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Garda Reserve B.R Form (for background checks)
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Thanks lehanemore & geo1212 for your replies appreciate them
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I've been looking at the application form on the public jobs site and have gone through it,is there not a section asking do you have a job or what your previous employment was because it doesn't seem to be on this form.
Also is there anywhere I can have a look at the GR2 form,it's supposed to be on the Garda website but there's no link for it.
Reading also the interview process on the site,it says that you will be interviewed by a member of the public services and a retired member of the force yet everyone on here says it's an active Super that does them or is the Garda site on this wrong ?
Anyone got any "dodgey" relatives in relation to the GR 2 form and have been able to continue on even though ? I've one who I'm very worried will stop me from joining up on the other hand I've an uncle who's a detective Sgt wondering would that make up for it,this is really bothering me
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Thanks lehanemore & geo1212 for your replies appreciate them .
I've been looking at the application form on the public jobs site and have gone through it,is there not a section asking do you have a job or what your previous employment was because it doesn't seem to be on this form.
Also is there anywhere I can have a look at the GR2 form,it's supposed to be on the Garda website but there's no link for it.
Reading also the interview process on the site,it says that you will be interviewed by a member of the public services and a retired member of the force yet everyone on here says it's an active Super that does them or is the Garda site on this wrong ?
Anyone got any "dodgey" relatives in relation to the GR 2 form and have been able to continue on even though ? I've one who I'm very worried will stop me from joining up on the other hand I've an uncle who's a detective Sgt wondering would that make up for it,this is really bothering me
I was going through the very same dilemma as you until I finally took the plunge.
Fill out the initial cultural/religious background form on the publicjobs.ie site and then the first GR application form; the rest will come in the post and/or via e-mail.
The dodgy relative is going to be there no matter what you do, I read somewhere on here that the main things they look for are Subversive activity and Drug related criminality, maybe there's more, I'm sure someone else will point this out. It obviously hasn't affected your uncle's progress up through the ranks, assuming the relative is on that side of the family.
It is well worth going back and reading through this thread in its entirety, all the questions you ask have variously been answered along the way.
Just go for it if you think you are ready and good luck.:cool:0 -
lehanemore wrote: »I was going through the very same dilemma as you until I finally took the plunge.
Fill out the initial cultural/religious background form on the publicjobs.ie site and then the first GR application form; the rest will come in the post and/or via e-mail.
The dodgy relative is going to be there no matter what you do, I read somewhere on here that the main things they look for are Subversive activity and Drug related criminality, maybe there's more, I'm sure someone else will point this out. It obviously hasn't affected your uncle's progress up through the ranks, assuming the relative is on that side of the family.
It is well worth going back and reading through this thread in its entirety, all the questions you ask have variously been answered along the way.
Just go for it if you think you are ready and good luck.:cool:
Thanks for that again lehanemore,makes me feel a bit more positive about going for it now
Just been reading an earlier post about the GR2 form where it asks about previous employment and that it requires 2 references,I'm 20 and a full time student in college I only worked part time during the summer and I'm not at the moment but will be again this summer I have never had "previous" employment before this,what do I do here ? just leave it blank or what
Also do they check i.e ring up where you say you are or were working be it only part time or your full time day job or do they just take your word for it ? or can they see from you PPS number where you've worked or not ?0 -
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Thanks for that again lehanemore,makes me feel a bit more positive about going for it now
Just been reading an earlier post about the GR2 form where it asks about previous employment and that it requires 2 references,I'm 20 and a full time student in college I only worked part time during the summer and I'm not at the moment but will be again this summer I have never had "previous" employment before this,what do I do here ? just leave it blank or what
Also do they check i.e ring up where you say you are or were working be it only part time or your full time day job or do they just take your word for it ? or can they see from you PPS number where you've worked or not ?
Hi Co19,
If you don't have someone that you worked for to get a reference from due to being in full time education I wouldn't worry too much. You could use your principal from school, coach from a sport club or your tutor in college as referees. They are looking for character references really.
They will definitely phone whoever you give as a reference. I gave references going back to 1999 and they phoned them all. I presume if they did call and couldn't actually speak to the person you named it wouldn't count as a reference.
Your best bet is to select who you're going to give as referees and then phone them and ask for their permission to do so. That way they'll know a call is coming and you've also reminded them who you are. Also there is nothing quite so annoying as getting phoned for a reference when you cannot remember anything about the person who's asking!
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Hi Co19,
If you don't have someone that you worked for to get a reference from due to being in full time education I wouldn't worry too much. You could use your principal from school, coach from a sport club or your tutor in college as referees. They are looking for character references really.
Ah I see ,that's great collie thanks,I'll be able to get them from those sources no problem.
Just thinking would I be able to give as 1 of my 2 references a reference from a relative of mine who is a Garda ?0 -
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Just filling in that gr 2 form now wow its long
can anyone tell me did they provide written references
and when they provided them at
not sure if you just fill in reference names ect. in the boxes provided on the form,and give written ones to local garda station,or do you leave that section blank.Anyone?? 0 -
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