MSP Recruitment & Staffing

MSP recruitment and staffing related articles written by the Support Adventure Team with vast experience advising and managing recruitment and staffing for MSPs

Top Qualities of Help Desk Technicians

Are you looking for a job as an IT technician or hiring one for your business? Whether you are a candidate ready to start your IT career and a company seeking the best employee, you must know the top qualities of a support technician.The top qualities of a help desk technician include being: A quick and constant learnerCustomer and service-orientedA good communicatorAn analytical thinkerEmpatheticA team playerA problem solver … Continue Reading Top Qualities of Help Desk Technicians
By Anna @ Support Adventure, ago

MSP Dispatcher Role and Responsibilities: The Complexity of the Job

Bringing an MSP dispatcher (service desk coordinator) on board your MSP can have life changing results. Some companies assume that the dispatcher position is a simple role in which anyone with decent communication skills can do the job. In reality, a service dispatcher needs to be well-rounded in a number of key areas to pull off their main objective successfully. What exactly is that? The main responsibility of the service dispatcher is to coordinate the… Continue Reading MSP Dispatcher Role and Responsibilities: The Complexity of the Job
By Anna @ Support Adventure, ago

Outsourced MSP Helpdesk Support – Benefits and Models for MSPs

When expanding your team, you might ask yourself, “Should I hire staff internally or outsource MSP help desk support“?Before you decide if outsourced MSP staff is for you, it is good to clearly define what qualities you want your IT or MSP help desk to have and how much you are willing to pay for it.Outsourced MSP help desks should use the following best practices:A well organized and coordinated team of technicians.… Continue Reading Outsourced MSP Helpdesk Support – Benefits and Models for MSPs
By Kristina @ Support Adventure, ago

How to know which applicants to hire for your MSP?

How can you gauge whether or not applicants to work with your MSP will flourish or flounder working for you? Unfortunately, many MSPs are clueless when it comes to recruiting the best talent as not all people with IT experience will thrive in the hectic MSP environment. So how can you make sure someone will? If you want to figure out which applicants will excel in your MSP, you must focus not just on their… Continue Reading How to know which applicants to hire for your MSP?
By Kristina @ Support Adventure, ago

Example Questions for a Level 1 MSP Technical Support Interview

As the initial touchpoint for IT enterprises, the position of a Level 1 Technician holds significant importance. A Level 1 Technician is responsible for possessing a comprehensive understanding of technical knowledge coupled with exceptional communication skills to efficiently address and resolve issues. Therefore, it is critical that the candidate possess the mindset and skillset to confidently address a diverse range of problems and provide expedient, comprehensive, and amicable service.In order to find such a… Continue Reading Example Questions for a Level 1 MSP Technical Support Interview
By Kristina @ Support Adventure, ago

What is the Job Description for an MSP Service Desk Manager?

The MSP help desk is THE indicator of whether or not the whole company is functioning well. For this reason, there should be a service desk manager dedicated to optimizing the help desk’s workflow and quality of service provided so that the company can scale safely.The work of the service desk manager can be defined as:Creating and implementing systems that ensure growth, reliability and ownership.Overseeing and managing the helpdesk staff.Coordinating tasks,… Continue Reading What is the Job Description for an MSP Service Desk Manager?
By Kristina @ Support Adventure, ago

Can an MSP Technician Be a Team Player?

Are technicians in your MSP team players? Collaboration is a common term that we hear in the business world. Indeed, your employees should work together to bring strong results that help scale your business. However, as an MSP, you might experience some difficulties in getting technical staff members to work as a team. An MSP technician can be a great team player if the management of the company provides a collaborative environment for them. Despite… Continue Reading Can an MSP Technician Be a Team Player?
By Anna @ Support Adventure, ago

How to Create a Great MSP Environment for your Staff?

Why should you have a great environment in your MSP? Because creating a fulfilling environment for your staff is one of the most important things in running a successful MSP. From our years of consulting and providing staff for MSPs, we at Support Adventure have seen that this is one of the best practices to employ.You want to have technicians who do great work and feel good doing it! What exactly are some of… Continue Reading How to Create a Great MSP Environment for your Staff?
By Kristina @ Support Adventure, ago

Our MSP Recruitment Hiring Process

Get the best out of MSP remote recruitment Be careful of who you let in your inner circle. Choosing the right employees and integrating them is a mine-field. Neglect one step and the whole business will be shaken up with the consequences. If done wrongly, the process of finding the right people is lengthy, the hiring pricey and the guarantee of future employees doing great work non-existent.Bypassing the many errors MSP encounters in this… Continue Reading Our MSP Recruitment Hiring Process
By Kristina @ Support Adventure, ago

IT technician training and basic troubleshooting for MSPs

The IT industry is an ever-changing environment that requires a lot of self-direction and proclivity towards systems thinking and looking at things from different perspectives and anglesYou understand this and you want to start a career in the IT business but you just don’t know if you got what it takes, and even less where to begin? Searching for jobs online is making you frustrated and most of the employers are looking for someone… Continue Reading IT technician training and basic troubleshooting for MSPs
By Kristina @ Support Adventure, ago

Hiring a Level 1 Engineer for your MSP? Don’t Make THIS Mistake!

MSPs often make one major mistake when hiring a level 1 frontline engineer. That is they prioritize a prospective employee’s technical knowledge or experience over their customer service abilities. Frontline engineers are the face of your company as they are the first point of contact for your clients.They’re the difference between receiving positive or negative reviews on Google.So you cannot underestimate this. As an MSP staffing company, we have seen a lot of… Continue Reading Hiring a Level 1 Engineer for your MSP? Don’t Make THIS Mistake!
By Nwando @ Support Adventure, ago

What to look for when hiring the best service manager for your MSP – advice and checklist!

A manager can make or break the success of an MSP, and hiring one is so essential. Based on their contribution to the business and the workplace a company can either grow or sink in the chaotic environment it found itself in. It is easy to get confused and make mistakes when hiring a manager for your MSP because you are not aware of the skills and personality types that would fit with the management… Continue Reading What to look for when hiring the best service manager for your MSP – advice and checklist!
By Kristina @ Support Adventure, ago

MSP Recruitment: 4 Secret Weapons We Used to Provide the Best Techs for 40 MSPs!

In the MSP recruitment phase? These 4 strategies for finding the most talented engineers work like no other!As a premium MSP staffing services and recruiting company, Support Adventure receives 50-70 new candidates daily and has provided over 40 MSPs with the best of the bunch.And today, we are sharing our favorite methods with you! 4 MSP recruitment strategies we swear byThe MSP recruitment process can feel competitive and exhausting, as the best… Continue Reading MSP Recruitment: 4 Secret Weapons We Used to Provide the Best Techs for 40 MSPs!
By Nwando @ Support Adventure, ago

Everything you need to onboard your MSP staff the right way – practical tips and links

If you run an MSP you know that your staff is crucial for your business. The way they operate can either bring success or be a major set-back for your company. You can find yourself repeating the same story over and over again and going over explanation after explanation just to encounter the same fallacies and incidents occurring again and again!If you want to turn-around your whole MSP game, start from the ground-up and… Continue Reading Everything you need to onboard your MSP staff the right way – practical tips and links
By Kristina @ Support Adventure, ago

Why Interrogation Style Job Interviews are Bad Business for MSPs

If you are having a hard time filling that open position in your MSP, maybe it’s not them. It’s you. You could be sabotaging the growth of your team with an interrogation style of interviewing your candidates.Here at Support Adventure, we match MSPs with the best talent worldwide. The feedback we always receive from candidates who interview with multiple companies is that they preferred the company that seemed less authoritative and uptight.Here are… Continue Reading Why Interrogation Style Job Interviews are Bad Business for MSPs
By Nwando @ Support Adventure, ago

Hiring Remote IT Support: Best Practices

We’re about to get into our top tips for hiring a remote team.At Support Adventure, the premium global MSP Staffing Company, we have hired over 40 remote staff members who have contributed to our growth, almost all of whom were interviewed and hired online. We understand that the process of hiring remote workers can seem daunting if you’re new to it, so here are our top tips you need to know to have success… Continue Reading Hiring Remote IT Support: Best Practices
By Nwando @ Support Adventure, ago

Dispatchers vs. Service Desk Managers – How Do They Differ? 

What exactly is the difference between a dispatcher and service desk manager, and how do they compare in terms of scaling your MSP and improving your helpdesk?We know a thing or two about these two roles here at Support Adventure, the MSP Staffing Company, as we have worked with over 40 MSPs over the course of 3 years. We have seen the positive results of companies that invest in a dispatcher or service desk… Continue Reading Dispatchers vs. Service Desk Managers – How Do They Differ? 
By Nwando @ Support Adventure, ago

How to find and train MSP technicians

People are the core of our business and we have spent years perfecting our process to find and hire the best technicians. We currently have a roster of talented technicians spread across the world in Southeast Europe, Southeast Asia, and Latin America. Here is our process to ensure that our clients always get a great hire with Support Adventure, the MSP Staffing Company:1. Locate Great StaffWe locate and identify potential candidates across many… Continue Reading How to find and train MSP technicians
By Tal @ Support Adventure, ago