Though attitudes were cautiously optimistic at this time last year, a look back at the past 12 months shows that 2010 simply did not hold the economic recovery so many of us had hoped for Unemployment continued to stay at record-high levels; many companies enacted lengthy hiring freezes, while others had to enforce additional layoffs

E-Verify, the Department of Homeland Security's online system for determining an employee's eligibility to work in the United States, is a technology designed to protect employers from unwittingly hiring ineligible employees; a mistake which can result in hefty penalties and serious legal ramifications