Amanda Vroom's Page

I have to thank both Chris and Keith....over the last few months, lets be honest pretty much all of 2009, I have been pretty absent on here. I am not proud to admit this because this is definitely the BEST networking site out there!

I have to explain why I have been absent. With the declining economy our company refocused on many things. While we scaled back on many items our people development (aka training) took on full steam because our President and Owner both realize that we need to contin… Continue

As much as I try to stay abreast of the current topics of our country and the economy there is also a part of me that continues to defy that anything is really wrong. I feel that if I feed into the hype, then I am just one more person with the 'wool pulled over their eyes' and will get sucked into the drama! I have always tried to be a Sheep Hearder, not a sheep...however recently-this week-reality has been closing in on me quickly...almost as an omen that maybe I shouldn't be so defyant.

I was… Continue

Many of you are aware that I deal with background checking as part of my duties for our company.

I had a vendor meeting yesterday with Screening Reports and we were discussing the economy, profits, losses, etc. It was surprising to find out that our vendor is up in profits for the year. Many, many companies are realizing more and more that you need to protect their assets and doing background checks helps to provide that safe environment.

Our vendor started doing mostly rental communities to h… Continue

Now that Amanda Hite has made me realize that Christmas is one week away...thank you!....I thought that I would take a second to reflect on our favorite holiday memories with our families. SOOO many people are caught up at the water cooler talking about all the stuff they need to do before the holidays. When is the last time you shared your fav memory with someone? I think all too often we get caught up in the 'commercial holiday circus' and forget to reflect on what matters most this time of ye… Continue

How do I make a long confidental story short enough that you will read it, without divulging TMI, and you still getting the jist.... We had an internal attempt at theft in one of our locations..nothing new it is the restaurant industry. They way they did it was very unique-sorry can't share it. We decided to complete background checks on the employees since we knew that it was an internal attempt.

We got everyone to complete the release forms, I read each report and let Senior Ops know who had… Continue