Private Finished What Now?

"You want to be a scout..." Aranea grinned. She approved, but she wasn't sure where to start.

"Well, let's see. The information you need depends on the kinds of roles you want to fill. If you want to put on your social worker hat when you work with us, you're going to want to start taking classes that'd help you become a social worker." She had a feeling that wasn't the kind of thing Riley wanted to do, though. Unless he was secretly good at dealing with kids and parents - she'd been surprised before.

"But if you want to do investigative work, that's a whole different skill set. You want to learn a lot about the supernatural so you know what kinds of things to look for in the field and how to follow up on them. And how to get out if you're in a bind. A good advisor could help you there. And on top of that, my advice that you read up on fae society, no matter your role." They'd lost a scout that way.

"Other than that... I guess, you have to apply to become a scout like with any other job. Make a resume, network with some of us, keep an eye out for our recruiting events that sometimes double as early training..."

Hopefully that covered whatever Riley might be asking for.

"Oh! Um..." Shoot, he really didn't look it up, did he? "Well, you probably aren't ready to apply yet. The school website has some information about the kinds of candidates we're looking for. But there's some classes you can take at the college level to get ready."

She would go on for a bit about the requirements for investigative roles, and how his experience as a cryptid could strengthen his resume. She thought he could make the requirements with another year or two if he focused in on it, but she was leaning towards two just to be safe.

"I might be wrong about that, though. Our recruiters could give you a better answer than I can. They might have changed it a bit since I applied... let me give you an email address." She wrote it out on a napkin, along with a note that said 'mention me if u contact her.'

Aranea gave Riley a big, toothy smile. This job could be really rewarding sometimes, as Riley was reminding her.

As for the training tips... "Well, the most important skill for an investigative role is being good at investigating. So, don't laugh, but something that helped me a lot was logic puzzles. Sherlock Holmes talks about deductive reasoning all the time for a reason - you're going to use that. If you really want to pick up some magic tricks - anything that helps you learn things you couldn't otherwise. So, scrying, invisibility to sneak into places... turning into a very small spider, maybe," she smirked, "That sort of thing. Extra senses are great too. We like those.

"And you want to either be fit enough to get yourself out of trouble when you find it, or to have something up your sleeve for it. Even if it's just working on your cardio - there's no shame in running away when it gets bad enough." Even Aranea had done that before.