Morning all, my friend has been successful and is now a member of the Specialist Fire Management Team at Liverpool Football Club.
Interview Monday and very informal. A few silly games to get us all talking, one group exercise involved making a tower using pieces of a large plastic toy, writing down the instructions for building then taking it apart and swapping instructions with another group to build theirs. It went quite well actually.
A few Flip Chart exercises also went well then the one to one interview.
He was asked three questions about his working experiences, one a Memory maker where he did something that another person will remember, a story about a H&S visit to a pharmacy and the H&S Manager was in attendance and appreciated all advice given.
Second was a story abourt a multiple rescue he was involved in, people assisted from upper floors by ladder and drainpipe then use of the oxygen resuscitation machine on a bedridden lady who was too large to get out of her bed and carry down three flights of stairs. Lots of firefighting action going on, the interviewer was enthralled as my friend was telling him that story.
Third was a story about a Ship on fire in Bootle Docks, as soon as he started that story the interviewer said "Another fire story - Great". He was once again enthralled and thanked my friend for his time and the stories. He doesn't usually get anything like that during his interviews.
My friend had put together a lever arch file containing lots of evidence including certificates and samples of his work, starting in 1968, but the interviewer did not wish to see them, he was satisfied already and told my friend he will probably "go up".
Induction yesterday, at Anfield, and will be paid for that. 4 hours with a tour of the stadium, talks by the Chef and Entertainments manager and a few others. Samples of food, lovely portion of Scouse with beetroot, and some Party type games to finish off, including an Omlette cooking competition, I made the omlette and my partner had to eat it very quickly then carry the baton onto the next game.
On the whole the New Job experience was the best I have ever had, they are very welcoming, it's all about customer satisfaction, pleasing the supporters and hoping they all go home remembering a great time, win or lose. Looking like a good company to work for.
Some videos were shown during the two days but my friend managed to survive the brainwashing attempts and is still an Evertonian. They don't know that yet, he was never asked.
Once again thank you for the help and support.