DWP Recruiting Again - 2012

MakemBill

Nana4u wrote: »

87777. hope is ok to land me a job. How abt u

Hi Nana

Well done you. At least you're still in the hunt. I would say with an above average chance too.

Good luck to you.

MakemBill

ehazard2012 wrote: »

by internal and external are you refering to

internal = current dwp staff or all other civil service staff
external = applicants who do not currently work for the civil service

...and Sherrilou

These posts were advertised externally so any internal staff wishing to apply need to apply as external candidates as Sherrilou suggests. There is no easier route for current Civil Servants, be they DWP or Other Government Departments, (OGDs).

That said, it is my understanding that the jobs were announced because of pressure from on high. I am lead to believe that there was an evaluation in process to see what jobs could be filled by pre-surplus and surplus staff before the actual available jobs were to be advertised. The pressure however, lead to the recruitment programme going live and all vacancies advertised. I believe though that the surplus and those identified as pre-surplus (people whose jobs are earmarked for extinction) are being accommodated first.

I am told in some areas half of all vacancies have been taken up by this process which I believe is complete. Other areas have hardly been affected at all.

I think if the government had decided to hold back until the initial matching process had been completed, there would have been far less confusion and mixed messages coming out.

I think this makes a lot of sense and explains a lot of the different stories that have been posted here and have been part of the Chinese Whispers within the Civil Service.

Radiofree

http://www.pcs.org.uk/en/department_for_work_and_pensions_group/dwp-news.cfm/id/05FDBA06-1CA0-4A16-9BD22E32B9FF74B7

This link explains the distribution of vacancies. The 1200 external positions includes ao and eo both.

summerindurham

smiles123 wrote: »

Had my interview, newcastle 29th February. Got feedback, but its a long wait for the results. .... can't believe it can take this long.

well both a colleague and myself had interviews at newcastle and were both told that we would know the outcome of the interview (ie whether we had been successful or not) by the 21st March.... needless to say its the 21st today ... and there has been nothing, nada, zip, diddley squat.... so who knows when we will hear, at this rate it looks like never x

Radiofree

ehazard2012 wrote: »

by internal and external are you refering to

internal = current dwp staff or all other civil service staff
external = applicants who do not currently work for the civil service

Yes almost like that, pls see the link for more detail.http://www.pcs.org.uk/en/department_for_work_and_pensions_group/dwp-news.cfm/id/05FDBA06-1CA0-4A16-9BD22E32B9FF74B7

poker21

Radiofree wrote: »

Haha. Yes the plan was 21 st but east London screwed this up by interviewing 700 candidates till 4th April.

the last day for East London interviews is tomorrow (22/03/12)

Holly37

Still no news for me.. The wait goes on, should I feel worried??!

sammyroser

Holly37 wrote: »

Still no news for me.. The wait goes on, should I feel worried??!

No don't feel worried! The long waits for some seem to have nothing to do with scores.

NottinghamGirl_2

notts85 wrote: »

Hi, any applicants from Nottingham? any news?

No news yet!

muginawa

Ok after feeling ok about my score （67898）I am now becoming increasingly worried. All this talk of internal Vs external and rumours of how many positions are available has made me convinced that there could be just almost no chance for decent, ie not 40 and above candidates.

Can anyone put to rest these rumours of internal applicants being favoured?