How To Write Well-Defined Security Guard Incident Reports Every Time?
Security guard incident reports serve as one of the most vital documentations in the security guard industry. That’s because they are highly effective in smoothly providing detailed write-ups and accurate reports of events not only to the management but also to the clients. Therefore, they are automatically considered as an essential part of every security guard’s job. But, are you sure you’re delivering the best of security guard incident reports? To ensure you write the perfect security guard incident report [...]
Challenges Security Managers Face While Managing Their Workforce
Security managers have a crucial role to play in every security guard company. They aren’t just responsible for hiring the right security guards or managing them, but also for assessing the security risks and developing strategies to prevent or mitigate security threats. And that’s what makes their job challenge on a daily basis. But, wait, there’s more to it. Given below is a list of a few job responsibilities that are equally challenging for them. 1. Communication With The Team [...]
Legal Limitations Every Private Security Guard Should Be Aware Of
A private security guard performs a lot of activities similar to that of a police officer. You might already be aware of that, aren’t you? Well, often, that’s where the trouble begins. People begin to believe a private security guard has the same rights and obligations as that of a police officer, but that’s not the case at all. He may be in a uniform but is not a public servant. He operates as a private citizen with legal limitations [...]
New Guardso Guard Tour System Update Is Now Available
Guardso guard tour system is back with yet another perfect update, and we are thrilled to introduce the new features in Guardso Payroll & Messenger application. We have not only taken into consideration your valuable feedback to work on these features that your team will love but also took creativity & practicality a notch higher for you to have a great overall experience. These two features are designed to make the job of your admins or managers easier. They may [...]
Top 10 Qualities Of Effective Security Guards That Make Them Stand Out
Security guards are likely to end up being the ones who stand between some form of danger and your clients, their families, as well as their properties. It is therefore highly recommended that you carefully choose your security guards based on certain characteristics or skills that will give them a competitive edge over other patrolling guards of security guard companies. Shared below is a list of standard characteristics that’ll help make your security guards stand-out from the rest. 1. Integrity [...]
How To Boost Morale & Reduce Security Officer Turnover Rate?
Eliminating high-security officer turnover rate and boosting his/her morale is one of the biggest issues every security guard company is facing today. But why, have you ever wondered? There are several factors responsible for this problem that is not going away anytime soon. Despite that, there are a few ways that can be used to reduce high-security officer turnover and boost his/her morale. They are as follows: 5 Ways To Boost Morale & Reduce Security Officer Turnover Hire The Right [...]
How Guardso Security Guard Management System Insures Against Time Theft?
Small security guard companies tend to be more vulnerable to employee theft. The simple reason behind this is the fact that they don’t have the procedures or a security guard management system in place required to prevent it. The owners often don’t believe their employees would dare steal from them. However, that might not be the case. Employee theft need not always be in a physical form but in terms of time. And that’s the kind of theft that usually [...]
6 Reasons Why Businesses Contract Private Security Companies
Anybody whose business premises have been broken into or vandalized will be the first to tell you to contract private security companies. Everybody wants to work or get their services from a place that they know is safe. Business owners realize the importance of hiring top-notch security personnel to keep their premises, customers, and even employees safe. When a company is looking for a security guard company to hire, thy can either hire from outside (contract private security companies) or [...]
How To Screen Private Patrol Guards For A Cultural Fit?
Hiring is one of the most critical & challenging aspects of running a successful business. Reason being resumes, cover letters, and online profiles only provide critical information covering education, skills, and background. Well, that’s clearly not enough because skills can be taught on the job & knowledge can be gained over time. What matters is the ability of private patrol guards to fit into an organization's culture. It requires a mindset that’s willing to learn, adjust, and even figure out [...]
Creating Brand Awareness For A Security Guard Company: Top 5 Social Media Platforms To Be On
Social media platforms are becoming the new search engines, where people are constantly looking for information they can rely on. You must have already figured that out, haven’t you? Well, the tough part is to decide which one social media platform your security guard company should rely on to increase your brand awareness. To be honest, why a single social media platform? Why not more than one? Every social media platform is unique and therefore have different things to offer [...]
Predictive Methods For A Security Patrol Officer To Identify Aggressive Behavior
Dealing with aggressive behavior is a part of every security patrol officer’s job and there is no denying this fact. Which is why it becomes more than essential for every security patrol officer to be able to identify physical & behavioral changes in people displaying aggression. This can, after all, be helpful in preventing or reducing violent events from happening significantly. Every security patrol officer, in that case, should be aware of different approaches to effectively handle people aggressive behavior [...]
Metrics That’ll Help Enhance Your Reputation As Security Guard Company
As a market player, it is implicit that you understand that the growth of your security guard company is directly related to your brand value. And a great brand comes from building a good reputation. A good reputation is an asset that does not reflect on your balance sheet but boosts the value of every asset listed in the account book. Apart from the quantitative criteria used to measure business results and growth, you need to define some metrics you [...]
10 Ways To Retain Your Top-Performing Private Security Officers
Managing top-performing private security officers don’t need much effort but that doesn’t mean as a manager you don’t need to do anything. Despite their ability to achieve and excel at everything they do, they still need support to continue thriving at work. Companies don’t often recognize this, and therefore do not put the effort into retaining their top talent until it’s too late. Eventually, it turns into a very or extremely challenging task for the managers. Which is why here [...]
Preventive Security Patrols, What Are They & Why Are They Crucial?
Of all the roles that security guards play, the role of conducting preventive security patrols are perhaps the most important. But what are preventive or private security patrols? Why are they essential to keeping client sites safe & secure? These are some of the questions that we will be tackling in this blog post. Are you ready to get some answers? Let’s get started. So, First Things First, What Are Preventive Security Patrols? Private security firms have to ensure that [...]
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