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...without starting every sentence "I'm..."


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~Darling~ wrote:
> How comes your not at work English_Bloke?

Holiday

Here is the first draft of my application for the police. This is the box where you get to write about yourself.

I then added a load of stuff about what the aims of the Cambridgeshire constabulary and constabulary as a whole were to show that I had done the research.

It's badly ordered in my first draft, but you can see the kind of cheesy crap I stuck in there.

This is basically, "I'm young and have done little to nothing with my life yet...give me a job please."

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I knew that I would like to become a police officer when I was about 17. For a while before that I knew that I wanted to go into one of the services, but hadn’t quite decided which one was best suited to me. After taking a year out after secondary school to try and decide which area of the services I felt I would like a career in, it had become clear to me that I was becoming interested in the police force above any of the other forces. Some of the things that had drawn me towards the forces as a whole were that I didn’t just want a desk job, just about any career now will involve a certain amount of computer and paper work, but I didn’t want to spend my whole working day sitting down in an office.

One of the things that really made the police force stand out to me was the range of areas within the police that it is possible to specialise in. I find this a very appealing idea because it would give me the possibility of specialising in an area that I feel strongly about. I like the idea of working with other people so that I can continue to learn from more experienced officers after my training is finished. I believe that teamwork would be a very important part of police work, but also the ability to work as an individual, much the same way as just about any kind of sporting team. I also think that many of the personal attributes a police officer needs are the same as a sportsman also needs, things such as tenacity, self-control and the motivation to want to do it. I was involved in many different sports teams, both in and out of school, including Football, Cricket and Rugby. This included both training and competing during my free time, during the week and at weekends. On several occasions I captained the school Cricket team, which gave me a little experience in both directing and motivating people around me, in just the same way that I took direction from the captains in the other sports.

As well as finding the idea of interacting with my colleges appealing, I would also enjoy interacting with the public, which I believe would be a vital part of police work.

Once I had decided that I would like to become a police officer I made a career interview appointment in Cambridge to try and find out about useful experience that I could obtain while waiting to be able to apply. I was told that just about any job that involved contact with the public would be of benefit to me and I have since had 2 jobs in retail. One of which was in a local bakery, which I found very useful because I had a very wide range of people coming in which gave me experience in how to talk and interact with different people.

I was also told that a job working in a team of people doing work that could benefit the community in some way would be helpful. I currently work in a small team of gardeners at Anglesey Abbey as a volunteer. My job consists of helping other gardeners and working alone, having been given a task by the head gardener. As well as this, whilst I was at secondary school a small group of friends and I took part in the “change makers” project where we organised a school disco to try to raise some money for the school sports department.

Importantly, I believe that the job satisfaction in a career such as that of a police officer would be quite high. I feel that the more satisfaction you get from your job, the more motivated you are to perform your duties to a high standard.

How comes your not at work English_Bloke?

Use scented paper; it shows you're putting the effort in.

English_Bloke wrote:
> Write it in the style of a primitive specimen of the species. Start
> every sentence with, “me…”

Hmm, once again, looking for respect, not laboratory testing...

Hmm, I'm trying not to brown nose too much, I figure it'll help if they respect me ;^)

"Since I'm..." Hmm, if I rework I could fit that in...

More help!

Write it in the style of a primitive specimen of the species. Start every sentence with, “me…”

I'd like to start by thanking you for taking the time to read my application. Since I am a hard working little boy.....

...without starting every sentence "I'm..."


Please help!