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Could Your Social Media Profiles Cost You a Job?

Shauna Wright — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:00:28 +0000

A new CareerBuilder survey of 2,300 hiring managers and human resource professionals shores up the warnings many experts give job-seekers about social media — namely, what you post could wind up costing you a position.

UM Fires Athletic Director and Head Football Coach

Jami Bond — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 21:46:30 +0000

A big shakeup in the Griz Nation today! Director of Athletics Jim O’Day and football coach Robin Pflugrad have been dismissed. O’Day has served as Director of Athletics in Missoula since being appointed in June of 2005 while Pflugrad recently finished his second season with the Griz. University President Royce Engstrom issued this statement this [...]

Mom Fired After Taking Time Off to Give Her Son a Kidney [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 13:00:03 +0000

Claudia Rendon of Pennsylvania has had a tough year. First, her mother and uncle died, then her father was diagnosed with leukemia. As if that wasn’t enough, she later discovered her son, Alex, was in need of a kidney transplant.

Doctors found she was a suitable donor match, so Rendon took time off work to give Alex the kidney he needed. But when she tried to return to her job several weeks later, she found she’d been fired.

Best Buy Employee Tackles Thief, Gets Fired

K Bear — Thu, 05 May 2011 14:39:50 +0000

Our very own Roger Kline may have saved the day when a thief tried to make good with over $1,600 in merchandise, but his instinct to tackle the sticky-fingered customer didn't save his job. In fact, it got him fired.