A few years ago I was prowling through an online classified website. As part of my job I am required to monitor my clients' employment and search for employment. I like to have an idea of local job opportunities to mention when they start whining about how there aren't any jobs out there and how they looked everywhere. I enjoy the look of panic that crosses there faces when I say something like: "Did you try IHOP they have an ad in the paper?" or "Lowes is hiring 4 people for day shift, did you apply there?" They tend to not like to have to commit to specific details, it might reveal how much actual effort they put in. I also try to make them track the search on paper, but that is a detail for another day.
While perusing the site, I saw an ad for a private detective. Actually the ad said something along the lines of "I want to do your detective work, just finished an online school and have a special computer program, hire me for all your investigative work. It gave his name, phone number, and address. Just out of curiosity I check to see if he was licensed. He wasn't. That wasn't a misuse of office, in the state of Tennessee, there is a website, linked from the state public website, where you can check to see if anyone doing a job requiring a license or certification from the state is duly licensed or certified and current on the license or certificate. It is a matter or public record. He wasn't. Again being a noisy bastard, I did a quick search through both the public website of the state department of commerce and insurance and a google search to see the requirements to become a licensed private investigator in Tennessee and the penalties for practicing without the license. Then, again being a bastard, because it wasn't really anything to me, I messaged the guy via the email on the classified website and warned him he faced a misdemeanor conviction and a rather stiff fine if he accepted money to do anything along this line and was reported without the appropriate licensing. I referred him to the sites explaining how to get his license and the penalties for operating without one. He emailed me back thanking me and explaining that he had looked all over but couldn't find out what he needed to do......
It took me less than 30 seconds to run a google search which yielded a few hundred results. The first 6 or 7 of which were websites wanting to teach me to be a private investigator, but every one of the five I looked at linked back to the state site listing the requirements to be licensed. He's trained and wants to handle all my investigative needs, for money, but can't work a simple internet search portal?
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