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August 18, 2006
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Quick Tip
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Right Tools for the Right Job
My son Stu called looking for a ratchet extension so he could reach a
bolt in a tight area that was holding a bracket at the bottom of the
battery he was trying to replace. He selected several sockets and the
extension. I told him it might be metric. He said how could it be
metric, it’s a Chevy? I told him don’t be surprised. I grabbed a
couple of metric sockets. His sockets were all too small. I took one
look and handed him a size 14 metric socket. It fit.
Next came the task of trying to take off the stripped, side mounted
battery acid corroded terminal. Stu had tried without success to remove
it with a pair of channel locks. He had bought another terminal
connector and was going to cut off the old one on the battery cable and
put on a new one. Back to the toolbox I came up with a pair of vice
grips. With some baking soda to dissolve the corroded battery acid on
the terminal, some WD40 and a couple of tries with the vice grips the
connecting bold broke loose.
Once the cable was disconnected Stu found that if he cut the old
connector off and put on the new one, the cable would have been too
short. He would have had a bigger job running back to the parts house to
buy a longer cable and putting it on. Instead we took the bolt from the
new connector and secured the existing cable to the new battery.
Stu will know what tools to use to exchange out a battery next time.
The trick was to know what tools and techniques to use to make the job
easier. I thought it’s the same thing with your oral boards. It’s
being prepared in advance so when the oral board questions are asked you
can grab the tools and “Nugget” techniques from your toolbox to get a
top score on your answers. You can find out how good your tools are by
getting in a coaching session. Coaching can dramatically increase your
chances. More on coaching here:
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You’re looking for a seamless not surprised interview. All you need is
to stumble on a question or two and it can throw your timing, inflection
and confidence off to keep you from going forward to be considered for
the badge.
So what’s in your toolbox to tackle all the possible oral board
questions? You can find more oral board tools to add to your toolbox
here: http://www.eatstress.com/goldpackage.htm Your toolbox should be
different from everyone else’s because of your unique personalize
experiences. Adding well-practiced tools will enable you to field
anything they can throw at you just like Stu learned about changing out
the battery in his truck.
This is what a successful toolbox can do:
Dear Captain Rob,
I start rookie school in 3 weeks - thanks to you!!
I'm writing to let you know that I made it! I had just finished my
Chief's Boards for two large departments in the northwest. I called
pretty early in the testing process because I figured it is far too
competitive to wait and put things off.
I can't stress how much your private coaching helped me. The coaching
session really got me squared away and showed me how to avoid some of
the answers that get you DQ'd. I probably played and replayed that tape
500 times! I can't stress how important it is for people going through
the process to get as much coaching as possible. If you aren't willing
to make the investment on books/coaching, then I say you aren't serious
about becoming a firefighter - period end of story.
I proved that fact with one agencies test. I got my coaching in October
and didn't even have my oral boards until late April. I told all my
friends about the coaching and really pushed them to get it. None of
them wanted to. I got excuses like "too much money" or "I get coached
at the stations" etc. Well I am one of the 15 out of 2500 candidates
that got hired - none of my friends got selected. I later ran into one
of the Captains from my board at the gym, and he told me that I simply
"rocked" the boards and just blew them away. If you hadn't gotten your
coaching I know that wouldn't have been the case.
To make things better, right after my first oral board, the other Fire
Department called me for a second Chiefs board, and I must have done
well, because I received job offers from both departments with a few
days of each other. I’ve now completed everything and received my final
offers from both - no more hoops to jump through - I'm done!!! The
only problem is now I have to decide between two outstanding departments
here in the valley!!
I also want to comment on the psych test. I had to take one for each
department. Well all I know is that I went into the test and followed
your advice. I tried to answer the questions as honestly as I could,
while presenting myself as a very positive social person. Some of the
"experts" out there say that you should be brutally honest on the test.
Well 3 good guys I know did just that, and they did not pass either
test. We lost 10 out of 25 guys on one test! In all honesty I might
not have passed either if I hadn't followed your advice. I feel that is
a very dangerous test, and some of the advice these people are giving
out is costing great candidates a job. I wanted to let you know that
your advice worked, and I owe you much thanks!
Again, with your help and coaching, I was able to get hired by what are
arguably the two best fire departments here in the northwest. Both
rookie schools start this month. Now I just have to make up my mind
today about which one I'm going with.
Your program rocks and gets people hired and I highly recommend it.
Sincerely, Drew
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