I've decided to finally 'take the plunge' and have got out of my current proffesion to take up a career within the CPO industry. The course is booked and luckly, I have an inside source to get work once my course is completed. My main question is what is the normal waiting period between completing the course and receiving the SIA license? are we talking days, weeks or months?
I understand the market is flush with CPO's and the like at the moment, but I have so many questions!! Are ex-military/ex-police more likely to pick up contracts over the civilian element? Any hints or adivce from current/experienced CPO's in preperation? Do clients pick experience over anything else? Would it be more prudent to take as many courses as possible from the start to make oneself more marketable?
If you think i'm here to take 'all the best bits' I do not mean for it to sound that way....it's just i'm throwing myself into this and if you're gonna do something, you've got to hit it hard right?
Cheers
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I understand the market is flush with CPO's and the like at the moment, but I have so many questions!! Are ex-military/ex-police more likely to pick up contracts over the civilian element? Any hints or adivce from current/experienced CPO's in preperation? Do clients pick experience over anything else? Would it be more prudent to take as many courses as possible from the start to make oneself more marketable?
If you think i'm here to take 'all the best bits' I do not mean for it to sound that way....it's just i'm throwing myself into this and if you're gonna do something, you've got to hit it hard right?
Cheers
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