Fas jobseeker website down

lukin

Has anyone tried to get on the FAS jobs website in the last couple of days? It is giving me a 404 error:http://jobseeker.fas.ie/
Have they changed the url?I emailed them about it but didn't get a reply.

livedadream

http://www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/Find-a-Job.aspx

lukin

livedadream wrote: »

http://www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/Find-a-Job.aspx

When I search on that I get back no results (for everything).

livedadream

im out of ideas mate...

lukin

https://www.reddit.com/r/ireland/comments/4tkfot/is_the_fas_jobseeker_website_offline_for_anyone/

hojphotography

Not sure if this site is taking over from the good oul jobseekere.fas.ie site but this was on there homepage http://www.jobsireland.ie/
All I can say is UNBELIEVABLE!!!

pillphil

hojphotography wrote: »

Not sure if this site is taking over from the good oul jobseekere.fas.ie site but this was on there homepage http://www.jobsireland.ie/
All I can say is UNBELIEVABLE!!!

This is the replacement URL as Fás has been replaced by Solas.

Harry Palmr

Ridiculous, and typical public sector. Why isn't the current site still running? Haven't they got more than one server?

Firefox11

It says it will be up today. I won't hold my breath. Those websites are terrible. Practically unusable.

beazee

From Monday, 18 July, a new look JobsIreland website will be available at www.jobsireland.ie

As it says on https://jobbank.fas.ie/
which is down and will not let you browse the listings.

Well, let's see - www.jobsireland.ie:

www.jobsireland.ie is currently unavailable to facilitate an upgrade to the service.

The service will resume on Friday, 22nd July.

It is Friday and still not up and ready.
On Tuesday it said Wednesday,
On Wednesday they put Thursday instead,
It's Friday...

lukin

hojphotography wrote: »

Not sure if this site is taking over from the good oul jobseekere.fas.ie site but this was on there homepage http://www.jobsireland.ie/
All I can say is UNBELIEVABLE!!!

I think that is the new url because I went for an interview with the company that got the contract for the jobsireland website (I didn't get the job btw).
Jobsireland is replacing the fas jobseeker site I think.
Ridiculous that the fas jobseeker site is down for so long with no redirect to a working alternative or at least have a message onscreen saying "Under maintenance" or something. I would say hundreds if not thousands of people go on that site everyday.

beazee

Only hope they got it right this time:

The Department of Social Protection apologises for any inconvenience caused by the disruption in the JobsIreland service. We anticipate that service will resume from Thursday 28th July.

pillphil

beazee wrote: »

Only hope they got it right this time:

Do you think they just said, "F*ck it, tell 'em it'll be another week. I don't know when its coming back"

hojphotography

Maybe they think everybody has a job now :rolleyes:

beazee

pillphil wrote: »

Do you think they just said, "F*ck it, tell 'em it'll be another week. I don't know when its coming back"

They definitely used the word "anticipate"

And then, there's Bank Holiday coming... I'd be pleasantly surprised if the site is up and running by Thursday.

lukin

http://jobseeker.fas.ie/ gives "not found". It's only https://jobbank.fas.ie/ that gives the info message.

gerogerigegege

hopefully they'll be getting rid of the jobsbridge roles on there

beazee

Still not up yet

lukin

beazee wrote: »

Still not up yet

Yeah I'm really surprised :rolleyes:

beazee

Yay! It's up!

Firefox11

They say it's still not fully operational but looks like a big improvement. You have to register with your details. This will most likely be made mandatory if you are receiving a DSP payment.

lukin

Only had a quick look at it. I'll reserve judgement until later.

Harry Palmr

https://www.jobsireland.ie/#/home

Do not use an old Opera browser!

Home_FOOTER_OURMISSION

Home_FOOTER_OURMISSION_DESCRIPTION
GLOBAL_TEXT_JOBSIRELAND
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GLOBAL_TEXT_5
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Home_FOOTER_TERMSANDCONDITIONS
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Home_FOOTER_PRIVACYPOLICY
Home_FOOTER_NEWS
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Home_FOOTER_OURNEWS
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Home_FOOTER_TESTIMONIALS
Home_FOOTER_BROWSE
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Home_FOOTER_FINDJOBS

lukin

The Job categories are stupid. The ones on the old FAS site were much better.

pillphil

I'd guess they are just sample categories for testing.

lukin

This thing is a heap of s###!I spent the last hour creating a profile, filling in my work experience then when I hit "save draft" it logged me out and didn't save my changes. :mad::mad::mad:
Edit:I finally completed my profile but there are a huge amount of glitches in this site (far too many to go into). It logged me out when I went back to my dashboard and now I can't log in again. I don't know if it has lost what I have saved (again).

firemansam4

Anyone having issues registering?
I have tried both on Google chrome and Internet explorer, I recieve an email with a verification code and then enter it into there site, then I get a red error message saying that I must complete all fields, but there are no more fields to complete....

lukin

firemansam4 wrote: »

Anyone having issues registering?
I have tried both on Google chrome and Internet explorer, I recieve an email with a verification code and then enter it into there site, then I get a red error message saying that I must complete all fields, but there are no more fields to complete....

I was able to register OK but as I said when I was filling out my work experience I chose "save draft" so I could come back to it later but it lost it all.

somefeen

I got on the new version and registered.
not there now, but it was obviously up for testing. Loads of jobs that were obviously just test posts which was annoying but I am registered.
I await being told to register or risk losing payment etc and then telling them I've registered and being told I haven't registered.

It was a long time coming in fairness.

squadro

Is there anything to be said for another self aid # 1986

BRYAN Is Ainm Dom

Biggest load bolloks that website. My wife did it twice over weekend and only saved part of what she did. Send off an email to them telling them how wonderful it is!!

Alleyp

Yeah its down and i think it will be known as jobs ireland and when on tge intro lage. Thecredirectikn i think will be to this site...

lukin

Seems incredible that a contract for the re-design of a government job website could be given to a company that is obviously not up to the job.

Avatar MIA

lukin wrote: »

Seems incredible that a contract for the re-design of a government job website could be given to a company that is obviously not up to the job.

We'll they are known to be IT illiterate and extremely wasteful, at least they are living up to their reputation.

hojphotography

Digital Economy My ARSE!!! They cant even get a national jobs website. They threw out a perfectly good website that had been working fine for years and years. Thats bloody progress for ya! :mad:

stillatit

Jobs are now here:

jobsireland.ie

Training courses are now here:
fetchcourses.ie

Fas no longer exists, it's functions have been farmed out to a variety of different organisations (Solas, INTREO and ETBs), who have not their act together so far. The whole thing is an incoherent mess.

hojphotography

Yep. Its what the also call "New and Improved" !

SCOOP 64

Didnt know were to look until i read this thread, you would think when you click on old site it would redirect you to new site, or at least a link.

lukin

SCOOP 64 wrote: »

Didnt know were to look until i read this thread, you would think when you click on old site it would redirect you to new site, or at least a link.

Yeah that's what I couldn't believe.If you didn't know there was a new site replacing the old one you would just think the existing one was down.

SCOOP 64

Also just tried new site ,put in location and only came up with 26 jobs ?
on old site used to be 5/6 page of jobs (Granted not all jobs, internship rubbish etc..) im i doing this right or is there more settings ?
unless employers cant find the new site as well !!!

Tonto67

I've been trying to use this new website for days. finally got registered and its taking about 30 seconds to complete each search wit the results numbering in the 20s instead of the hundreds that i used to get on FAS. WTF is going on.

weisses

I guess it was build by a jobbridge intern qualified as a bike mechanic

Firefox11

Managed to get my profile finally onto the website but it is very slow. They really need to get the bugs ironed out before it went live.

It seems very rushed just to get something out to replace the old sites.

lukin

They have put up this message on the splash screen (it appears before you log in):

"Bear With Us While We Upgrade Your Service.
We are rebuilding the JobsIreland Website - The new site will be fully operational from September 2016. Until then some features may not always be available. If you are an employer you can still register, post jobs and receive applications...
If you are a jobseeker you can still search and apply for jobs..."

One really annoying thing is that there isn't an option to save your password after you log in. This is actually really easy to implement as any web dev will tell you.

hojphotography

We should all do protest march

froggie76

Ah this is really annoying me now,,, its working, its not working,,bit like myself!

hojphotography

Everybody and I mean EVERYBODY send an email to jobsireland@welfare.ie to express your inner feelings. Shame them into it!@!*$

Tonto67

hojphotography wrote: »

Everybody and I mean EVERYBODY send an email to jobsireland@welfare.ie to express your inner feelings. Shame them into it!@!*$

Just done as you asked. I would add that everyone cc the minister for jobs enterprise and innovation mary.mitchelloconnor@oir.ie

lukin

Thanks for those addresses, I have just sent a mail to them.

hojphotography

Tonto67 wrote: »

minister for jobs enterprise and innovation

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

BRYAN Is Ainm Dom

Is this back down as I was receiving an error.:mad: