The Blue Light Leavers App

Found a job outside policing?

Know exactly how to go for it.

Build your Experience Bank once. Then use it to find your fit, uncover gaps, choose your strongest evidence, build tailored applications and prepare for interview.

No prompting. No re-explaining your career. No made-up evidence.

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Experience Bank

Tell it once, in your own words. The CV, cover letter and interview tools all work from these.

Entries are stored against your account, sent to the AI only when you run a tool, and never used to train any AI model.

Add an example Not sure what counts

Start from your existing CV

Your examples 2 saved, 8 slots left

10 is the maximum you can save. Aim for 6 complete examples to start.

Example 2

Managing a domestic abuse caseload

Needs a little more

I carried a caseload of around twenty five domestic abuse investigations at any one time while the team was two officers down.

To complete this example, add:This is still short. Add what happened, what you did and what followed.

Finish this example

Used by the CV Builder, cover letters and interview questions.

InvestigationSafeguarding

Example 1

Running the response to town centre disorder

How the app takes you from your experience to interview

Your experience
Tell it once, in your own words
Career fit
See the roles your service suits
Job match
What’s covered and what’s missing
Evidence
Your best example for each criterion
Application
Tailored CV, cover letter and forms
Interview
Likely questions, with your examples

It highlights what you haven’t included, as well as what you have.

Kayleigh M

Far better than anything I would have written for myself.

Hannah B

We've helped hundreds of Police Officers and staff, just like you, stop feeling stuck, and transition into new careers

Wherever you are at in your career, we give you everything you need to quickly and successfully make the move.

Everything you need for a successful career shift

Work with a qualified Blue Light Leavers Career Coach to find the right career path and roles for you, craft a standout CV (created by our award winning CV writing team), receive expert LinkedIn guidance and job search and application support, and the interview prep you need. There’s also regular accountability calls to make sure you are on track and making progress.

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1:1 call with a Blue Light Leavers Career Coach to help you get clarity, identify the roles and courses you are best suited for, create an action plan, and overcome any blockers.

This clarity coaching session costs £150 inc VAT with an option to include a follow up accountability call two weeks later.

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Personal 1:1 career coaching with a qualified expert
Identify transferable skills & define your career path
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Includes 15 hours of coaching + accountability calls
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About Blue Light Leavers

I appreciate you checking me out and that you want to find out a bit more about me, my life in and outside the job, and how I help people, no different to you, create an amazing life after leaving the force, whatever your length of service, through Blue Light Leavers and the free guides, free podcast, services, partnerships and business opportunities we offer, all to give you the help I never had.

After serving for 30 years in mainly frontline roles (including 24/7 response, Territorial Support Group, Dog Handler, Response and Neighbourhood policing Sergeant, Firearms Sergeant, Head of Operational Training and more), as I approached the end of my service, I was really unsettled and worried about life after policing.

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The Blue Light Leavers Podcast

If you’re a Police Officer, or support staff, serving or retired or considering leaving the Police, then this is for you! Every episode, I bring you interviews with subject matter experts like CV writers, recruiters, business and mindset coaches, senior executives and more plus interviews with officers and staff who have successfully transitioned to new roles.

Featured Episode

Ep.42 How to Really Stand Out in Interview - Andy Labrum

This week's episode takes a slightly different format and is more of a tutorial, based on my own experience of being interviewed

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Customer Reviews

Wherever you are at in your career, we give you everything you need to quickly and successfully make the move. Click on the icons below to find out how:

Emily Jane

Andy’s support and coaching this year has been unparalleled. As a Blue Light Leaver, and during a particularly challenging time in my life, Andy has gone the extra mile to provide me with guidance and encouragement. He is genuinely the most compassionate, sincere, and industrious individual you could ever encounter. I’m deeply appreciative of all that Andy has accomplished for me, and I consider myself privileged to now call him a friend.

Jo M

As someone who left the police and was beaten down with little-to-no confidence and having been rejected for even simple roles, I was at my lowest point. Andy and The Academy sessions have really helped with my CV, my self-confidence and much more, and I’ve now secured a new job I never thought I would have. The sessions are invaluable, and you can rewatch them at any time, and they give you the chance to interact with the guests and ask questions suitable to your own circumstances. I cannot rate The Academy sessions and Andy himself highly enough, for the support throughout, and the confidence the sessions have given me to be myself again and I’ll be eternally grateful for his help and support throughout. Thank you!

Anonymous member

So tomorrow is my last day. And whilst I’m sad to say goodbye to the people I am not sad to walk out from under the grey cloud and claw back my old self. Whether the grass is greener or not it can’t possibly be any worse. I want my mental and physical health back to how it used to be and its time I put my children, partner, family and friends before an organisation that doesn’t care about me. Reading all the posts in this group helped give me the nudge to just do it and resign and get a role back working in the public sector. All the best everyone. Genuinely cannot wait to walk out the door tomorrow

Blue Light Leavers

Evening everyone, I just wanted to thank Andy Labrum, Ian Grant, Andy Whelan, Teri Kelsey and Alicia Herbert for the help they offered me following my post last week regarding being interviewed for a public service lecturer role. Following their guidance and that of the brilliant podcast #42 I was offered the job. It’s a small team and the college are looking to expand the course. I will be getting funded for my teacher training and they were really keen to use my police experience. The micro teach and interview with the head of department and the principal went well and got a really good feeling. The two others I am working with have already contacted me and I am meeting them next week. Thanks for all the help I really do appreciate it and I have passed on my thanks to those that helped me and given up their time.

Claire

I was genuinely overwhelmed when I received that phone call to say I’d got the job and the feedback was amazing. Such a confidence boost! Andy’s advice and support does not end once you get the job offer! Never underestimate your worth!

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So after almost 5 years in the Met Police, I’m really happy to say that I am now two weeks for leaving and I have a new job with Lego in the UK at their head office. I really wanna thank Andy from the group for a call and chat I had with him which made me really weigh up if this was the right world for me, and I cannot wait to start my new role in September. It took nearly two years of searching for jobs and roles and applying constantly. I never got any interviews anywhere but I managed to get an interview and “smashed” it according to them. So absolutely buzzing. Keep going everyone if you're still trying ... as I said took 2 years for me but got there in the end.

Blue Light Leavers

I have delayed writing this post until today, as today I started my new job. I retired in Dec 2016 as a Detective with West Midlands Police and since Spring 2017 I have been working as a Seasonal Immigration Officer at Birmingham Airport. This work came to a halt in March 2020 due to the pandemic. I took the opportunity during lockdown to think about a change of employment. After reading this site I sought advice from Charlotte Eve of CK Futures Ltd and she compiled a CV for me. I did this as I wanted an independent professional to assess my skills and draft them in the correct way, as I have a tendency to undersell myself! Whilst searching for a role I wanted a specific type of employment and I am now working for the Disclosure and Barring Service. I would like to thank Andy for this site which has been very informative and for signposting me to Charlotte Eve CK Futures. Employment prospects are challenging and it’s worth investing in yourself to achieve what you want. Thanks again Andy and Charlotte.

Lily

When I first enquired with Andy I was completely lost on my career trajectory. After 5 years in policing, I knew I wanted to do something else, but my confidence was rock bottom and I didn’t think I would be employable anywhere else. I was having a difficult time in my personal life and work was adding to the stress. After our first call, I immediately felt more optimistic and clearer about my future. Andy helped craft my policing experience into transferable skills for the private sector, discussed interview techniques and even gave me advice for negotiating salary on my first job offer – which was successful! After months of reading others’ success stories on the Blue Light Leavers Facebook page, I was finally able to post my own! I’m now in a new role in consulting that I never could’ve imagined this time last year. Andy was fundamental in me securing a job outside of policing and I haven’t look back since

Claire

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