In a segment to appear during the Fox 13 Late News, Kevin Connell of Accu-Screen addresses the increased incidence of texting in the workplace.
Tampa, FL / October 14, 2010 – Accu-Screen Founder and CEO Kevin Connell will appear today on the 10 p.m. edition of the Fox 13 News in a segment focusing on texting in the work place. Following its broadcast the segment will be available for archived viewing on the Fox 13 website.
Accu-Screen is a leader and expert in employment background screening, specializing in criminal background checks. Connell will speak on the increase trend of texting in the workplace and how it will only continue to increase. This is a must see if you are an HR Manager, Employee, or Employer.
Connell will be covering stories about employees being fired via text.
“Abusing personal phone calls in the workplace use to be the issue, then email, and now it is texting.” says Connell. “In this segment I am going to give my take and advice on what employers and employees need to watch out for.”
Those who wish to view the Fox News Segment during the on-air broadcast should tune in at 10 p.m. The segment will be available for viewing online. Accu-Screen will provide a link to the recorded broadcast on their website.
About Accu-Screen, Inc.
Since 1994, Accu-Screen, Inc. has been an industry pioneer, leader and expert in employment background screening, specializing in criminal background checks. Its reports are delivered to companies across the world in 2 – 72 hours. CEO Kevin G. Connell founded the company with a burning desire that companies hire the right people from the start, resulting in greater cost control and better safety in the workplace. Mr. Connell also serves as a national speaker and expert in negligent hiring, resume fraud, employee theft, and embezzlement.
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Media Contact:
Sue Marriott
Accu-Screen, Inc.
800/689-2228 ext 1100
SueMarriott@accuscreen.com
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The true demise of American productivity is the cell phone, or more specifically; texting, micro texting (twitter), video /picture cell phones, etc.? I believe texting is destroying workplace productivity. It is impossible to sustain momentum in the workplace when everyone is constantly texting. It is like everyone is trying to maintain some sort of ongoing storyline to their boring, insignificant lives.
I’ll explain it this way. Let’s say that Sally (or Johnny) is a at work and she/he has an emotional crisis going on with her boyfriend/girlfriend, husband/wife, significant other … whatever, or she/he is in heat and needs some love ‘in. Think of all the thought, emotional energy, etc., preceding the text and after the text that is expended. That is thought, emotional energy, etc., lost on the on text instead of applying it to their job. I implore those that manage employees to walk down the office hallway by the employee offices, or the employee cubicles, and notice how many of your employees are preoccupied with their cell phones. Cell phones in the work place need to be deposited somewhere in the office where employees can access them at designated cell phone times. This will increase productivity. There was a time when we didn’t have cell phones, and the world was just fine. Of course, just because you are the boss doesn’t exclude you…time management must include cell phone time, too.