Site Security Staff - advice

As to what you could bring, it's hard to answer without knowing just what kind of experience you do have. Bring a resume, for openers. Sometimes work that you've done, which doesn't seem to have anything to do with secuirty, does, in fact, relate to security concerns. For example, did you ever work in retail sales? That means you have experience dealing with people and are accustomed to watching out for potential shoplifters. That's security experience.

Years ago I got a job as a gallery guard at an art museum. What made my employers think I knew anything at all about museum security? Why, the fact that I had done contract work as a foreign language interpreter for the US State Dept. I had, on several occasions, accompanied visiting foreign police officers to their appointments with American law enforcement agencies. That was considered experience.

If they're calling you in for an interview, you're more than half-way to having the job. Be presentable and expect such questions as "How do you handle stress?" (Don't say you get drunk or stoned to handle stress ) and "How well do you get along with other people?" Site security usually involves being firm but very polite to everyone and having a sharp eye for anything out of place.

Just wanted to say Thanks for replying Merry Andrew.

My interview is on Tuesday. I haven't ever really had a propper job interview before which this one sounds like it will be. Most of my work in the past has been temporary jobs through agencies. Mail sorter. Office junior. Admin assistant. I spent alot of my time trying to make a living out of trading stocks from home and other time doing work around my parents farm, so there are gaps in my CV as far as 'real' work is concerned.

Hope i can make it sound good and can keep my nerves in my interview. (I can be a nervous character in certain situations)

thanks again....

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Thanks Goodfielder. I actually live in the UK anyway. Im gonna have a look around that site.

Im just looking around for sites now that may give me some help about job interviews in general now. typical questions/good answers etc...

Good idea - a popular method of job interviewing is called "behavioural interviewing" (US spelling "behavioral interviewing"). If you google using both those terms you will find a lot of sites with a great deal of information. Quite a number of university sites have that sort of info for their students who are about to graduate and who are preparing to look for jobs.

Just had the interview.

It was the hardest interview I've had simply because there were three guys sitting opposite me putting various questions to me, rather than just one fella telling me about the job.

If I was exaggerating i'd compare it to that scene in 'Trainspotting' (don't know how familiar you guys are with British cinema.....funny scene though) 3 'stone faced' interviewers sitting a large distance away from him in a huge quiet room with him out in the middle of the room on a tiny chair with nodody in throwing distance!

Wasn't actually two bad, but my CV isn't very good due to the fact i've never been employed for very long at all, and there are gaps all over the place in my CV. They kinda called me up on it.

Also, as i said earlier, i'm a bit of a nervous wreck in certain sutuations. Stumbled and stammered a few times but nothing TOO noticable! (i hope)

Over now though. Starting to get desperate for a job now though. Not even too fussed about money. Just a job i dont HATE going too that I feel im actually reasonably good at.

Im not great at life, LOL.

thanks to the people who tried to help me out in this thread!