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
10 Top Tips for your success in the Police Recruitment Process
In this podcast Brendan describes the 10 steps you need to take to ensure your Police Recruitment Journey is a success
Join in on the conversation in the Bluelight Police Recruitment Facebook Support …
How to structure your interview answers for ANY recruitment process (not just for police recruitment).
Forget the STAR structure for your answers, here’s SAARLKU !
With so many people facing redundancy and with so many people going for so few jobs, listening to this podcast is a must. The STAR model ju…
What you should be doing now to become ‘Application Form’ ready in the police Recruitment Process?
What you should be doing now to become ‘Application Form’ ready in the police Recruitment Process - exploring all of those things you don’t yet know you need to know. Also, news of a new course - How…
More than 70,000 people apply to join the police service over a 6 month period
More than 70,000 people apply to join the police service over a 6 month period
Sounds like good news? But is this enough to meet the needs of a police service, which needs to recruit over 48,000 offic…
How to pass the police recruitment, actually, ANY recruitment process!
In this episode, Brendan shares '10 secrets’ that enable his candidates to be successful in police recruitment as well as in other sectors.
To join the Bluelight Recruitment Facebook Community (over 1…
50 Plus ways to join the police in one United Kingdom!
In this episode Brendan explores the multitude of different recruitment pathways forces across the UK have created, and asks whether they make sense? For example, you can now join West Yorkshire Poli…
Bluelight Police Recruitment Training Ep19
How the Daily Mail have done a 'Fail' again with news of Police Forces 'Dumbing Down Entry Standards'
How a new recession and period of Austerity might impact on the 20,000 Uplift in Police Recruitmen…
Bluelight Police Recruitment Training Ep18
Racism in Policing and in the Police Recruitment process. In this episode Brendan discusses how racism might just be a thing in the Police Service, how one Policing Crime Commissioner is looking to i…
Bluelight Police Recruitment Training Ep17
In this episode Brendan explains how police forces are increasingly relying on interviews where you can demonstrate the ‘real, authentic and emotional’ you. Online Assessment Processes with no human …
Bluelight Police Recruitment Training Ep16
In this episode Brendan explores the need to stand up for your ‘First Duty’ as a police officer - how truth and integrity has to be at the heart of all you do.
Live examples of how integrity and its m…
Bluelight Police Recruitment Training Ep15
In this episode Brendan talks about problem solving in a community safety setting and how you should be aware of how this works for your recruitment journey. he also introduces you to your best frien…
Bluelight Police Recruitment Training Ep14
In this Episode, Brendan invites you to join the, 'How to Succeed in the New Police Recruitment Process - 10 Day Startover Challenge.'
Starts on the 20th May
Ask to join it and almost 11,000 members of…
Bluelight Police Recruitment Training Ep13
In this podcast Brendan explains why you don’t need him!
There’s an update on how Bluelight Police Recruitment Facebook Support Group members (join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1647413885546…
Bluelight Police Recruitment Training Ep12
Brendan formed Bluelight as he retired from the police a few years ago. Since then he has gone on to inspire over 4,000 to succeed through the police recruitment guidance delivered by Bluelight.
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Bluelight Police Recruitment Training Ep11
Brendan formed Bluelight as he retired from the police a few years ago. Since then he has gone on to inspire over 4,000 to succeed through the police recruitment guidance delivered by Bluelight.
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Bluelight Police Recruitment Training Ep10
Brendan formed Bluelight as he retired from the police a few years ago. Since then he has gone on to inspire over 4,000 to succeed through the police recruitment guidance delivered by Bluelight.
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Bluelight Police Recruitment Training Ep09
Brendan formed Bluelight as he retired from the police a few years ago. Since then he has gone on to inspire over 4,000 to succeed through the police recruitment guidance delivered by Bluelight.
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Bluelight Police Recruitment Training Ep08
Brendan formed Bluelight as he retired from the police a few years ago. Since then he has gone on to inspire over 4,000 to succeed through the police recruitment guidance delivered by Bluelight.
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Bluelight Police Recruitment Training Ep07
Brendan formed Bluelight as he retired from the police a few years ago. Since then he has gone on to inspire over 4,000 to succeed through the police recruitment guidance delivered by Bluelight.
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Bluelight Police Recruitment Training Ep06
Brendan formed Bluelight as he retired from the police a few years ago. Since then he has gone on to inspire over 4,000 to succeed through the police recruitment guidance delivered by Bluelight.
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