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Editor's Note CEO: Elliot H. Clark Elliot.Clark@SharedXpertise.com An Ounce of Prevention How well do you know your co-workers? Chances are, not that well. And if you did, you may reconsider going into work. Did you know that workplace violence accounts for 18 percent of all violent crime? Yikes. And the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that of the 4,547 fatal workplace injuries that occurred in the United States in 2010, 506 were workplace homicides. Talk about going postal. But thankfully, the majority of organizations have HR departments that screen new employees. In fact, an overwhelming 97 percent of all respondents to HireRight's annual 2013 Employment Benchmarking Report leverage background screening when vetting potential candidates. But, perhaps a more interesting finding, more than 41 percent of respondents also indicated that they have experienced a workplace incident that could have been prevented with screening. So what benefits are organizations experiences through their background screening programs? Improved quality of hire (55 percent), improved safety and security (40 percent), improved regulatory compliance (35 percent), and reduced negligent hiring risks (29 percent) finds the report. Such reasoning is traditional in scope, but seasoned writer Russ Banham reports that today's background screening programs go far beyond the basics with technology becoming a bridge to process verification efficiency. Plus, you can't argue with numbers: According to the U.S. Small Business Administration, for every dollar an employer invests in employment screening, the return ranges between $5 and $16, resulting from improved productivity, lower turnover, and decreased employer liability. Find out more in Screening 2.0 on page 10, and check out who leads the industry in delivering such services with the results of our annual Baker's Dozen Customer Satisfaction Survey on page 14. Perhaps employees are looking to escape the office and sending them abroad might be the answer to keeping them onboard. International assignments often offer the opportunity for employees to fill a key skill they are missing. So just what regions reign supreme? Recent research reports the United States, the United Kingdom, and China as the three top destinations for international assignees. Ease of doing business, affordability of cost of living, tax structure, and immigration requirements are the essential drivers of these favored locales. Bragging Rights on page 32 shares more insight into international relocation, plus best practices for program implementation. And once that international assignment comes to a close, Gail Rabasca of Mobility Services International offers advice on repatriation. It's not as easy as it seems, she warns in There's No Place Like Home? on page 40. And if relocation isn't your answer to retention, perhaps recognition is. In the piece The Earlier the Better on page 63, we explore the positive impacts of recognizing employees sooner in their tenure. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average job tenure of American workers across all industries is 4.6 years, with Millennial workers (aged 25 to 34) reporting an average tenure of 3.2 years. Early recognition may be able to change that. While only 12 percent of organizations have a formal early recognition program in place, we offer seven steps to get rewarding headed in the right direction. The early bird gets—and keeps—the top talent. 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