For security firms, initiating a digital evolution involves incorporating emerging technologies such as AI and connecting various devices like surveillance cameras, access control panels, and alarm systems. This transition also involves modernizing manual or obsolete procedures by digitizing them.
Security office and security guard turnover rates are thought to be over 100% annually. Fortunately, these strategies help to reduce turnover, improve engagement, and increase employee retention in the private security industry.
Innovative and automated surveillance and communication technologies are needed to augment the guard workforce and reduce stress levels on overburdened employees. This article examines several key physical security challenges facing the private security industry in 2023, and how new physical security technology can be used to overcome them.
Security businesses want to hire the right guards and admin staff. Ideally, they’d like to keep them around as well. Recruitment software can help you find the right employees with less work while at the same time improving employee retention.
How do you market a security guard company, or more specifically, how do you win new clients for a security guard company? There is no single “right” way to market your security guard business; you need a unique and effective marketing plan. Utilize these marketing ideas to improve the marketing strategy of your security guard…
As a business in the security industry, you’ve got a few options when it comes to HR and payroll. You can do it all manually in-house, outsource to a bookkeeper or CPA, or you can choose an HR and payroll service provider which comes in the form of HCM software.
Holiday season is here and for most that means it’s time to relax, maybe take a little year-end vacation, spend some time with family, go to parties and events, and do a little shopping. But for those in the private security industry the holidays can be the busiest time of year. Providing security services during…
Recessions affect all industries, but it seems like the physical security sector is affected from two sides. On the one side, supply chain disruptions (a leading cause of the current economic situation) have limited companies’ abilities to procure equipment and supplies. The U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics reports an 8.3% price increase on all…
How can you know if we are heading for a recession? The answer depends on who you ask. It seems like everyone is waiting for the other shoe to drop. When it does, many contract security firm owners, especially those starting a security company, worry the impact will be devastating on their business. And rightly…