Friday, March 26, 2010

Planning Ahead!

All too often, candidates call us at the last minute before their test dates. Frankly, this is counterproductive. You ought to be thinking of preparing yourself well ahead of any test dates. You already know that a test will be coming up soon enough, but by waiting until you find out if you've passed the written, it's really too late to help you much by just attending a class. This is a total reversal of what you've been told about any testing and it takes time to assimilate it into your daily life so you are much more familiar with these issues than if you took a class on a Saturday/Sunday and your assessment center is on Monday! Believe us when we tell you that is truly a risky business as you have not had time to not only absorb what we told you in the class, but you've had no time to practice these skills at all. If you let us know if and when your agencies are planning some tests we'll try to accommodate those who need to go through a course. We've continually found our students doing well in their promotionals, including a few folks who were promoted to Chief.
Keep in mind that if your agency has any interview/panel interviews, you can go for the first day only as our sessions always do interviews the first day!

I have created a $100 PayPal for repeat students if you needed a refresher and had not been promoted since the last class you took.

Remember, it's not about the tests, it's about whether or not you are ready to do the job! Rick