Monthly Archives: June 2017

Employment is Possible with a Criminal History – Sealing Records

2020-04-20T18:44:28-07:00

A big part of growing up is making bad decisions. All of us have made bad decisions- some of us never got caught and some of us are still paying for a mistake made long ago. This mistake can follow you throughout your life ultimately preventing you from getting a good job. The National Employment Law Project suggests that 1 in 4 Americans have arrest or conviction record(s). That arrest or conviction may intrude when requirements to have a criminal background check to gain a job or license. Certain conviction categories will disqualify you for certain types of careers. For example, financial convictions will prevent you from a career in real estate, insurance or banking. Convictions of neglect will [...]

Employment is Possible with a Criminal History – Sealing Records2020-04-20T18:44:28-07:00

Fingerprinting Nevada’s Nurses

2019-02-20T13:07:32-08:00

My Personal Heroes There is a solid argument that Nurses are some of the hardest-working people on the planet. From 12 hour non-stop shifts to remaining clinically current, there isn’t much that a nurse doesn’t do. Providing care and completing paperwork only scratch the surface. Nurses don’t always know what their patients and their families are thinking and what going through. That is why we never forget that special nurse that showed empathy, compassion, and respect when our pain levels and sorrow spiral. You know that special nurse I am referring to- the one that treats patients and their patient’s families as their own. So, why would a special nurse be required to have a fingerprint background check to [...]

Fingerprinting Nevada’s Nurses2019-02-20T13:07:32-08:00

Benefits of Volunteering

2018-03-20T06:12:57-07:00

According to the Corporation and National Community Service, an organization sponsored by the U.S. Congress to measure volunteering in America, the rate of volunteering and civic engagement in Nevada and in the United States has fallen over the past few years from a high in 2003. Nevada’s trends indicate volunteerism dropped significantly in 2004, and gradually increased during the financial crisis between 2009 and 2011, dropping and holding steady since 2012. Overall trends in the U.S. indicate a steady decline since 2005. Here’s how Nevada stacked up in 2014, the most recent available year: • 19.4% of residents volunteer, ranking us 49th among the 50 states and Washington, DC. compared to the national average of about 25%. Utah far [...]

Benefits of Volunteering2018-03-20T06:12:57-07:00
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