Garda Recruitment - Applying to join An Garda Siochana

daisey

greydiamond wrote: »

Anyone else waiting patiently for the text/e-mail from publicjobs.ie to say the next drive is open? I know I am!:cool:

howdy all, ya im still waiting for that important e-mail so i can apply keep tinking that their forgeting about me doh:( best of luck to eveyone

jdq

Hi, can anyone tell me if I can expect members of my family to be interviewed/contacted at any stage of the recruitment process?

Dr_MaSoN

jdq wrote: »

Hi, can anyone tell me if I can expect members of my family to be interviewed/contacted at any stage of the recruitment process?

No they wont be.

kaizersoze1980

jdq wrote: »

Hi, can anyone tell me if I can expect members of my family to be interviewed/contacted at any stage of the recruitment process?

No, ive never heard of that happening. They will conduct background checks on them though

ojewriej

jdq wrote: »

Hi, can anyone tell me if I can expect members of my family to be interviewed/contacted at any stage of the recruitment process?

What the lads said. They will ring people who gave you references though.

itsallaboutheL

ojewriej wrote: »

What the lads said. They will ring people who gave you references though.

Not likely to ring your current employers, but have a story just incase

Haz33

itsallaboutheL wrote: »

Not likely to ring your current employers, but have a story just incase

Definately have a story or even better tell them what you are doing. It is not normal practice to contact current employers but it has happened ( to paolo5 I think).......Its better not to be caught on the hop!

goouch

Ive waited 6months for this week bring it on

woohoo

Some really good info on this site. Well done guys & girls!

I finally think I've matured enough to join up!!!

Does anybody know any good courses to do? I don't fancy failing and waiting 6 months to re-apply! Did anybody do the Kilroys or garda entry courses?

Roll on next week & good luck to everyone!!!

keith101

hi im completely new to this site. im very enthusiastic about joining tha gardai but am lacking on info. the question i would like to be answered most is..... will family members (first cousins)having criminal record (served time in jail) affect my chances of getting in? even though i do not associate with them at all..i would be really grateful if this question was answered thanks.

shakin

any ideas when its starting? in a few hours hopefully!!!:D

Haz33

keith101 wrote: »

hi im completely new to this site. im very enthusiastic about joining tha gardai but am lacking on info. the question i would like to be answered most is..... will family members (first cousins)having criminal record (served time in jail) affect my chances of getting in? even though i do not associate with them at all..i would be really grateful if this question was answered thanks.

No generally speaking this shouldn't hinder your application. The background checks are more to rule out major drugdealing ties, terrorist envolvement, ira membership and that sort of thing and then of course stuff you will have done yourself.
A speeding fine or caught with a spliff 10 years ago, or havin' a wee on the street are not things that will stop you getting in but if you have done any of these be prepared to be asked about them!

shakin

its not up today,like the stereophonics "maybe tomorrow!"

jos28

goouch wrote: »

JOHNNYIRISH you definately will have to wait 6months, but yes apply for feedback and appeal your score then see the outcome i think people are crazy not to appeal you just never know it only costs a stamp ,,,,,,,

Does anyone know anyone who made a successful appeal. My son failed the interview by 7 marks. He never thought to appeal. He just geared himself up for the next round. Does lodging an appeal go against you when you re apply ?

ojewriej

jos28 wrote: »

Does anyone know anyone who made a successful appeal. My son failed the interview by 7 marks. He never thought to appeal. He just geared himself up for the next round. Does lodging an appeal go against you when you re apply ?

One of the posters here succesfully appealed the Report writing. This is what she wrote about it:

11-04-2007, 16:44 #3947

cul_irl

I was able to successfully appeal the decision. I went down by 1 mark in the report writing but there were a few uncontrolable events that occurred that morning that contributed to this (some of my earlier posts will explain). On review the PAS & psychologist agreed in my favour and the decision was overturned. Appeals like this are rarely successful so I'm pretty lucky and delighted to have been given a second chance. If it had been the interview that I had went down in.....well, then that would have been a different story

So from what she says, appealing the interview doesn't look that easy For some more details, you can try to look for her posts in the old Garda Thread, or even PMing her.

I wouldn't imagine that appealing would go against your son, as long as it's done in a professionall way of course.

kerry4sam

jos28 wrote: »

...Does lodging an appeal go against you when you re apply ?

No appealing won't go against you, providing it is done in a professional manner. When re-applying at the next possible round of applications you will be given a new and different candidate number so essentially then your old file would be closed and you would be starting for scratch again.

Haz33

jos28 wrote: »

Does anyone know anyone who made a successful appeal. My son failed the interview by 7 marks. He never thought to appeal. He just geared himself up for the next round. Does lodging an appeal go against you when you re apply ?

Yeah I would agree with the others here. It wont go against him. He should still re -apply, when he can again, so as not to hold himself up if an appeal doesn't work out.
I wouldn't put a huge amount of hope on the appeal though. As oj said it is a difficult procedure, even when there is only one mark hanging in the balance. 7 marks seems a lot to try and claw back on appeal, especially if it is out of one section. Best of luck with it though!

keith101

Thanks very much Haz33 i was really paronoid but feel better now, do you also know if they contact present and past employers. and also im 19 now and will be 20 in january i am currently in school and sitting my leaving in a few weeks so im a tad bit too late for this intake do you have any idea when the next one is... Are you Going for this one? good look if you are....

jos28

Thanks everyone for the replies. He just had a look and as Haz said 7 marks is a lot to try and get from an appeal. So here's to the next round and good luck to everyone. Thanks again.

Haz33

keith101 wrote: »

Thanks very much Haz33 i was really paronoid but feel better now, do you also know if they contact present and past employers. and also im 19 now and will be 20 in january i am currently in school and sitting my leaving in a few weeks so im a tad bit too late for this intake do you have any idea when the next one is... Are you Going for this one? good look if you are....

They dont normally contact current employers but the possibilty is it may happen so be prepared. They can call previous employers and those who you put down for references, but probably not them all. This will vary from person to person.
Unfortunately you have no results to apply with which is unlucky for you.
AFAIK there should be one more before the end of the year ( rumoured to be sept ) but look this is a "take it as it comes" recruitment process. No one really knows what goes on so just register with public jobs and stay tuned to boards for any info you can get.
I have passed everything , just waiting for date for PCT, so hoping to be in templemore for August.
Best of luck with that LC. Concentrate all your energy on that for now!

Haz33

jos28 wrote: »

Thanks everyone for the replies. He just had a look and as Haz said 7 marks is a lot to try and get from an appeal. So here's to the next round and good luck to everyone. Thanks again.

Hope I didn't put you off appealing but I definately think use this information to work on the next time, and you can only improve. The fact that you re apply definately will stand to you next time.

soundlad

Haz33 wrote: »

They dont normally contact current employers but the possibilty is it may happen so be prepared. They can call previous employers and those who you put down for references, but probably not them all. This will vary from person to person.
Unfortunately you have no results to apply with which is unlucky for you.
AFAIK there should be one more before the end of the year ( rumoured to be sept ) but look this is a "take it as it comes" recruitment process. No one really knows what goes on so just register with public jobs and stay tuned to boards for any info you can get.
I have passed everything , just waiting for date for PCT, so hoping to be in templemore for August.
Best of luck with that LC. Concentrate all your energy on that for now!

It depends on yor local station weather they ring ur current employer. My local station did ring my currrent employer which didnt go down to well at the time but sure u have to these things

coolkidd

Hi Folks,
I am applying for the next recruitment drive but most of the gards i have spoke to say it usualy takes the best part of a year to get to templemore, so i am planning on doing a degree in the meantime. Does anyone know of any one year courses that would be gd to have under my belt??

goouch

IT will be up Thur. we should receive txt Email on Thur if you have registered

horse1

Hi Guys,

I was just on a website of one of the prep courses for AGS and some of them are not until the 7th and 8th June in Sligo and Galway. Does this mean that it will be another 5 or 6 weeks unitl the next recruitment cycle.
just a bit confused

goouch

Haz they told me 2marks was alot to appeal anyway its worth it i think?

goouch

horse1 ya im finding the same prob but alot of these aim to do the class prior to interview dates now they are said to advertise Thur for i think 2weeks then it wont be till mid june we will all be doing stage 1 then if you think about it by the time results are back and we all:p have interview dates got id say wed be looking at july anyways what you think?

horse1

goouch wrote: »

horse1 ya im finding the same prob but alot of these aim to do the class prior to interview dates now they are said to advertise Thur for i think 2weeks then it wont be till mid june we will all be doing stage 1 then if you think about it by the time results are back and we all:p have interview dates got id say wed be looking at july anyways what you think?

the website i was lookin at was for prep for stage 1. i dont know what to think. from reading previous threads they were reckoning that the august intake is nearly full, so this recruitment process might be for the november intake. maybe thats why the might delay it a bit.just a thought.

Haz33

coolkidd wrote: »

Hi Folks,
I am applying for the next recruitment drive but most of the gards i have spoke to say it usualy takes the best part of a year to get to templemore, so i am planning on doing a degree in the meantime. Does anyone know of any one year courses that would be gd to have under my belt??

I have replied to this in the waitng room coolkid. Check it out!

Haz33

goouch wrote: »

Haz they told me 2marks was alot to appeal anyway its worth it i think?

Yeah Goouch I would agree. It is worth it and it would be no harm. I felt a bit bad back there when they said they wouldn't be appealing. I just didn't think it's worth putting all your eggs in one basket. 2 or 3 or 4 marks maybe even 5 and I would say go for it. Anything outside that is not beyond the realms of possibility but success is certainly diminished and personally I would cover my rear and reapply anyway!