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Mock Orals
Mock Orals:
Everyone becomes an expert on oral boards after they have been hired.
Have you noticed? That is why I am concerned about candidates doing
mock orals. Before considering a mock oral you need to be asking how
many oral boards they have been on? Have they been on an oral board for
their or another department? How long since they have been on an oral
board? Many people are not in touch with the process today.
We got the village idiot hired. Yep, that is right. When this guy was
out of town, the village did not have an idiot. Dan was a volunteer
going for this third attempt of being a paid firefighter for this
department. He told us if someone called and said there was a fire near
the pig barn, he knew where that was; even though the pig barn is not
there anymore. This is what we started with. After getting our program
and doing not one, but two coaching sessions, holding him together with
crazy clue going into the chiefs oral, guess what? Dan gets a badge.
The following week, Dan posts a message on a firefighter bulletin board
that he would help you with your oral boards. The village idiot became
the expert over night. He got 32 e-mails asking for help.
There is a fire science instructor that gives classes on oral boards.
He hammers his students with his theatrical style of how to present
yourself at an oral board. He is the training officer for his
department. He takes all requests for officers to set on other
departments oral boards. Funny thing, when a department asks for someone
to sit on their oral board, he's the only one who ever goes. When
candidates who have taken his class come into an oral board and find him
there, they cringe. They know if they do not do it his way, which is
foreign to them, he will give them a bad score.
I know people who give mock orals and they never had to do an oral to
get on their department and have never sat on an oral board. How does
this work?
Yes, mock orals are good exposure and they get you used to sitting in an
oral board setting. But, use caution by what they tell you. It's very
easy to be made into a clone candidate in the process. You see, your
buddies can't tell you how bad you really are. Could you? Rob and I
will because you want to get value for the investment in your career and
we want to see you get that badge.
If we can get the village idiot hired, surely we can help you.
Rob is our Firefighter Son. You can e-mail Rob any questions @ [email protected]
www.eatstress.com
Everyone becomes an expert on oral boards after they have been hired.
Have you noticed? That is why I am concerned about candidates doing
mock orals. Before considering a mock oral you need to be asking how
many oral boards they have been on? Have they been on an oral board for
their or another department? How long since they have been on an oral
board? Many people are not in touch with the process today.
We got the village idiot hired. Yep, that is right. When this guy was
out of town, the village did not have an idiot. Dan was a volunteer
going for this third attempt of being a paid firefighter for this
department. He told us if someone called and said there was a fire near
the pig barn, he knew where that was; even though the pig barn is not
there anymore. This is what we started with. After getting our program
and doing not one, but two coaching sessions, holding him together with
crazy clue going into the chiefs oral, guess what? Dan gets a badge.
The following week, Dan posts a message on a firefighter bulletin board
that he would help you with your oral boards. The village idiot became
the expert over night. He got 32 e-mails asking for help.
There is a fire science instructor that gives classes on oral boards.
He hammers his students with his theatrical style of how to present
yourself at an oral board. He is the training officer for his
department. He takes all requests for officers to set on other
departments oral boards. Funny thing, when a department asks for someone
to sit on their oral board, he's the only one who ever goes. When
candidates who have taken his class come into an oral board and find him
there, they cringe. They know if they do not do it his way, which is
foreign to them, he will give them a bad score.
I know people who give mock orals and they never had to do an oral to
get on their department and have never sat on an oral board. How does
this work?
Yes, mock orals are good exposure and they get you used to sitting in an
oral board setting. But, use caution by what they tell you. It's very
easy to be made into a clone candidate in the process. You see, your
buddies can't tell you how bad you really are. Could you? Rob and I
will because you want to get value for the investment in your career and
we want to see you get that badge.
If we can get the village idiot hired, surely we can help you.
Rob is our Firefighter Son. You can e-mail Rob any questions @ [email protected]
www.eatstress.com