Become a Professional Bodyguard
You’re trained up, your resume is ready, and you’re ready to start interviewing with agencies. Or are you?
Executive Protection is a competitive industry. The more proactive you are about getting in front of the right people and the better prepared you are, the more interviews you’re going to get and ace, simple as that.
Bodyguards are often mistaken as just big slabs of dumb meat in suits who follow around celebrities. Sure, those are the most visible type of bodyguard. But there are actually many more discreet close protection professionals that the general public will hardly ever see because they work hard at being mostly invisible.
While celebrities are commonly seen out in public surrounded by obvious bodyguards, Executive Protection (EP) agents do most of their work behind the scenes and undetected by most people. Let’s look at the difference between celebrity bodyguards and EP bodyguards.
Most people outside of the personal protection industry only see bodyguards when they are hovering around celebrities walking the red carpet or government officials working a crowd and shaking hands. Escorting a high-profile client out in public areas is just one small part of the modern bodyguard‘s job.
Today’s bodyguard agencies are not only responsible for their client’s physical safety, but also for protecting against covert third-party surveillance like foreign agents, paparazzi, stalkers, hotel and hospital employees and so on. With the proliferation of discreet recording devices like phone cameras in recent years, it’s become more challenging than ever for EP professionals to detect and counteract unwanted surveillance.