by Jan Scrutton | Aug 22, 2025 | Application pathway, Career interview, Police Recruitment Interview, Police Staff Interview, Police Staff Recruitment
How can you balance job interviews in your favour? Careers In Blue will show you how to tip the scales in your direction and give you the best chance of achieving success and get the job you’ve worked so hard to get. It’s all about preparation So your...
by Jan Scrutton | Aug 22, 2025 | 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...
by Jan Scrutton | Aug 22, 2025 | 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 | Aug 22, 2025 | 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 | Aug 22, 2025 | 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 Chris Farrell | Aug 22, 2025 | Assessment Centres, Police Recruitment, Police Staff Recruitment
Are you considering being a police officer – is it a career for you? Wondering about a change in profession? Are you wondering if joining the police service is for you? You may ask yourself questions such as “what are the...
by Jan Scrutton | Aug 22, 2025 | Application pathway, Assessment Centres, Career interview, National Sift, Police Recruitment, Police Recruitment Interview
The Police Constable Entry Programme is a popular entry pathway, now advertised by many police forces across the country. It’s a great entry pathway for many reasons for many people. But why is it different? It’s different because up until about 18 months...
by Jan Scrutton | Aug 22, 2025 | Assessment Centres, National Sift, Police Recruitment, Police Staff Recruitment, Uncategorised
Police Recruitment whether it’s as a police officer, special constable or Police Community Support Officer (PCSO), can have it’s first test after your initial application, as the National Sift. What is it? The National Sift is a computer based test....
by Jan Scrutton | Aug 22, 2025 | Application pathway, Assessment Centres, Police Recruitment, Police Recruitment Interview
Are you confused by the numerous police recruitment application pathways? Which application pathway is for you? Don’t panic…. You’re not on your own and Careers In Blue can help! We’ve had numerous enquiries from young people looking at the...
by Jan Scrutton | Aug 22, 2025 | Assessment Centres, Police Recruitment
Passed the Police National Sift? If you have, the next stage is the Police Online Assessment Centre At Careers In Blue we believe that if you’re serious about a career in policing, you will give yourself the best possible chance. That means using us to ‘help you...
