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Public Sector job and essential entry requirements?

  • 05-08-2008 1:50pm
    #1
    baguio
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    Currently looking at applying for a job in the public sector. The job spec has a section with 'Essential Entry Requirements'. My degree is not ICT related (which they require). However, I hold a number of industry recognised IT qualifications in addition to my primary degree (which is in an unrelated subject).

    Given that its public sector, how likely is it that my application will be binned on initial review? ie. can they approach it with some latitude as would happen if it were private sector?


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  • #2
    The_Conductor
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 32,286 Mod ✭✭✭✭The_Conductor


    If they specify that you need an IT qualification they have a prescribed list of courses with varying degrees of points ascribed to them on a scale (e.g. a graduate Diploma is higher than a Masters, but less than a Doctorate etc).

    If you do not meet the criteria- your application is void. It is normally left up to the applicant to determine whether they hold the requisite qualifications. The qualifications themselves are not checked by the Public Appointment Service (or Personnel Sections) until after the interview stage. If you do not meet the criteria- irrespective of how wonderfully you do at interview, you will not get the job. Full stop.......

    There is no leeway to bend the rules because someone has a lot of experience or performed well at interview. Its the fairest system- because it is fully transparent, and everyone knows what they have to do in order to make the cut.........

    If you do not have the qualifications and still apply for a particular job- you are wasting both your time and the time of the people who are interviewing you.


  • #3
    amen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,781 ✭✭✭amen


    a graduate Diploma is higher than a Masters

    really? I would have said the other way around


  • #4
    The_Conductor
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    amen wrote: »
    really? I would have said the other way around

    They do distinguish between a Graduate/Postgraduate Dip and a HDip. A Postgrad Dip would be the equivalence of an honours Masters (often referred to as a Level 9 qualification), Level 8 being an Honours Degree (a HDip is also graded as a Level 8 course), Level 7 being an ordinary bachelor degree etc (note: the "Honours" refers to the academic level of the degree- not the grade achieved in the degree)- i.e. part of the required qualifications could be a minimum 2.2 in an Hons IT degree (which would be a level 8 qualification at honours level).

    A doctorate is Level 10 on this scale.


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