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One of the hardest parts of having a staff is actually hiring one. The hiring process is often difficult and time-consuming, which leaves your remaining employees to pick up the slack while you search for the individual with the right skillset. Staff augmentation services were born out of this predicament – it’s easier for hiring managers, HR, or whoever is in charge of hiring to let a service screen candidates first. Top-level businesses all use staff augmentation services by now. It’s an industry standard. Let’s talk about the 5 benefits of staff augmentation services.

As if the past year wasn’t stressful enough, the pandemic and changes in workspaces have created new ways for scammers to do what they do best. For business owners and managers, it’s vital to educate yourself and your staff so that you can avoid phishing scams and viruses in 2021. Unfortunately, scammers often target small and medium-sized businesses. The lack of resources makes it difficult to recover from hacks and scams. You can prevent yourself from falling prey to these scams by staying aware. Follow general safety rules like setting up strict passwords, limiting access to files, and checking in with employees regularly to make sure they’re doing the same.

Everyone uses their personal devices for work. Just this year, we’ve seen how vital technology is to business when most businesses and offices across the country had to shut down and go remote. While there was a point in history that companies may have disapproved of employees doing business from their cell phones and personal computers, it is now a necessity that is keeping businesses running. As we move towards this new norm, you can easily protect your company’s private information by keeping your staff educated and aware of threats. 

When was the last time you checked on your network security? Or made sure it was updated? If it’s been a while, then it is likely that your company’s network security may be at risk. Many businesses think that they aren’t in any immediate danger just because they failed to keep up with technology and updated. Unfortunately, the sad truth is that more small and mid-level independently owned businesses are the victims of hackers and phishing than large companies. Smaller companies take a bigger hit too. It’s harder to retain clients and customers when their information is leaked when you’re a smaller company. If you or your IT company aren’t keeping track of your network’s security, that can be a big liability.

Small businesses are often reluctant to switch to a cloud backup system – after all, it is a big change. However, it’s impossible to run a business without one these days! As an owner, manager, or CEO, you’re responsible for all the paperwork from your company and you should have access to any file you need when necessary. A paper system leaves too many holes, and if you’re storing information on your computers, you must have a backup of your files. 

Having new and up to date technology is important when maintaining a successful business. Nowadays, new technology is easier and cheaper to manage, and there are plenty of benefits to using it. However, technology changes fast, so it’s important to know if your technology is outdated.

As your business expands, you’ll have to increase the amount of services you can provide to your clients. Whether you’re managing an office that keeps getting busier or you have an online business that needs somewhere for customer calls to go – you can benefit from having a help desk. Technology can make your life a lot easier and allow you to focus on the parts of your job that are important, while still providing the best possible services. Overall, a help desk can boost productivity all around.

Asset management for small and medium businesses is extremely beneficial in a number of ways. The term asset management refers to a person (asset manager), group, or program that keeps track of a company’s complete finances, including investments, budgets, taxes, payroll, insurance and any other assets. Tracking your company’s assets is essential for long-term growth. 

Modernizing your small business with technology is absolutely necessary, year after year, if you don’t want to get left behind. It can be difficult to keep up as technology changes and updates constantly. Some small businesses feel like it is too difficult to keep up. However, that’s not true!

Unfortunately, small businesses are often considered a perfect target for hackers. They often don’t have the security capabilities of larger companies who have an in-house tech department to solve their problems, and usually have less security installed on their hardware and software. Luckily, there are a few ways to protect your business, employees, and clients that are relatively simple. 

Here are the 5 most common ways businesses get hacked.