The Next Shift Podcast
This is a podcast dedicated to serving current and former law enforcement, by sharing the stories of my own personal transition out of law enforcement, lessons learned through the transition and since, as well as the stories of officers who’ve also transitioned out, their significant others to gain that perspective, and resources for embracing their Next Shift.
It is MY mission to help YOU remember who you are/were behind the badge by helping you REdiscover your identity, REdefine your purpose, and REignite your passions so that you can create the life you WANT to live.
The Next Shift Podcast
Using LE skills + networking to land your next role w/Valerie Hartmann
This week's episode is a chat with Valerie Hartmann, prior Chicago PD turned Threat Investigation Manager for a well known Security Company.
What I love about Val's story is that she understood the transition out of law enforcement is a LONG game. Val had enough self-awareness to know that after almost six years of policing in the big city...it was not for her and neither was being stuck on midnights.
Instead of getting out of law enforcement all together, she went to a suburb, which she says crated the path for her to get out of law enforcement. She went into an SRO position and conducted numerous threat assessments for just over four years, before taking those skills into the private sector.
I have "known" Val for a few years now and have watched her put in the work...networking, resumes, applications, interviews...it was approximately two years of all that before she got the position she is in now.
Val is a testament to putting in the work will bring you opportunities and continuing to network, even after landing a new role is crucial. There are opportunities all around us!
Make sure to follow Val on LinkedIn and reach out to her with any questions regarding the transition, threat assessments, and/or life in the private sector.
If you are feeling stuck and not sure which direction to go...download the FIT Method workbook and take inventory of what your wheel of life looks like, then do the work to work through it.
If you feel like life is spiraling and you're not sure how to get out of the spiral, but don't want to work through the workbook and instead feel supported by others who've been there, done that...join us in Next Shift Academy.
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No matter the struggle you're feeling and/or facing...you are NOT alone, you are NOT stuck, and you are NOT "Just a cop," we got you!
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See you Next Shift