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The Talking Blues book now on Amazon!

john — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 10:00:31 +0000

Our book, “The Talking Blues guide to passing the police recuitment process”, has now been formally published by Howtobecome books. (Note this is an entirely diffeernt book from the course manual we use on our seminars). You can buy it from Amazon, Waterstones and all good bookshops, as they say. The list price is £12.99, but Amazon are selling it at the time of writing for £8.44

We are no longer selling the book or the CD therefore direct from our site. We are currently getting our site updated.

We promise you it is by far and away the best bok on the market!

Regards

Bristol course for Avon and Somerset Police

ben — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 09:56:19 +0000

For those applying to A and S, you may be interested in the above date. We have heard rumours that A and S are really going to be tough in these assessments, as they are looking to cut down on the numbers they are recruiting. Now is a great time to make sure that you do not just pass the assessment, but that you get a high score to lessen the risk of being filtered out.

Gwent Assessments

ben — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:09:30 +0000

Just an update. The St.Mellons course is now confirmed to go ahead, and will be great timing for the assessments in September, with a fair bit of inside information that someone has been sharing with us! As of today, we only now have a couple of places left, so book, or if in doubt call us on the out of hours number on 07754673540.

If you are still undecided about attending, have a look at the below comments:

Afternoon John,

Just thought I would send you an E-mail to thank you and your colleagues so much for the course held at Southampton on Saturday 26/6/10. The information gained on the day proved so valuable at my assessment centre three weeks later!

I have just had my results back and passed with 68%, so am very pleased indeed. I am sure that without taking part in the Talking Blues Course, I would not have passed, even after reading the many books available on the recruitment process.

On the day, I felt much more confident and felt I was much more prepared than many of the other candidates there, who appeared to struggle much more with the role plays and interview.

Thank you once again and I will not hesitate to recommend the course to anyone in the future.

Best Regards

” Afternoon John,

Just thought I would send you an E-mail to thank you and your colleagues so much for the course held at XX on XX. The information gained on the day proved so valuable at my assessment centre three weeks later!

I have just had my results back and passed with 66%, so am very pleased indeed. I am sure that without taking part in the Talking Blues Course, I would not have passed, even after reading the many books available on the recruitment process.

On the day, I felt much more confident and felt I was much more prepared than many of the other candidates there, who appeared to struggle much more with the role plays and interview.

Thank you once again and I will not hesitate to recommend the course to anyone in the future.

Best Regards”

Remember, we do not ask for the course fee balance until the end of the day, and if you do not feel it was worth it, then do not pay us, that is how confident we are that you will be impressed with the course.

How confident are you that you will pass?

Cardiff Course August 22nd 2010

ben — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 17:21:41 +0000

We still have four places left for the Cardiff course on August 22nd at the St.Mellons Hotel in cardiff. If you have an assessment coming up in that patr of the world, we promise you tha the course will give you a huge advantage. Remeber as well that it is not just a matter of passing the assessment centre. Chances are that the forces there will cherry pick the top scores at assessment to offer places to first. Being offered a place first is important. Following the Comprehensive Spending Review in october, there is a good chance that later intakes will be put on hold. So, even if you are confident you would pass, are you confident that you will rank high enough?

On a different note, had a great course in Leeds yesterday (14th August). Good bunch of guys and girls, and all of them did fine, although all needed a few tweaks. That is the whole point of the course naturally!

To those lucky few who have assessments coming up, remember that competition will be evn more fierce. Get revising!

Regards

Northants Police Recruitment

ben — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:32:42 +0000

If you look back at my blogs from a few months ago, everything that I said about police recruitment is coming true. Most forces have indeed cut back on recruiting, either suspending or cancelling their intakes. Cutting recruitment is the fastest and easiest way to save money, and remember, forces are being asked to cut between 25 and 40 % of their budget. So, recruitment goes out of the window. This means YOUR force as well!

For those lucky few who have an assessment coming up at teh end of July/early August, you need to consider this. Chances are, if you fail, you will not be able to apply for another two years at least, as there will be no applications accepted. You will not be able to apply to other forces, as they will not be recruiting either. That means that you need to pass this assessment, or wait years before trying again. By which time of course, even more people will be trying to get in and the competition will be harder.

What i find curious is that many forces have high numbers of CSO’s and support staff applying, many of whom tell em they would not come on a course. Those that believe this may wish to have a look at the Talking Blues homepage, under reasons to do/not do a course!

Of the few forces that are recruiting, and it is only a handful, they will probably top slice applicants, and take the ones with the highest scores first. Thyat is not so bad, except that there is a good chance that anyone else will not get taken on, pass or not.

In short, now is the time to come on a course. Otherwise, think how sick you will be if you get a rejection letter.

Good luck!