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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£59.99/year founding launch price or £9.99/month

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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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Clarity & Career Coaching Services

Book your career clarity call

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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1:1 Career-Finder Coaching Service

Personal 1:1 career coaching with a qualified expert
Identify transferable skills & define your career path
Get a standout CV and LinkedIn guidance
Includes 15 hours of coaching + accountability calls
£2750 + VAT with flexible payment plans

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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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Top 25 Transferable Skills PDF Download

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 Download our free guide to identify the top 25 transferable skills that can open doors to your next career.

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Free resource for officers planning their next career step.

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

Reviews

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:

Carl

My wife and I can’t thank you enough for the help and support you’ve given me. I have the utmost respect for what you’re doing and what you’ve done for me.

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.

Jason

Thanks for Blue Light Leavers and all your support! It's made a great difference to me and I know it's putting so many others in a better place.

Anonymous Group Member

Thank you to this group for giving me the confidence to apply for another job this week. I don’t know how it will go, but I'm putting myself out there in a way that I wouldn’t have had the guts to do without reading all the success stories here! 15 years in the cops, half as uniform and half as a DC. Mum of three and exhausted! I still love parts of the job and don’t want to leave, and if I'm not successful I'll stay without question, but this is a leap of faith and I wouldn't have done it without observing the friendliness and support here.. thanks guys!

LinkedIn-style Long Testimonial

I thought I'd give an update on how life is 6 months after leaving with the help from this group. After speaking with Andy and getting onto LinkedIn and writing my CV I found a role in loss prevention in a large multi national. This was my first application and I had a couple of interviews before landing the job. The onboarding was fantastic, everything was ready for me on my first day. Since then I’ve got to know the business and role at my own pace. My manager is ex job also and has been really supportive. The difference between public and private sector couldn’t be bigger. I feel respected, appreciated and valued. I've less stress, am better off financially and enjoy my time off not having to think of work. If you're thinking of making the jump I’d say do it. I had almost 19 years in but the changes to the pension made this an easy decision in the end. Seeing the constant vilification of police by the media and knowing the stresses and strain that you all are going through does not make me miss the job one bit. The world is a big place and our skills are sought after, do your research, the jobs are there.

Andrew T

Andy and I had our first clarity call at the end of June 2022 and I was in a pretty dark place. I was very unhappy at work, and I’d applied for over 150 jobs and barely got an interview. Andy spent time with me to really look at what I’d achieved and helped me focus on what I’d need to do to successfully move on. Soon afterwards, I got invited to interview for a new role, so Andy and I went through an interview prep session together and signposted me to the Blue Light Leavers podcast, which is full of useful information. I also joined The Academy from Blue Light Leavers which has been really helpful. This support has resulted in me being offered a fantastic new role, which I start in November. The Academy and the Blue Light Leavers Facebook community is such a positive, supportive network and has really helped me focus, and given me the confidence to apply for roles that otherwise wouldn’t have applied for, as I thought, all I could ever do was be an investigator.

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!

Hannah W

I was directed to the blue light leavers Facebook group after going through a bad experience at work where I was treated badly and not supported by my organisation. At this time, my mental health was in a pretty bad place. Although I knew I needed to leave the police; I didn’t know where to start. After reading other officers’ journeys and listening to Andy’s podcasts I wrote my CV and secured an interview for a role in security. I continued to listen to the podcasts and was successful in securing the role. Life is now a lot different, and I am happy for the first time in a long time! Andy’s Facebook group and podcasts were a shining light in a dark place, and I will be forever grateful.

Claire

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