The Liabilities All Around

The Liabilities All Around

As a business, the risk you face every day is immense. There are liabilities all around you, and there simply isn’t enough page space to explore them all and – let’s face it – no one except me likes insurance...
Personality Assessments in the Electronic Security Industry: Harmful or Helpful?

Personality Assessments in the Electronic Security Industry: Harmful or Helpful?

What do personality tests really reveal? Many companies see the benefits of handing out a personality test upon hiring, such as understanding how a worker interprets tasks or how well an employee might work with others. Others warn of potential...
How Training as a Service Empowers ADT Managers

How Training as a Service Empowers ADT Managers

ADT Commercial took ESA’s new Training as a Service (TaaS) program for a test drive and plans to continue using it for developing employees and empowering managers. ESA’s TaaS is the industry’s only customizable, in-house employee onboarding and staff development...
ESA Certifications Evolve with Changing Landscape

ESA Certifications Evolve with Changing Landscape

There was a recent post on a popular alarm installers Facebook page about getting certified. The poster asked if it was worth it to get an ESA Certification. The resounding responses were YES! ESA’s Certification program has been evolving since...
ESA Hosts Sales Webinar to Guide Industry Through Pandemic: Arms its Members with Free Online Sales Courses

ESA Hosts Sales Webinar to Guide Industry Through Pandemic: Arms its Members with Free Online Sales Courses

The Electronic Security Association (ESA) is again arming members — and the industry — through the COVID-19 crisis. This time, with free online sales training and resources. ESA has teamed with its Choice Service Provider, Braveheart Sales Performance, to deliver...
ESA Youth Scholarship Program – Application Deadline Extended

ESA Youth Scholarship Program – Application Deadline Extended

Given obstacles created by containment measures and the "new normal" of the COVID-19 pandemic, ESA is extending the deadline for the ESA Youth Scholarship Program, designed to support deserving high school seniors with active first responder parents. The deadline has...
Coronavirus Wage-and-Hour Work Time Implications: New DOL Guidance Regarding the Do’s and Don’ts of Compensating Employees

Coronavirus Wage-and-Hour Work Time Implications: New DOL Guidance Regarding the Do’s and Don’ts of Compensating Employees

This article was originally posted by BUCHANAN INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC here and reposted on ESAweb.org with permission. Employers are now forced to navigate a broad range of employment-related issues – including workplace disruptions – raised by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic....
ESA Member Companies Dominate 2020 SSI SAMMY Awards

ESA Member Companies Dominate 2020 SSI SAMMY Awards

Photo Courtesy of Security Sales and Integration ESA member companies dominated the 25th year of Security Sales & Integration’s (SSI) SAMMY Awards by filling 11 out of 14 award categories.  This one of a kind program recognizes and honors dealers...
ESA, in partnership with SIA and TMA, Rallies Industry Behind Push for Essential Workers Designation

ESA, in partnership with SIA and TMA, Rallies Industry Behind Push for Essential Workers Designation

ESA – in partnership with SIA and TMA – rallies the industry to take action, in supporting the industry’s designation as an “essential service” amidst state executive orders to stay in place. While CISA and DHS guidelines have been put...
ESA Stands with Electronic Security and Life Safety Industry During COVID-19 Crisis

ESA Stands with Electronic Security and Life Safety Industry During COVID-19 Crisis

ESA is now offering select free CEU courses in recognition of the economic challenges for businesses affected by COVID-19. These six courses extend the opportunity to learn new topics and to work toward certification or licensing while many might have...