DWP employment waiting list

JAAL

Just a quick update...

Like desperado, I too got the call yesterday offering me a start date. I couldn’t believe it. It’s my first time ever applying for DWP and from what I can gather, it doesn’t usually go as smoothly and quickly as it has this time.

scottygees... I haven’t yet been told what role I will be taking either, but I have been given a definite start date.

Thank-you for all the help on this thread, and especially to desperado who has given me tons of advice through the whole process!

Good luck everyone still waiting, don’t give up!

desperado2

Mum2four wrote: »

"However, as you met the minimum standard,
should any further vacancies arise for this exercise within
six months from the date of this notification you may be
invited to an interview, although we cannot guarentee this"

Thanks for clearing that up for me I just assumed that this meant I could be invited to interview if any other vacancies come up..

I think the key words are "for this excercise" i.e. this particular job.. not the department as a whole.. I may be wrong! but safer to watch the websites and apply anyway.. or at least email employee services and ask if you have automatically been resubmitted.:o

desperado2

Fivefootsix wrote: »

I wanted to know my score as I found mine out for a previous vacancy but it says at bottom that they are unable to give feedback on this exercise or words to that effect.:(

Be brazen and blatant.. ignore what it says and ask politely anyways.. they may not give you a full test report, but they may give you an indication at least. Admittedly they may decline, but it's worth asking just in case.. the person you spoeak to or email may give you info off the record..

Truegho

What I want to know is when is this recruitment freeze going to be lifted?

mbcomper wrote: »

Well done Desperado2

It's great to hear there still some good news to be handed out from the DWP.

Congratulations, I hope the role has been worth the wait and is everything you expect and more.

BTW, thanks for your posts on here, they have been extremely helpful to myself and I'm quite sure quite a few others on this thread too.

ATB

mbcomper

scottygees

JAAL wrote: »

Just a quick update...

Like desperado, I too got the call yesterday offering me a start date. I couldn’t believe it. It’s my first time ever applying for DWP and from what I can gather, it doesn’t usually go as smoothly and quickly as it has this time.

scottygees... I haven’t yet been told what role I will be taking either, but I have been given a definite start date.

Thank-you for all the help on this thread, and especially to desperado who has given me tons of advice through the whole process!

Good luck everyone still waiting, don’t give up!

What number on the waiting list were you?

sportfan

mbcomper wrote: »

Hi Sportfan, sorry to hear you have not made it through to the next stage of the recruitment process for IRC65238, have you been placed on a waiting list by any chance?

Out of curiosity where did you hear that there were 3000 applicants? I was told by DWP HR that 1800 people had applied and there was 25 permanent roles available.

Do you know what the minimum pass mark was compared to the raised pass mark for the online OCAT test, my email mentioned nothing other than I had successfully passed the test, it went on to say interviews were originally scheduled for 03/03/10 and were now to be rescheduled due to the online test results being delayed and they would e-mail me again with the details.

Were you aware of the pass mark before you took the online test, or did the DWP advise that you'd passed the online test already and have only this week changed the pass marks to accomodate the amount of applicants who successfully reached the minimum pass mark, I am a little confused from your post.

Thanks for your good wishes, I really need a full time job, I have now been unemployed since July 2009, so fingers, legs and everything else crossed too lol.

mbcomper

Yeah waiting list for 6 mths shud they need any more people (which i highly doubt)

3000 someone told me - i wouldn tke ma wrd for it jus sumat i herd

I have no idea wt d mark was to pass and no i wasnt told that i had passed - jsu got the email same time as you guys but its unfair :( they prob will interview few hundred people for the 25 posts bcz it wud b wayyyyyyy to expensive to interview a thousand or more

natomar

desperado2 wrote: »

Well, I know there's a lot of talk about cuts and stuff, but dont give up hope folks, I just got "the call" and start my basic training in a few weeks time - though the process has been apalling in some cases and more than lacking in transparency for this IRC it has been good and seemingly well managed and with minimal delays.

I also got a few weeks notice of start, and a promise of an offer letter etc "before" commencing work which seems a bit of a rarity!

Those of you still "hanging on" and others just starting, persevere and hopefully you will get there in the end.

Desperado :beer::beer::beer:
Absolutely BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!!!!! You have given us great advice on this forum You deserve it all the very best:beer:

Truegho

Congratulations on getting "the call." I am really pleased for you.

So things seem to be moving along now, then, in regard to the freeze being lifted?

JAAL wrote: »

Just a quick update...

Like desperado, I too got the call yesterday offering me a start date. I couldn’t believe it. It’s my first time ever applying for DWP and from what I can gather, it doesn’t usually go as smoothly and quickly as it has this time.

scottygees... I haven’t yet been told what role I will be taking either, but I have been given a definite start date.

Thank-you for all the help on this thread, and especially to desperado who has given me tons of advice through the whole process!

Good luck everyone still waiting, don’t give up!

natomar

JAAL wrote: »

Just a quick update...

Like desperado, I too got the call yesterday offering me a start date. I couldn’t believe it. It’s my first time ever applying for DWP and from what I can gather, it doesn’t usually go as smoothly and quickly as it has this time.

scottygees... I haven’t yet been told what role I will be taking either, but I have been given a definite start date.

Thank-you for all the help on this thread, and especially to desperado who has given me tons of advice through the whole process!

Good luck everyone still waiting, don’t give up!

Congratulations Jaal :beer:
Can't remember the last time I heard good news on start dates!!
All the very best:beer:

JAAL

Thanks all!

Truegho...
I may be totally wrong here( so correct me if I am!), but I think the recruitment freeze only/mainly applies to job centre roles within DWP rather than the few jobs available in the call centres and other areas such as roles within DLA centres.

So I would say that despite a few people being handed out start dates, as a whole, the recruitment freeze hasn’t been lifted unfortunately. I think somebody else in this thread said that they received an email from DWP, saying something like- "they will still recruit for specific areas where there are severe staffing shortages, but, as a whole, recruitment is currently frozen. "

Hope that helps!