Security Jobs are more fascinating than you might think
The other day I visited a friend of mine to deliver a belated birthday gift. My friend’s son answered the door and told me Heather (my friend) wasn’t in. I had a feeling that since I was late with the present and card she was hiding in the kitchen avoiding me. Inviting me in enthusiastically, Heather’s son Tom pounced on the opportunity to get some advice about finding a job from an unbiased adult who wouldn’t tell him that flipping burgers was his only choice. After discussing a few inappropriate options and ruling out Tom competing in The Apprentice or auditioning for the next series of the X Factor. I took charge of the situation, or rather his iPad, and pointed out a better path to fulfilling a respectable career in the Security Industry, and at the same time calming his mother’s frazzled nerves. Despite excellent qualifications Tom hasn’t found work since he left college over a year ago. Tom had no idea I have any association with the security industry, or that I knew so much detail about what the benefits of training as a Security Guard ... [More]



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As PR Manager for Get Licensed I'll no doubt be handed a brown envelope containing my P45 for resorting to this tabloid tactic of obtaining information, but recording a briefing with a senior member of the team seemed like the best way to convey how pleased we are to have received yet another expert accreditation. I apologize in advance for my underhanded methods! There's a certain team member (a Director in fact) who doesn't often get a mention in our articles or press releases, she's called Madiha. We often see the top of her head peeping from behind her laptop and hear the clatter of her keyboard as she oils the wheels of Get Licensed. She's probably typing with her left hand and doing the ironing with her right. It's a multi-tasking thing that women are so brilliant at. I recorded this briefing without her knowledge knowing she'd convey everything I wanted to say clearly and simply - here's basically how the brief went, with just a little editing. "We've received official recognition by the British Accreditation Council as a Further and Higher Education Institution. Ob ... [More]