Central Bank - lots of jobs.

Zipppy

Lots of jobs advertised in Central Bank

Couple of friends work there and say its difficult to get good staff...

Elessar

Well if they advertised an actual salary for each position, that might be a good start.

Seriously. Do they expect the best people to line up outside with application forms in hand for jobs that might be less well paid than what they are currently earning?!

floorpie

I presume they're the usual public service pay scales? Anybody know? The experience required for reach role isn't very clear

Zipppy

floorpie wrote: »

I presume they're the usual public service pay scales? Anybody know? The experience required for reach role isn't very clear

From memory .. Of jobs in the past.. I don't think they are allied to PS payscales..bank scales I think

Phantasos

Zipppy wrote: »

Lots of jobs advertised in Central Bank

Couple of friends work there and say its difficult to get good staff...

I went through an exhaustive graduate campaign with them before. The interview consisted of two people - a manager and a HR lady. The HR lady asked me the most bull$hit questions. Stuff like "what will you do if you don't get the job" and "three words to describe you". Stuff that was just airy-fairy HR nonsense.

I also attended a group assessment day where each table of eight candidates was given questions, watched by three "observers".

They wouldn't give me any feedback on any of the recruitment campaign when i wasn't successful. All that monitoring and questioning by numerous people, and they couldn't give me any pointers about where i lost out or could have done better.

Maybe it's difficult to get good staff because their recruitment process is $hite. So much practical stuff for choosing a good candidate overlooked for silly HR nonsense. Just a thought.

floorpie

Phantasos wrote: »

I went through an exhaustive graduate campaign with them before. The interview consisted of two people - a manager and a HR lady. The HR lady asked me the most bull$hit questions. Stuff like "what will you do if you don't get the job" and "three words to describe you". Stuff that was just airy-fairy HR nonsense.

What type of position were you applying for? Did you feel like you'd walked it or were you not happy with your interviews

Phantasos

floorpie wrote: »

What type of position were you applying for? Did you feel like you'd walked it or were you not happy with your interviews

General graduate campaign a few years back. No I was fairly happy with my performance overall. I had a good grasp of the technical questions the manager asked, i can talk the talk for the HR stuff (even if some of it was nonsense) and i performed decently in the group setting.

At the time, it seemed a lot of accountant trainees were trying to jump ship by applying for the roles. I figured that their extra work experience was an advantage for them. It was incredibly frustrating to not get feedback though, especially when I'd spent loads of money on my trips to Dublin and jumped through so many hoops.

Slydice

Anyone have any knowledge about the non-senior IT jobs?

They're fair specific to what they want and I don't have all the technical parts. I'm very confident in my ability, have a masters in computer science, have roughly 10 to 12 years between temporary/permanent roles but I don't match up with what they are looking for. This is just for the 2 non-senior jobs. I presume I'd need some kind of managerial experience for those so not looking at them.

I'm very good at learning new technologies and administrating and developing them so I can't imagine not being able to do work they want. I'd probably need training in their specific stuff though.

from little acorns

Elessar wrote: »

Well if they advertised an actual salary for each position, that might be a good start.

Seriously. Do they expect the best people to line up outside with application forms in hand for jobs that might be less well paid than what they are currently earning?!

My thoughts exactly.

My experience and qualifications match up identically with one of those roles (plus a lot of additional expertise.) I think it's a position I'd enjoy and do well in.

However - part of the reason it's such a good match - is because I work in the industry, in a company closely affiliated with the CB, with lots of mutual contacts.

So I'm not going to take the risk of having my current employers know that I'm looking elsewhere, until I know if it's a job I'd actually consider, i.e. is the salary within my expectations.

I'd actually be quite confident that I'd be a strong candidate for the role, which is frustrating. I think I'd be in with a good shot if I applied. But I won't. And I'm sure the majority of other strong candidates are in a similar position. So they're leaving themselves their pick of the not-so-strong candidates. Good luck to them!