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STAY CURRENT ON THE FIRE OR EMS FIELDS
"Know your potential Employer" What are the current developments in the fire industry? Do you know enough about what is going on that you could impress someone offering you a job? If not, find out quickly through online journals, magazines and newsletters. The more information you know about your potential employer, the more confident and prepared you will be when interviews are conducted. Sounding prepared and confident in your abilities are important qualities in this competitive working environment.
LEARN ON YOUR OWN TIME
An employee who continually tries to enhance his/her skills through further training always impresses an employer, but who gets that training on his or her own time rather than on the job has a decided edge.
UNDERSTAND PERSONALITY TYPES
Being a team player in the fire service is a must. Knowing how & where you fit in is an important aspect because, it allows you and your coworkers time to adapt to each other. That means knowing how to work with different personality types.
CONTINUE YOUR EDUCATION
So you have followed all of the expert advice in getting ahead, but you are still being passed over. You may need to look at your educational level. In the fire service, like in many other fields, a degree is a definite requirement to get beyond a certain level. You have learned everything you need to know in high school the fire academy and on the job. Not to mention all those seminars and training classes you've taken. A college degree symbolizes many things, among them, a commitment to a voluntary goal and critical thinking skills. Critical thinking skills are unfortunately not usually developed in high school where accumulating facts is more the goal. In college students are expected to state their own opinions and support or refute the experts by working out those opinions.
