Is it About Who You Know? – Becoming a Police Volunteer
The phrase ‘It’s about who you know’ can sometimes seem synonymous with securing work in criminal justice jobs, especially if that job is in the police. As someone myself with no natural ties to the criminal justice system, it would have been easy to believe that entering this world was far too difficult. Similarly, the […]
Front Line or Behind the Scenes?
One of the major questions when pursuing a criminal justice career is: do you want to be front line or back office? Both come with their own connotations and assumptions. Maybe front line is more exciting but also more challenging, more demanding, and maybe even scarier while back office may be more stable but ultimately […]
Prison Visits and Unmissable Experiences – Criminal Justice Fast Track Award
Criminal Justice Fast Track is a unique and wonderful opportunity offered by the University of Leicester. The award is designed to enhance students’ experience of work in the criminal justice system and it’s fantastic for your own personal sense of achievement and experience, enhancement of the Criminology degree, and for future employment prospects! Work experience […]
Becoming Employable Doesn’t Have to be Stressful
Between arriving back home from Study Abroad and starting lectures again in Leicester, my housemates have been stressing frantically over exam season while my most productive role in this period could have just been perfecting my tea making game for 6 exam-stressed housemates and myself. Like most pre-entering-the-job-market students, I often criticise myself with not […]
Budgeting at University.
How to Survive at University; Budgeting One of the biggest fears that I had before coming to University was the money side of things. Although I had some practice in budgeting, I was aware at University this would be a greater challenge. Budgeting itself is fairly simple, if you can aim to spend only […]
Off to work: Job application advice and a learning curve
Recently I have found myself getting busier and busier as the weeks go on. This is mainly due to the huge volume of application material I have been required to complete in applying to the Police. While I am extremely thankful to have not been rejected yet, I won’t be sad when the day comes for […]
Will all be quiet on New Years Day? Police Recruitment and Volunteering for Students.
Today is the 31st December 2013. That means tomorrow is the year I graduate, which is a pretty big deal! This means trying to figure out what career you want and then the beginning of laborious job hunting! As a Criminology student, it may be of no surprise that I want my future career in this […]
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