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Things To Keep In Mind While Hiring Private Patrol Guards For Cultural Fit

Hiring reliable private patrol guards is one of the most critical and challenging aspects of running and improving a successful private patrol business. The reason being resumes, cover letters, and online profiles only provide critical information covering education, skills, and background. That is clearly not enough because skills can be taught on the job and knowledge can be gained over time. What matters today is the ability of the person you are hiring to fit into your organization’s culture. It requires a mindset that’s willing to learn, adjust, and even [...]

By GuardsPro|2022-08-28T20:56:35+00:00August 26, 2022|Latest Articles, Security Guard Management|

Customer Life Cycle: Quick Guide For A Private Patrol Company

The ultimate goal of every private patrol company is to move prospects through the sales funnel and convert them into new customers. But wait, it doesn’t end there. The private patrol company must take further actions to convert the existing customers into loyal brand advocates. In order to do that, you’ll need data about the entire lifecycle of your customer base. However, before moving on to the step of data collection, you need to understand the five different stages in the customer life cycle and why it’s critical. The infographic [...]

By GuardsPro|2021-12-29T20:42:36+00:00December 31, 2021|Latest Articles, Sales & Marketing|

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 a way to work efficiently in an environment that keeps [...]

By GuardsPro|2020-05-27T05:14:41+00:00October 10, 2019|Customer Service|

The 5 Best Labor-Saving Technologies A Private Patrol Company Can Employ

Over the past few decades, technology has evolved at a dizzying speed transforming almost every job on the planet, and no private patrol company is untouched. While the physical security is witnessing a paradigm shift in technology, with the growing use of smartphones, high-end video surveillance cameras & drones, sophisticated integrated access control systems and the first versions of robot-guards, labor costs still take a major part in expense split of almost every private patrol company. The best way to keep the labor costs under control is to incorporate the [...]

By GuardsPro|2020-05-27T05:24:38+00:00August 20, 2019|Industry Trends|

How Guardso Security Patrol System Ensures The Safety Of Your Guards?

At the end of the day, if the main concern of your organization towards your guards is not having each of them go home safe; you’ll need to update the list of your priorities. It has become more important than ever to incorporate a robust security patrol system to ensure the safety of the whole staff and especially, the security guards deployed at remote patrol sites. In the past, security guard companies were forced to rely on paper reports and monitor via radios, but not anymore. The introduction of Guardso [...]

By GuardsPro|2020-05-27T05:23:40+00:00July 30, 2019|Guard Safety And Wellbeing|

5 Key Management Skills To Build A Successful Private Patrol Company

A manager irrespective of the size, type, and the industry of the company has a vital role to play. Though often employees are considered the reason behind the success of the company and they sure do are but managers, they are the driving force. They are the ones your employees are always going to look up to. Which is why ensuring they have the right management skills to run your private patrol company becomes critical. So, here’s a list of key management skills you should look for in managers in [...]

By GuardsPro|2020-05-27T05:33:22+00:00May 24, 2019|Guard Management System|

Guardso Enterprise Solution: The First Automated Enterprise System

Are you looking forward to expanding your private patrol company and taking it to the next level? If yes, we have just the right solution for you that will help seamlessly tackle all the problems often faced while managing several branches of a private patrol company altogether. Introducing Guardso Enterprise Solution, the first automated enterprise system. What Is Guardso Enterprise Solution? Guardso Enterprise Solution is a complete enterprise system that has been specifically designed to automate the entire private patrol operation of a medium to large private patrol company. So, [...]

By GuardsPro|2019-05-29T05:42:30+00:00May 9, 2019|GuardsPro Updates|

Benefits Of Patrol Guard Tour System You Need To Know Today

A patrol guard tour system offers a number of advantages to your private patrol company. From delighting the customers to monitoring guard’s performance, it is developed to take your management a notch higher by streamlining your security patrol operations. It can have a major impact on the quality of your services and internal control. In broader terms, a patrol guard tour system monitors the activities of the security guards on-site to ensure they are following the scheduled security patrol and to verify they are covering all sites as assigned. [...]

By GuardsPro|2020-05-27T05:36:42+00:00April 25, 2019|Guard Tour Features|

10 Customer Skills Private Security Guards Must Have

Being a private security guard entails having a serious face throughout. However, private security guards can also be fun and friendly. An effective balance between your customer service skills and effective delivery of your protection duties makes your company’s profile soar. It is important for private security guards to keep this in mind at all times. They are the first and last face that a client sees as they walk in and out of any premises. In this article, we take a look at customer service skills that every private [...]

By GuardsPro|2020-05-27T05:43:55+00:00March 4, 2019|Security Guard Management|

Can Security Guard System Help You Avoid Client Lawsuits?

The ultimate responsibility of every private patrol company owner is to do everything in power to limit risks in order to keep the business running smoothly. But, the reality is that lawsuit, or even the threat of a lawsuit is inevitable. So, how does one go about safeguarding oneself against client lawsuits? Security guard system is one answer that not many know can be utilized to their advantage. Truth be told, you’ll be surprised to know that a security guard system is one fine piece of technology designed in a [...]

By GuardsPro|2020-06-24T09:17:13+00:00August 30, 2018|Customer Service|

Three Reasons Why Scenario-Based Training Using Patrol Software Is Ideal

Security guards well equipped with security patrol software are the first line of defense for every threatful scenario one can possibly imagine. Due to which, they often face dangerous situations that ultimately may require law enforcement intervention. Nowadays, for this very reason, scenario-based training initiatives are becoming more popular among a large variety of companies. They are providing the guards with opportunities to exercise their skills outside typical training environment that can help mitigate numerous risk in several different ways. From a quick, yet simple evacuation procedure to as complex [...]

By GuardsPro|2018-08-24T11:57:45+00:00August 24, 2018|Security Guard Training|

5 Amazing Ways For A Private Patrol Company To Wow Their Clients

All businesses work their best to gain clients, but for the small business owners, the journey to an actual paying client often tends to be a tough one. But, what’s tougher with so much competition in the industry for a private patrol company is client loyalty. So, when the competition goes knocking on your client’s doors, how will you make sure your clients stay your clients? In such scenarios, it all goes beyond just caring for your clients - smart business consistently wow them. This may seem simple and obvious, [...]

By GuardsPro|2018-08-17T03:43:14+00:00June 6, 2018|Customer Service|