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Hello Karen

Thanks for all your help with interviewing, it had me going into the RMSI interview

feeling confident and able to prove the competencies the RCMP are looking for.

Thank you. I am moving on to the polygraph in the next two weeks.

March 2008 - RCMP Applicant Lower Mainland

Karen,

Thank you for your help through the process for my Police Constable application.

I just received the good news that I made it!!! I will be joining the ranks of Canada’s

newest police department;the Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority Police Service.

I start training at the JIBC Police Academy in a few days.

Your interview skills and tips for top performance helped me blast through the

entire process in just over four months. I would recommend investing in your services to anyone who

wants to gain an edge in this highly competitive process.

Thanks again, take care!

Metro Vancouver Police Constable – 2008

Thank you, Karen for All your HELP with my interview skills.

It allowed me to get hired as a Surrey Career Firefighter..

Without your interview skills and tips, I would have never done as well as I did.

Again, Thank you , you are a GREAT interview Coach.

Take care & thank you., Newly Hired Surrey Fire Fighter, September 2007

Hii Karen,

I just wanted to say thanks for all your help and I know that I couldnt have done well

in the interview without you. Thanks to you, I am happy to say that I am the

newest member of the Richmond Fire Dept.and start on the 27th of August.

All our review was relevant to the interview.

Thanks to you I can start my dream career sooner than I could ever have imagined.
Lower Mainland Fire Fighter, August 2007

Karen,

I am now one of Surrey's newest Career Fire Fighters. I start on

July 16/07. Thank you for all of your coaching and experience, I know

that it really helped me nail the interview. .......

Thank you Karen for all your help throughout the past year. Your help with interview skills helped me get my dream job at Delta fire, thanks again! May 2007

Karen, the interview went well. I was clear and hit 90% of the

points we discussed. Thank you so much, with out the knowledge

you gave me I would have been lost in there.

Burnaby F.D. Interviewee (2007)

Karen,
I wanted to inform you that I was recently hired by Vancouver Fire and Rescue! Thank you very much for your assistance in this matter. I can tell by reading your website testimonials, you do wonders in preparing applicants for interviews. I was no exception. I believe in my case though, your resume writing skills were the biggest aide. Until you prepared my resume, my application was overlooked by every department. Afterwards I was in every process to which I applied. Your assistance in both areas unequivocally played a large part in my success! Thank you again

Karen from Destiny Career Planners came highly recommended when I was ready for my interview and the fire department I was applying for. She was so helpful in giving me pointers that I never would of thought of using for my interview. I truly believe that Karen was an intricate part of me passing my interview and getting one step closer to my dream job as a firefighter. A. Calgary

Karen,
It is with great gratitude that I tell you that on Friday evening I received word that I had been awarded the position of Full-time Fire Fighter in Maple Ridge. Thank you so much for all your help with this stage of the process, and I will be letting other individuals know of your expertise for the future. I followed up on all your advise. The H.R. person was very impressed with the portfolio I had completed.

Hello again Karen
I hope all is well with you. I just wanted to pass along another success story for you. After one long year of waiting on the eligibility list Surrey Fire Services offered me a position just this week! I start Monday! Thank you for sharing your knowledge. You must be proud of the service you provide. Your successful client list just keeps growing! All the best to you and thanks again. Surrey Career Fire Fighter

Hi Karen
I thought I would let you know that my interview went very well. I put together a portfolio like you suggested and really put a lot of thought and practice into the four main interview questions we went over. I practiced these questions over and over again, I think I was repeating them in my sleep. All this practice and preparing paid off, I received the phone call that everyone is waiting for and was hired. Thank you, D. Chilliwack

Dear Karen
I wanted to thank you again for your interview coaching. The interview stage is one of the most difficult and stressful parts of the hiring process, and interview skills were definitely the weak link in my chain. You helped me to discover my strengths and confidently relay them to others. I believe that your course was a vital element in my hiring by a local Fire Department. I will continue to recommend DCP to anyone serious about their career.
RM

Karen
Thank you very much for your time and helping me with my interview preparation. As nervous as I was, my interview went well. Yet, at the time I was worried because I new there were 50 more candidates to be interviewed. Anyway, good news came earlier than expected. They hired four candidates to start right away and I was on of them. I believe my interview was a success because of your assistance. Thank you once again, and have a great summer.
J. Victoria Fire Fighter

Hi Karen
I was one of your clients in Jan or Feb of 2006 before my Vancouver interview. Just thought I would tell you I was recently hired with a lower mainland fire department last September. I feel review of my notes and the meeting we had really helped me in my interview. Thank you very much!
J

Destiny Career Planners gave me the confidence that I needed when I went for my RCMP Interview. I went ahead with a better understanding of what was expected from me and how to present myself to the best of my abilities. I am now happy to say that I am a member of the RCMP and have Karen at Destiny Career Planners to thank!
J.W.

Hello Karen,
I apologize for taking so long in getting back to you. I did get hired in the summer but only last week received my start date of January 31st, I am a little bit superstitious and did not want to jinx myself. Thank you for your help, I am certain that my interview would not have gone as well as it did if I had not met with you. I have referred you to as many people as I can and with another hiring starting in the New Year I am sure a couple of them will be calling. Thank you again.
M. Vancouver Fire Fighter

Karen
Thank you very much for your time and helping me with my interview preparation. As nervous as I was, my interview went well. Yet, at the time I was worried because I new there were 50 and more candidates to be interviewed. Anyway, good news came earlier than expected. Victoria Fire Department hired four candidates to start right away and I was one of them. I believe my interview was a success because of your assistance.
JL

Hi Karen
My interview yesterday went awesome! They had very few redirect-type questions that they asked me, as opposed to some other candidates I spoke to, so I feel my answers were just the right amount of detail. Then after a very restless sleep last night, I rushed home for an early lunch today to check my messages, and I had a message to phone H.R. So I phoned them up and. I GOT THE JOB!!! I just wanted to thank you for all your help. As in most cases, it all comes down to the interview and thanks to being properly prepared I know that I had one of the best interviews. Thank you again,
Central Okanagan Fire Fighter

Karen
Just wanted to drop a note to inform you I have been accepted for the Vancouver Fire Department. I would like to thank you for all your help and knowledge. I went into my interview with confidence in my own abilities and knowing you had helped me with the questions was a great weight off my shoulders. I will definitely recommend you to anyone who asks for help with ANY interviews.
M. Vancouver Fire Fighter

I found Karen's interview strategies incredibly helpful. She knew exactly what the interviewer would be looking for and helped me develop the best responses based on my experiences. I left feeling confident and ready for my intake interview. If there is an important interview in your future, I recommend seeing Karen first. I am now a member of the Vancouver Police Department and there is no doubt in my mind that Karen helped me get there.
VPD Member

Hi Karen,
My interview went really well. I was hired and start in a few months. I am really excited and I want to thank you very much for everything. The session was a big help. I nailed the important questions and felt really confident. Thank you again!
Vancouver Island Fire Fighter

Karen,
The preparation you gave me before the interview was so helpful. I was ready for every single one of the questions asked as a result of going over the questions you gave me and preparing answers based on my experience. I know it ’s a very competitive process but I believe seeing you made the difference and helped me understand what I bring to the job.
Police Applicant

Dear Karen,
When I first started interviewing I thought, How hard can it be? I had been through interviews before and I had an idea of what kinds of questions they were going to ask. I figured that the interviewers would see that I was a good guy and hire me. I could not have been more wrong. You taught me how to prepare, taught me how to practice, and taught me the things I needed to know to be able separate myself from the fierce competition I was up against. I know that without your help I would still be interviewing and wondering why someone else was getting the job instead of me. I can’t thank you enough.
J.R., Calgary Fire Fighter

Karen ’s service is an important resource in making sure you perform your very best in the interview stage. It really helped me improve my skills to the level they needed to be. I strongly recommend it to anyone who is serious about landing a job in the Fire Service. There is a lot of strong competition out there so you need to make sure you are one step ahead.
I.B., Lower Mainland Fire Fighter

Dear Karen
For political reasons, I never made the original hire group of pilots, but 2 days before the first group went on course, I was asked to come back for another interview. Needless to say, they interviewed me, and basically apologized for the way things were handled the first go around. I should mention that from an HR point of view I had scored the highest of all 100 that were interviewed. Without a doubt the credit was due to the session that you had with me prior to the first interview.
K.W., Vancouver

Karen,
I just wanted to email and thank you for all of your help preparing me for the RMSIG. I was so relaxed and ready because of the preparation you had given me. I passed the interview with no problems and now I am on to the back ground investigation portion of the hiring process. I really appreciate your help. Thanks.
C. Lower Mainland RCMP Applicant (Now hired)

I just wanted to let you know that I’ve been hired by the VPD. I was sworn in on Thursday and start at the JI on Monday! It’s all so exciting!Thank you so very much for your guidance. It was worth every penny and then some. I was able to handle all the interviews with confidence knowing that I had thought out most, if not all of the questions ahead of time.
T., VPD, Lower Mainland

Karen,
I was just offered a full time position with West Vancouver Fire and Rescue. It was much unexpected. Thanks for all your help, it sure came in handy. I won’t be needing the 2nd session now though.

Karen,
Just a quick note to say thank you for your time and very helpful items to work on. I appreciated all the advice and help you gave me. I now feel more confident that I have the tools to get me started on a proper preparation for my interview for the Fire Service.
P.F., Coquitlam

Karen,
I received some good news from Victoria this morning. I made the team! Well, I made the eligibility pool so when people retire they will pick the new guys from that. I will not say I made it until I am wearing the uniform officially, you understand.
Thanks for your help. G

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