Scammers and con artists are everywhere.  They prey upon job boards as they know that most collect a rich amount of data on their jobseekers.  Imagine what an identity thief can accomplish with someones resume.  They have their entire history including past employment, education and references.

Now imagine what that data thief can do with all of that information AND a social security number.  Pretty scary.  Well, Aetna Insurance in Connecticut was the victim of another security breach.  Someone broke into their Applicant Tracking System and extracted full profiles on 450,000 job applicants, 65,000 of which had social security numbers attached. 

Unfortunately Aetna was recently sued for this security breach and is mitigating their risk by providing free credit monitoring to the 65,000 folks who had entrusted the applicant tracking system with their social security number.

I have previously written about the recruitment campaign the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department has been executing for over a year now.  They understand the concept of creating a pipeline of future recruits.  Their “Protect the City” campaign has been recognized nationally for its creativity.

A recent article in the Las Vegas Review Journal talks about what LVMPD is doing to pipeline future applicants that are currently serving overseas in the Iraq war.  It is this type of forward thinking that will have a great impact on their overall employment brand in the future.  Kudos to the folks at LVMPD and the team (R&R Partners) developing their recruitment campaign. 

LVMPDs success leads to a safer community as a whole.  The more public safety and security professionals we attract to Nevada, the safer we all become.  If they do not go to work for one of the area police departments, they will work elsewhere in the community.