How to become a postman

thefires

Hi,
just wondering how do you apply to be a postman ??

heebusjeebus

Leave your CV in the letterbox

gaz wac

First things first....do you have a black and white cat ?

Max Power1

this isnt AH lads

Theres a public service moratorium on recruitment since last year so i'd presume that would apply to An Post

heebusjeebus

Their Careers page mentions "We are not recruiting for any positions at present please do continue to check this page for future positions."


http://www.anpost.ie/AnPost/MainContent/About+An+Post/Careers/

Pablo Sanchez

Slightly OT but do postmen actually work an 8 hour day?

dlambirl

Some work small hours and some very long.

My postman at home has a very long run. He has to collect post from another town and sort it all and then deliver. He could be still delivering at 7pm!! At whats worse he only gets paid till 4pm :eek::eek:

mikemac

Pablo Sanchez wrote: »

Slightly OT but do postmen actually work an 8 hour day?

Depends.
I believe the opportunity is there to get extra hours if you come in early for sorting.
Though that was a few years ago when I last heard it and a lot of this is now centralized.

Our local postman used to start at 7am and finish up around 4pm. He doesn't get paid past 4pm
That was a few hours of sorting in the morning and then maybe deliver from 10am onwards.
And since it's local, go home for dinner for an hour around 1pm

vector

I'd love to be postman... always had an interest in the names of streets, and number schemes, and the lack of numbers... well either that or a Taxi driver...

Otis Driftwood

A friend of mine is a postman.He has been at it over 2 years and only got made perm in the last 6 months or so.

How he applied was he dropped his CV into the local post office and waited,for 2 years.

As for the hours,that depends.

He could be in at 4 and be home by 11 in the morning.

Or he could start at 12 pm and finish around 7 am.

It varies hugely week to week.

Thoie

Keep an eye out on their job page coming up to Christmas - they sometimes advertise for temporary postmen for December. I know one guy who did December for a few years, then was made fulltime.

dsane1

Good luck anyway ,sure it's better than walking the streets !

SIX PACK

heebusjeebus wrote: »

Leave your CV in the letterbox

Nice comeback

miec

Hi Op

I don't know how it works in Ireland, but I used to be a postie in the UK, it is early starts and around Christmas time it is manic, so I would advise you to ring up the HR department of An Post, a lot of people used to do that in the UK and often they got the jobs, what I also noticed is was timing and who you know, would you consider chatting to your local postman and asking them if they know of any jobs going, or who to chat to, ask them for the name of the local delivery manager and ring them. Also would you consider working in a sorting office for the Christmas period as a casual worker?

another name

what are the wages like in this career?

say starting out and then up to a branch manager ?

is there money to be made in it?

cute_cow

my dad has been a postman for the bones of 30 years. They are busier than ever with An Post, but as several people have said, they are not hiring at the moment.

To answer another name, the wages are good, well for my dad they are, but its the same as public sector, you started off on a scale and gradually work your way up.

The hours can be long expecially over christmas, but normally begin at 7 and finish around 4/5 depnding how busy it is, and i think they get some overtime to get the mail delivered at christmas.

Isn't there a Dutch company coming into Ireland as postal service in the next few years, or was that a dream?! Hence the ads from An Post on the telly? If so, I presume they will be hiring postmen etc?

Pablo Sanchez

Yeah ive found those ads with the creep in it really funny actually....'an post, in Ieland noone delivere more', thought it was an odd thing to highlight seeing as they have a monopoly!

siddysid

Pablo Sanchez wrote: »

Yeah ive found those ads with the creep in it really funny actually....'an post, in Ieland noone delivere more', thought it was an odd thing to highlight seeing as they have a monopoly!

Postal market is opening up for liberalisation from Jan 2011, meaning European competitors can come in and cherry-pick the more profitable routes. hence the ads drumming up business.