DWP employment waiting list

barneythedog

amymiller wrote: »

Thanks alot for that Barney, it was indeed the latter of the 2 letters I received. I noticed in one of your previous posts that you were having trouble contacting them and that was with the tel number I have been trying. Did you manage to get through to them on that number afterall or did you use a different one? Like you I have applied for a post in Kent, Ramsgate/Canterbury area. Seems like recruitment in Kent is particulary long winded!

Hope you hear where you stand soon.

Hi Amy, I originally had the number from the top of the offer letter, but have been given two or three numbers for direct lines, not sure if its a good idea to publish them on here as we may clog the system up even more?

From speaking to various people over the last 8 weeks I understand that the role at ramsgate will be more telephone based ?

amymiller

barneythedog wrote: »

Hi Amy, I originally had the number from the top of the offer letter, but have been given two or three numbers for direct lines, not sure if its a good idea to publish them on here as we may clog the system up even more?

From speaking to various people over the last 8 weeks I understand that the role at ramsgate will be more telephone based ?

To be honest I don't really know alot about the role, the job description was pretty vague. The impression I got from the interview was that the majority of the jobs were gonna be in Broadstairs and mainly computer based.

I have the same number on all my correspondence from them, annoyingly. I may try faxing them instead see if that gets me anywhere!

Destiny2482

Was anyone told to put the jobcentre address on the CRB? I was wondering why they did it that way?

gymreject

Aoki wrote: »

Hi,

I was just wondering if anyone has had an interview in the London area recently?

Yes I have been to several London assessment days, over the past few weeks, and after passing tests had 6 interviews. The the interviews were held at Hammersmith JS, Edgeware Road JS, Bromley Regional JS (twice), The Oval, West Ham Footbal Club. I have so far been offered 4 positions :T subject to checks. I have withdrawn from one region as too far to travel daily. I have to say the process differed depending on region. You were either tested and interviewed on the same day or tested then interviewed on another day. Some were run very well and one was a farce :mad:.

If you were considered to be a suitabe candidate they would ask you to choose prefered locations at the end of the interview. Though this was not the case for all interviews.

I have also applied for a London Region HEO post and completed the online test. From talking to a couple of the managers interviewing me several existing DWP staff also applied for the HEO roles but did not manage to complete the online timed test.

The London region has a lot of EO vacancies though they are mostly 18 month fixed term contracts.

I did bump into the same people applying on the days i went for an interview. Hopefully they were successful as well.

Best of luck to all those that have applied.

Cheers

Gymreject

gymreject

Destiny2482 wrote: »

Was anyone told to put the jobcentre address on the CRB? I was wondering why they did it that way?

In London they asked candidates to put the DWP address in Newcastle to speed up recruitment process, as the London regions are looking to fill vacancies as quickly as possible. By putting the DWP as the address for CRB checks to be posted there is less likelihood of the CRB report going missing.

bonsibabe

Well still no word here so just giving up and applying for other jobs, havent heard about either of the jobs I went for and just had enough of waiting! Just going to keep applying for other jobs and see which one I get offered. If I get more than one offer, the highest payer is getting accepted lol.

Good luck to you all x

Mr_Falling_Star

I am also a little fed up. I have been offered a AO post and I am on a EO waiting list. They have my CRB and all thats waiting now are my references BUT I used to work for the DWP up until December so they are one of my references! As far as I know my current workplace have not received a reference yet either. That seems to be the final sticking point

I am getting bit worn out with it! I turned down a job with the NHS (albeit a really low paid one) as I had a role with the DWP but now I am in Limbo stuck in a job I don't really enjoy

Whinge moan whine over!

lili2008

I have been taken off the waiting list for the EO post now, and am having pre-emloyment checks done. So far, I have not filled in a CRB form, nor has any of my references been contacted, so exactly what pre-emloyment checks are they doing? Gawd knows how much longer this is all going to take. I have about 2 months left of savings, after that I am Donald Ducked. Let's hope I get some form of job before then.

lili2008

gymreject wrote: »

Yes I have been to several London assessment days, over the past few weeks, and after passing tests had 6 interviews. The the interviews were held at Hammersmith JS, Edgeware Road JS, Bromley Regional JS (twice), The Oval, West Ham Footbal Club. I have so far been offered 4 positions :T subject to checks. I have withdrawn from one region as too far to travel daily. I have to say the process differed depending on region. You were either tested and interviewed on the same day or tested then interviewed on another day. Some were run very well and one was a farce :mad:.

If you were considered to be a suitabe candidate they would ask you to choose prefered locations at the end of the interview. Though this was not the case for all interviews.

I have also applied for a London Region HEO post and completed the online test. From talking to a couple of the managers interviewing me several existing DWP staff also applied for the HEO roles but did not manage to complete the online timed test.

The London region has a lot of EO vacancies though they are mostly 18 month fixed term contracts.

I did bump into the same people applying on the days i went for an interview. Hopefully they were successful as well.

Best of luck to all those that have applied.

Cheers

Gymreject

6? Blimey! I applied for 5 London posts and only heard about 2. Those interviews were at Oval and Marylebone. The Oval interview was a bit surreal...being interviewed in one of the prawn sandwich rooms as a groundsman rolled the green in the background...

ShaunJUK

I contacted newcastle today to check if they had sent out reference requests as I needed to change an address on mine, apparently they dont start taking references until the CRB is back.