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- Executive Protection Skills Aren’t Enough: The Biggest Hiring LieExecutive protection skills matter—but they’re not what gets you hired. Learn what decision-makers actually look for in elite EP professionals.
- 6 Reasons Why You’re Not WorkingDiscover essential tips for executive protection professionals on training, networking, and adapting to the evolving job market.
- Stand Firm on Your Worth: Never Lower Your RatesLearn the key to higher earnings in executive protection: maintain your rates to signal quality and attract premium clients.
- Bodyguard Salary NegotiationsSetting a salary goal is an important factor when entering into the Bodyguard industry; analyze how much money you require per year and know what the…
- Who Needs a Bodyguard?Gone are the days when only pop princesses and Scientologist super-stars need to employ the services of bodyguards. Warren Buffet was recently a target in…
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2025
The Illusion of Safety: How to See the World Like a Protection Professional
From protecting Prince at Rock in Rio to everyday safety—learn the situational awareness principles professionals use. Free awareness checklist included.
2024
Adapting to Uncertainty: Beyond SOPs in Executive Protection
Discover why effective executive protection goes beyond SOPs, emphasizing adaptability and innovation in the security landscape.
Navigating the Competitive Landscape of Executive Protection Careers
In executive protection, our actions define us more prominently than our titles. This truth, though stark, underlines the essence of our professional…
2018
Executive Protection Specialist Is A Crucial Business. Learn Why!
Working as an Executive Protection Specialist will lead you to be placed in various locations and assignments as well as being exposed to various clients…
2014
Resume and Cover Letter Writing Services
You’ve spent hundreds of dollars on firearms. You’ve spent thousands of hours at the gym. You’ve devoted time & energy sending out what seems like a…
8 Actionable Steps for Bodyguard Career Improvement
By Doc Rogers The following are some very basic concepts, but it’s exactly what you need to help improve your bodyguard career. 1. Focus on providing…
2013
Why Mom Was Right About Networking
Someone wrote “your network is your net worth,” and yet, are you really investing your time in this tool? Time spent in entering personal contacts…
4 Facts To Help You Accomplish Your Bodyguard Career Goals
Bodyguard Career Goals By Doc Rogers 1, Set Short Term Bodyguard Goals: Taking action is the most important factor for accomplishing your bodyguard career…
10 Quick Tips for Creating a Professional Bodyguard Résumé
The Professional Bodyguard Résumé: By Doc Rogers 1. Résumé Paper Your résumé should have a professional appearance, use high-quality white paper. 2. Font…
Bodyguard Job Performance
Bodyguard Techniques By Doc Rogers As a bodyguard you are judged on your performance, execution, assignment accomplishments and mission fulfillment. You…
Executive Protection Jobs
Job Alert: San Francisco, CA Protection Specialist Job Description Gavin de Becker & Associates is an elite private security firm that protects and…
Basic Bodyguard Job Search Advice
Bodyguard Job By Doc Rogers This short article is to get you properly prepared to obtain a bodyguard job, so you don’t have to wait for opportunity to…
Executive Protection Jobs
Job Alert: Menlo Park, CA Executive Protection Detail Leader Responsibilities Responsible for protection of personnel as well as property and personal…
Bodyguard Networking
By Doc Rogers The Network Factor: It’s not just who you know and what you know, but who knows you. Emphasize networking purposefully, connecting with…
How to Apply for a Bodyguard Job
How to Apply for a Bodyguard Job By Doc Rogers The following are successful strategies and techniques for making a positive impression when applying for a…
Monday Morning Job Tip: Solicit Help from Friends
Solicit Help from Friends • Let all of your friends, neighbors, people at church, family and old coworkers know that you are looking for a job and tell…
Fast Start Guide to Finding Bodyguard Employment in 2013
To improve your chances of finding bodyguard employment you have to know what type of bodyguard job you are looking for.
2012
Security Jobs in Mn
Looking for security jobs in Mn? BODYGUARD CAREERS is an informational site with the purpose of providing security jobs in Mn
Bodyguarding a Client for the First Time
As a professional bodyguard you must start building rapport with the client upon arrival.
How to Bulletproof Your Bodyguard Career
By Doc Rogers Bulletproof defined; impervious to assault, damage, or failure; guaranteed – capable of resisting the force of a bullet. How does one go…
Job Seeker Advice
By Dave Hutchinson Ezra is looking for a job. He has experience with a wide variety of security-related companies. He has looked in the newspaper and…
7 Secrets of Successful Bodyguards
By Doc Rogers 1. Dream big – Have a clear vision of what you want to achieve with your bodyguard career. Upon waking visualize your goals and keep that…
The CEO’s Guide to Executive Protection
By Doc Rogers Author’s note: Written with a slightly pained smile; don’t take the article too seriously – enjoy. INTRODUCTION If you are a CEO being…
How to Sell Yourself as a Bodyguard
By Doc Rogers Your bodyguard training, experience, skills and ability will sell itself as long as you let prospective clients know both verbally and on…
Your First Advance
By Doc Rogers Background: The detail leader is responsible for having advance work (reconnaissance) carried out. He assigns an advance man to gather all…
Going After the Bodyguard Jobs
Bodyguards need to start promoting, advertising and marketing themselfs in order to find Bodyguard Jobs
Success vs. Failure in the Bodyguard Trade
By Doc Rogers Everyday more and more people enter the bodyguard and executive protection industry. However, only a few land lucrative assignments and go…
17 Ways to Make it Big in the Bodyguard Business!
By Doc Rogers Here is a simple and short 3-part checklist to keep in mind if you want to make it “big” in the business: Before all bodyguard assignments…
Important BG Goals for 2012
By Doc Rogers Here are a few tips for making 2012 a success both personally and professionally. Help Others. Bodyguard Careers, the President; Harlan…
Clients Like to Work with BG Professionals
By Doc Rogers Whether you’re guarding a top CEO or A-list Hollywood actor it’s the same story; clients, their chief of staff or their managers don’t like…
Is Being a Freelance BG the Right Choice for You?
By Doc Rogers If you’re eager to put in the work promoting, marketing and selling your BG services, then the freelance BG route may be the right way for…
I Need a Job now! Finding work in Executive Protection
So you need a job now! Well, this article is about finding work in the executive protection industry. See article I Need a Job now!
Executive Protection Careers
By Doc Rogers 7 Great Ways to Improve Your Executive Protection Career Many young EP agents discover that the competition is fierce and a good a EP career…
The Bodyguard Job Hunter’s Checklist
Bodyguard job hunting is a job in itself, and there are many ways of going about it. Job agencies, sending out resumes and posting ads are the traditional…
2011
What Not To Do When Job Searching
By Hucky Austin I know that in your mind you think you are the perfect fit for Tiger Media International. Yet, you failed to mention what you are applying…
Why You Should Have A Professional Email Address
What does your e-mail address say about you, your business, and your professionalism? You might say “nothing” — it’s superficial, just a way to be…
Re-stimulate Your EP Career
By Doc Rogers Not working as regularly as you once did in the industry? You are an established professional one that clients can count on, so why are they…
How to Navigate EP Minefields Successfully
By Doc Rogers At some point in your executive protection career, you will need to navigate the minefields of the profession. This may come in the form of…
Ten Ways To Gain A Competitive Advantage In The Bodyguard Industry
Ten Ways To Gain A Competitive Advantage In The Bodyguard Industry Being a bodyguard is grueling work, it’s tedious and sometimes weary. Day-after-day of…
How To Get High-Profile Bodyguard Clients
By Doc Rogers All bodyguards dream of obtaining high-profile clients, the following are some basic tips on how to position yourself to successfully retain…
Job Interview Tips
An appealing cover letter and a “killer” resume (granted you did spell check on both) will get you the interview call. After the excitement subsides you…
Money Management for Bodyguards
By Doc Rogers The objective of this article is to help talented bodyguards’ problem-solve their money management activities and to reach their financial…
The Interview
By Bodyguard Careers Staff An appealing cover letter and a “killer” resume (granted you did spell check on both) will get you the interview call. After…
Protecting The Rich
By Bodyguard Careers The types of people that come to one’s mind when thinking about executive protection are celebrities, politicians, and wealthy…
Professional Career Consultation
Dear Reader, Thank you for visiting Bodyguard Careers. I understand you are in the process of making some difficult decisions about how you will invest…
A Good Resume
By Bruce Alexander As a business owner, I read a significant amount of cover letters and resumes. I really don’t mind because I find it interesting to…
Improving Your Bodyguard Business
By Doc Rogers The first step to improving your bodyguard business starts with reviewing your goals. All successful businesspeople have goals in place and…
Be Thankful for the Hardships
By Doc Rogers The year 2010 was a slow year for some sectors of the bodyguard industry. However, be thankful for any hardships you may have experienced…
Explain Leadership
By Matt Stiehm Ed.D Introduction Leadership is relatively easy term to define but hard skill to find. Everyone makes claims that they are a good leader…
The Poor Man’s Bodyguard
By Doc Rogers Since almost everyone’s budgets are strained and cutting back is now en vogue, I decided to write the “poor man’s bodyguard guide” for those…
Employee Retirement Plans
By Matt Stiehm Ed.D Understanding and preparing for the future is key to your career path. In your career, you conducted key research on which training…
Personal Security Concerns Rank High Among High Net Worth Individuals
By Bruce Alexander According to a survey of high net worth individuals (over $500K) personal security is a primary concerns. In a survey conducted by…
Executive Protection: Preparing for the Interview
You have secured an interview for a Bodyguard position, now is time to start preparing. With good planning and groundwork you will pass the first…
Tough Times Bodyguard Guide
It’s no secret that the economy’s still struggling and with the slowdown of bodyguard assignments more and more bodyguards are feeling the pinch. Now is…
Executive Protection: Job Search Management Plan
During these recessionary times many executive protection agents are looking for work. This article gives you ready to use information on a…
Four Bodyguard Contract Mistakes to Avoid
Navigating the rough bodyguard waters and reaping in the rewards can be trickier than it seems. The following are five simple, but highly important…
Executive Protection Recession Survival Guide
In today’s executive protection market, companies and individuals with a small number of EP agents can thrive in this competitive market, operating from…
EP Networking Social Gatherings in New York City and Atlanta
Networking and developing relationships are the lifeblood of a any business, including Executive Protection. If you’re not looking for ways to keep up…
Five Ways to Improve Your Executive Protection Business in Tough Financial Times
To make it through rough financial times we as executive protection businessmen and women need to readjust our EP outlook with serious and committed new…
2010
Bodyguard Success Checklist
By Doc Rogers The Bodyguard Success Checklist is provided to keep you focused, determined, and ready for the job at hand. Reading and checking off each…
New Trends in Executive Protection: Does Size Matter?
By Bruce Alexander Brains over brawn is how Michael McCann, former Director of Security for the U.N. and now CEO of McCann Protective Services (MPS)…
Would like to make some extra money for the holidays?
Per Mar Security is immediately hiring for the Holiday Season in the Minneapolis Mn Area. Several openings, all shifts available. $11.61-$14.00/hr As a…
Buddyguards: A Dangerous and Growing Trend
By Brandon J Delcamp As the sales and marketing director for Executive Security International I have had a number of conversations with protective agents…
Client and Bodyguard Categories
By Doc Rogers The following article is submitted humorously, but with a slight serious edge to it. Don’t take it too seriously and enjoy the article, on…
How to Manage Threats Against Your Clients
By Doc Rogers As bodyguards we are hired to protect our clients from indirect and direct threats, it takes knowledge, preparation and planning. What…
Cybercriminals Target Business Executives With Malicious E-Mail
By Bruce Alexander Cyber criminals are targeting executives of publicly listed companies with e-mail embedded with malicious code disguised as recruitment…
Look To New Horizons In Your Executive Protection Career
By Doc Rogers Are you looking to travel overseas on executive protection assignments and work as a bodyguard in exotic locales? If the answer is yes, than…
China Offers New Business Ground For Executive Protection Service
By Bruce Alexander According to a story in Spiegel Online, the online version of the German news magazine Der Spiegel (The Mirror), Executive Protection…
Bodyguard Career Tips for Entering the Industry
By Doc Rogers The following is usable information to start your career off on the right track and will help you alleviate potential career problems along…
Security Contractors: Necessary, Evil or Neither?
By Bruce Alexander This article was originally written by Bruce Alexander on October 11, 2007, the article is entitled Security Contractors; A Necessary…
Best Kept Success Secrets in Bodyguarding
By Doc Rogers Many times new agents in the business think that the bodyguard industry is full of secrets. Secrets of getting successful results, getting…
Tools of the Trade
Many individuals trying to break into the Executive Protection field spend years training and networking but fail to recognize that one important (and…
Bodyguard Services Recession Survival Tips
By Doc Rogers The following article provides strategies that should help you retain your present clients, as well as attract more business even in these…
Executive Protection Motorcades – Biggest Cause of Client Risk
Vehicle-based incidents are one of the biggest risks to our clients during bodyguard and executive protection assignments. There are reckless and…
Is Personal Safety and Issue for Professional Athletes?
By Dick Wilson Should professional athletes be concern for their personal safety and that of their families? A couple years after the tragic death of…
It’s nice to feel appreciated
By Hucky Austin I normally don’t post testimonials, but after having a very challenging week this was just what I needed. Robert, thank you for the kind…
EP A Money Making Career?
By Doc Rogers Being a contract executive protection (EP) agent and working for yourself on contracts is tougher than it looks. Most people only see the…
Why High Net Worth Individuals Need Executive Protection
By Harlan (Hucky) Austin Although the accumulation of great wealth is a good thing, it does not come without certain concerns. Basically, the more an…
Tips for Job Hunting During a Recession
By Doug Belton Like so many things, searching for a job has taken on a new look. Several people have found themselves out of work and displaced from the…
Defend yourself from scams
By Doug Belton I have a great suggestion for your first executive protection assignment. I recommend that before you start saving the rest of the world…
Leveraging Social Networks
By Hucky Austin It used to be that social networking websites were just for teenagers but not so anymore. Leveraging social networks has become essential…
2009
Video of the Week: Keys to a Successful Client Relationship
Once again, this week’s video comes from Mark ” Six” James CEO of Panther Protection Services.
Key to Marketing Yourself
By Hucky Austin One of the questions I’m asked most is, “How do I find work?” It can be very difficult to secure bodyguard or executive protection…
Avoiding Scams
In today’s internet world it has become increasingly easier for scam artist and criminals to take advantage of individuals who are trying to break into…
Earning Potential
When it comes to employment as a Bodyguard, the most frequently asked question is “How much can I make?” Well, let me offer you some advice but, please…
Tenacity equals Financial Growth
By Hucky Austin There are no magic pills that you need to take to become successful in the Executive Protection Industry. To put it simply, it’s just hard…
The Importance of Giving Thanks
By Hucky Austin Not what we give, But what we share, For the gift without the giver is bare. ~ James Russell Lowell Supportive advice can have a powerful…
How to be successful in the field of Executive Protection
In the 15 years I have worked in the realm of executive protection the number one question I get from individuals attempting to break into the field is…
Landing The Job: Tips For Before The Interview
By Hucky Austin You’ve written the perfect cover letter. Spell-checked your resume. You’ve gotten the call; they want to meet you for an interview. NOW…
Template Resumes Cut you Out of The Competition
By Hucky Austin So you want to write your resume and you think the best way to learn how to do it is to go online and find a template to “borrow.” So you…
Working Your Network
By Hucky Austin Someone wrote “your network is your net worth,” and yet, are you really investing your time in this tool? Time spent in entering personal…
Tips For Job Hunting During A Recession
By Hucky Austin We are fortunate in the executive protection field; crime doesn’t stop when the economy is in recession. Unfortunately, crime can actually…
Using Online Networks: Be Web-Wise
By Hucky Austin One of the best tools to use for yourself is to create profiles at some of the social networking websites. In the past, we’ve recommended…
NETWORKING: New Twist on Traditional Tool
Times are challenging for countless people across the United States. Between lay-offs, pay cuts and businesses going bankrupt, a good number of…
Stepping Stones Can Take You to the Top
Recently, one of my co-workers witnessed a bouncer in a bar in Lowertown, St. Paul Minnesota. This gentleman no doubt thought he was doing his job; but in…
2008
Should you lie to protect your client?
By: James A. DeVino QUESTION: In the area of protection, the word integrity equates to loyalty to your principal. In other words, integrity does not…
No High Paycheck without Homework
I am a fan of Lisa Irby’s blog 2 Create a Website, and frequently check her site to see what she’s got to say. In her post Lazy People, she shares her…
Bodyguard Careers Videos
Bodyguard Careers is Pleased to Announce a new feature for visitors to this site: ***Â V I D E O *** In an effort to stay current, and to keep our content…
What’s To Know? Running The Interview Gauntlet.
Many Executive Protection candidates make an extremely positive impression on paper, but lose the job race just crossing the finish line. Why? The…
Marketing = Working
Next week visitors to BODYGUARDCAREERS will be treated to an interview with Bruce Alexander. One of the crucial statements he makes is about the…
Dear Future Boss
Bet your glad to get the resumay I’ve attached to this letter I gotta lot of experience doing this kind of stuff and you should call me next week when I…
Strike While the Iron is Hot
A bodyguard colleague of mine (and former NFL player) shared a story with me. It is a “success story” and I thought it important to share it with you. My…
Marketing: Building Professional Recognition
One of the questions I’m asked most is “how do I find the work?” It can be very difficult to secure bodyguard or executive protection contracts, and I’d…
A Superb CV: Your Ticket To The Top
Very recently, an extremely popular celebrity was seeking a new bodyguard. Since this celebrity doesn’t have a lot of time (he’s very popular, remember?)…
No Shortcuts
By Hucky Austin A large number of people contact me daily about getting into the Executive Protection (Bodyguard) business. At the risk of bursting…
2007
Common Resume Mistakes
Using a general resume. DON’T DO IT! You cannot successfully use the same resume to apply to several different jobs. Your resume should be custom written…
Choosing an Executive Protection Firm
Hiring the right people to protect you can be a matter of life or death. The basic principle in hiring a bodyguard or a personal protection team is to…
The Work Won’t Find You
THE WORK WON’T FIND YOU Tips for Job Seekers Part 2 Bodyguard Careers recently posted a story for Job Seekers. I would like to encourage readers to be…
Survey Evaluating Security Contractors
Hello group I am posting this for a young man who is working on his Doctorate Hucky Dear fellow contractors. My name is Dorian Amstel I am a former…
Tips for Job-seekers
Trying to break into the Executive Protection (Bodyguard) business can be challenging, but never more so than when the U.S. economy is struggling. It is…
Executive Protection: Risky Business
I recently read about a bodyguard who was killed while protecting American government VIPs in Iraq. He was shot in the neck, which was the only part of…
Need Money Try Networking
The first step in starting your career in executive protection is to truly make up your mind if this is the profession for you. Make sure your job is…
What it Means to be Professional
These days, it seems any guy who is big in stature is calling himself a bodyguard or Executive Protection Specialist. I receive resumes all the time and…
“Free cover letter samples”
This is a good article on examples of cover letters for resume. Enjoy “Fantastic cover letters sample” Writing Cover Letters That Get Your Resume Read…
Networking is the Key to Star Performance in Everything You Do.
 Many people’s idea of networking relates to the ‘size of their Christmas Card List, rather than the quality of their relationship with each person on…
What You Should Know When Looking for Personal Protection
By Henrik Bramsborg As a former personal protection operative and present business/career coach, I have had the opportunity to be on both sides of the…
Executive protection: Terror alerts and corporate board liability
Executive protection: terror alerts and corporate board liability are focusing new attention on security issues for top company officers HR Magazine,Â…