DWP employment waiting list

maisette

filbertchick wrote: »

I have to sign-on at 2pm today does anyone have any advice/questions I could ask them in the Job Centre about my "job"?

I got my congrats letter on 26th August for IRC61979 (derby, admin assistant) and there's no mention in the letter about a waiting list etc...

HELP! Hate going to sign-on and looking like I haven't bothered! x

every time i signed on after getting my success letter they never seemed interested at my job centre. just kept telling me how long they had waited and to keep looking for something else.

supersammy77

Hi, I went to the same interview and start on the 26th october! Hope you hear soon X

filbertchick

supersammy77 wrote: »

Hi, I went to the same interview and start on the 26th october! Hope you hear soon X

was that for the one in derby sammy?

filbertchick

maisette wrote: »

every time i signed on after getting my success letter they never seemed interested at my job centre. just kept telling me how long they had waited and to keep looking for something else.

i know what you mean, they told me off 2 weeks ago though for not looking "hard enough" :rolleyes: it's a catch-22 situation though isn't it really? so very frustrating! if only the DWP thought to keep us updated with things...

twss

I got the call. I'm absolutely stunned as I'd almost totally given up on this.

thunderb0lt

twss wrote: »

My timeline is this:

Applied: 15th July
Closed: 27th July
Tests: 10th August
Interview: 20th August
Letter: 4th September (success - no waiting list - I phoned and found I was in a decent position on the Merit list)
Disclosure Scotland: 16th September

Hey, congrats, just searched your previous post for timeline. I hope I get the call soon..

misanthrope

twss wrote: »

I got the call. I'm absolutely stunned as I'd almost totally given up on this.

good news, sounds like the east of england quota is finally under way.

what office were you able to choose?

legendofguyipoua

This is my first post on here and I would like to thank everybody for their invaluable advice with regards to interview tips, possible questions, techniques etc.

I had an interview for IRC60811 on the 31st August and had my success letter through today for an EO role in Herefordshire, Shropshire, Worcestershire.

All the talk of freezes and holds on here is slightly disheartning, but I did get told at my local jobcentre that people are needed so I guess that's a good sign?! I'm not holding my breath though and have sorted a temporary job in the meantime (that's about half the money!).

ANybody else have a letter from this area?

Once again BIG thanks to you all.

cheekyweegit

I've (well at 10am) just had the call to give me a start date at one of my local offices of the 19th of October too. Definitely something about this date. My head is mince but I'm :j:j:j

I had phoned on Monday past to see if there was any updates on the freeze, and the guy I spoke to (very nice by the way and helpful) advised me things were in progress and he was hoping for an update in the next day or so and recommended I call back on Friday (today), then said, actually do you want to call back Thursday (yesterday) and hopefully we shall have some news for you.

I'm currently choked with the cold and off from my current work (don't want to infect everyone else and there is already shortage of lemsip and it's derivatives here). Anyway I digress, I swithered whether to phone yesterday and did so really quite late in the afternooon and spoke to a lady. Again very helpful and she took my details and IRC number and said she would call me back.

She duly did 10 mins or so later asking me if I currently work which I do and how much notice I needed to give (one week), and would Monday the 19th October suit? Erm yes.........:rolleyes::D:rolleyes:

She said she would contact my local office and confim the start date with them, and call me back today to confim everything and get the rest in the post to me and via email.

I was told my post will be "up to 18 months" on the phone, but hoping it ends up permanent, and that I could be working between 8am - 8pm Monday to Friday and Saturday 9am - 1pm but currently my JC+ are only open 9am - 5pm Monday to Friday which is perfect and I'm so looking forward to cooking again for my teenage kids and visa versa.

I'm now going to have to go and get office type clothes, as I currently work in a call centre where nearly anything goes.

For those still waiting, don't give up, my time line is as follows:-

Applied online last week of June
Numeracy and literacy tests 2nd week of July (IIRC)
Interview same day as tests above
Success letter 3 days after interview, but with 12 month waiting list
Disclosure Scotland received 1st week of August, but forwarded onto DWP and received back a week later with compliments slip
Call re the freeze two weeks ago, maybe three.
Call confirming job offer today Friday 9th October :T

Total time from application to start date just under four months.

FAO heathertheblether I recommend calling the Dunfermline number if your reading this a couple of pages back or PM me and I'll give you it, that way fingers crossed you should know what's going on. Who knows we might even be in the same office.

maisette

twss wrote: »

I got the call. I'm absolutely stunned as I'd almost totally given up on this.

congratulations:beer::j:beer::j:beer::j