Recruitment Approach for the Security Business Conforming to the Security Guard Business ACT 2015

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to study 1) present problems and threats of recruitment approach for the security business conforming to the security business Act 2015 and 2) recruitment guidelines of recruitment approach for the security business conforming to the security business Act 2015. This was qualitative research. Sixteen people were selected for the in-depth interviews including executives, security staff, and clients from large, medium and small security companies. In-depth interview was used for the study and data were analyzed using descriptive and content analysis. The research findings were as follows: 1) The present problems and threats of recruitment approach for the security business conforming to the security business Act 2015 was that the new applicant must have completed the 3rd year of high school.  Security staff without education certification affected the permission. Job application requires a lot of expense such as security training course fee, criminal record fee, license registration fee which the company requires to fulfill the security guard qualifications in the Act. 2) Recruitment guidelines of all large, medium, small security companies were similar, i.e., there were recruitment team, employment office, company page, and branch company signboards. The qualifications needed were as in the Act such as educational qualification, training, criminal records, background, security guard license and health checkup, with Thai nationality and be 18 years old. An important suggestion is that the government should provide proactive plan supporting the changes in the security business Act 2015.