DWP employment waiting list

msmaz_2

sportfan wrote: »

To all previous, present and “future” DWP employees - My experience with DWP – I Finally have a start date!!!! J

Job: Benefit Delivery Officer/BDO/Band B

DEC 2008 – Applied
8TH JAN 2009 – Took tests
13TH FEB 2009 – Attended Interview
24TH FEB 2009 – Wrote to me – passed & on waiting list
7TH & 8th APRIL 2009 – CRB form sent to me to fill in and send back to DWP to send off to Scotland
20th APRIL 2009 – Pre-recruitment checks being done
21ST APRIL 2009 – Request to complete health, character, criminal record forms again (already done at interview but had expired)
14th MAY 2009 – DWP sent my CRB off to Scotland for processing
01 JUNE 2009 – CRB back from Scotland, checks come back all clear
02 JUNE 2009 – Phone call to ask me which location I want to work and start date!

That’s my experience with DWP and all in all, I was on the waiting list for 14 weeks! – I remained positive and very patient and kept on following up everything (CRB, Checks, waiting list position, interview score etc)

Would have preferred a customer faced role but I'm not complaining! (still on waiting list, checks being done for AO positons too)

I’d like to say a special thanks to each and every person who contributed on this forum with their advice, feedback, experiences and help to do with DWP and recruitment process. Special thanks go to those already working for DWP as well those who will be soon (hopefully). I’d like to wish people the best those who are applying/on waiting list/awaiting checks and hope you all get a start date soon (when you get the call, it’s a great feeling) – especially after waiting so long!

Thanks for reading and hope I didn’t bore you too much: P lol

Night

Hi, Sportfan,Am so pleased you got the job:)I received my disclosure thru ,which was clear ,on Mon then I got a phone call yesterday offering me a post at one of three locations but unfortunately none were suitable for me but the person on the phone said that there may be other positions coming up which will be more suitable for me,so hopefully will hear soon.Which location will you be working at?I will either been in the east end or southside of Glasgow.

vasia

kellycontrary wrote: »

Hmm I just managed to get through to someone who was about as useful as a chocolate teapot. Told him its been about 7 wks since I/V and 4 weeks since success letter, and I just wanted to check all was going ok, and then he just sounded like he was reading from a script and told me that the disclosure scotland checks would take 12-14 days from the day I sent it off and I should hear in the next month. So when I clarified that Id already waited a month and did that mean that I should hear soon, he just repeated what he had said again...considering that my CRB form was given in at the interview, this line was not exactly helpful! Perhaps I should call back and ask for more specifics about my job offer as others hear have done? He just seemed to be talking so generally...he was friendly enough but SOOO frustrating that he was so blase about the whole thing...just telling me to sit tight!!

Ask for your position on the merit list and for your scores at the interview;You may be told that you need to contact them in writing for this, identification reasons, but they may as well provide your scores.

julietormesby

Superthing wrote: »

I am Norfolk too!! Which branch was your first choice? I have had my CRB check back, but none of my references have been contacted as far as I am aware. I phoned Newcastle today and I was told that all I was waiting for was for my branch to designate a start date although he did say he would ring back and he didn't, hopefully he will tomorrow!!

Great Yarmouth or North Walsham. Disclosure Scotland still maintain they have no record of my name!!!!! However on Tuesday DWP (HMRC office in Uxbridge) sent an e-mail to my current employer asking for a reference!!! My current employer has now advertised my job!!!! I have heard absolutely nothing and have obviously not handed in my notice!!!

suseh97

sportfan wrote: »

To all previous, present and “future” DWP employees - My experience with DWP – I Finally have a start date!!!! J

Job: Benefit Delivery Officer/BDO/Band B

DEC 2008 – Applied
8TH JAN 2009 – Took tests
13TH FEB 2009 – Attended Interview
24TH FEB 2009 – Wrote to me – passed & on waiting list
7TH & 8th APRIL 2009 – CRB form sent to me to fill in and send back to DWP to send off to Scotland
20th APRIL 2009 – Pre-recruitment checks being done
21ST APRIL 2009 – Request to complete health, character, criminal record forms again (already done at interview but had expired)
14th MAY 2009 – DWP sent my CRB off to Scotland for processing
01 JUNE 2009 – CRB back from Scotland, checks come back all clear
02 JUNE 2009 – Phone call to ask me which location I want to work and start date!

That’s my experience with DWP and all in all, I was on the waiting list for 14 weeks! – I remained positive and very patient and kept on following up everything (CRB, Checks, waiting list position, interview score etc)

Would have preferred a customer faced role but I'm not complaining! (still on waiting list, checks being done for AO positons too)

I’d like to say a special thanks to each and every person who contributed on this forum with their advice, feedback, experiences and help to do with DWP and recruitment process. Special thanks go to those already working for DWP as well those who will be soon (hopefully). I’d like to wish people the best those who are applying/on waiting list/awaiting checks and hope you all get a start date soon (when you get the call, it’s a great feeling) – especially after waiting so long!

Thanks for reading and hope I didn’t bore you too much: P lol

Night

Congratulations! :T

joyjoy999

Hi just a quick update. After finding out that they had incorrectly filled in the back of my CRB form. I'vejust phoned up and got through to the lady who's name is on the form. Oh and its not her i need to speak to its someone else, so i 've left my no.

joyjoy999

sportfan wrote: »

To all previous, present and “future” DWP employees - My experience with DWP – I Finally have a start date!!!! J

Job: Benefit Delivery Officer/BDO/Band B

DEC 2008 – Applied
8TH JAN 2009 – Took tests
13TH FEB 2009 – Attended Interview
24TH FEB 2009 – Wrote to me – passed & on waiting list
7TH & 8th APRIL 2009 – CRB form sent to me to fill in and send back to DWP to send off to Scotland
20th APRIL 2009 – Pre-recruitment checks being done
21ST APRIL 2009 – Request to complete health, character, criminal record forms again (already done at interview but had expired)
14th MAY 2009 – DWP sent my CRB off to Scotland for processing
01 JUNE 2009 – CRB back from Scotland, checks come back all clear
02 JUNE 2009 – Phone call to ask me which location I want to work and start date!

That’s my experience with DWP and all in all, I was on the waiting list for 14 weeks! – I remained positive and very patient and kept on following up everything (CRB, Checks, waiting list position, interview score etc)

Would have preferred a customer faced role but I'm not complaining! (still on waiting list, checks being done for AO positons too)

I’d like to say a special thanks to each and every person who contributed on this forum with their advice, feedback, experiences and help to do with DWP and recruitment process. Special thanks go to those already working for DWP as well those who will be soon (hopefully). I’d like to wish people the best those who are applying/on waiting list/awaiting checks and hope you all get a start date soon (when you get the call, it’s a great feeling) – especially after waiting so long!

Thanks for reading and hope I didn’t bore you too much: P lol

Night

Well done sportfan. :beer:

GracePsalms

sportfan wrote: »

To all previous, present and “future” DWP employees - My experience with DWP – I Finally have a start date!!!! J

Job: Benefit Delivery Officer/BDO/Band B

DEC 2008 – Applied
8TH JAN 2009 – Took tests
13TH FEB 2009 – Attended Interview
24TH FEB 2009 – Wrote to me – passed & on waiting list
7TH & 8th APRIL 2009 – CRB form sent to me to fill in and send back to DWP to send off to Scotland
20th APRIL 2009 – Pre-recruitment checks being done
21ST APRIL 2009 – Request to complete health, character, criminal record forms again (already done at interview but had expired)
14th MAY 2009 – DWP sent my CRB off to Scotland for processing
01 JUNE 2009 – CRB back from Scotland, checks come back all clear
02 JUNE 2009 – Phone call to ask me which location I want to work and start date!

That’s my experience with DWP and all in all, I was on the waiting list for 14 weeks! – I remained positive and very patient and kept on following up everything (CRB, Checks, waiting list position, interview score etc)

Would have preferred a customer faced role but I'm not complaining! (still on waiting list, checks being done for AO positons too)

I’d like to say a special thanks to each and every person who contributed on this forum with their advice, feedback, experiences and help to do with DWP and recruitment process. Special thanks go to those already working for DWP as well those who will be soon (hopefully). I’d like to wish people the best those who are applying/on waiting list/awaiting checks and hope you all get a start date soon (when you get the call, it’s a great feeling) – especially after waiting so long!

Thanks for reading and hope I didn’t bore you too much: P lol

Night

Congratulations Sportfan, let us know how it goes :j

lili2008

Well done SF!!!!:beer:

Blimey, there IS hope. You are one of the old guard! Lol.

Hope you enjoy it.

Hope I get similar news soooooon...........

iluvjohnsarg

janeway123 wrote: »

Hi - I spoke to Newcastle some time ago regarding an initial sift. It was for Benefit Delivery at Watford. I was told that because of the huge volume of applications for that particular post, they had to raise the bar. It would seem that the criteria is raised or lowered depending on number of applications, and the standard of answers.:j

Hi Janeway - but that doesn't explain why a successful at EO interview one week earlier gets a rejection letter before interview for an AA !!!

My mum, uncle, etc all think my 'competence' score must have been too high! lol Following which they said "they think you'll leave for a better job"! I really hope that's not true ....................... I'd do any job for minimum wage than spend another minute with my brain cells comatosed (not claiming anything but stamps). :rolleyes:

Superthing

julietormesby wrote: »

Great Yarmouth or North Walsham. Disclosure Scotland still maintain they have no record of my name!!!!! However on Tuesday DWP (HMRC office in Uxbridge) sent an e-mail to my current employer asking for a reference!!! My current employer has now advertised my job!!!! I have heard absolutely nothing and have obviously not handed in my notice!!!

I am Kings Lynn, Fakenham or Norwich (hopefully Kings Lynn!) It is a rather drawn out affair, you would think, what with the job being with Jobcentre Plus, they would be a little more sensitive to the needs of prospective employees!! lol!! Did you attend the numeracy & literacy tests on the 17th at the UEA?