Be ready to serve 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Most commonly, bodyguards work with 1-2 other people and complete 6-8 hour shifts at a time. However, you never know when your service is needed. Some positions require long, irregular hours.
- Ultimately, your job is to protect your client, no matter what time or day it is.Be flexible, adaptable, and ready for anything. Your job title will change often as a bodyguard. Be prepared for something new every day! You never know what you may have to protect your client from on a daily basis, and each client will be completely different.
- One day you may be a personal assistant, while the next you may be a driver. Sometimes you may have to defend your client from a stalker.
- For example, you may protect a famous movie star as he walks to and from sets.
- You may watch over a recent widow to protect her from a long-time stalker.
