DWP employment waiting list

unluckyone

richyvezy wrote: »

Hi,
I too had a call yesterday asking if I was still interested in IRC 60862 and a couple of questions regarding location. Was told I'd get a call next week with my office location and start date.

did they actually say that?

richyvezy

unluckyone wrote: »

did they actually say that?

Yes, thats what the girl said to me. Why do you ask ?

Going by the majority of peoples experiences on here I'm not jumping for joy just yet......not until I get that call next week.

HappyAsLarry

unluckyone wrote: »

I think it is very positive news. I am in the North West and the regional recruitment co-ordinator called me yesterday (she was following up on a complaint I had made regarding the sheer lack of communication), she advised that the business support teams in each of the five districts were conducting this exercise as the Jobcentres were in need of staff.
Hoping that the Jobcentre needing staff in your area is one that you ticked on your preferred location list then really, it does look positive.
She told me they were looking to place people before the end of November, however, that may just be for the North West.

Thanks a lot for the information. Very helpful indeed.

I ticked four locations - Warrington, Chester, Crewe and Widnes - so I hope one of those are available.

I'm fairly high on the Merit List too (or so I'm told), which is also a big positive.

Thanks a lot also to richyvezy and linkster - very positive stuff

sammyjammy

unluckyone wrote: »

I think it is very positive news. I am in the North West and the regional recruitment co-ordinator called me yesterday (she was following up on a complaint I had made regarding the sheer lack of communication), she advised that the business support teams in each of the five districts were conducting this exercise as the Jobcentres were in need of staff.
Hoping that the Jobcentre needing staff in your area is one that you ticked on your preferred location list then really, it does look positive.
She told me they were looking to place people before the end of November, however, that may just be for the North West.

Sam,
Are you able to put any light on this?

I can't really but it sounds very feasible, Jobcentres are still recruiting, I don't know for sure as I'm BDC side of the house but the freeze appears to have been lifted across Jobcentre Plus frontline offices.

Different districts will do things different ways (sadly) so some will ask preferences at interview and others much later.

In one way I think that as a Gov dept policy should be followed across the country but its all about local need I guess.

Sam

cap123_2

eraserhead wrote: »

You'll never guess what, I just got the call!

So after practically giving up hope the past few days after hearing the latest news, I couldn't believe it when I answered the phone. It gets better though, I live in Norwich but the vacancy I was waiting on was in Lowestoft - a 40min train journey away. The lady on the phone offered me a position in Norwich though, at the Jobcentre which is about a 15min walk from home!

I guess this is why I got lucky and still recieved the call, because the Lowestoft position was a Contact Centre one, I'm guessing the Norwich one won't be. Maybe they are trying to accomodate people from the Lowestoft merit list into other local Job Centres.

Anyway I start on Nov 30th and am over the moon!

Thats brilliant news, good luck for November 30th, it gives us all hope when people post their calls here, thanks for that. :beer: Have a good weekend :j

still_hoping

Hi

A week since I posted but have been folowing the forum as usual. First of all congratulations to everyone who has had the call, great news!

I have been waitng with no news since July, that was when i received the successful letter for IRC60076 Birmingham. All in all it goes back to May when I did the original tests and June interview! Iam sure it was all in 2009, but then again.....

Anyone with any info or can shed any light on this IRC?

mbcomper

cap123 wrote: »

Thats brilliant news, good luck for November 30th, it gives us all hope when people post their calls here, thanks for that. :beer: Have a good weekend :j

Congratulations & Good Luck - thanks for keeping everyone informed!

mbcomper

cap123 wrote: »

Well done embrace1204 :jwhat a great way to start the New Year :j

Hi embrace1204,

That's great news, Congratulations and good luck in your new EO role, what IRC number and area is this for?

karrytomuch

:jCongratulations to everyone that got the call!! And for those that received an email, the light is very visible at the end of the tunnel, it's a positive feedback.

I've being waiting for IRC 62486 in Caerphilly since September. Anyone who's also waiting for a call for this IRC?

Thando

still_hoping wrote: »

Hi

A week since I posted but have been folowing the forum as usual. First of all congratulations to everyone who has had the call, great news!

I have been waitng with no news since July, that was when i received the successful letter for IRC60076 Birmingham. All in all it goes back to May when I did the original tests and June interview! Iam sure it was all in 2009, but then again.....

Anyone with any info or can shed any light on this IRC?

I was part of this exercise and so were a few forumites. Most were given the call. I inquired with Newcastle weeks back and was told they had filled in the150 vacancies they wanted. As the waiting list is for 12 months I am pretending that IRC never existed coz chances are very slim I think.

Good luck.