Clerical Officer (Dublin) 2019

nosey11 · 26-06-2019 8:44pm

Deniseb24 wrote: »

Need a bit of advice. JUST in case there are more interviews given out.... does hair colour matter? My hair is bright blue... and I wanna know if that will hurt my chances... might be a stupid question BUT I wanted to ask anyway to be doubly sure haha

They don't like blue hair or lefties in general ðŸ˜

2016claire · 06-07-2019 9:17am

Any updates? Has anyone heard anything ?

LittleMissRed · 06-07-2019 11:52am

2016claire wrote: »

Any updates? Has anyone heard anything ?

My Garda vetting says “process completed”. But as that’s only part one of the three strand process for advanced vetting for AGS, I’ll probably be waiting another while before I hear anything.

2016claire · 06-07-2019 12:39pm

LittleMissRed wrote: »

My Garda vetting says “process completed”. But as that’s only part one of the three strand process for advanced vetting for AGS, I’ll probably be waiting another while before I hear anything.

im in same boat, it will be September by the time we can start id say

KOR101 · 06-07-2019 9:23pm

Is it normal that there has been no main 2019 clerical officer recruitment drive yet? I thought it usually started much earlier in the year.

LittleMissRed · 09-07-2019 11:06am

I think this competition is the main one for 2019, as it's the only one that specifically opened in 2019. They're just doing the competitions differently at the moment as they need to recruit so many people.

Eod100 · 09-07-2019 11:17am

LittleMissRed wrote: »

I think this competition is the main one for 2019, as it's the only one that specifically opened in 2019. They're just doing the competitions differently at the moment as they need to recruit so many people.

This was just for Dublin though so may be nationwide one or nationwide bar Dublin later this year or next year.

KOR101 · 09-07-2019 2:00pm

I thought this one was a special one with just 200 jobs and a quick turnaround.

LittleMissRed · 09-07-2019 2:28pm

Eod100 wrote: »

This was just for Dublin though so may be nationwide one or nationwide bar Dublin later this year or next year.

Oh that's right, I had forgotten that!

Dublintigger · 09-07-2019 9:53pm

Eod100 wrote: »

This was just for Dublin though so may be nationwide one or nationwide bar Dublin later this year or next year.

Cool.. do you have an idea when?

Em2157 · 11-07-2019 7:22am

Dublintigger wrote: »

Cool.. do you have an idea when?

I think its every 2 years for a nationwide one. The 2018 nationwide is still going on, and that excluded dublin at the time, so I'd say it will be next summer.

Eod100 · 11-07-2019 7:31am

Dublintigger wrote: »

Cool.. do you have an idea when?

Sorry not a clue tbh! Might wait and see how Brexit pans out first so maybe late this year or next but it's all speculation on my part

Dublintigger · 11-07-2019 1:29pm

Eod100 wrote: »

Sorry not a clue tbh! Might wait and see how Brexit pans out first so maybe late this year or next but it's all speculation on my part

I think you could be right.....

Someone who didn't get through on the last competition (April 19) posted that there was another comp coming in July (eh hello) and to try again then.

Em2157 · 15-07-2019 7:44pm

Anyone else get an email for interviews on the 27th July?
Any tips from those who have already interviewed?

Phhvcc · 16-07-2019 11:40am

Em2157 wrote: »

Anyone else get an email for interviews on the 27th July?
Any tips from those who have already interviewed?

Hi, hope you don’t mind me asking but what score did you get? I received an email last month to say they might be interviewing depending on scores

Em2157 · 16-07-2019 1:37pm

Phhvcc wrote: »

Hi, hope you don’t mind me asking but what score did you get? I received an email last month to say they might be interviewing depending on scores

Hi there, I scored early 560's.... no problem. I got the email yesterday for interview next Saturday.

GalwayGirl00 · 16-07-2019 1:59pm

Phhvcc wrote: »

Hi, hope you don’t mind me asking but what score did you get? I received an email last month to say they might be interviewing depending on scores

I scored 560 and got called for the 27th if thats any help

maryf97 · 16-07-2019 2:54pm

Just wondering if anyone call help me out with how long the interview was and how long you were waiting to hear if you were successful. I have an interview next Saturday at 12.10pm, live about an hour from the city and need to be in work that afternoon at 3.00pm. Will I have sufficient time or should I ring to say I’ll be late?

coffeesiphon · 18-07-2019 3:41pm

Got offered place in department of foreign affairs....anyone know anything about it, flexi? Uniforms or no? ...anything else?

2016claire · 21-07-2019 7:35pm

coffeesiphon wrote: »

Got offered place in department of foreign affairs....anyone know anything about it, flexi? Uniforms or no? ...anything else?

Congrats and best of luck :-)

snigiollarua · 22-07-2019 6:08pm

Eod100 wrote: »

For anyone who wasn't assigned a specific department on the day, did ye hear since where you got?

Yes about two weeks later was told guarda síochána but haven't heard anything since

hopefullawyer · 24-07-2019 9:00am

Do ye think that there are any campaigns coming for CO or TCO in the later part of this year? I only kind of figured out that I'd like to work in a department in the last few months and it seems that I have missed a lot of recent campaigns!

Eod100 · 24-07-2019 9:03am

snigiollarua wrote: »

Yes about two weeks later was told guarda síochána but haven't heard anything since

Did you get asked to do further Garda vetting for AGS or anything?

Eod100 · 24-07-2019 9:05am

hopefullawyer wrote: »

Do ye think that there are any campaigns coming for CO or TCO in the later part of this year? I only kind of figured out that I'd like to work in a department in the last few months and it seems that I have missed a lot of recent campaigns!

Not sure is the honest answer. I'd see keep an eye on the PAS site and maybe sign up for the email alerts so you don't miss anything. The window to apply can be quite tight at times to can be easy to miss out in fairness. May be next year before there's another one but good thing about civil service is it will come back up again. Especially with retirements over the next few years.

coffeesiphon · 24-07-2019 10:40am

So I'm quite torn at the moment, I'd say I only have till tomorrow till I have to decide on whether to take 6k pay cut and take a position in foreign affairs or stay with current employer.

The main appeal of the service is career opportunities and benefits, just to bad I'm saving for a mortgage at the moment so it's conflicting.

What would anyone here do?

Dublintigger · 24-07-2019 11:15am

coffeesiphon wrote: »

So I'm quite torn at the moment, I'd say I only have till tomorrow till I have to decide on whether to take 6k pay cut and take a position in foreign affairs or stay with current employer.

The main appeal of the service is career opportunities and benefits, just to bad I'm saving for a mortgage at the moment so it's conflicting.

What would anyone here do?

Take the state job..... guaranteed permanence.

coffeesiphon · 24-07-2019 1:25pm

Dublintigger wrote: »

Take the state job..... guaranteed permanence.

Well that seals it so, 9/10 people I talked to said take it, taking the plunge, thanks.

Eod100 · 24-07-2019 2:00pm

coffeesiphon wrote: »

Well that seals it so, 9/10 people I talked to said take it, taking the plunge, thanks.

Other thing is the pay increments are every year and there's chance for internal and external promotion too. Flexi time a handy perk too. Best of luck!

Dublintigger · 24-07-2019 3:18pm

coffeesiphon wrote: »

Well that seals it so, 9/10 people I talked to said take it, taking the plunge, thanks.

Not an easy decision to make - congratulations!

thenightman · 27-07-2019 7:00pm

Younger brother interviewed and was offered a position with Revenue today. Anyone any idea where main Revenue locations would be in Dublin? he was shocked to be offered position there and then so never thought to ask!

Irishphotodesk · 27-07-2019 7:14pm

thenightman wrote: »

Younger brother interviewed and was offered a position with Revenue today. Anyone any idea where main Revenue locations would be in Dublin? he was shocked to be offered position there and then so never thought to ask!

Dublin castle, ports

Clarenceworley · 27-07-2019 7:32pm

Son interviewed today and got a letter saying he was successful but did not get an offer unlike the previous poster? Said agriculture were there trying to drum up interest in their jobs in the port.

Anyone know why some successful applicants got offers there and then and others didn’t?

( his interview was the last of the day)

Kevin17W · 27-07-2019 7:42pm

thenightman wrote: »

Younger brother interviewed and was offered a position with Revenue today. Anyone any idea where main Revenue locations would be in Dublin? he was shocked to be offered position there and then so never thought to ask!

There’s a office on Mount St D2 near Merrion square, Navan Rd beside the halfway house, santry, could also be allocated to customs a division of revenue. If thats the case he could get port or airport or an office in blanchardstown.

LittleMissRed · 27-07-2019 7:59pm

Clarenceworley wrote: »

Son interviewed today and got a letter saying he was successful but did not get an offer unlike the previous poster? Said agriculture were there trying to drum up interest in their jobs in the port.

Anyone know why some successful applicants got offers there and then and others didn’t?

( his interview was the last of the day)

My interview was one of the first of the day. I got offered the job on the day but didn’t get assigned to a department. I asked on the day why some people were assigned straight away and some weren’t, and was told it was to do with matching skill sets. They were waiting for positions in relevant departments to become available. I was later assigned to one that corresponded with my experience and interest (An Garda Siochana). I also found out after the day of the interview that I could have expressed interest to the different stands from different departments.

Clarenceworley · 27-07-2019 8:06pm

That’s brilliant. Thanks for the info. Congratulations on being successful! My son is over the moon! So are we.

GalwayGirl00 · 27-07-2019 8:33pm

LittleMissRed wrote: »

My interview was one of the first of the day. I got offered the job on the day but didn’t get assigned to a department. I asked on the day why some people were assigned straight away and some weren’t, and was told it was to do with matching skill sets. They were waiting for positions in relevant departments to become available. I was later assigned to one that corresponded with my experience and interest (An Garda Siochana). I also found out after the day of the interview that I could have expressed interest to the different stands from different departments.

That's great to know because I got the same letter saying I was successful and the agri dept mentioned. I was a bit upset seeing other people got offers on the spot.

LittleMissRed · 27-07-2019 8:39pm

Clarenceworley no problem. Congratulations to your son too!

Galwaygirl00 I was a bit put out when I wasn’t assigned straight away too, that’s why I asked someone why that was. You got an offer so you obviously did well. Congratulations!

GalwayGirl00 · 27-07-2019 8:53pm

LittleMissRed wrote: »

Clarenceworley no problem. Congratulations to your son too!

Galwaygirl00 I was a bit put out when I wasn’t assigned straight away too, that’s why I asked someone why that was. You got an offer so you obviously did well. Congratulations!

Thanks so much , I appreciate it. Its obviously all down to the dept on the day. Fingers crossed and congrats &#55357;&#56842;

Ciabris · 28-07-2019 11:38am

I was interviewed yesterday morning. After interview I was told to wait in results waiting room. The department of agriculture, food & marine had a stand there and asked would I be interested to work at Dublin Port if I was successful with my interview result. They are seeking to fill a lot of port inspector roles before October for Brexit. After a short wait, I was handed a brown envelope with my interview results - I have been assigned to AGS (an Garda Síochána). Anyone else been assigned to this department?

solidasarock · 28-07-2019 3:46pm

Got placed in the Department of Child and Youth affairs.

Not exactly where I would have seen myself being placed. Any idea how long it might be before I have to give notice for my current job?

And yeah they had some people from Dublin Port there handing things out looking for people in prep for Brexit. I know a guy who has been in the port for 30+ years so I think Ill give him a ring and ask a few questions about it anyway.

thenightman · 28-07-2019 4:06pm

Ports awkward in that its shift work and there's little to no public transport options. Also, if hard Brexit does come about, ye will be absolutely flogged.

Em2157 · 28-07-2019 8:25pm

I did my interview yesterday afternoon and got the letter saying I passed interview and they would be in touch for placement. Totally delighted. I overheard someone chatting to pas staff in results area and they said that they only had 60 jobs for on the spot that day so everyone after that got that letter, but there is a lot of spots to fill so those successful will be placed pretty soon if they dont want to take the port authority.

solidasarock · 28-07-2019 11:47pm

By any chance did anyone save the information booklet from back in April that detailed this campaign? I didnt save a copy and just want to read it again. They removed it from the website which is odd. Pretty easy to google and find stuff about other CO comps from previous years but this one they nuked from their servers for whatever reason.

Also any idea how they decided who got what jobs? People beside me in the waiting area got stuff like foreign affairs and the office of Taoiseach and whatnot. Curious how they do it.

thenightman wrote: »

Ports awkward in that its shift work and there's little to no public transport options. Also, if hard Brexit does come about, ye will be absolutely flogged.

Personally I wouldn't mind the shift work. My sleep schedule is messed up anyway so I could make it work. But yeah simply getting to the port would be the main issue. I have some experience is shipping / logistics but not enough to justify 2 hours to the commute each day.

Clarenceworley · 29-07-2019 12:11am

Does anyone reckon there is a point in contacting PAS with a preference for a department? My son would love Revenue. Do you think there would be any harm in giving PAS a call?

solidasarock · 29-07-2019 9:41pm

Clarenceworley wrote: »

Does anyone reckon there is a point in contacting PAS with a preference for a department? My son would love Revenue. Do you think there would be any harm in giving PAS a call?

It wouldn't hurt I guess but the FAQ on the site says

3. Can I choose what Department or office I would like to be assigned to?
You cannot choose where you will be assigned to. To ensure fairness to all candidates, you will be assigned to the first Department in one of your selected regions to request staff according to your order of merit on the panel.

https://www.publicjobs.ie/en/information-hub/faq-info#5-i-ve-accepted-a-job-what-happens-next

Phhvcc · 01-08-2019 9:56am

Was that the last of the interviews? Or will they still be interviewing all the candidates that past the online test?

Clarenceworley · 01-08-2019 11:58am

Apologies, another question! For those who have already been successful, did you get notified of your new department before the Garda clearance or did you have to wait for that to be confined first before finding out where you were headed?

solidasarock · 02-08-2019 6:25pm

Passed Garda vetting and just need to get a reference. (My manager was on leave so Ill do that next week)

Any idea how long the process might be before I start since I was designated a department on the day of the interview?

I have to give 4 weeks notice.

2016claire · 02-08-2019 9:47pm

solidasarock wrote: »

Passed Garda vetting and just need to get a reference. (My manager was on leave so Ill do that next week)

Any idea how long the process might be before I start since I was designated a department on the day of the interview?

I have to give 4 weeks notice.

congrats can i ask you what dep are you going to work?

Dublintigger · 04-08-2019 12:32pm

solidasarock wrote: »

Passed Garda vetting and just need to get a reference. (My manager was on leave so Ill do that next week)

Any idea how long the process might be before I start since I was designated a department on the day of the interview?

I have to give 4 weeks notice.

Excellent - well done.

Did you let them know you have to give 4 weeks?

With me, the HR from the dept rang me to arrange a suitable start date.

I'd advise you wait until you've have that conversation with your new HR dept. before you had in your notice.

Good luck with it all!
Tigs.

Clerical Officer (Dublin) 2019

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