ESB apprenticeship

mccartney11

ocallyger wrote: »

HI everyone!!
done the online assessment, found thewm okay!!! some parts tricky and some quite manageable!!!
got the email saying they have received my assessments and asll that, thats almost a week ago!!! anyone know how long until we find out if we get called for the next step or not!!!
Also do you receive confirmation if you are not sucessful in the online applicagtions?????

You won't hear till June / early July, that's what happened last year anyway

NBCPass

What is involved in the training? Where will it take place?

I am living in Kerry. Will I be able to train here?

liv1892

Did anyone get an email today about assessment centre?

Wolf00

liv1892 wrote: »

Did anyone get an email today about assessment centre?

Nope. What email did you get?

liv1892

It just said we look forward to seeing you

allirish

Did they have a date or anything on it?

liv1892

allirish wrote:

Did they have a date or anything on it?

No I emailed back and am waiting on a reply

NBCPass

liv1892 wrote: »

Did anyone get an email today about assessment centre?

I'm pretty sure the assessments are done online and then people are called for interviews.

liv1892

NBCPass wrote:

I'm pretty sure the assessments are done online and then people are called for interviews.

Got a reply I have applied for Eircom as well and they emailed me off the wrong account

bassey

NBCPass wrote: »

I'm pretty sure the assessments are done online and then people are called for interviews.

Nope, unless it's changed since I did it, after the online assessment we were called to do written assessments in DIT Kevin St

allirish

You do both, one online and one in person

Pilchards

You aren't going to hear anything until June usually, interviews will be July, they've thousands of applications to process. Don't be annoying them asking if they've decided yet or making sure they got your application, they did. You'll hear from them whether you get to the next stage or not.

As for the lad who wondered if he was too old at 30 something. Not at all!! But wages at the start ain't very good so you'll have to live with that. It's like €210 per week in first year. But you'll get an overnight allowance when you're sent to Portlaoise for training to pay for accommodation n food.

To the lad who lives in Kerry: Off job ESB training and usually the first month of your apprenticeship is done in the training school in Portlaoise. It's actually a bit of craic n you get to know the lads in your year good. You'll spent at least a month each year here. All ESB specific training is carried out here. You'll be sent to Fas for your usual off job electrical training on top of this also. You'll usually be based close enough to home for on the job training. But not always, you could be sent to Dublin for 3 months. You rotate between sections in the ESB, 3 months in each and you got to go where you're told. You're given an allowance when you're sent far from home. Not much, but enough for digs.

Hope to be of help

In the job 14 years

ocallyger

Pilchards wrote: »

You aren't going to hear anything until June usually, interviews will be July, they've thousands of applications to process. Don't be annoying them asking if they've decided yet or making sure they got your application, they did. You'll hear from them whether you get to the next stage or not.

As for the lad who wondered if he was too old at 30 something. Not at all!! But wages at the start ain't very good so you'll have to live with that. It's like €210 per week in first year. But you'll get an overnight allowance when you're sent to Portlaoise for training to pay for accommodation n food.

To the lad who lives in Kerry: Off job ESB training and usually the first month of your apprenticeship is done in the training school in Portlaoise. It's actually a bit of craic n you get to know the lads in your year good. You'll spent at least a month each year here. All ESB specific training is carried out here. You'll be sent to Fas for your usual off job electrical training on top of this also. You'll usually be based close enough to home for on the job training. But not always, you could be sent to Dublin for 3 months. You rotate between sections in the ESB, 3 months in each and you got to go where you're told. You're given an allowance when you're sent far from home. Not much, but enough for digs.

Hope to be of help

In the job 14 years

how do you find them to work for!!
also what are the wages like as you progress and then qualify!!
Are u happy workinng for them!!
sorry for all the questions but i am just curious!!

Pilchards

ocallyger wrote: »

how do you find them to work for!!
also what are the wages like as you progress and then qualify!!
Are u happy workinng for them!!
sorry for all the questions but i am just curious!!

Yeah great place to work really. It's a steady job like. Wages at the start are just standard apprentice wages. Afterwards if you're kept on its alright pay, it's nothing like what people think we earn. Nothing like that!! And I don't know what kind of contract they're offering these days to be honest, it's not the job til you retire for all like it was a while ago. But there's opportunities to progress all the time and specialise in certain areas. Go on call in your area n all that, but it takes a few years before you can start doing any of that. All in all its a happy workplace. Some places aren't but most areas and sections are. Nice community is what it's really like.

liveat3

Sorry if this has been asked before, but just been made aware of this thread..

Today I received an email saying that I have Not been selected for the next stage of the selection process..
However I read that many people have completed an online aptitude test relatively soon after their initial 2015 Apprenticeship application on the ESB vacancy site. This is not the case with me, I have not had any direction to complete an online aptitude test. My initial application was made on the 3rd of April, but have not received any notification either via email or on my ESB application log in page until today, when I was informed of not being selected to continue further..

So my question: Is it common that persons will not be selected to sit the first online aptitude test?

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated..

NBCPass

Thank you for applying for our ESB Electrical Apprenticeship 2015 Campaign.

As you can imagine, we received huge numbers of applications this year and the standard was very high.

We are sorry that on this occasion you were not amongst those who have been selected for the next stage of the selection process.

It is ESB Policy to retain all information submitted to us for 2 years, for recording purposes only. Please advise us if you are unwilling to allow ESB to hold your information for this period. ESB will not use this information for any future vacancies.

We would like to take this opportunity to wish you every success in your future career and to thank you for your interest in ESB.

Kind regards,
ESB Apprentice Recruitment Team

Looks like ill be sticking to the IT job for now!

dnk123

liveat3 wrote: »

Sorry if this has been asked before, but just been made aware of this thread..

Today I received an email saying that I have Not been selected for the next stage of the selection process..
However I read that many people have completed an online aptitude test relatively soon after their initial 2015 Apprenticeship application on the ESB vacancy site. This is not the case with me, I have not had any direction to complete an online aptitude test. My initial application was made on the 3rd of April, but have not received any notification either via email or on my ESB application log in page until today, when I was informed of not being selected to continue further..

So my question: Is it common that persons will not be selected to sit the first online aptitude test?

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated..

I'm not 100% sure but could be that you didn't meet the qualification i.e didn't pass maths or something along those lines maybe

dnk123

Just got this e-mail this morning.

'Thank you for recently applying for our ESB Electrical Apprenticeship 2015 Campaign.

We are currently shortlisting for the next stage of the recruitment process. We will be in contact with you shortly.

Kind regards,
ESB Group Vacancies'

Hopefully hear something soon

deedee26

My son got the same email last week. Does that mean that people who got this email will get interview since some people have already been turned down?

dnk123

I don't know he could get shortlisted again and not make the next cut but I've no know clue..

Few lad's I'm friends with got the E-mail back saying Sorry they didn't make it so hopefully we do get an interview or get to do the aptitude test again.

niall181

jasus lads there is alot of people after getting that unsucessful email in the last week! its very hard to figure out how they do the shorlisting because some of the people i know who have been tuned down would be the last people i would of tought ? does anyone here have an idea on how they do the shortlisting ??

thekopend

I havent got anything. And i did it ages ago in february!

Pilchards

This is nothing official at all, but remember thousands of people go for this job and not many get it. They don't interview many either, a couple of hundred maybe. There's a lot of reasons why very good people get turned away. The ESB is looking for a motivated person who is dedicated to what they do. So if you have two degrees and have changed your job a few times you're not getting in, you clearly don't know what you want to do so why would ESB train you for 4 years, costing the place a fortune, and they really do invest in training, why would they take on a person who doesn't know what they want to do and is just joining to add to the cv and possibly after a lot being invested the person they wouldn't even say yes to the full time job. Think about it like

Mrs. Doyle

Thanks for that pilchards. Makes sense alright.

mccartney11

Got an interview:D got the call today

liv1892

mccartney11 wrote:

Got an interview got the call today

Did they ring or email?

mccartney11

liv1892 wrote: »

Did they ring or email?

They called me lad

dnk123

Got the call on friday aswell.. Said she will email me during the week

insert name here 123

I'm still waiting on the call, anyone know if they will send email saying if you successful or not?

mccartney11

dnk123 wrote: »

Got the call on friday aswell.. Said she will email me during the week

Yeah she said she'd email me with the details and I haven't got one yet