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That every day you go to work, come back, go to bed; do the same next morning; and love it?
Everyone's always on about how you don't want a job that pays loads of money if you don't enjoy it, and that it's better to get a poorer job if you really enjoy it, but how many people really love their job and wouldn't change it for the world?
Everyone's always on about how you don't want a job that pays loads of money if you don't enjoy it, and that it's better to get a poorer job if you really enjoy it, but how many people really love their job and wouldn't change it for the world?
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It was basically the same thing every day- mucking out, feeding, serving people, and public displays
but i loved it and only left it for uni
So, yeah, to answer the question... I do love my job at the minute but I don't think I could do it for a lifetime - I need to move on at some point.
Getting promoted is a great way to stay where you are, improve your self esteem and generate a new circle of co-workers.
Have a look at *link removed - spam* for some ideas.
Good luck
Stop spamming, dickhead.
I know bobbies who have almost 30 years service in and still look forward to going in to work every day.
That's exactly why I want to join the Police when I'm 18! Any advice you can give me, would be much appreciated
I currently work with my dad doing accounts and keeping his website up to date - because its a family business, I hate it! Working with your brother, mum and dad is pretty annoying.
However I am not sure if I'd be willing to do it for the rest of my life. I also felt sorry for many of the horses because horse rentals are not the most pleasant places for horses to be at.
In my 8/9 months in the police service I've absolutely loved it, it's all I ever wanted to do and I'm sure you'll feel the same when you join. Yeah, there's paperwork and certain things take forever to do (ie a full file for a court case) but the positives far outweigh the negatives
As far as advice goes - the first thing you'll need to do is the application form which is a long-arsed thing which takes forever. I'd advise you to do it in rough first on scrap paper, and the questions are structured in a way that if you say what they want you to say, you can't fail.
In fact the whole recruitment process now is just a whole lot of hoops that you have to jump through. By that I mean, if you keep saying that you want to help society and reduce crime and you've got experience in helping ethinic minorities etc then you should be ok.
Don't lie on your app form, but do stretch the truth - for example one question is about your past dealings with racial differences and I used a half truth about being on a night out with friends, and something almost kicked-off with a group of Asian kids but I saw the potential race problems and calmed things down. I also used this in my interview and got good marks.
Fitness assessment is stupidly easy and medical shouldn't be a problem for you unless you have serious health problems.
The one day assessment centre is tough, but as long as you read through the stuff they send you and do your prep work you should be ok - and remember - you're being assessed as a civilian and how you deal with things, not a potential police officer! Don't try and think of how a police officer would deal with the little scenarios, think of how you would...and then add some extra nice details.
I'm not sure how close you are to applying etc, but feel free to contact me for any help with any of the bits. The application process can take up to 18 months but I was lucky and it took me about 6 months.
There are books and CDs etc that can help with the process too, I have them lying about somewhere.
Also try this website for advise and help with it all, helped me loads when I was going through the whole process - www.police-recruitment.com/one2/phpbb2/index.php
And good luck
I'm only 16 so I have a bit of a long way off, but thanks for that link and the advice.
OMG what an ace job!!!!! :hyper:
I'm afraid I'll have to be smug here; I absolutely love what I do, and the money's great!