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...temporary employee for five months, charged that she was denied a full-time position because of her bad credit record. Although the full-time job had nearly the same responsibilities as her current temporary position—which involved handling alumni donation checks—Harvard did not consult her credit record until she applied for the full-time position, according to her lawyer, Piper Hoffman...
Long used as a barometer for fiscal responsibility, credit scores are traditionally used to determine eligibility for loans or insurance policies. But as employees like Lisa Bailey are finding out, employers are also beginning to consult credit scores in employment decisions to determine whether candidates are responsible or reliable workers...
...years with no clear front-runner, the Academy membership needs to consult critics' prizes with even greater care. So the Oscar voters will listen to us. How do I know? Because they usually do. And how do I know that? I have the research to back...
...letter, hoping that the committee now charged with replacing Summers might be more receptive to advice from professors.He had reason to hope so. With wounds still raw from the battle that ended Summers’ presidency, the famously secretive search committee is now going out of its way to consult the faculty that won that battle.Many members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, which handed Summers a no-confidence vote in 2005, remain sharply critical of the University’s top governing board for the lack of communication they say characterized Summers’ selection...
...Here's what I expect from Gates: He'll figure out who's important in the Pentagon and make sure to consult them on every major decision. The generals will be brought back onto the reservation. We won't be seeing any editorials in the Army Times calling for Gates's removal. We also won't be hearing about Gates going to the ideologues at the American Enterprise Institute or cafe exiles for advice on the Middle East. Gates knows how to find talent inside the bureaucracy or, if he does go outside, among his former colleagues from the George...