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- SecurTest with iReviewNow Named Top Background Screening Company by HRO Today - Based on independent customer surveys, SecurTest with its patented iReviewNow named top background screening company.
- First Multi-Million Dollar EEOC Settlement of 2012 – Hiring Discrimination by Unfair Use of Criminal Histories - How to avoid claims of discrimination in your background screening program, as explained by Hannah Freeman, Editor of iReviewNow News
- “iReviewNow patent is the new standard in background screening” - Video explains how employers and the government are turning to the first and only patented background screening solution.
- St. Petersburg Times, “Asking the tough questions for employers”- Steven C. Millwee explains power of asking the right hiring questions
- “Workplace Violence Programs Rise or Fall With Staff’s Eyes” – AllBusiness.com quotes Millwee on developing workplace violence prevention awareness.
- Sitting in the hot seat: healthcare security to the witness stand by Steven C. Millwee, CPP - Hospitals, like all employers, are highly vulnerable to lawsuits for negligent hiring and for negligent security when a serious incident, such as a murder, occurs. In this article, the author, an applicant-screening expert, discusses in detail an actual case in which a security officer was murdered. He reviews the lessons learned to help security professionals mitigate the risk of avoidable claims of negligence.
- “LP’s Role in Preventing Workplace Violence” – Steven C. Millwee, CPP - This real-life case highlights the need for loss prevention to take the lead in sensitive employee investigations and help promote programs that identify violent applicants before they become violent employees. Yet, you may often feel as if you are the lone voice in the wilderness and not know where to begin.
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If You Don’t Ask, You May Not Find Out – A Pre-employment Screening Strategy for Discovering Prior Workplace Misconduct by Steven C. Millwee, CPP - Don’t be the next victim because you forgot to ask the right questions, the right way, and always before making the hiring decision. You only get one chance to make the right hiring decision, or you may end up with months or years of dealing with the unqualified or violent employee. All because you didn’t ask.
