by Jan Scrutton | Jul 28, 2026 | Application pathway, Assessment Centres, Detective, National Sift, Police Recruitment, Police Recruitment Interview
Police Recruitment offering a Detective Pathway Detective Pathways into the police are advertised regularly these days as an option within police recruitment. You’ll see adverts for DCEP (Detective Constable Entry Programme) or GDP (Graduate Detective Pathway)...
by Jan Scrutton | Jul 28, 2026 | Application pathway, Career interview, Police Recruitment Interview, Police Staff Interview, Uncategorised
Preparing for a job interview? Use our Careers In Blue’s STORY format – it will help you! You’ve probably heard of many interview preparation techniques – STAR, STARL, CARLI….there’s a lot of ideas out there to help you prepare for...
by Jan Scrutton | Jul 28, 2026 | Application pathway, Assessment Centres, Police Recruitment, Police Recruitment Interview
So, what’s it all about? The Police Online Assessment Centre for police officer applicants, has 3 Stages; (5) Interview Questions Written Exercise Briefing Exercise. You may only be given up to a week to complete the Assessment Centre so it’s really...
by Jan Scrutton | Jul 28, 2026 | Police Recruitment, Police Staff Interview, Police Staff Recruitment
As a retired police officer, is a Police Staff role an option to consider or are you ready to hang up your boots? As police officers, most of us really look forward to our retirement date. When it finally arrives though, are we happy to...
by Jan Scrutton | Jul 28, 2026 | Application pathway, Career interview, Coaching, Mentoring, Police promotion, Police Recruitment, Police Staff Interview, Police Staff Recruitment
New Services from Careers In Blue Preparing for promotion or a lateral move application can feel daunting — especially if it’s been years since your last interview or you’re tackling a competency-based application for the first time. This is your chance to take a big...