Growing the Security Talent Pipeline

All SIA members receive free access to this 2024 security industry salary study and wage and benefits report. Following the model of SIA’s own 2018 salary study, this study was conducted by Vault Consulting for the Foundation for Advancing Security Talent (FAST) in partnership with SIA, the Electronic Security Association, PSA Security Network and Security Sales & Integration magazine.

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To help make students and others aware of employment opportunities within the security industry, SIA has produced a guide to career opportunities guide for typical industry employment positions at security systems integrators and security solutions manufacturers.

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Produced exclusively for SIA by Matterhorn Consulting as a benefit to members, this 12-step reference guide to hiring employees covers the entire hiring process, from identifying the correct cultural fit to interviews, job offers and negotiations and even includes bonus material about onboarding and best managing an employee’s first 90 days. Written as a tutorial and augmented with extensive indexes, this report provides a step-by-step guide to help your company make better hiring decisions based on your specific needs.

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In 2020, SIA joined forces with the Electronic Security Association (ESA) to launch the Foundation for Advancing Security Talent, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization designed to promote careers in the physical security technology and life safety industry. FAST connects passionate, innovative professionals with new opportunities in electronic security and life safety. The FAST website offers job seekers information about the security industry’s growth and unique position at the convergence of cutting-edge technology and a mission that matters, the types of roles available in the industry and what employers are looking for and a jobs board featuring immediate opportunities in security technology and life safety.

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SIA RISE is a community that fosters the careers of young professionals in the security industry. The group is available to all employees at SIA member companies who are young professionals under 40 or have been in the security industry for less than two years. RISE offers a scholarship program to help young people expand their professional knowledge, the Talent Inclusion Mentorship Education (TIME) program for early and mid-career professionals, fun in-person and virtual networking events, career growth webinars and trade show education tracks and the annual AcceleRISE conference – an essential experienced designed to ignite new thinking, strengthen leadership and sharpen business acumen in young security talent.

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The SIA Women in Security Forum is a community open to all SIA members that works to engage all security professionals to promote, recruit and cultivate the leadership of women. The SIA Women in Security Forum offers a number of key programs and activities, including the SIA Women in Security Forum Scholarship, which furthers educational opportunities and promotes advancement for the widest spectrum of people possible in the security industry; the SIA Progress Award, which celebrates individuals who advance opportunities for women in the security industry; the SIA Women in Security Forum keynote event at ISC West; volunteer efforts that give back to the community; a virtual education series; collaborative projects with other organizations that seek to empower women in the security and technology fields; sponsorship of the Women in Biometrics Awards, which recognize distinguished female leaders in the biometric identity and security industry; thought leadership and speaking opportunities; and engaging networking and professional growth events.

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