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Phoning schools to inquire about interview dates

  • 09-08-2012 7:09pm
    #1
    vamos!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 525 ✭✭✭


    Can I ring schools to ask when they are interviewing once the application closing date has passed? Will this be frowned upon? I have no idea if I have not been called to interviews or if they haven't happened yet??


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  • #2
    thefasteriwalk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 565 ✭✭✭thefasteriwalk


    vamos! wrote: »
    Can I ring schools to ask when they are interviewing once the application closing date has passed? Will this be frowned upon? I have no idea if I have not been called to interviews or if they haven't happened yet??

    I have no idea, but there's a thread on educationposts on which people list places that they know have called for interview. It might be an idea to check that if you haven't already. I have a few interviews coming up if you wanna let me know where you're waiting for...


  • #3
    byhookorbycrook
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 12,514 Mod ✭✭✭✭byhookorbycrook


    Personally, I wouldn't, who would you phone anyhow?Schools are closed.
    Sometimes people post on educationposts.ie as to if schools have called for interview.


  • #4
    Fuinseog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,371 ✭✭✭Fuinseog


    vamos! wrote: »
    Can I ring schools to ask when they are interviewing once the application closing date has passed? Will this be frowned upon? I have no idea if I have not been called to interviews or if they haven't happened yet??


    I would say yes and no. ring who? the secretary very often may not even be aware that a job has been advertised. The principal may himself have no idea the interviews are being held.
    I sometimes do ring because I like to know a few things about the job before dollying myself up for an interview that could prove to a waste of time.

    within two weeks if there are jobs going they will be desperately seeking and will take anyone. I once worked in a school for four months and they never looked for anything like TC registration, Garda Vetting. for all they knew I could have been pretending to be a teacher.


  • #5
    Fuinseog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,371 ✭✭✭Fuinseog


    byhookorbycrook wrote: »
    Personally, I wouldn't, who would you phone anyhow?Schools are closed.
    Sometimes people post on educationposts.ie as to if schools have called for interview.

    schools will be open this week as the LC results are out.


  • #6
    Inspector Coptoor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,818 ✭✭✭Inspector Coptoor


    If they want to interview you, they will call you.

    Simples.

    Harsh, but simples


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  • #7
    implausible
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,937 ✭✭✭implausible


    No harm to ring OP. You'll find out if the interviews are over, if the job exists or if you still have a chance. I've done this before and some schools/secretaries/principals can be surprisingly forthcoming with information - one principal told me that a girl had been in the job that year and more or less let me know that the post was gone.


  • #8
    miller50841
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,525 ✭✭✭miller50841


    Bit late most interviews were done before the holidays and as you know there aint a lot of jobs going in teaching


  • #9
    implausible
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,937 ✭✭✭implausible


    miller50841 wrote: »
    Bit late most interviews were done before the holidays and as you know there aint a lot of jobs going in teaching

    It depends. VECs can take a long time to get a panel together and they wait until they have a lot of positions to interview for. The interview for my current job was scheduled for the beginning of September!


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