DWP employment waiting list

Lily1

I am having a call tomorrow from Occupational Health, is that usual or is it due to me
letting them know about a specialist appointment? There is no health issue which will affect my job, so presume things should be okay. Anyone else had one before?

Bellagorgeous

I applied for IRC65561 back in Feb this year - following interview in mid march - I received a letter dated 31/03 saying I had been successful and had been placed on a waiting list. After reading comments on here I decided to phone on thursday to see what position I was on the list and was told my paperwork had been passed through for pre appointment checks to be completed. I though this meant that I would be offered a position within the next couple of months but after reading comments on here now I'm not so sure. I did receive an Email yesterday from the team who are carrying out the checks to ask for P60s etc but do they do these checks as routine or am I likely to be offered a job? Very confusing.

honda2006

Bellagorgeous wrote: »

I applied for IRC65561 back in Feb this year - following interview in mid march - I received a letter dated 31/03 saying I had been successful and had been placed on a waiting list. After reading comments on here I decided to phone on thursday to see what position I was on the list and was told my paperwork had been passed through for pre appointment checks to be completed. I though this meant that I would be offered a position within the next couple of months but after reading comments on here now I'm not so sure. I did receive an Email yesterday from the team who are carrying out the checks to ask for P60s etc but do they do these checks as routine or am I likely to be offered a job? Very confusing.

Hi,

The DWP as a whole seems to be very disorganized, so who knows.

mbcomper

Lily1 wrote: »

I am having a call tomorrow from Occupational Health, is that usual or is it due to me
letting them know about a specialist appointment? There is no health issue which will affect my job, so presume things should be okay. Anyone else had one before?

I've had one recently, they are quite informal and based on the information you originally supplied on the health form when you originally applied for the role. It's procedural, they have duty and care to their employees, so they need to follow up the form you filled in, this means they are doing their role properly.

mbcomper

honda2006 wrote: »

Hi,

The DWP as a whole seems to be very disorganized, so who knows.

If it's any benefit when I was on a waiting list from last September till recently. I never received notofication to say they were doing pre-recruitment checks. However, when I was successful with another role. I received both a letter and an e-mail to say they were in the process of doing pre-recruitment checks.

I hope this is of some help!

mbcomper

buftymctufty wrote: »

ive just had a email - joint 2nd on the list

They said in the interview that there were at least 50 posts so who knows

Well Done!

I start my job tomorrow IRC65238 EO Birmingham, I've got butterflies as I write, I've been unemployed since July 2009, so it can't happen soon enough.

mbcomper

honda2006

mbcomper wrote: »

Well Done!

I start my job tomorrow IRC65238 EO Birmingham, I've got butterflies as I write, I've been unemployed since July 2009, so it can't happen soon enough.

mbcomper

Congrats :beer:

buftymctufty

congrats & Good luck

Mr_Falling_Star

We must be coming to the flip side of this thread now...

Namely is anyone getting their contracts extended?

jessbob

Mr_Falling_Star wrote: »

We must be coming to the flip side of this thread now...

Namely is anyone getting their contracts extended?

I don't think its looking too good:( My contract up at the end of November, so frantically looking for something else now