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sweetikklemunchkin

0k0 wrote: »

I got 'the call' today, I start on Monday.:D
Does anyone know that the DWPs policy is on tattoos/piercings?

thats great, what irc and area are u, re piercings, i wore my lip piercing to my interview as forgot to take it out, they said it was not a problem and encourage individuality, and i think Jess bob said something about her local office having ppl with tattoos everywhere, (only remember this as i have a fair few lol)
but mine can be hidden, suppose it depends what they are and where they are,

oh and one of the girls (who worked for DWP) on the open day had bright pink hair lol

0k0

sweetikklemunchkin wrote: »

thats great, what irc and area are u, re piercings, i wore my lip piercing to my interview as forgot to take it out, they said it was not a problem and encourage individuality, and i think Jess bob said something about her local office having ppl with tattoos everywhere, (only remember this as i have a fair few lol)
but mine can be hidden, suppose it depends what they are and where they are,

oh and one of the girls (who worked for DWP) on the open day had bright pink hair lol

Thanks
IRC 61714, in Berkshire.
Oooh, yay. That makes me so happy. I used to have pillarbox red hair but have dyed it brown in the hope that would help with my job hunting!

mandie2106

0k0 wrote: »

I got 'the call' today, I start on Monday.:D
Does anyone know that the DWPs policy is on tattoos/piercings?

YAY well done! Looks liek today is a good day for us all so far. Hope many many more also get the call!

As for tattoos piercings etc i actually asked about this at interview cos i have my tongue pierced and a few tattoos (not hugely visible and can be covered up). I was told that they treat everyone as individuals at DWP and altho they do have guidelines they do not discriminate again people with tattoos and piercings. I guess if you were to go in with multicoloured hair and loads of facial piercings and tons of tattoos they might ask you to adapt your look a bit, but otherwise you should be fine!

mandie2106

Well thats me stopped jumping about like a mad woman, and ive arranged to go down and visit the childcare centre Sonny will be going to (its like 2 mins walk from the job centre i'll be working at). They have provisionally booked a place for him so thats good. And i have an appointment with my lone parent advisor at the job centre that i'll be working at (lol) tomorrow to discuss what we do now, ie, job grant, continuing housing benefit for a month etc etc. It will feel sooo good knowing that after tomorrow i'll be sitting at the other side of the desk lol. My only concern now is that Sonny will be in childcare from 8.45am til 5.15pm mon-fri, but he should be ok eh? He loves the creche he goes to at the minute, but now i feel guilty a little bit. However this job will change both of our lives for the better so theres no choice really :D

GeeJay09

Hi everyone - I just wondered if anyone has had any word about IRC 62404 (Worcestershire area)? I completed the tests on 09/09/09, interviewed on 16/09/09 and received my success letter today (08/10/09) saying that they are now undertaking pre-recruitment checks.

ps .. what a fantastic forum, very informative with a bunch of friendly people!

akabong

mandie2106 wrote: »

I have a question for anyone who could help. The lady on the phone asked me to think about what pension scheme i want to be a part of and ring her back to let her know. Ive looked thru all my documents and i cant find anything about them. She said theres one "partnership" and one "nuvoss...i think thats it, i might have written it down wrong". Does anyone have the info about them that i could have a look at. Or maybe SammyJammy you could help? Thanks in advance!

Congratulations!!!

I had "the call" just before the recruitment pause / freeze was announced and I'm due to start on 19th October ... which seems to be a popular date. It's for IRC 60418 Coventry and Warwickshire.

I've had a formal offer letter which advised me that I've automatically been enrolled in the Nuvos Pension Scheme but I can transfer to the Partnership Scheme if I want to. Having no idea about what these schemes are, I googled "Nuvos Pension" and came across another thread on this forum site. There was a bit of information but nothing really useful. I did however, find the following website which has a Pension Choice Booklet and details of each of the schemes:

www . civilservice-pensions . gov . uk

(sorry ... can't post a link as I'm a Newbie)

I've decided to stick with the Nuvos Scheme but you will obviously need to make up your own mind as to which one is best for your circumstances or if you want to opt out.

Hope this helps.

Good luck in your new role.

Slitty

Congratulations Mandie!!!! It's all starting to happen isn't it!!

maisette

mandie2106 wrote: »

Well thats me stopped jumping about like a mad woman, and ive arranged to go down and visit the childcare centre Sonny will be going to (its like 2 mins walk from the job centre i'll be working at). They have provisionally booked a place for him so thats good. And i have an appointment with my lone parent advisor at the job centre that i'll be working at (lol) tomorrow to discuss what we do now, ie, job grant, continuing housing benefit for a month etc etc. It will feel sooo good knowing that after tomorrow i'll be sitting at the other side of the desk lol. My only concern now is that Sonny will be in childcare from 8.45am til 5.15pm mon-fri, but he should be ok eh? He loves the creche he goes to at the minute, but now i feel guilty a little bit. However this job will change both of our lives for the better so theres no choice really :D

how old is sonny. he will be fine im sure. kids are tougher than we think and they easily adapt to new situations. when i moved to bristol 7 years ago my 3 kids were all at stages of their lives that they didnt want to move. one was working with steady g/f/, another one was just going off to uni and my baby was just starting his gcse year. it was a big wrench for me but they were all behind my decision to get away ( abusive relationship ). i felt really guilty but can honestly say that it was best decision i made. all my kids are independent with their own places and good careers. they use to fight all the time as brothers and sisters do but they are now really close. know its completely different to your situation but just want to show that as long as you are doing your best your kids will surprise you.

Thylacine

Actually ... does anyone here know if you can select a different pension scheme if you've already got one? I have one from my previous employment, and it would be far easier for me if DWP could simply pay into that one instead of having to fiddle around with transfering my current one into a DWP one (or the DWP one into my current one when I leave DWP ... assuming I end up with DWP at all, I'm hoping my other app is going to give me good news later this week or early next).

cap123_2

mandie2106 wrote: »

OMG OMG OMG I GOT THE CALLL

im still jumping about going mad lol. Start on the 2nd of November and i got my local office which is less than a mile away woohoo.

Im sooooo happy

Hi Mandie
Well, i think thats just terrible :rolleyes: why not 19th October???? LOL. :beer:
Loads of lucky people doing the party dance now :rotfl:
Good luck for 2nd of November, just in time for Christmas as well.