Hello all,
I had a quick question regarding the application process (my situation specifically) and I couldn't find similar questions when trying to search.
I've got another year of college left (graduate in May 2012). I've wanted to work in Law Enforcement my whole life and cannot wait to graduate and get out in the field (assuming someone hires me!).
That being said, one of the departments I'm interested in working for has opened up positions and the all applications must be in by June 10, 2011. I've done two ridealongs with this department and the most recent one I did I was informed that the department was going to hire once this year and start hiring twice per year beginning in 2012. My question is: should I apply now and go through the process knowing that I would still have to finish two more semesters of school (which would interfere with the academy, causing me to turn down a job offer if that happens) or should I just wait until next year when they open up hiring again and I'm done with/finishing up the last few weeks of school?
My first instinct is to just wait, but I also thought that it might not hurt to go through the process once and get my name out. I don't want to waste anybody's time either.
I had a quick question regarding the application process (my situation specifically) and I couldn't find similar questions when trying to search.
I've got another year of college left (graduate in May 2012). I've wanted to work in Law Enforcement my whole life and cannot wait to graduate and get out in the field (assuming someone hires me!).
That being said, one of the departments I'm interested in working for has opened up positions and the all applications must be in by June 10, 2011. I've done two ridealongs with this department and the most recent one I did I was informed that the department was going to hire once this year and start hiring twice per year beginning in 2012. My question is: should I apply now and go through the process knowing that I would still have to finish two more semesters of school (which would interfere with the academy, causing me to turn down a job offer if that happens) or should I just wait until next year when they open up hiring again and I'm done with/finishing up the last few weeks of school?
My first instinct is to just wait, but I also thought that it might not hurt to go through the process once and get my name out. I don't want to waste anybody's time either.
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