Warwickshire Success 2021

[OscarHoop]

What a feeling!

I have my contract and begin training in October. I received my conditional offer a few weeks back but didn’t want to post in here until it was confirmed! 

Waking up to that email was something else, I have made it through a couple of  recruitment campaigns before only to receive a dreaded ‘we regret to inform you that on this occasion’ email. They are a real killer and to read one saying I have been successful was incredible. 

It has taken me over three years to get in and joining this forum was the game changer. There’s so much good advice in here and some very helpful members. Thank you to everyone who has passed on advice to me in discussions or in private messages. I’ve tried to do the same and will  stay active to offer advice/encouragement where I can. I actually left the forum briefly after having a small tantrum. I waited six weeks for a decision on getting in and was finally told I’d narrowly missed out. I vowed that it was my last attempt and I’m done with trying. That lasted about a week and I was back when my local service opened up! 

There is a picture I’ve seen of an iceberg floating in some water, success is written the small section above the water line and on the huge underwater section is written words like effort, failure, stress etc You’ve probably seen it. It is so true and relevant, people see success but not everything it takes to get there. The investment in study material and hours of revision to not only get better at the ability tests but to be in the very top percentage of passes, the early morning runs, the hours and puddles of sweat in the gym and on the mats, studying, practising and dreading the interviews, presentations and group discussions, the motorway miles, the dry cleaner visits, the hotel rooms, the worry, doubts and fear, the anxious waiting for results obsessively refreshing emails! The list is endless of what you go through. But when you read the email saying you’ve passed, its all worth it.

For those in the process now, keep working hard. Take the failures as a sign that you’re on the right path and never give up (well, maybe briefly!) 

Good luck to everyone, I’m off for a another run 👊🏻

[Cristina T]

Congratulations @OscarHoop !

[Kenny]

Congratulations @OscarHoop well deserved

[Copey25]

Congratulations @OscarHoop,

All the best for training school, and welcome to WFRS. 

[OscarHoop]

Thank you @Copey25 😊 

[Lee88]

Congrats mate - glad to see someone off here got a spot 

[Noddy]

Well done mate 

[Carl]

Bugger, that's another subscriber we will lose

Seriously, congratulations and well done. I know you've been here for a while so I am glad its all come to fruition.

[Andy1]

Well done and congratulations  @OscarHoopI’ve been there with the dreaded sorry to inform you emails many a time but when you get that successful one it makes your appreciation for the job so much greater. Enjoy what lies ahead mate 👍🏼

[OscarHoop]

Thanks @Andy1All you posts have been really helpful, especially the interview questions one! I spent many hours answering those in front of a mirror!!

 

[Luminoki]

Well done pal

[Toffer]

Congratulations 👏🎉 what a feeling it is when you get that email!! Enjoy the training, you will have bad days but you will look back when you have completed it with a sense of achievement and a weird feeling of enjoyment 😁

[TandA]

Congratulations. It is well deserved.  Giving up is permanent, you just took a few moments to regroup and reassess.  That simply made you stronger!

 

 

[JuanFran]

Well done for not giving up. Keep up the same attitude you have in training and on station and it will serve you well. 

[MD92]

Congratulations and keep smashing the training 💪🏻