Garda Recruitment 2022/2023

dawnh451

Just got that email as well. Any idea why that was? Does the order of merit still stand as is or do you think they are implying it was a mistake and they will now take the numerical score into it as well?

macmathuna1

Think they were just clarifying that the oom was not based on numerical score, you just had to pass that.

dawnh451

I wondered that about the order of merit as well.. glanced over the info booklet this morning again and still could see nothing to say if it's reset in stage 2 or if stage 1 result is taken into account

reimay

I checked my previous stage 1 assessment results and people placed up to 946 were invited to Stage 2 in 2019. A much lower number now initially but as they have said in their most recent message, it will be in different batches.

PCO2019

I found the numerical extremely hard in contrast to what I had practiced with career services but I was in CAT-A and if that was used I would be much higher on the OOM, I’m between 1,300 and 1,400 but so relived I’m still in the competition! The message that was circulated this morn was still a bit ambiguous, it’s hard to know when I will be called forward etc 🤔

Hally21

I’d imagine they have got loads of enquiries over the last 24 hours and may have had to clarify what they said in the first message. Also I would say they will go till they have the 800 recruited and then anyone after 800 OOM will depend on dropouts/no shows/failures. Whoever’s not called will be still on the list for the next campaign and they’ll be called then. That’s my understanding.

Query101

What about the 400 admin positions to be recruited?

800 plus 400 admin

Hally21

yeah you’re right, not sure on what happens there now. Maybe someone else knows?

ElectricChkn

Hi Everyone,

Things seem a little different this time around compared to the 2018 campaign. I want to share my experience from then. I was placed in the low 2000s afer stage 1 with the first 900 being called for stage 2 initially, I got called for stage 2 about 4 months later. Passed stage 2 and was called for stage 3 about a month later at which point I had to withdraw because of family circumstances.

I'm placed in the low 2000s again and truly hope to be called in the next 6 months for stage 2 but who knows for sure. I knew a guy who was around 3000 in 2016 and is now a member of AGS.

Best of luck to all, see you on the other side hopefully.

section69

Everyone who passes through the phases eventually gets called to partake in the next stage , so anyone who is high oom don’t be disheartened, I was oom 2800 in the 2019 campaign after stage 1, and I was in the second intake of 2021…212, with an eventual oom of 850 after interview , so you eventually get called , oom means nothing , it only matters with public jobs Pas, once you get by stage 3 oom goes out the window , it’s then all down to vetting , my vetting came back quick , and I got called with oom 850 but I had a friend who was oom 45 that was still waiting and only got in with the last intake of 2021….214, so yea , basically this is just a message to tell all ye high oom , to keep the faith, your day will eventually come , just keep passing the stages ✌️

leheaven

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119079480#Comment_119079480

You get a new OOM after each stage. I had OOM of 500 before than after stage 2 it was 108, I was still called pretty fast through the stages.

leheaven

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119078058#Comment_119078058

For stage 2 we’ve only been told that it is Report Writing. It’s hard to believe it will just be that when in previous campaigns you had to repeat the stage 1 assessments along with the stage 2 assessments. More information should be released soon I’d say!

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119086598#Comment_119086598

I think it was repeated in stage two to rule out people cheating or getting help in stage one so they would need to have similarities in their answers could be wrong though but shouldn’t be needed as stage one was monitored.

Yes stage two is report writing only, pretty clear in the candidate booklet

leheaven

I think we all got that part.

leheaven

Ya it was, you had to get similar or better in them. Then you had to Job simulation and report writing too. I’m glad it’s done differently this time around.

Ditser

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119080130#Comment_119080130

I'm confused by the whole system too but this comment above does not make sense! Sorry I'm not being harsh but hear me out. We are all only after completing Stage 1. If we know that the end result of this campaign 800 Trainees will be recruited well then logically the base of applicants needs to be much wider than only calling forward 800 to Stage 2. That 800 will all have to pass Stage 2 Report Writing, Stage 3 Interview, Stage 4 Medical, Stage 5 Fitness, and the Background Check with no failures or drop-outs. Everyone that passed Stage 1 will be called forward I think. I looked at the old threads here. Its definitely worth a look. By the way on these threads loads fell down on Report Writing in 2018 and 2019 campaign!

Ditser

I'm confused by the whole system too but this comment above does not make sense! Sorry I'm not being harsh but hear me out. We are all only after completing Stage 1. If we know that the end result of this campaign 800 Trainees will be recruited well then logically the base of applicants needs to be much wider than only calling forward 800 to Stage 2. That 800 will all have to pass Stage 2 Report Writing, Stage 3 Interview, Stage 4 Medical, Stage 5 Fitness, and the Background Check with no failures or drop-outs. Everyone that passed Stage 1 will be called forward I think. I looked at the old threads here. Its definitely worth a look. By the way on these threads loads fell down on Report Writing in 2018 and 2019 campaign!

cluedo123

Don’t worry about the numbers that will be recruited, that won’t really affect people who are successful in all stages. There is a budget for 800 trainees this year, most of those people will come from the 2019 panel who are still waiting. Next year there will be another budget set, that is the pot of money that will pay the next 600-800 trainees.

If you are successful in all parts of the competition then you will be more than likely recruited at some point. For those with a higher order of merit, it can take a little or lot longer.

The vetting is the longest part. People with an OOM of 850 may get into the college before an OOM of 50.

They process people in batches as it is just easier on administration.

Get the head down for now, practice the report writing. Legible writing, Good spelling, Good sentence construction, Capture important details (don’t make them up, if you didn’t hear what was said)

Good luck!

macmathuna1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119089963#Comment_119089963

Do you think they would recruit someone who barely scraped through 2019 tests and high oom before someone who flew it this year and scored great oom ?

Ditser

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119089963#Comment_119089963

I was reading the Waiting Room thread here. Most of the 2019 panel have been offered places so no; most of the 800 places will not come from this panel.

JohnSmith98

Some users throwing out things confidently that they don't know to be true and have no way of knowing they're true

I've no idea why users are under the impression that previous intakes would be considered at all for this years recruits. Why would the Gardai value a candidate that scored 1000 something several years ago instead of the applicant who placed first this year? That's at best completely bizzare at worst downright silly.

The Gardai don't run big expensive add campaigns and recruitment campaigns only to use the leftovers who weren't good enough to get in 3 years ago.

Am I missing something obvious? Where is this assumption that previous intakes who placed way lower than the current intake will get priority come from?

Iceomatrix

Been happening for years. Previous campaigns will get through into the intakes as they have already passed the recruitment campaign and are just waiting to get in depending on their OOM. The same will happen in coming years when this campaigns high OOM’s they will get into the college as their recruitment file gets completed

JohnSmith98

I just don't think that's correct.

cluedo123

Yes, they will be we processed as normal. It wouldn’t be unusual though for someone from a new campaign to get into the college before an older applicant. It’s just when everything is complete and signed off.

cluedo123

Just for reference, there are still many outstanding from 2019. Not everyone uses boards.

cluedo123

If you’re referring to my post. I’ve been through the process and in the job. My advice is based off same and what I do know. No assumptions here. Best of luck in the campaign.

JohnSmith98

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119091220#Comment_119091220

If that is true (and I still don't think it is) then that is an absolutely baffling way to recruit staff. It's ridiculous to the point that I literally don't believe it. Selecting someone who placed over 1000th 3 years ago instead of the person who placed 1st a few months ago is a staggeringly bad system

Hally21

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119089783#Comment_119089783

Sorry! Didn’t mean to confuse ya just was giving my opinion but happy to be proven wrong!

cluedo123

Fair enough.

L.

macmathuna1

Is the report writing expected to be online this year aswell? So maybe watch a video take notes and then type out the report? Won't have to worry about my hand writing being legible so!

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119102420#Comment_119102420

It's definitely online, which is a relief in terms of writing etc. Maybe someone who has sat it before can clarify but as far as I know the video is likely to be just stills and there won't actually be any visual information.

To be honest the whole thing seems a small bit outdated and ridiculous as an assement model. Clearly report writing is important in the job but why they choose to asses it in a way that had no relation to how it'll actually be done in real life is beyond me

Witcher

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119103718#Comment_119103718

They're assessing can you take in information from an incident occurring infront of you/reported to you, note it down and report on it...which is exactly the way it will be done in real life.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119104085#Comment_119104085

Exactly like real life when you minus the whole communication thing, recording devices, how a report will actually be written (i.e not in less than half an hour based on a few two minute conversations with no spell-check etc.). It's ridiculously contrived.

It does seem like a good aptitude test for a receptionist of about 50 years ago. For anything else I'm not so sure.

cena

Is 35 years old still the cut off age

Willie Stroker 1976

once your not 35 before the close of application date I believe, maybe the age limit will be done away with someday. They have started allowing fella’s to grow beards so its a start

cena

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119104489#Comment_119104489

I am 37. Over the limit

minilad

When I went through the process a few years ago it was, I think, a Polish man speaking about his shop being robbed or something like that, he gave his contact details, address of the shop and all that kind of stuff and then talked about what was stolen and broken. Can't remember 100% but it was something like that and the video was just of him speaking.

Willie Stroker 1976

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119104498#Comment_119104498

Have you applied anyway?

Tipp96

Do ye reckon you’ll be able to write your notes with a pen or will they have to be typed aswel?

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119104670#Comment_119104670

Nobody will know for sure until familiarisation info is released but you would hope pen and paper will be allowed, it was allowed for numerical reasoning after all. Effective note taking would be much more difficult typing.

cena

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119104609#Comment_119104609

nope. just curious

minilad

Did ye see the news reports this morning? Only 200 to be recruited this year apparently

Witcher

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119105929#Comment_119105929

That's not what was said.

minilad

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119105948#Comment_119105948

Well yeah they are estimating 200 to enter the college this year

Witcher

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119105957#Comment_119105957

That's still not what was said.

They're estimating 200 to graduate from the college. Nobody entering from now on this year would have been passing out this year anyway.

Willie Stroker 1976

Any link to this? Cheers

minilad

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119105966#Comment_119105966

Sorry I misinterpreted it then.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119105983#Comment_119105983

Just Google garda recruitment 2022 and click news, I can't post links

Fluffypatcat

I'm hearing more and more negativity surrounding the job. GRA are having their annual conference at the minute and are saying morale is at an all time low in the guards. Junior guards are under serious pressure with workloads. Not enough resources. Definitely not inspiring when applying for the job & putting in the time & effort with regards to all the stages 🙄