Temporary Clerical Positions in the Public Service

Phantasos · 03-04-2013 12:35pm

coffeelover wrote: »

Haven't filled out the questionnaire yet but just wondering do u need to attach a CV?

Nope.

But they ask about length of experience in certain roles (customer service, admin, etc), so it'd be no harm to have your CV alongside you for reference if you need it.

mayoboy55 · 03-04-2013 5:16pm

Hi, just wondering before I fill out the questionnaire, does it take the full 50 mins or are you stuck for time?

baba_bear · 03-04-2013 5:34pm

Hi mayoboy55, I completed the questionnaire earlier on today. It took me about 35-40 minutes to complete. I didn't have to rush through the questions or anything so don't worry too much about time constraints.

Ilovelucy · 03-04-2013 5:57pm

I completed it yesterday evening - took about 20 minutes.

bulmersgal · 03-04-2013 8:38pm

I done it in about half hour was reading questions thoughly and taking my time. Hopefully get a interview

scoopmine · 03-04-2013 9:47pm

TCO Online Screening Questionnaire
Temporarily Offline
Visit the Support Page for Status Updates
Note: closing date is not until Midday 9th April

Its all I've got the last two days. Did everyone that finished it get it done between 9 and 5?

bulmersgal · 03-04-2013 9:49pm

No I done it at 8 as had to wait on my daughter to go sleep

iliketomoveit · 03-04-2013 9:56pm

I keep getting "This job is not available or the closing date has passed" when I click into the link?

The closing date was said to be April 9th

phoenix999 · 03-04-2013 10:08pm

iliketomoveit wrote: »

I keep getting "This job is not available or the closing date has passed" when I click into the link?

The closing date was said to be April 9th

Try tomorrow, if the same thing happens, then email them on the support page. However, my link didn't work at first, I copied and pasted the link into the web browser. Then it worked.

iliketomoveit · 03-04-2013 10:12pm

phoenix999 wrote: »

Try tomorrow, if the same thing happens, then email them on the support page.

Right, will do that.

Thanks

Gongoozler · 03-04-2013 11:18pm

the waiting just kills me. Anybody have any idea what date they'll be starting interviews? I'm aware not everyone gets an interview, but just to have some idea when I can put it to the back of my mind until.

bulmersgal · 04-04-2013 7:23am

Gongoozler wrote: »

the waiting just kills me. Anybody have any idea what date they'll be starting interviews? I'm aware not everyone gets an interview, but just to have some idea when I can put it to the back of my mind until.

I was looking back on thread from last year think.page 20. Looked like 2/3 weeks wait to see did you get interview. Doubting myself for nothing putting great on everything. It's a pity we dont find out at end if we failed or passed

kildaremum · 04-04-2013 2:14pm

Has everyone received an email regarding questionnaire at this stage, because I haven't. I emailed support today.

gline · 04-04-2013 3:22pm

kildaremum wrote: »

Has everyone received an email regarding questionnaire at this stage, because I haven't. I emailed support today.

No, I never recieved it, whats the email address for support?

cheese1234 · 04-04-2013 3:30pm

gline wrote: »

No, I never recieved it, whats the email address for support?

Hi guys
It seems emails with ....@live.is its not working call them on 018587510 Just sorted mine with an alternative email if possible gmail

Roisin Christina · 04-04-2013 11:16pm

If you have a hotmail account and you didn't receive an email you need to contact the support team and they'll tell you how to add them to the safe mailing list and then they'll send the email again.

tonez · 05-04-2013 12:49am

I have a hotmail email and I'm waiting for this email to come from public jobs. Who do you send the email to ?

info@publicjobs.ie

murrak123 · 05-04-2013 1:30pm

tonez wrote: »

I have a hotmail email and I'm waiting for this email to come from public jobs. Who do you send the email to ?

info@publicjobs.ie

Its just as handy to give them a ring. They pick up straight away, tell you what to do and send the email out to you with the link to the questionaire. Simples the numbers are the ones on the front of the booklet.

Roisin Christina · 05-04-2013 1:30pm

You need to call them first and they'll send you a support email to change your settings.

tonez · 05-04-2013 2:56pm

Thank You, I rang the number and they sent me the questionnaire straight away to a different email address.

imbroglio · 05-04-2013 4:24pm

Completed my application with no problems just this minute. No way of knowing if the answers I put down were correct. A waiting game at this stage! Best of luck to everyone else!

ciaramc · 05-04-2013 6:08pm

Just done the application. Sugar, I clicked too fast on the continue button for one of the pages, I know I should of selected another answer.

haro124 · 05-04-2013 11:22pm

I don't remember anything like the 'rate the answers ' part last year. Seems far more like we're trying moving up from one position to another than just getting a short term contract !

bulmersgal · 08-04-2013 10:39am

Deadline has been extended, I presume because of all the problems with hotmail addresses.

For candidates who have already submitted an application but who have not yet completed and
submitted the On Line Screening Questionnaire, the deadline has been extended
to midday Thursday 11th April 2013

Presume that will mean a delay in finding out if we successful for interviews :-/

Mrs OBumble · 08-04-2013 4:37pm

bulmersgal wrote: »

Presume that will mean a delay in finding out if we successful for interviews :-/

Not necessarily, interviews might not happen for months, depending on when they need the staff.

Butterface · 08-04-2013 6:35pm

Okay, questionnaire completed.. I always finish those things with a feeling of self doubt!

bulmersgal · 08-04-2013 6:47pm

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

Not necessarily, interviews might not happen for months, depending on when they need the staff.

I'm only available for the summer so would like to now sooner rather then later

bangors85 · 09-04-2013 2:08pm

Did anyone find the questionaire alot harder this year than previous years!!
I thought the questions were really tricky like!!
very worried now

Mayo Miss · 09-04-2013 2:26pm

bangors85 wrote: »

Did anyone find the questionaire alot harder this year than previous years!!
I thought the questions were really tricky like!!
very worried now

To me the questions didn't seem suited to the role of a temp. I can't imagine them letting someone only there for a few weeks do up reports for the minister.

bangors85 · 09-04-2013 2:32pm

I dunno im not confident at all now!! total shock to the system with those questions!!

Does anyone know when we will find out our results

davydoc · 09-04-2013 3:43pm

It was more akin to a test someone would sit for 'acting up' for the summer - apparently

davydoc · 09-04-2013 3:46pm

Also the questions - I enjoy doing meaningless and repetitive tasks - what way would you answer that like ???? I really want this from a job makes you sound like a dumbo, but in reality - it's exactly what it is....Dunno what way this is going to be interpreted .....

Monife · 09-04-2013 6:55pm

davydoc wrote: »

Also the questions - I enjoy doing meaningless and repetitive tasks - what way would you answer that like ???? I really want this from a job makes you sound like a dumbo, but in reality - it's exactly what it is....Dunno what way this is going to be interpreted .....

I wouldn't fret about your answers. I applied 2 years in a row and got on the top panel (and a 2 and a half year contract out of one), then I applied last year and got on the reserve panel and I am pretty sure I answered the same way because I just answered honestly.

I got offered a 6 month contract from the reserve panel, 8 months after I applied. So you just never know.

davydoc · 09-04-2013 10:12pm

I am currently on a years contract which just ends when this starts - I also passed the last 3 years tests, but this years was way different - even people working with me couldn't answer some of the questions I remembered and asked them. Its all to do with the way they were worded. They were just difficult to try and reason what they were looking for.....but hey ho....let the cards fall where they may...

gline · 10-04-2013 9:37pm

Just finished the questionaire. Are the situations represented in the questionaire, situations that a temporary Clerical Officer would face? Some of it seemed a bit high level for a 3 month contract employee.

davydoc · 10-04-2013 10:10pm

gline wrote: »

Just finished the questionaire. Are the situations represented in the questionaire, situations that a temporary Clerical Officer would face? Some of it seemed a bit high level for a 3 month contract employee.

I'm there a year and I never faced anything like any of them

davydoc · 10-04-2013 10:12pm

To be honest - even co's that are there years - all you need to be able to do is read, write, type and be alphabetically and numerically literate - really not much else....

phoenix999 · 10-04-2013 10:18pm

davydoc wrote: »

To be honest - even co's that are there years - all you need to be able to do is read, write, type and be alphabetically and numerically literate - really not much else....

What Department are you in Davydoc?

gline · 10-04-2013 10:28pm

davydoc wrote: »

To be honest - even co's that are there years - all you need to be able to do is read, write, type and be alphabetically and numerically literate - really not much else....

Thats what I thought, it seemed a bit OTT, didnt take too long to fill out though so its not a problem. Now the waiting game, also if I get an interview I'll have to see how this will effect BTE and college grants for September etc,

chatterbox93 · 10-04-2013 10:30pm

Won't affect your grant cause you don't earn enough over the summer months and i'm pretty sure it doesn't affect your back to education I think you just sign off for a while just contact you local office anyway and they'll tell you what to do

shannone · 10-04-2013 10:35pm

gline wrote: »

Thats what I thought, it seemed a bit OTT, didnt take too long to fill out though so its not a problem. Now the waiting game, also if I get an interview I'll have to see how this will effect BTE and college grants for September etc,

it wont affect your grant as they look at the previous year's income so it might affect it next year, but I highly doubt that you'd paid that much to alter your situation greatly!

I hate playing the waiting game!!

gline · 10-04-2013 10:55pm

chatterbox93 wrote: »

Won't affect your grant cause you don't earn enough over the summer months and i'm pretty sure it doesn't affect your back to education I think you just sign off for a while just contact you local office anyway and they'll tell you what to do

Yeh I'll have to go in to the local office and see what they say as I'll also be going off VTOS onto BTE. Thats "if" I get get contacted for an interview anyway. This was the 2nd questionaire I filled in for a job application today, very similar questions, but this one was at a far higher level, above what the job requires form what people are saying.

shannone · 10-04-2013 11:02pm

gline wrote: »

Yeh I'll have to go in to the local office and see what they say as I'll also be going off VTOS onto BTE. Thats "if" I get get contacted for an interview anyway. This was the 2nd questionaire I filled in for a job application today, very similar questions, but this one was at a far higher level, above what the job requires form what people are saying.

It's all very 'if' at the moment....hate this waiting around

well hopefully it wont screw up grants for you, my only experience of grants are the county council ones for undergrad, damn susi wouldnt help me out for my masters

was chatting to the OH who was filling in the questionaire as a family friend (who works in the civil service was in house) she got told what one of the answers was....it was that question where you didnt have the applicants names to allocate to different offices, apparently the answer was to just send them off randomly as the question said random at the top

got that wrong.....makes me doubt the rest of my questionaire

:(

Gongoozler · 10-04-2013 11:12pm

Sorry shannone i dont understand what your post said about knowing an answer??

gline · 10-04-2013 11:15pm

shannone wrote: »

It's all very 'if' at the moment....hate this waiting around well hopefully it wont screw up grants for you, my only experience of grants are the county council ones for undergrad, damn susi wouldnt help me out for my masters

was chatting to the OH who was filling in the questionaire as a family friend (who works in the civil service was in house) she got told what one of the answers was....it was that question where you didnt have the applicants names to allocate to different offices, apparently the answer was to just send them off randomly as the question said random at the top

got that wrong.....makes me doubt the rest of my questionaire :(

Its mainly the bte id be worried about

I dont remember the question you are mentioning, is it possible there is a bank of questions and you get a set number from it?

shannone · 10-04-2013 11:24pm

I probably didn't explain myself too well...sorry!

Just had a really quick google, I guess the job would be classed as temporary so shouldn't affect you but as I said I have no experience of BTE, guess its better safe than sorry to go ask if you get an interview

Mayo Miss · 10-04-2013 11:57pm

gline wrote: »

Its mainly the bte id be worried about

I dont remember the question you are mentioning, is it possible there is a bank of questions and you get a set number from it?

I didn't get that question either. Made me think "Oops, how did I miss that one!" when I read it.

gline · 10-04-2013 11:58pm

Mayo Miss wrote: »

I didn't get that question either. Made me think "Oops, how did I miss that one!" when I read it.

haha, thats what i was thinking too when i read it

mayoboy55 · 11-04-2013 1:45am

Does anyone that applied in previous years know how long it is before they call people for interview? I tried emailing them but they weren't helpful at all!!

phoenix999 · 11-04-2013 1:55am

Last year some people were interviewed as early as April and others as late as December. It's all rather hit and miss to be honest. And they will start later this year due to the later April closing date. Early to mid-May for first interviews would be optimistic to say the least.

Temporary Clerical Positions in the Public Service

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