Ep 13 – IN SEARCH OF THE BEST – Event Protection Specialist
Nov 30, 2021
PODCAST CATEGORY: Security
To be the best, you must train with the best. In our effort to be constant leaders in our industry, we are grateful to have some incredible professionals in our circles. Today, we look to three Protection Specialists who help manage our work and our teams at Sentinel.
The task? Assemble the best team possible for a new challenging client. NOTE: The client was not the challenge, but their environment and protection needs. 🙂
In an effort to push the envelope, our newest department required the best out there. Beyond a fancy resume, and mother’s endorsement, we were looking for those truly ‘battle tested’ that could perform in the most difficult of environments. How would we know if they have what it takes? Certainly not through a standard interview where they were asked cliche questions and provided rehearsed answer on their strengths and weaknesses. To find the best, you must think outside the box. We decided to throw applicants into the fire of a difficult environment by testing their physical, mental and emotional prowess.
Faced with physical testing that even the best would struggle through, faced with a scenario that even the best would find difficult, we had three of our top trainers and protection specialists create a gauntlet of testing that 90% of applicants DID NOT SHOW UP FOR.
You read that right. They backed off. Shared stories of injuries, conflicts in their schedule, or plain did not show up for their time slot. We knew this would happen because one thing’s for certain – the ELITE amongst us are not in the plentiful. It takes hard work to find those who love hard work. Read that twice over.
Putting together our new Event Protection Specialist department, the need for the highest calibre people was paramount. With challenging new clients who had challenging new problems for us to address and guide them safely and securely through, we needed to find the best our city has to offer out of necessity, not for a fancy marketing campaign.
This week on our podcast we meet the trainers, the testers, the three amazing Protection Specialists that worked together to find the gold. Tune in to hear what they had to say about the experience and watch some of the behind the scenes footage of what transpired.
Ladies and gentlemen – meet Ben, Beata and Chris.