{"id":30884,"date":"2021-07-22T10:10:57","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T10:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.get-licensed.co.uk\/get-daily\/?p=30884"},"modified":"2025-05-16T13:01:34","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T13:01:34","slug":"security-jobs-post-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new-staging.get-licensed.co.uk\/get-daily\/security-jobs-post-lockdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Security Jobs Make Great Post-Lockdown Careers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lockdown is over. Restrictions have ended. The UK is opening up again. So&#8230; now what? Looking for work is never easy, yet security jobs should definitely be on your radar if you&#8217;re looking for new career opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the last 18 months have taught us anything, it&#8217;s that few things in life are as certain as they look. As we come out the other side of Covid-19, there&#8217;s one feeling everyone wants to have right now &#8212; feeling safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-security-professionals-are-the-uk-s-unsung-key-workers\">Security professionals are the UK&#8217;s unsung key workers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The pandemic created names like &#8216;essential&#8217; and &#8216;key&#8217; workers. They were  the ones who carried the biggest burdens while helping society to move forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And it&#8217;s safe to say they did a truly incredible job! The UK is back on its feet less than 2 years after the pandemic began. That&#8217;s one of the fastest recoveries from a global health crisis in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/middle-ages\/pandemics-timeline\">human history<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet the people keeping those key workers safe were security professionals like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.get-licensed.co.uk\/security-guard-training\">security guards<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.get-licensed.co.uk\/door-supervisor\">door supervisors<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.get-licensed.co.uk\/cctv\">CCTV operators<\/a>. They kept social distancing going, prevented crime, protected NHS workers and reassured the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And hey &#8212; all that online shopping we did during the pandemic? Those warehouses, packed with products worth thousands, all needed protecting. In fact, they still do!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Door Supervisor vs Security Guard - What&#039;s the Difference?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GdrTpCUtYak?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-makes-jobs-in-security-worthwhile\">What makes jobs in security worthwhile?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Even though there are almost 400,000 qualified security professionals in the UK today, the industry has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.get-licensed.co.uk\/get-daily\/door-staff-shortage-post-covid\/\">massive staff shortage<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s because the UK has left lockdown, but businesses have moved faster than their own ability to hire security professionals. It&#8217;s nobody&#8217;s fault &#8212; they simply didn&#8217;t know it was a limited talent pool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There some other challenges as well. For example, there are plans for UK nightclubs to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.get-licensed.co.uk\/get-daily\/uk-nightlife-covid-passport\/\">require guests to show Covid Passes<\/a> before they can enter. That means even greater demand for door supervisors, as well as extra skills they will need to bring to work, checking those passes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you&#8217;re job hunting, you want to know you&#8217;re getting into a growing industry. After all, Covid-19 taught us that entire sectors can shut down overnight if the situation gets drastic enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But everyone always needs security professionals. That&#8217;s not changing any time soon &#8212; in fact, demand is only getting bigger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CRjPrJNKvjY\/\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-why-now-is-the-best-time-to-work-in-security\">Why now is the best time to work in security<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To put it simply, there are more places opening their doors nowadays than there are people to protect them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s a bit more complicated than that, but that&#8217;s the basic overview. The private security sector is getting a new level of appreciation from businesses, experts and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.get-licensed.co.uk\/get-daily\/security-staff-recognition\/\">even politicians<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All of them agree that security professionals have been undervalued for far too long. We couldn&#8217;t have made it through the pandemic without them, and we certainly can&#8217;t get the UK going again without them either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why does that make this a good time to get licensed? It&#8217;s because it puts you a step ahead. The UK security shortage is only getting worse. But if you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.get-licensed.co.uk\/all-courses\">pick a course<\/a> and begin security training today, you&#8217;ll have the pick of the best security jobs on the market &#8212; before anyone else!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CRl48n_qfbm\/\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Looking for jobs? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To find the latest security jobs, check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.get-licensed.co.uk\/jobs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jobs Board,<\/a> which has 1,000+ jobs from the UK\u2019s best security companies.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re on the hunt for a security job on the go, download the GuardPass app for all the latest jobs and more. 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Restrictions have ended. The UK is opening up again. So&#8230; now what? Looking for work is never easy, yet security jobs should definitely be on your radar if you&#8217;re looking for new career opportunities. 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