11.   Companies afraid they could be sued for hiring people with false credentials have fueled the growth of an entire industry of credential-checking firms, Nessirian said.

12.   Companies afraid they could be sued for hiring people with false L credentials have fueled the growth of an entire industry of credential- checking firms, Nessirian said.

13.   Donegan and others financed Eureka themselves, but said she gets tax breaks for hiring people because her restaurant is in the Empowerment Zone.

14.   Each said they had to overcome certain reservations and stereotypes before they felt comfortable hiring people with little or no experience and often erratic job histories.

15.   Each promises to tackle unemployment by bringing down the social security charges that they say discourage employers from hiring people, and by lowering some taxes.

16.   Even though Mornell, a psychiatrist, had spent years counseling businesses about hiring key people, their answers stunned him.

17.   He also wants to give employers a tax break for hiring people from the welfare rolls.

18.   He is exiting less profitable businesses like software integration because the high cost of hiring people makes profits hard to come by.

19.   He said Prudential had upgraded its staff by hiring people displaced by mergers.

20.   In that case, there is no substitute for hiring honest people.