Paper shredders and shredding have become such common practices that buying an office shredder has become a standard part of the new business shopping list along with pens, staplers, and legal pads. Yet few business owners fully realize is how important shredding is and its widespread applications.
The Convenience of Using a Shredding Company to handle your business’s shredding needs are numerous. Not only do professional paper shredding services help you protect the confidentiality of your data, but they also cost significantly less than most people think, and make the stress of meeting data compliance requirements a thing of the past.
There are plenty of reasons why businesses choose to hire a document shredding company as opposed to shredding them themselves, or even worse, just throwing them in the trash.
By enabling a professional company such as Metroshred to handle your document destruction, you can begin a safe, secure and regular disposal plan to protect your business.
Here are our five tips to ensure your business has a smooth and fuss-free transition into the holiday period.
- Enlist the help of Metroshred to combat your document destruction needs
- Assign a willing member of your executive team the responsibility of Document Officer. They are to be trained up to ensure all employees are filing sensitive documents in the correct manner. They are also the only authorised team member to handle documents to be shredded
- Hold regular meetings to keep staff in the loop on correct filing procedures as well as any new information or changes to procedure that occur
- Implement a no clutter policy for desks and workspaces. All paperwork must have a designed space, whether that is within a filing system, archive space or passed onto the Document Officer for shredding
- Laminate and display posters clearly outlining the correct procedures for document disposal. Post these in high traffic areas where staff members are able to remind themselves of company policy with ease.
Contact Metroshred today to see how we can assist you with the secure destruction of your sensitive documents.
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