DWP employment waiting list

lili2008

storminbalder wrote: »

Nonetheless, you will be offered a job shortly. They use up all the people on the lists eventually. I have just been offered a job today to start on 6 April, and I was waiting 3 months, but I was way down the list - not joint top!

I never worried though as I know their systems only too well, having A - worked for them before, and B - knowing a good many people that work for them, including many that are rather senior.

Best of luck, but I really do feel you are worrying for no reason.

:kisses3:


You're a star!!

suewiththeblues

dugdale wrote: »

I received a letter from the DWP on Thursday informing me that I had been successful at the interview stage and that the DWP were now conducting pre-recruitment checks. Only after they have been completed would they be able to confirm whether they will be able to offer me a position.

I have completed the CRB form, plus given permission for my employer to be contacted. I have also selected which location I would prefer to be employed at however am now a little worried that I don't know anything about the position. At my interview I asked if it could be confirmed that the position for which I was applying was permanent. The answer that I was given was that some positions were permanent whilst others were for a fixed term period. I'm not too sure that I would resign from a permanent position to take up a temporary position with the DWP but would walk over coals to be offered a permanent position.

I'm also concerned that the DWP will shortly be contacting my current employer, presumably to check my employment record, and I don't even know if I will be offered a job or be added to the waiting list. I'd rather my employer wasn't made aware that I was considering leaving unless I had a guaranteed permanent position at the DWP.

I'm sure that over the next month things will become clearer however this hasn't been the easiest of job applications

i agree wth the uncertainty of leaving a permanent for a fixed position, although i am not employed at the moment, i would not like to have to make this choice either.

i was also a bit annoyed that my references were contacted before i signed the consent to contact them!, as i said luckily i am not currently employed but if i had been i would have been very annoyed

i am still waiting to hear what the crack is, have returned everything they asked me and although it sounds silly am not relaxed or taking for granted that i will def get a start date as there is a bit of confusion regarding waiting lists. nobody has mentioned waiting lists in any of my letters but the suspicious side of me is wondering if i am yet to recieve this once all my check come back lol

people are having different experiences of the recruitment process it seems so i just have my fingers crossed! i went for an EO position in West London, did anybody else? they had over 100 posts to fill

lili2008

dugdale wrote: »

I received a letter from the DWP on Thursday informing me that I had been successful at the interview stage and that the DWP were now conducting pre-recruitment checks. Only after they have been completed would they be able to confirm whether they will be able to offer me a position.

I have completed the CRB form, plus given permission for my employer to be contacted. I have also selected which location I would prefer to be employed at however am now a little worried that I don't know anything about the position. At my interview I asked if it could be confirmed that the position for which I was applying was permanent. The answer that I was given was that some positions were permanent whilst others were for a fixed term period. I'm not too sure that I would resign from a permanent position to take up a temporary position with the DWP but would walk over coals to be offered a permanent position.

I'm also concerned that the DWP will shortly be contacting my current employer, presumably to check my employment record, and I don't even know if I will be offered a job or be added to the waiting list. I'd rather my employer wasn't made aware that I was considering leaving unless I had a guaranteed permanent position at the DWP.

I'm sure that over the next month things will become clearer however this hasn't been the easiest of job applications

I think they must have a post for you. Otherwise you would have got the 'waiting list' letter.

Well done!

Doesn't the IRC reference say whether it's a permanent or temporary post?

lili2008

suewiththeblues wrote: »

i agree wth the uncertainty of leaving a permanent for a fixed position, although i am not employed at the moment, i would not like to have to make this choice either.

i was also a bit annoyed that my references were contacted before i signed the consent to contact them!, as i said luckily i am not currently employed but if i had been i would have been very annoyed

i am still waiting to hear what the crack is, have returned everything they asked me and although it sounds silly am not relaxed or taking for granted that i will def get a start date as there is a bit of confusion regarding waiting lists. nobody has mentioned waiting lists in any of my letters but the suspicious side of me is wondering if i am yet to recieve this once all my check come back lol

people are having different experiences of the recruitment process it seems so i just have my fingers crossed! i went for an EO position in West London, did anybody else? they had over 100 posts to fill

I went for the central London EO posts but would have applied for 3 other London-based EO posts with a closing date of Monday, had I not had the erroneous 'success' letter Sat (see my previous posts..they miscalculated how many posts that had and sent me the 'sorry, that letter was a mistake, your actually on the waiting list' letter the following Weds). I was told verbally that they would allow me to apply for those with an extended deadline as it was their mistake but I've had nothing in writing.

The only posts up at the moment are AO posts, but I'll give them a whirl anyway.

suewiththeblues

i submitted exactly the same answers for the east london vacancies as i did for the west london ones. west london offered me the test date and east london didnt! i dont get that!

lili2008

suewiththeblues wrote: »

i submitted exactly the same answers for the east london vacancies as i did for the west london ones. west london offered me the test date and east london didnt! i dont get that!

Hmm...that IS weird....

sportfan

suewiththeblues wrote: »

i submitted exactly the same answers for the east london vacancies as i did for the west london ones. west london offered me the test date and east london didnt! i dont get that!

lol i did the same! 2 posts and 1 im on a waiting list and applied for the other with same answers and was unsuccesful! lol weird or wot!

storminbalder

dugdale wrote: »

I received a letter from the DWP on Thursday informing me that I had been successful at the interview stage and that the DWP were now conducting pre-recruitment checks. Only after they have been completed would they be able to confirm whether they will be able to offer me a position.

I have completed the CRB form, plus given permission for my employer to be contacted. I have also selected which location I would prefer to be employed at however am now a little worried that I don't know anything about the position. At my interview I asked if it could be confirmed that the position for which I was applying was permanent. The answer that I was given was that some positions were permanent whilst others were for a fixed term period. I'm not too sure that I would resign from a permanent position to take up a temporary position with the DWP but would walk over coals to be offered a permanent position.

I'm also concerned that the DWP will shortly be contacting my current employer, presumably to check my employment record, and I don't even know if I will be offered a job or be added to the waiting list. I'd rather my employer wasn't made aware that I was considering leaving unless I had a guaranteed permanent position at the DWP.

I'm sure that over the next month things will become clearer however this hasn't been the easiest of job applications

I am reliably informed that the DWP contact employers for references as the last measure before making a job offer for exactly the reasons that you state.

suewiththeblues

sportsfan that is funny! thought it was just me , i am baffled!

NewShoes

suewiththeblues wrote: »

sportsfan that is funny! thought it was just me , i am baffled!

I would imagine it's probably a case of 2 different offices having different "cut-offs". If one office has 100 people apply and the other office has 500 people apply then the office with 500 applicants might alter the cut-off level to a higher rate. I guess they may do this so they dont end up with too many people at testing stage.

Just a guess..