{"id":3248,"date":"2014-07-14T10:58:32","date_gmt":"2014-07-14T17:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/?p=3248"},"modified":"2014-07-14T11:49:43","modified_gmt":"2014-07-14T18:49:43","slug":"reasons-hire-firefighter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/gov-talk\/career-advice\/on-the-job\/reasons-hire-firefighter\/","title":{"rendered":"The Reasons to Hire YOU as a Firefighter"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"firefighter.25.reasons.atlas.\"<\/a>This is a noble goal to have and an exciting journey that you will remember for the rest of your life. If you have not totally embraced this fact yet, you will, as soon as you make the total commitment to the ultimate goal of becoming a professional firefighter. After many years of observing entry-level firefighter candidates in their attempts to reach their dream, I can tell you with 100% certainty that no candidate has been hired without focusing on doing what is necessary to reach that goal and giving their utmost devotion to their dream.<\/p>\n

My good friend and colleague, Deputy Fire Chief, Steve Prziborowski has spent his entire career working with entry-level candidates and has developed \u201c25 Reasons to Hire YOU as a Firefighter.\u201d If you make a total commitment to these concepts and go 100% all in you will, without a doubt, improve your chances of getting hired. Chief Prziborowski confesses that becoming a firefighter is no small task and is challenging and can be frustrating. Then again, is there anything worth having that does not come without serious sacrifice? There are a staggering number of people who try to get hired and studies show that for every one firefighter job there are between 300 and 2000 applicants. So, what qualities and characteristics does the 1 person who gets hired have that the others do not? The answer is not a secret. It is rooted in the premise that to be a firefighter you MUST posses certain attributes. For many who seek the brass ring and are worthy of the coveted position of firefighter these attributes are absolutely necessary.<\/p>\n

The following characteristics and personality traits make up a sampling of the Chief Prziborowski\u2019s 25 Reasons to Hire YOU. I recommend you take a few minutes after reading this article and ask yourself these three questions.<\/p>\n

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  1. Do I posses these qualities now?<\/li>\n
  2. Am I willing to grow into the ones I do not posses?<\/li>\n
  3. What is my plan to display these new reasons to hire me?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    As Chief Prziborowski says \u201cUse this list not only when you are preparing to become a firefighter, but also while you are preparing yourself for each phase of the hiring process, completing the application, taking the written test, taking the oral interview, etc.\u201d<\/p>\n

    Here are some carefully selected reasons to hire YOU:<\/p>\n