DWP employment waiting list

Majix

newgirl82 wrote: »

I tried Erdington yesterday as it is the main office in the region but it rang out. I rang Newcastle again and was told that basically the vacancy holders (must be more than one?) in the Birmingham area were in a meeting yesterday receiving some harsh words from their manager as there were loads of people whose checks were cleared but were still waiting and so i should definitely be hearing asap. Again whether this is true or not?

So anyone still waiting for EO in Birmingham from the March/April interviews, we should be hearing soon (or not :rotfl: )

That doesn't bode well - i received my success letter for AO position in the Birmingham area, had interview 26/06 (irc60076) - i been put on a 12 months waiting list - anyone else waiting for Birmingham area? Judging from posts on here, it looks like a long slog of waiting!

neilbaddiel

Just a bit of advice for some - DON'T apply for any 2 IRC jobs that are full and part-time at the same place, you may get offered the part-time one thinking your still on the list for the full-time one and when your top of the list for that, you find out that you cant actually go for the full-time one !!! [EMAIL="B@STARDS"]B@STARDS[/EMAIL]!!!!!

saunderspiece

neilbaddiel wrote: »

Just a bit of advice for some - DON'T apply for any 2 IRC jobs that are full and part-time at the same place, you may get offered the part-time one thinking your still on the list for the full-time one and when your top of the list for that, you find out that you cant actually go for the full-time one !!! B@STARDS!!!!!

Hi neilbaddiel,
That sounds a bit of a nightmare! But what do you mean when you say 'you can't actually go for the full-time one'? Is there a rule somewhere that prevents you from doing that?

neilbaddiel

saunderspiece wrote: »

Hi neilbaddiel,
That sounds a bit of a nightmare! But what do you mean when you say 'you can't actually go for the full-time one'? Is there a rule somewhere that prevents you from doing that?

Yep! - 3 people started with me EO posts all got told the same don't worry you can take the fulltime once it comes up, and yeah there's a rule to prevent us moving - we've all started grievance procedures though

vincentfan

Hello newbie here, even though I have been lurking, and reading the two DWP threads, for over a month.

Did anyone else attend the interviews at Sheffield w/c 13 July?

I applied for IRC 60535 (AO)
Completed the on-line test before the closing date of 1 July
Attended interview 14 July *Shudders at the memory* :eek:
I completed all the CRB/Health forms etc prior to being interviewed
I know it is a long drawn out procedure

I am just curious if any-one else attended the interviews that week, and whether or not any feedback has been received

Thando

woohooooo:beer:

IRC60076. I too got my success letter today!!! What a relief. Yep it says waiting list for 12 months but I like the fact that they say they are now carrying out pre-recruitment checks. That to me seems like a good sign.

I went to a black-country assessment exercise last week and was told the 60076 people were hopefully to start in August and September depending on branches.

Things might be rolling forward now!!!

So happy!
:j:j:j

saunderspiece

neilbaddiel wrote: »

Yep! - 3 people started with me EO posts all got told the same don't worry you can take the fulltime once it comes up, and yeah there's a rule to prevent us moving - we've all started grievance procedures though

Hi again,

I thought that only applied to existing permanent staff rather than those who have been taken on on a contract basis. At least this is my understanding from looking at the various job descriptions on the DWP website.

I hope you get the hours you want, it would be a shame if you have to go through a grievance procedure though.

Good luck and well done for getting in, regardless of the hours.

Majix

Thando wrote: »

woohooooo:beer:

IRC60076. I too got my success letter today!!! What a relief. Yep it says waiting list for 12 months but I like the fact that they say they are now carrying out pre-recruitment checks. That to me seems like a good sign.

I went to a black-country assessment exercise last week and was told the 60076 people were hopefully to start in August and September depending on branches.

Things might be rolling forward now!!!

So happy!
:j:j:j

Whats this assessment exercise you went to all about? Did they say how many people they lookin to take on?

Slitty

Has anyone from the worthing interviews had any results yet? If you got a letter, what did it say?

newgirl82

Majix wrote: »

That doesn't bode well - i received my success letter for AO position in the Birmingham area, had interview 26/06 (irc60076) - i been put on a 12 months waiting list - anyone else waiting for Birmingham area? Judging from posts on here, it looks like a long slog of waiting!

It might be quicker for an AO and if its a temporary contract? i know someone who has been offered the AO role pretty quickly as i think they are in more need of AO's than EO's? I could be wrong as obviously i dont work for the dwp but the AO's seem to be getting posted faster than the EO's so far.