Tracy Seabrook

employeescreenIQ’s Jason Morris sat down with Tracy Seabrook, Executive Director of the National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS) for an insightful conversation on how this vital organization advocates on behalf those who conduct background checks (both employers and screening companies).  They also discuss the organization’s soon to be released certification program and its benefits. Take a listen.

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Lucia Bone

employeescreenIQ’s Jason Morris spent some time talking to Lucia Bone, Founder & President of the Sue Weaver Cause. Lucia’s sister, Sue Weaver was raped and murdered by a service worker who was hired to do work in her home. Had the employer conducted a background check they would have known that the employee was a convicted sex offender. Lucia founded C.A.U.S.E. to educate employers about the need to perform background checks to ensure that they are not hiring the wrong individuals. Please take a moment to listen to this interview.

P.S. Yesterday, we posted a story that we found in New York’s Daily Star that told of a cable employee who entered a customer’s home while on the job and sexually assaulted her. We asked Lucia for comment on this story and she offered the following:

“Absolutely it is the responsibility of the company that uses contractors and subcontractors to make sure that they are being screened to the same criteria as if they were an employee. After all, they are representing the company that contracted them.

Many companies have been found liable for the actions of not only their employees but their subcontractors as well. Businesses have an obligation to their customers to make sure they are not sending convicted felons into their homes.

The Sue Weaver CAUSE, Consumer Awareness of Unsafe Service Employment, was founded in memory of my sister that was raped and beaten to death by a twice-convicted sex offender hired to do service work in her home. Her killer was a subcontractor of Burdines. Not only did the contractor go out of business, but the premier Florida retailer settled out of court for millions.

C.A.U.S.E. Certification is a program designed to better protect consumers and employers by offering a means of hiring safer employees, contractors and subcontractors. Such a program could and should have saved not only Sue’s life but many more. C.A.U.S.E. Certification is launching on August 27, the seven year anniversary of Sue’s murder, with a national awareness campaign to educate consumers and employers to the dangers of not knowing who you hire.”

Jennifer Brogee

employeescreenIQ’s Nick Fishman sat down with Jennifer Brogee, Product Develop Manager at MyStaffingPro to talk about the emergence of Applicant Tracking Systems. One of the trends Jennifer highlighted was the need for ATS developers to build programs that are easily customizable so that individual development can be kept at a minimum. She also elaborated on how organizations can use ATS to streamline the hiring process and how it can even be used to expedite the background screening process. Take a listen.

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