You’ve spent hundreds of dollars on firearms.

You’ve spent thousands of hours at the gym.

You’ve devoted time & energy sending out what seems

like a million resumes…

 …so why aren’t you getting the job?

BODYGUARD CAREERS is pleased to offer these new services to our visitors. We’re offering an affordable alternative to those “general” Resume and Cover Letter services. We hope you will consider utilizing the resume writing skills of our staff writer in combination with the guidance and experience of working professionals in the field of Executive Protection. Need professional help on your interviewing skills? Consider ordering a Mock Interview & Assessment Report. Want some hot tips on finding the work, or to ask specific career-related questions of a professional in the field? Consider the One-on-One Career Consultation with Harlan (Hucky) Austin.  Below is a breakdown of Services and Prices:

• Resume Review/Critique (No Editing)                                                                                 $60.00

–Expert Review by Professional in the field

–Written Response via Email with suggestions & pointers to improve the resume

• Entry Level Resume (Starting From Scratch)                                                                      $150.00

–Consultation via telephone (30 minutes)

–Review by Professional in the field

–Fully written, formatted and polished resume for newcomers with the

goal of obtaining an entry-level job in the field

–All revisions (if needed) can be completed within 72-hour period

**You must state this at the time you order services!**

• Professional Resume (Editing Your Current Resume)                                                        $150.00

–First consultation via telephone (20-30 minutes)

–Review by Professional in the field

–Fully written, formatted resume for Professionals currently working

in the field with the goal of obtaining bigger and better assignments!

–All revisions (if needed) can be completed within 72-hour period

**You must state this at the time you order services!**

• Cover Letter                                                                                                                        $50.00

–Consultation via telephone (15 minutes)

–Review of resume which is to accompany cover letter

–Review by Professional in the field

–Fully written cover letter

–All revisions (if needed) can be completed within 72-hour period

**You must state this at the time you order services!**

($30 if in combination with Resume–must be ordered at the same time as the Resume work)

• Mock Interview & Assessment Report                                                                                 $75.00

–30-minute “Mock Interview” via telephone or Skype

–Written Report on strengths & weaknesses in the interview

–Report (if needed) can be completed within 72-hour period

**You must state this at the time you order services!**

• One-on-One Career Consultation                                                                                        $75.00

–Speak directly to a professional with 20+ years in the business (30 minutes)

–Honest & Helpful advice on what you need to do to succeed, Setting Realistic Goals &

developing a strategy to succeed

**All Resume/Cover Letters/Reports to be delivered via electronic files (email) $5 additional flat fee for U.S. snail-mail hard copy** PAYMENTS ACCEPTED ONLINE AT WWW.PAYPAL.COM using your Credit Card or Bank Account: Email Address PAY TO: hucky@bodyguardcareers.com

IT’S TIME TO INVEST IN YOU!

By Doc Rogers

If you’re eager to put in the work promoting, marketing and selling your BG services, then the freelance BG route may be the right way for you to go. But you have to be willing to do the work. BG skill is important, as well is ambition. But if skill and ambition were all it took, then every graduate BG coming out of the academy would be making a full-time living as a professional BG.

To turn the freelance BG route into a career requires work.  It’s called the BG industry for a reason, because before there can be any bodyguarding, there has to be a client. You have to be able to effectively retain clients to generate BG assignments and revenue. You have to wear two hats; one as a professional BG and the other as a businessman thinking about the business side of things.

If you work for a corporation as a BG employee this does not come into the picture. If you decide to go it alone as a freelance BG, you are the one who has to make sure that the bills get paid and you have money to put food on the table. The freelance BG route takes commitment and a whole lot of work. But it is incredibly satisfying. If this sounds interesting to you, then you should take control of your BG career and get busy as a freelancer.

Become the best freelance BG you can be and then continue to get better. Keep your freelance BG goals in sight and keep heading in that direction. Take a few minutes to write down your and start progressing towards your ultimate goal. Having professional goals will give you a direction to head for and a way to get back on course if you head towards a roadblock.

Like any business, it takes time to put together your BG services, develop your clientele and start making some money. If you’re willing to work hard, invest your profits back into your freelance BG business you’ll reach your goals much faster. Only you can decide if being a freelance BG is the right choice for you.  Best of luck and God speed.

I recently came across this video of Dr Richard Kobetz, I hope to have more videos from educators in our field in the near future. Considering that many don’t have the opportunity to hear these individuals live, I thought it would be a great idea to have videos of these individuals so that all would have an opportunity to hear them speak. Dr Richard Kobetz, is the founder of Executive Protection Institute.
 

The executive protection industry is a very competitive market. Having the training and experience are assets that would enable you to do your job right. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but the nature of the beast is that you are faced with an enormous amount of competitors targeting a very select market. Allow me to give you an example that perhaps will help you see this point from a different perspective.

For the sake of the argument let’s say that you are in a room with two hundred other people the same gender as you and you are all dressed the same way; remember, your physical appearance doesn’t matter and you all possess the same or very similar qualifications, experience, and training.

From a distance, you all look the same; the question is how you will make the potential employer pick you over everybody else? Sure, you can be the court jester, start jumping around yelling “pick me, pick me.” Realistically that approach will not get you the job, so making a fool out of yourself is not recommended.

What you need is to understand that the niche of employers you are targeting is specialized and has very specific needs. It’s your job, and yours only to find work. If your idea of job hunting is that the employer will come and knock on your door while you are in your pajamas at home browsing the internet, tweeting how you spent your night, or playing Farmville games on Facebook, you are severely deceived.

The reality is that it is up to you, and only you to make yourself available, find and utilize resources to get you where you are envisioning yourself to be. There is no genie that will jump out of the oil lamp and will inform you that you have three wishes available at your disposal. In other words, you need a plan.

Continue Reading Finding work in the Executive Protection Industry

• Advance- Work conducted before going operational
• A S T – Advance Security Teams
• A-Stain- Afghanistan
• AKA – Also Known As
• ASAP – As soon as possible
• Ass Clown – An individual who is foolish in their actions
• B G – Bodyguard
• Binned – Kicked out or off a training course
• Booted and Suited – Dressed in a suit and Tie, ready for work
• Bug Out – Immediate Client Evacuation
• CAT – Counter assault team
• CP – Close Protection
• CQB – Close Quarter Battle
• CEO – Chief Executive Officer
• CI- Combat Indicators
• Cherry – A new trainee Bodyguard
• Client – Employer i.e. VIP or Principal
• Contact – VIP’s safety has been compromised
• E C S – Electronic Counter Surveillance
• EPO – Executive Protection Officer
• EPS- Executive Protection Specialist
• EPT – Executive Protection Team
• Fubar – messed up beyond all recognition
• Ghosts – Undercover Protection Officers
• I E D – Improvised Explosive Device
• Insurgents -
• VBIED- Vehicle Borne Explosive device
• Murphy’s Law – What can go wrong will go wrong
• Operational – Working
• Operational Arena – Location of operation
• Principal- The individual that you are hired to protect
• PSD- Personal Security Detachment
• RC- Route Cards
• R & R – Rest & Recuperation
• RV – Rendezvous Point
• SOP’s – Standard Operating Procedures
• Spook – Intelligence Officer or operative
• Stint – An overseas duty
• TOS- Time on station
• V I P – Very Important Person
• Venue- Location of an event where
• Well- The far most rear position in a vehicle
• WTA- Written Threat Assessment