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Nicole
I now work as a Whistleblowing Manager within Compliance in the Financial Sector. Andy from Blue Light Leavers was a fantastic source of advice and encouragement for me and helped me have confidence in my abilities.
Thank you Andy, to both you and your brilliant network!
Anonymous member
So tomorrow is my last day. And whilst I’m sad to say goodbye to the people I am not sad to walk out from under the grey cloud and claw back my old self.
Whether the grass is greener or not it can’t possibly be any worse.
I want my mental and physical health back to how it used to be and its time I put my children, partner, family and friends before an organisation that doesn’t care about me.
Reading all the posts in this group helped give me the nudge to just do it and resign and get a role back working in the public sector.
All the best everyone. Genuinely cannot wait to walk out the door tomorrow
Blue Light Leavers
Hi Andy, just thought I’d let you know that I’ve been offered a job in the NHS. It’s a new team that are carrying out workforce investigations. Looking at the job spec it sounds like a perfect fit for me and I’m really looking forward to starting.
Your advice and Charlotte’s work on my CV really helped so thank you.
Jason
Thanks for Blue Light Leavers and all your support! It's made a great difference to me and I know it's putting so many others in a better place.
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I’m on my way back from an interview I’ve just had out the force and I am buzzing!!! I honestly believe my confidence has come from everyone’s positive stories on this group.
I posted several months back about not having any joy in the market, kept getting rejected so I went away and started applying for jobs with competency based application forms. This has resulted in this interview today and I’ve left feeling super proud of myself.
I listened to podcast 42 and they were super impressed by my reflecting back and talking about lessons learnt! Even if I'm unsuccessful (the idea of possibly accepting something is terrifying in its own right) I just want to thank everyone.
A year ago I believed I was institutionalised and had nothing to offer but finding this group and constant affirmations of transferable skills has enabled me to believe as a police officer you are capable of so much more.
I won’t find out until next week but right now I’m just feeling incredibly proud of what I’ve achieved and the confidence I displayed in interview! Everyone else keep going – you’ve got this!!
Lily
When I first enquired with Andy I was completely lost on my career trajectory. After 5 years in policing, I knew I wanted to do something else, but my confidence was rock bottom and I didn’t think I would be employable anywhere else. I was having a difficult time in my personal life and work was adding to the stress.
After our first call, I immediately felt more optimistic and clearer about my future. Andy helped craft my policing experience into transferable skills for the private sector, discussed interview techniques and even gave me advice for negotiating salary on my first job offer – which was successful!
After months of reading others’ success stories on the Blue Light Leavers Facebook page, I was finally able to post my own! I’m now in a new role in consulting that I never could’ve imagined this time last year. Andy was fundamental in me securing a job outside of policing and I haven’t look back since
Anonymous
On Sunday 12th March I retired after 32 years service with West Midlands Police. Today I started a new position as Loss Prevention Analyst with GXO Logistics.
I just wanted to thank Andy Labrum and this group for the massive support in obtaining a new role. The advice personally given by Andy, the podcasts and people who I have contacted through this group who have genuinely wanted to help and support.
I can only recommend that anybody changing career or finishing their police career listen to the words of advice, don’t be afraid to contact people, ask for help. Even though some of us are no longer service we are still a family.
Thank you BLL and especially Andy.
Hannah W
I was directed to the blue light leavers Facebook group after going through a bad experience at work where I was treated badly and not supported by my organisation.
At this time, my mental health was in a pretty bad place. Although I knew I needed to leave the police; I didn’t know where to start. After reading other officers’ journeys and listening to Andy’s podcasts I wrote my CV and secured an interview for a role in security.
I continued to listen to the podcasts and was successful in securing the role.
Life is now a lot different, and I am happy for the first time in a long time! Andy’s Facebook group and podcasts were a shining light in a dark place, and I will be forever grateful.
Andrew T
Andy and I had our first clarity call at the end of June 2022 and I was in a pretty dark place. I was very unhappy at work, and I’d applied for over 150 jobs and barely got an interview. Andy spent time with me to really look at what I’d achieved and helped me focus on what I’d need to do to successfully move on.
Soon afterwards, I got invited to interview for a new role, so Andy and I went through an interview prep session together and signposted me to the Blue Light Leavers podcast, which is full of useful information. I also joined The Academy from Blue Light Leavers which has been really helpful.
This support has resulted in me being offered a fantastic new role, which I start in November. The Academy and the Blue Light Leavers Facebook community is such a positive, supportive network and has really helped me focus, and given me the confidence to apply for roles that otherwise wouldn’t have applied for, as I thought, all I could ever do was be an investigator.