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A Guide to Alternative Careers- Private Detectives
Posted Date:
12 Jan 2008
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Posted By: giridhar narayan Member Level: Diamond Points: 5
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Most students while selecting a career, opt for predictable choices like management, computers, medicine, engineering and law, However, there are many more alternative careers, which although are not so common, are still rewarding for those who choose the road less travelled. Here, we discuss some of these careers.
Private Detectives
Private detectives, Investigators and private security personnel assist legal personnel, businesses and the general public in resolving various problems. They extend protective services to residential/business premises, protecting their clients from thefts, vandalism and disorder. Detective agencies which may easily provide security services have to be equipped to handle duties ranging from the location of missing persons, to exposing financial frauds. Besides, the job also involves Insurance investigations ascertaining the bonafides or creditworthiness of an individual, adopting inquiries, proofs of evidence and statements obtained, executive, diplomatic and celebrity protection, accident, surveillanceÑyou name it they do it.
This profession involves long hours to work, often irregular too. Reliability combined with efficiency are the mantras which make or break the reputation of a security/detective agency. Detective and security personnel are of various categories and at various levels but they are more or less in job without professional degrees. Of course, there are specialised investigations in which special qualifications or specialised knowledge works out to be useful.
During corporate investigations both internal and external investigations are required. Sometimes corporate houses employ their own in-house investigation staff who may, in turn, employ outside agencies to do their undercover operations. Financial investigations require specialised knowledge of finance and investigating agencies may employ or hire the services of finance specialists to complete the assignment. Departmental/Retail stores require the services of security agencies for loss control and asset protection.
Qualities required of security services are good physique, integrity, strength of purpose, motivation and discipline primarily. Most security agencies prefer to employ ex-servicemen but they have to look elsewhere too.
Although professional qualifications are really not required, yet literacy and commonsense, being observant, alertness, manual dexterity, ability to work as a team, ability to tackle regular public contact and hazards are qualities that one would look for in an incumbent. On a very large scale, security enterprises might maintain a laboratory for chemical analyses, employ forensic scientists, chemists, etc. for various investigative jobs.
In most investigation firms, the screening process for potential employees includes a background check to confirm education and work experience, to inquire about criminal history, and to interview references and others who know the applicant.
Training in subjects such as criminal justice is helpful to the aspiring investigator or detective. Most corporate investigators would find it helpful to have at least a bachelorÕs degree, preferably in a business-related field. An MBA, law degree, degree in criminology, forensic science, accountancy and insurance surveying training are helpful. A number of private security agencies conduct workshops for executives and short-term training programmes for inducting new talent into their organisations. Among formal programmes one can expect diploma programmes related to defence management or may be a short-term course conducted by a specific college or educational society.
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| Author: supreme 31 May 2008 | Member Level: Gold | Rating:  Points: 2 | Very useful information, Thanks for the effort
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