Exit and Alumni Management for Security Services
Resignation to relieving letter, in a defined order.
What this looks like in security services
The parts of exit and alumni management that are specific to this sector, rather than general.
Post Handover and Deployment Exit
A post cannot be left empty while paperwork happens.
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Post Handover and Deployment Exit
A post cannot be left empty while paperwork happens.
What this coversHideIn security services the exit is governed by the post, not by the notice period. Coverage has to be continuous, and the client has to be told by you rather than discover it at the gate.
- Replacement deployed and briefed before the outgoing guard's last shift
- Client informed through the contracted route
- Client-issued access cards, keys and credentials returned to the client
- Uniform, badge, equipment and communication device recovered
- Site-specific instructions and incident history handed to the replacement
- Verification and background record retained per client requirement
- Attendance and deployment reconciled for billing
- Rehire and redeployment eligibility recorded
Verification records deserve particular care. Clients ask about who was deployed on their premises long after the deployment ended, and the record has to survive the individual's exit.
The general method — what exit and alumni management covers, the questions it answers and what an engagement produces — is the same whatever the sector, and is set out on the exit and offboarding process page. What is above is the part that differs for security services.
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Where to start
Most engagements begin with a review of how this runs in your business today, then a written process and the sequence to implement it.
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