Product Description
This book is the most up-to-date and comprehensive source for federal law enforcement job-seekers available anywhere. It provides detailed profiles of 225 careers with more than 130 agencies, plus qualification requirements and training program descriptions; tips for navigating the federal personnel system, standing out from the crowd on application forms, and performing well during interviews; details on special hiring programs, including the four quickest wa… More >>
The GOOD: Lots of agencies, groups, etc, I never thought of.
Never considered.
Lots of positions to consider and apply for.
In that respect, I’d say 5-stars.
The bad:
As I remember, I bought this book a couple years, maybe a few years ago.
At the time, it was available from a website I cannot seem to find any longer. (It was NOT bought from amazon)
I don’t remember if this was the only book selling on that particular website or not (I do not remember it being a bookstore, more like a small website “sales page” for that exact book title).
Anyway the website I bought it from provided NO details about:
- terms of sale guidelines
- refunds,
- RMA’s or their return policy,
UNTIL AFTER you submitted an order.
Meaning = you only found out AFTER you clicked on the
SUBMIT ORDER button.
Then you are greeted by a message saying that a fee, a restocking fee(?) of 50% would be charged to any returned books.
YIKES!
That really changed my opinion of the item I had just bought.
I was wondering if I had just gotten taken.
Why else would someone withhold terms of sale until AFTER the order was submitted?
Then basically smack-you-in-the-face with a 50% restocking fee or a 50% “gouge”, for returns?
Such ploys are something that I’d expect some sort of a crappy book maker to resort to.
Therefore, a 1-star rating for methods of sales.
End RESULT: The book was what I was looking for, so no returns to worry about.
Marketing on that particular website (I wish I could remember it’s URL) really left a LOT to be desired.
Left you feeling like might you just have been robbed.
(I understand some folks are paranoid about their intellectual property and think everyone is out to take advantage.
Like buy something, copy it and return it for a refund. But the book was large, many pages and places like Kinko’s boldly post copyright rules so as to stop people from copying entire books.
Plus at 10 cents a page, or whatever they charge, a buyer of the book wouldn’t be saving anything by copying it, vs buying a new 2nd book).
I’m glad the online book superstores (Like AMAZON) now offer most titles, from large and small publishers. That way I’ll never have to go through that type of purchase process again, from a small, unknown website seller.
Rating: 3 / 5
Although Mr. Ackerman lists many federal law enforcementcareers, the information is all basic. If you are looking for indepth information on specific careers this is not the book foryou. …
Rating: 2 / 5
What a great tool for anyone entering the field of law enforcement! I highly recommend that you also read U.S. Customs, Badge of Dishonor!
Rating: 5 / 5
Some positions mentioned in the book are not quite up to date. Some requirements are not listed for a handful of positions. Comes close to matching the information on the agencies’ website.
Rating: 3 / 5
Interested in a career in Federal Law Enforcement, this is your guide!
This book has all the information you need, names, numbers, salaries, what kind of degree you need.
Highly recommended to anyone interested in this field!
Rating: 5 / 5