The Marines have a saying for when times get especially tough: Improvise, Adapt, Overcome. As philosophies, this one can be applied to a lot of situations in the past few years. Can’t meet in person? Start getting comfortable with Zoom. Facing supply chain shortages? Plan ahead and have a variety of backup plans. Having trouble hiring technicians? Try doing what one security integrator suggests in this month’s Workforce Strategies column (LINK).
“In 2021, we hired 28 technicians at varying levels — 1, 2, 3 and 4,” says John Nemerofsky of SAGE Integration. “What I did that was a little different was change the name of our industry. So many of our competitors call this the ‘electronic security industry.’ I called it the ‘Sec Tec’ or the security technologies [industry]. Second, I moved away from ‘technicians’ and began calling them ‘system engineers.’”