Acronyms. SMH. Having been a private investigator in the Workers’ Compensation (WC) industry for almost 15 years, IMHO, I come across quite a bit of industry jargon – an alphabet soup of acronyms only trumped by the federal government. If you’re new to the industry, or need a refresher, here’s a list of acronyms YSK: […]
As a private investigator, I’ve seen first-hand the costs of workplace accidents, and the challenge of trying to reduce them. While my role focuses primarily on eliminating fraud, waste and abuse on the back-end of claims, increasingly, employers are looking for ways to address workplace safety issues before they arise, not least through incentive-based schemes. […]
Stop calling me to do illegal things. I won’t do them.
REVISED: You can’t succeed as a private eye if you’re not constantly learning. Ditch some of your old school ways and find the new stuff!
I’m a private investigator and I need a new car. But, I hate car shopping. So, I asked my fellow bloggers and auto junkies at Jalopnik, “What Car Should I Buy?” It’s a weekly segment they do: these dudes (NOT SALESMEN) help REAL people find ACTUAL vehicles for sale. And then they hilariously write about […]
So you Googled “private investigator” and found a handful of web pages that look like they haven’t been updated since 1995. On one site, a guy was even wearing a trenchcoat and fedora. Ugh…NEXT! You’ve never hired a private eye, so you have no clue what qualities to look for. But some of the bios […]
Divorce is tough. Think about it: What if… … you fell in love with someone? … married that someone? … bought a house together? … raised a family together? … and spent years together? And then, what if… … that person cheated on you? … and you found out? What would you do? How would […]
There is a stigma attached to private investigators. Most of it was created by Hollywood, but a few rotten apples continue to give our line of work a bad reputation. You know them, they’re the ones that toe the line or sometimes cross it. That line is the law. That line is ethics. That line […]
When you get asked what you do for a living, do you answer with an elevator pitch? Ahhh, the old elevator pitch. You know, that quick spiel describing what you do, for whom you do it, and how it is valuable to others. We’ve all got one, right? But, when I tell someone what I […]
Learning from failure. If you go to the recovery room at the hospital, you’ll see a lot more people with gunshot wounds in their legs than in their chests. But that’s not because people don’t get shot in the chest; it’s because the people who get shot in the chest don’t recover. As private investigators and […]