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» cjoseph - fired with serious strings attached.

I'm writing on behalf of my boyfriend who was fired this week from his job as a community police officer. Basically, it was a job where he was writing parking tickets and telling people to dump thier beers out in the beach but it was important "applicable skill set job" for him. He has alot going for him recent college grad in justice studies, high gpa etc. Unfortunately to make matters worse he lost his job while he was in a middle of a job search to get a job as a real cop. And to really make things worse, he was fired after something at his work was stolen. The police do not think he was involved but he was fired anyways, along with several other employees, who were friends with the individual who stole the objects. Technically, he was terminated for falsifying his time card but in actuality he failed to report something fishy he saw at the time that didn't quite make sense at the time. He has several options: he could go back for his grad degree( although he isn't thrilled about that), continue with his job search without great applicable skills or questionable integrity or try to find something else he's interested in. Does anyone have any good ideas? Should he continue in the second process of the hiring process for other jobs even with his previous job referenced on his resume and reference list?

-- posted by cjoseph

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» Paym Bergson - fired with serious strings attached.

In response to fired with serious strings attached. posted by cjoseph:

Only your boyfriend can make those decisions. While it is admirable for you to try and help find some solutions, he needs to take control and see this situation as an opportunity to succeed.

I urge him to visit his local employment office and to see what seminars are offered - most are free, and will help not only in job search, but in deciding what field or path is best for him.

As well, many placement agencies will help with goal settings.

His first priority though is find out what he wants to do, and to pursue it. Most police forces will not even look at you without some prior training such as Police Foundations (through most Colleges and private schools). Education always helps - it shows a commitment to "bettering" yourself and wanting to do more than just coast in life.

As well, he needs to be able to provide for rent, etc (and if he is living at home, he might want to discuss the possibility of living at home while attending school).

Only he can decide on his priorities - and your being able to support him emotionally in his decision will help him.

-Paym

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