I am actually an officer acquired in a merge with another company. At the previous company, I had applied online on a job board and didn't even realize it was security. It took them approximately two months to contact me back. They called me in, had me fill out a form of my home location and what hours I wanted. They looked through their list of gigs, and sent me off to interview immediately. I didn't have any security experience, but I had been in customer service for a year, and so that was enough. When they hired me, I went back and got registered in their system. I went through orientation/training, took my test, passed, received my licenses and was working within a week.