Mike Bryon gives expert advice relevant to the three main stages of the selection process: the initial application form and applicant questionnaire, the written and fitness tests and the interview, team exercise and work related physical tests, plus photographs relevant to the observation test.

Firefighting is an honorable and rewarding career, and it takes a lot of hard work to get started. Here is a complete review of the most commonly tested topics given to candidates across North America, as well as tips and advice.

Learn the language that shows interviewers you've got the right stuff for the Fire Service. Discover the key techniques that make the best candidates stand out. Unique method identifies your most relevant experience. Step-by-step guide turns your experience into perfect interview answers. Based on current Fire Service interview methods and questions (EXAMPLES INCLUDED). Find out the most common mistakes and priceless hints and tips. Written by a serving middle-manager currently interviewing within the UK Fire and Rescue Service. The most up-to-date and relevant guide available in the UK. No-nonsense, just everything you need to pass the Fire Service interview. There are currently several books, e-books and DVDs available on Amazon and other outlets all claiming to offer help and advice on how to pass the Firefighter Selection Process. A few of them offer some useful ideas and tips but all of them are inadequate in that they are either outdated or written for an American audience. Some of them are just plain wrong and unhelpful. This is the only book available which is focused entirely on how to pass the interview process, written by a serving middle manager, currently working in the recruitment process within a UK Fire and Rescue Service. All other guide books are either written by former employees of Fire and Rescue Services, or by people who have never even worked in one. Even the best of those are now several years out of date and several of them are stuffed with filler about the medical and physical stages, which is information that you can get for free online. This is the most up-to-date guidebook available and is entirely focused on the interview stage of the recruitment process in the UK. Where the interview is concerned, this is the only book you will need. The author has been involved in the interview process for over ten years, as an employee of two separate Fire and Rescue Services and working collaboratively with several others. He is still heavily involved today, writing interview questions, conducting the interviews themselves, assessing performance and providing feedback, both for interviewers and interviewees. He has interviewed countless hopefuls trying to get into the Fire and Rescue Service, hoping to become both Retained (On-Call) and Wholetime Firefighters as well as existing personnel trying to gain promotion to Crew, Watch and Station Manager. The author sits on working groups with Fire and Rescue Services from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to keep abreast of current trends and themes and has successfully mentored several individuals from other regions through the recruitment process. There can be few people currently writing in the UK with a better insight into what it takes to succeed in a Fire and Rescue Service interview. Here he shares his invaluable experience of common mistakes to avoid as well as the real nuggets of knowledge - the simple key methods that will really blow your interviewer away, take your performance up to the next level, and make you stand out from the rest.

When applying for a new job or promotion many people face the rigours of an assessment centre. Many organisations, in both the public and private sectors, use these extended forms of assessment for selection purposes to guarantee they pick the candidate who will be the best fit for the company. However candidates often fail to do themselves justice as they are unaware of the different type of assessment tasks they may have to undertake. How to Succeed at an Assessment Centre provides ideal preparation for assessment events and gives expert advice on all the key issues such as how the assessments are conducted, how to behave in formal and informal situations as well as how to prepare for the different forms of assessment. With a plethora of practice questions, answers and explanations, How to Succeed at an Assessment Centre gives essential practical advice on the many different assessment processes, from group exercises to panel interviews and presentations.

A guide to interviewing for a job with confidence.

Before you prepare for an interview it's useful to understand how organisations decide what they are looking for in a candidate, how they use this to draw up the questions, how selection procedures work, why employers conduct interviews and what's likely to happen at the average interview. Ultimate Interview will give you all of the background information that you need as well as essential practice. Uniquely among interview guidebooks, it organises common interview questions according to specific job types, such as management, sales and marketing, administrative, clerical. This helps you to focus on the questions that are most relevant to your situation. Each section looks at the thinking behind the questions, and suggests an effective method of answering. With additional advice on researching the background to a vacancy, and how skills and characteristics can be assessed and developed, this book is a must-have for all serious job hunters.

Many organizations use psychometric testing to uncover candidates' abilities and assess their potential. This workbook contains 16 tests with more than 400 questions that test verbal, numerical, perceptual, and spatial aptitude.

Whether you are entering or re-entering the current job market, it can be a daunting prospect filled with self-doubt, a lack of knowledge and confusion. Great Answers to Tough Career Dilemmas helps you to overcome these setbacks by finding out which jobs you are suited for and providing information on how to get there. Beginning with a startling insight into the current job market with emerging trends and new opportunities, such as working for the super-rich and media technology, it provides a complete aptitude test and analyses to give you a clear picture of which jobs you would excel at. It then provides 900 career solutions along with routes to study, links to resources and potential employers. Along with real life case studies of successful career changers from all over the world, Great Answers to Tough Career Dilemmas provides advice, encouragement and inspiration to help you make the brave decision to follow your dream career.

When employees are made redundant they often have no idea about their rights, how to negotiate a severance package or get compensation and how to move on afterwards to a new job. The Redundancy Survival Guide will take you through what can often be a traumatic time, with step by step advice on establishing where you stand legally, planning future options, maximising the benefits available, assessing skills and lifestyle options and finding a new job. It will help you to feel reassured and see redundancy as an opportunity and a way of making positive changes to your life.