfolk showed low risk and no need for our department to conduct our own audit,” McGuire said. “We don’t have an employee-employer relationship with them, but if we do find out about a situation or something that needs to be investigated … we can investigate through our internal audit process.”

Norfolk City Councilman Barclay C. Winn commented on the situation Friday, saying, “We could have and should have done more in this case, but I think when you get an audited financial statement at the end of the year and a clean opinion, it gives you some level of comfort.”

He added that government at all levels, including his, needs to be held accountable.

“I’m sure the mayor and city manager will get to the bottom of it, [but] the buck stops with the city council,” Winn said. “If it has the word ‘Norfolk’ in it, it stops with us. … That’s OK. That’s part of the job.”

McGuire said that while the state does not have authority over personnel issues, it does have authority over policy and procedure, and when the state makes recommendations for change in those areas, “If they don’t make changes, we can take some action. In the worst case, we can withhold some state funds.”

But that withholding of cash seems unlikely in this case. McGuire said that “it appears CSB is working diligently to resolve this issue.”

George Pratt was the Norfolk board’s executive director for 12 years, with a short gap between his and Womack’s tenure. Even though his time in charge overlapped with the alleged shirker for about a decade, Pratt told CNN on Friday, “I know nothing about it. I read it in the paper.”

Pratt added that no one had called him to ask about the situation and that “whatever the investigation is, they have not informed me of any details.”

When McGuire was asked how a person who got paid for not working could have escaped detection for so long, she said she was unsure.

“We don’t know at this point how something like this can happen. We’re very concerned,” she said. “[We're] working on procedure to prevent this from happening again.”

Norfolk’s newest city councilman, Tommy Smigiel, told CNN Friday that “people want accountability.”

Smigiel said that when he recently met with a city auditor, he was told about a shelved proposal that predated him, calling for a hotline that Norfolk city workers — and workers at Norfolk-affiliated agencies such as Community Services Board — could call confidentially to report fraud or any other ethical issues. He said the city council has now “technically endorsed” the idea and is working on an ordinance to implement the plan, with the hope that such a fix “probably would have caught something like this.”

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This is really the key. Without that, you might as well forget it. It is not a matter of does the program work, the program works, there is no doubt about that but if the program you join has bad directions and a poor support team then of course your not gonna do well. I tested a few of these online programs including legit online jobs and frankly was not impressed with the overall training provided with most of them especially legit online jobs. The information they give is vague and I honestly could not see a lot of people making money with their tools and tutorials. I was very disappointed in this program to be honest. Not to mention their support team was not very helpful at all and any questions that were asked were answered by them sending me back to their tutorials.

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3 Important things to look for when choosing a company

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These 3 things can tell you if the company in question will be really willing to take a step further to help you. Some companies like legit online jobs will just send you to the members area and you never hear from them again. This is not a good mentor. You need good communication with your teacher to ensure you are in good hands.

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Are you worried about how to get prepared for your job interview? Well, you are happy for being short listed for the interview. However, you are equally tensed on how it will go. There are many people around you, especially your friends, who will suggest you various tips for getting prepared for the interview. But no one seems to give you complete information. So, in order to guide you towards facing an interview, I am giving you some easy job interview tips which are as follows:

1) Be informed with a common list of interview questions and practice: Be familiar with a common set of job interview questions. Practice your answers with your own style. Usually, one of the most common interview questions that your interviewer might ask is to stay something about yourself. Answer in confidence and talk about your strength and weakness. The interviewer has already gone through your resume and so your answer should contain unique information about yourself and not just what you have already mentioned in your resume. I hope you got my point.

2) Wear appropriate clothes: Usually formals clothes are considered as the best choice. Men can wear formal shirt and pant, along with a tie. The ladies can wear formal skirts or pants and shirts. Never wear casual shirts such as baggy or droopy jeans. Your job might not require dressing up. But, you need to look presentable for the interview.

3) Be organized and be in time for the interview: Keep all your documents and original certificates well organized in a folder. This will help you to make this accessible easily. Over all, search well before time. At least 15 minutes before the interview. This attitude will help you to feel relaxed and get mentally prepared for the interview.

4) Do your own research: You can research about the particular company by visiting their site. This will give you an idea of how small or big their company is. You will be able to know their mission and vision statements.

5) Know your actual work profile: You must know the actual job profile for which you are going to be interviewed. If certain part of the work profile is outside your expertise, you need to prepare yourself with a proper answer for being able to convince your interviewer that you have passion for the concerned type of work that you are applying for and that you desire to work in this direction. Also, ensure that you speak clearly and keep eye contact with the person who is conducting the interview. However, do not over do it.

Irrespective of the number of interviews that you might have given for getting a job, you are always likely to experience butterflies fluttering in your tummy, just before you go in. But, if you follow the above mentioned steps, you will be able to face your job interview with confidence and can turn out to be an outstanding candidate for the concerned job.

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Alex Wu operates a classifieds website that lets people advertise, build groups, and connect. He hopes to create an active environment for businesses to place their job listings.

DULUTH — Michael Ramer, 58, has been out of work since September. The Lawrenceville resident used to work in a warehouse. He’s visited several job fairs and completed tons of applications. Ramer is frustrated by unreturned calls, and thinks many employers are not looking out for the grunt workers like him.

“I’ve never been unemployed a week of my life. It’s tough out here,” he said. “I would work in a ditch if I had to.”

He was one of more than 2,700 people, many unemployed, who sought work at the 2010 Gwinnett Chamber Business in Gwinnett Expo and Job Fair.

Forty-two companies, with almost 2,000 jobs available, came to the job fair, which was held from noon to 5 p.m. Thursday. This was the first increase in participation since the recession began.

“If you are looking for the silver lining, this demonstrates we are doing better than most,” said Demming Bass, Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce Vice President of Communications and Public Policy.

Gwinnett County unemployment was 9 percent in May, compared to 10 percent statewide in June, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce says this is partially because 190 businesses relocated to Gwinnett in the last three years, bringing 9,000 jobs.

“I am happy to see people are doing whatever it takes to get themselves exposed to employers and not sitting around and, as some people would say, just collecting a check,” said Alida Hines, a former marketing researcher who was in Atlanta to network.

But many people left the job fair even more frustrated.

“They just tell you ‘go to our website and apply.’ Well you can do that from home without standing in a line for two hours,” said Craig Rhodes of Lilburn. “You are not coming here for a job is what I see. It’s more like you are coming just to refresh your memory of who might have a job out there.”

Common complaints included a lack of actual recruiters to talk to, not enough employers and too many booths simply referring people to websites. Tasha Burnett, who used to work in customer service, has been unemployed since January. This was her first job fair, but she thought it seemed superficial and unhelpful.

“There’s no way you can find out who’s qualified with all these people,” said Burnett, a Stone Mountain resident.

Other attendees said they thought the job fair was well organized and said that they were able to have success.

Mike Sandefer of Alpharetta lost his sales job five and a half months ago. He got follow-up interviews with two companies.

“All of this is good. It’s been a lot of effort putting this thing out, and it’s obvious there a lot of us out here who need the help,” Sandefer said.

Employers who came out were surprised by the large turnout.

Chris Earnest, representing an Aflac booth, said the numbers were a good sign.

“People are more willing to look in another (career) direction,” Earnest said.

Dave Neiman, the regional vice president of AmeriLife, was offering a sales position, but admitted it was tough to gauge candidates at a job fair. “A guy can come in looking like a bum but be one of the best salesmen there is,” Neiman said.

Alongside employers were staffing agencies, the Georgia Department of Labor and even schools.

“People are sick of not finding jobs and realize they need a new skill,” said William Spain, an admissions representative at the Aviation Institute of Maintenance.

In addition to the job expo, about 150 businesses participated in a business-to-business trade show.

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