Bluelight Police Recruitment and Career Development Podcast
Listen in to all the latest developments in the World of Police Recruitment, Police Promotion Boards, Specialist Interviews as well as commentary on current issues facing the Police Service. Your podcast host is Brendan O'Brien, who joined the Police Service in 1985. Since then he served in the Cheshire Constabulary, The Bermuda Police and Greater Manchester Police. Brendan still works in the police sector as an advisor and consultant. For the past 27 years Brendan has been coaching and supporting people in the recruitment, promotion and specialist interview process. In these podcasts Brendan will share with you some of the 'secrets' to success you will not find anywhere else!
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 24 minutes
- Episodes
- 105
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2023
Police Promotion - 15 Top Tips for your Interview
In this podcast I share with you 15 Top Tips generated from recent 1-2-1 coaching sessions and group webinars.
How can you guarantee a pass at the Online Assessment Centre or your Final Interview? Pas…
Police Promotion - how to prepare for forward facing and challenge / priority questions
In this podcast I use an interview in The Times Newspaper with Andy Cooke, the new Chief Inspector of Constabulary, to work out what the current challenges are for the police (a common question in th…
Join the Police - how to prepare for and PASS the Police Online Assessment Centre (Part 2)
So many of the members of the Bluelight Police Recruitment Facebook Group (see below) post questions about what the Online Assessment Centre involves.
Often the answers aren’t quite right - so, here i…
Join the Police - how to prepare for and PASS the Police Online Assessment Centre
So many of the members of the Bluelight Police Recruitment Facebook Group (see below) post questions about what the Online Assessment Centre involves.
Often the answers aren’t quite right - so, here i…
Join the Police - Direct Entry Detective Recruitment Questions and Answers
Over the past several weeks I have had an increasing number of clients approach me with questions about the various and very different Direct Entry Detective Entry routes.
All of them are different - …
Join the Police - Understanding The Police Code of Ethics
Increasingly my clients are finding that they are being asked questions about the Police Code of Ethics at their Final / In-Force Interview.
Ethical Decision Making and Doing the Right Thing are also …
Join the Police - Miss the last Bluelight ‘Weekly Police Recruitment Workshop?’
Last night I hosted one of my weekly ‘Join the Police’ Workshops, where members of the Bluelight Facebook Community (see link below to join) got to ask questions and get clarification about several P…
Join the Police - Managing Situational Interview Questions
I have been coaching and supporting people to succeed in Police Promotion Boards, Specialist Officer Interviews and in the Recruitment process for over 25 years.
During this time Situational Questions…
Join the Police - Interview Guidance - DO NOT 'Know your competencies!'
A post I often see in the Bluelight Police Recruitment and Career Support Facebook Group (see below for link) goes like this: Q 'Has anyone got any advice for my interview?' A
'You'll be fine, just ma…
Join the Police - 15 Questions you DO NOT want to be asked at your Final Interview!
A few days ago I ran an interactive interview skills webinar to help my clients prepare for their Police Recruitment Final Interview I decided to run the session (there's one each week for clients -…
Join the Police - Police Recruitment is BROKEN and how to take advantage of this situation!
Join the Police - Police Recruitment is BROKEN and how to take advantage of this situation!
Did you know you can join the Police WITHOUT actually speaking to a real person?!? What the actual f^(k is t…
Join the Police - ALL of the Police Final Interview Questions!
Join the Police - ALL of the Police Final Interview Questions!
Where I describe ALL of the possible Final Interview Questions you could get asked. From what inspires you, challenges, impact, CVF Rear…
My 2022 ‘Join the Police’ Predictions
In this podcast I describe 6 Things which WILL happen in respect of Police Recruitment in 2022.
Each one of these things has the ability to impact on your Police Recruitment Journey
Let me know what yo…
How to get the highest score at your Police Recruitment Interview
In this podcast I describe the detailed learning that came out of one of my recent 1-2-1 coaching sessions, where we practised a number of interview questions.
The detail we focused on will enable my…
Police Recruitment: Top 10 Direct Entry Detective Skills to adopt NOW even if you have no experience
Over the past few years I've coached and supported 100's of recruit candidates for the various Direct Entry Police Detective pathways with a success rate of around 95%.
Recently I asked several of my…
7 Things you MUST do to pass the NEW Online Assessment Centre Stage 3 Briefing!
Police Recruitment Guidance - '7 Things' you MUST do to pass the NEW Online Assessment Centre Stage 3 Briefing
In this podcast I'll share with you the '7 Things' you need to do to pass the NEW Stage …
Police Recruitment - ‘Boom or Bust!'
The Government have just released their most recent data outlining the progress of the 20,000 Uplift to police numbers (I know, they are not ‘extra’ officers!!).
The 20,000 target has to be hit by Mar…
Police Recruitment Guidance - 5 Things you need to mention in your Stage 3 Online Assessment Centre (OAC)
The other evening I ran a really long Stage 3 practice session for Bluelight OAC Course 25/2021.
They are meant to be two hours long, but this one was soooo interesting, it went on for nearly three h…
Here’s the NEW Police Competency And Values Framework!!
Here’s the NEW Police Competency And Values Framework!!
I’ve been busy this week with two visits to London, on Tuesday to
meet with Leanne, the Head of Diversity and Inclusion for the Met Police, and
on…
What type of questions will I be asked at my Final / In-Force or Interview? Or my Promotion Board / Specialist Post Interview
What type of questions will I be asked at my Final / In-Force or Interview? Or my Promotion Board / Specialist Post Interview
With over 50 Police Forces in the U.K. all doing their own thing when
it co…