Administrative Officer 2015 open competition

Emmal14

yomod wrote: »

I got an email there that I'm under consideration (I was in the mid 120's on the panel) for the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. I'm going to think about it over the weekend. In the meantime, they won't contact my present employer without the go ahead from me will they? I'm currently working in the private sector it wouldn't be great if they did and I decided to stay where I am.

P.S. first time poster, long time watcher on this thread - great job on keeping everyone updated people. Congrats to everyone who has got an offer, and hang in there to the rest of ye!

In my consideration email it asked me to confirm it was ok to contact my current employer.

yomod

Thanks for the replies guys. I got back to them.

Emmal14

Letter of offer received! Its official!

The_Conductor

Emmal14 wrote: »

Letter of offer received! Its official!

Well done- which Department?

Emmal14

The_Conductor wrote: »

Well done- which Department?

Department of public expenditure and reform. So just have to wait for my department to make contact now!

eleah

Thanks for all the updates, I've been reading this thread several times a week, although I rarely post.
I'm at 130 on the panel, so might have a shot over the next month or so. I can't believe they've got through so many offers so quickly.

fingers crossed it this pace keeps up.

trebormax

Emmal14 wrote: »

Letter of offer received! Its official!

WOO!

Hey can I ask, did you receive a phone call also? Or was it just email then letter?

Holysock

Anyone have updates for this week? I'm 131 so the wait is driving me mad at this stage!

Veledan22

Did anyone else have to get police clearance for time spent living abroad?

SJ.

Holysock wrote: »

Anyone have updates for this week? I'm 131 so the wait is driving me mad at this stage!

Sorry - nothing to add but a good friend (who refuses to post here) is just after you, so it would be very much appreciated if you said here when you hear...

Thanks!

Emmal14

trebormax wrote: »

WOO!

Hey can I ask, did you receive a phone call also? Or was it just email then letter?

I have had email then letter. Waiting on the phonecall to organise start dates etc

Holysock

Got emailed today and I am under consideration. Was 131

Veledan22

Holysock wrote: »

Got emailed today and I am under consideration. Was 131

Congratulations

Emmal14

Holysock wrote: »

Got emailed today and I am under consideration. Was 131

Congratulations! What department are you headed for?

Holysock

PM'd you there

eleah

Im number 130 and under consideration also!!!

trebormax

Holysock wrote: »

Got emailed today and I am under consideration. Was 131

Congratulations!

Shall we all do a roll call?

Department of Health

LondonFields

Does anyone know how strictly they follow the order when calling people? I'm in the 120s, and have heard nothing yet

trebormax

LondonFields wrote: »

Does anyone know how strictly they follow the order when calling people? I'm in the 120s, and have heard nothing yet

Hi,

You should have heard by now. I know its silly but check your spam/junk folder, and your publicjobs.ie message board. Make sure as well that if you have your application saved somewhere that your contact number and email address information is correct.

If you are definite that you did not receive any correspondence then I would contact PAS and advise you are aware the AO/graduate panel has passed your number in the order of merit and see what the situation is. Have your candidate number to hand when calling them.

The word is PAS only skip to find people with particular skills or qualifications, such as accountancy etc, so hopefully its just a crossed line somewhere.

LondonFields

I thought that might have been the case, that someone was looking for specific skills, but 130 and 131 have both been contacted, so that rang alarm bells!
My contact details are all up-to-date, and there are no messages on my message board, so I think I'll have to bite the bullet and ring them... thanks!

trebormax

Good luck, fingers crossed it is just a mix up.

shedex

heya all

I've been reading this thread the past couple of months, didnt think I had a snowballs chance until recently. I'm in the mid-140s and hoping they might get to me in the next week maybe (?) Is there anyone between 131 and mid-140s on this thread?

SJ.

LondonFields wrote: »

I thought that might have been the case, that someone was looking for specific skills, but 130 and 131 have both been contacted, so that rang alarm bells!
My contact details are all up-to-date, and there are no messages on my message board, so I think I'll have to bite the bullet and ring them... thanks!

Good luck - let us know?

anthrogal

Hey all,

Wanted to give a big thank you to all who keep us updated on this thread, I'm in the 160s and had thought I hadn't a notion of being called, but each time I come on here and see the numbers that are being called that little bit of hope grows bigger!!

Congrats to all who have gotten called so far and here's hoping the rest of us make the cut too!!

(:

LondonFields

SJ. wrote: »

Good luck - let us know?

I have emailed them ... will keep you posted!

Emmal14

LondonFields wrote: »

I have emailed them ... will keep you posted!

Best of luck! Its probably crossed wires somewhere! Fingers crossed for everyone on the panel!

Ella05

Just wondering if anyone appointed from outside the civil service has managed to obtain higher than point one of the scale. I'm aware of the department of finance circular E100/8/82 but wondering have there been any exceptions in this competition.

LondonFields

Under consideration as of this morning

trebormax

LondonFields wrote: »

Under consideration as of this morning

Ah brilliant. Must have just been a clearance delay or something similar.

Congratulations! Which department?

SJ.

LondonFields wrote: »

Under consideration as of this morning

Good for you.

Thisisit90

Anymore updates?.I'm in the late 130s

shedex

Thisisit90 wrote: »

Anymore updates?.I'm in the late 130s

I think you're the next person that can give this thread an update

The_Conductor

Ella05 wrote: »

Just wondering if anyone appointed from outside the civil service has managed to obtain higher than point one of the scale. I'm aware of the department of finance circular E100/8/82 but wondering have there been any exceptions in this competition.

Its called incremental credit- and its not applicable in general grade competitions (such as EO or AO). It might be a proposition for a specialised stream (IT, Accountancy, Economics, etc) but not for general grades.

It gets used more in State Bodies than in the civil service at large (such as trying to recruit qualified staff for laboratory posts etc- in which case their experience after fully qualifying might assist towards a maximum of 3 incremental points on the scale).

shedex

anybody got any updates?

SJ.

mid 130s

LondonFields

Can I ask how long after email notification a letter typically arrives? I had an email last week (in response to a request for updates) but no official letter...
Also, does anyone know if turning down an offer then also removes you from the Irish language panel?

The_Conductor

Speaking of the Irish Language Panel- has anyone at all been placed from it?

Emmal14

I start the 18th of April! Wooo

LondonFields

Emmal14 wrote: »

I start the 18th of April! Wooo

Well done

Veledan22

Emmal14 wrote: »

I start the 18th of April! Wooo

Congratulations!

Starblue

Long-time lurker! I'm in mid-140s and rang today. They are at 134ish and have pretty much filled the vacancies that were there so will be waiting on new ones to come in now. Just said I'd post in case others waiting every day on their email to ping!

shedex

ah, so i imagine those of use above mid-130s might be waiting a while to hear, if we hear anything at all

Starblue

The nice girl I spoke to gave me the impression it was more a question of when and not if but obviously they don't know what requests are going to come in. Would think there's still a good chance but it just might be a bit longer

shedex

I was hoping an offer would come in sooner rather than later as I have another job offer on the table, but haven't signed the contract yet. Really AO would be my first choice, but I dont think I can delay signing the offer on the other job any longer. Ah well... bird in the hand and all that

Emmal14

shedex wrote: »

I was hoping an offer would come in sooner rather than later as I have another job offer on the table, but haven't signed the contract yet. Really AO would be my first choice, but I dont think I can delay signing the offer on the other job any longer. Ah well... bird in the hand and all that

You know what they say always easier to get a job from a job! So maybe just put AO on the backburner for awhile

shedex

Emmal14 wrote: »

You know what they say always easier to get a job from a job! So maybe just put AO on the backburner for awhile

Aye. My idea would be to do the new job for 18months or so, then apply for AO again in 2017, assuming they would run the competition again. Does anyone know if this is going to be annual thing, so long as the economy is running along ok?

Slydice

There's no guarantees but.. Over the last few years, there has been AO competitions so it's likely.

Like you said, the economy or some other reason we can't spot right now could come up.

FWIW, I'd say you have a good change of being called before summer if you are in the 130s and they are at 134 like Starblue posted.

Even if you did take the other job, then publicjobs would probably still offer you AO when they got to your position.

sinead2016

I got an e-mail this morning saying that they've reached 132 and that they'll continue to work from the panel as they receive new requests for AOs. Keeping my fingers crossed that they'll get lots of requests in the coming months!

keepkeyyellow

I haven't been keeping an eye on this too closely but what's the highest examined?

Emmal14

keepkeyyellow wrote: »

I haven't been keeping an eye on this too closely but what's the highest examined?

Do you mean what number was called to interview in december? That was 250. We haven't quite determined the number on the panel but i think there is people in the 160's definitely