Like most of the Royal Military Services the Army has commissioned and non-commissioned ranks. Any individual entering the Army will be a cadet upon entry. The cadet ranking is the lowest possible option and not commissioned unless it is the officer cadet which is the ranking one receives upon training at the Royal Military Academy. […]
What is an assessment centre? An assessment centre is a number of activities that are arranged together to test your responses. They are typically based on competencies or behaviours that the organisation who holds the job, feel are important for their staff to have, together with requiring you to demonstrate certain skills. Some of the […]
The Day in the Life of a 999 Fire Control Operator Within Emergency Fire Control there are four Watches. These are usually named as Red, Green, Blue or White Watch. They run in line with Station Watches, this enables a good relation to be struck with Stations resulting in consistency between Station’s and Control. The […]
The Pipeline for Making a Game – Who makes video games? What is the video game development process? Video games are traditionally made by a whole team of people known as ‘developers’. Most developers have a specific skillset and knowledge that they bring to the games production such as programming, art or story-telling. However with the […]
Members of the British Army are elite, professional and incredibly talented. With all this being said, the competition to join the British Army is tougher than ever before, and you will need to be extremely competent to gain a place in Britain’s elite military force. In this blog, we’ll show you what army eligibility criteria […]
Special Air Services is a speciality unit in the Army. It is part of the reserves. Units typically deal with difficult and changing circumstances. Command or guidance may not be available during operational and strategic situations. Those in this special unit often have to work alone or in a small team. Given the special nature of some […]
Navy ranks are commissioned, non-commissioned, and designated for women because there are certain positions not open to women in the Navy like other military branches. The pay and duties will differ based on ranking and commission. Commissioned Officers Flag rank officers and commissioned officers are below. Commissioned officers mean they have command posts and are […]
Fire fighters work in a series of different capacities for the purpose of preventing fires, stopping fires, and saving lives. Firefighters have a duty to serve and protect people and property from fire, but also other dangers. In this career position a person will assist with emergency support, provide education and also advice on fire […]
How2Become shortlisted for Independent Publishing Awards 2014 How2Become just been shortlisted for the 3rd year running in the Independent Publishing Awards 2014 – this time in the “Worldwide Specialist Consumer Publisher of the Year” category! We are in a tough group with a number of other strong publishers – Absolute Press, Quiller Publishing and Search Press. The […]
The UK police force is broken down into two delineations: Police and Metropolitan Police. Metropolitan police officers work in places like London and while the job duties are not different the pay can be more in cities such as London due to the higher crime rate. There are 14 different police service ranks. Each police […]
