PERILS OF PERSONAL SERVICE
DIANE STAFFORD
08 Aug 2006 12:00 am
There’s a fine line between being careful and being paranoid, but Kansas Citian Tracey Hawkins, a safety and security trainer, thinks too many workers, especially women, set themselves up for trouble with their marketing materials.
Hawkins points particularly to the real estate industry, where business cards, yard signs and Web pages often provide a picture and personal information about the agent.
And because real estate agents meet strangers when they’re alone in vacant houses, the possibility increases for becoming a victim of a sexual predator, robber or murderer.
Hawkins, whose information is online at www.safetyandsecuritysource.com, shares safety tips in training programs sponsored by employers, and has trained some large clients in the Kansas City area.
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