Gumbi wrote: » Would it put me "higher up the list" in any way, given that those with this skill are likely less common, right? Or is it irrelevant for the selection process?
GarIT wrote: » There are two lists/pannels, people who ticked that they are fluent in Irish will be on both of them. But rejecting a job in one might disqualify you from the other. The Irish jobs can be disproportionately easier. There are call centres where there are 50+ COs answering queries in English and one CO answering them in Irish. Theres a queue of people on hold waiting for someone that speaks English so when one call ends your phone is ringing with the next one literally a second later, while the Irish speaking CO might take anwhere from 1-10 5 minute calls a day. We are legally required to have an Irish speaking option for every service no matter how quiet. In some cases Irish speakers can be asked to work in both languages. The Irish speakers can also have it worse, an English speaker might be trained in one very specific query for example jobseekers payments while the Irish speaker has to answer questions on anything the Dept of social welfare do. The Irish speakers will recieve their training in English and then be expected to answer a phone and explain in Irish without a single mistake why someone's medical card wasn't approved or why their jobseekers payment was rejeced all while the caller is angry. Not all callers are angry, it's a worst case scenario.
Icbaby wrote: » Not sure gumbo as I didn’t have Irish 😀 I’m sure it can’t hurt because they don’t have loads of Irish speakers where I work and there’s 600 of us there. Make sure you point it out at your interview make a big deal of it.
L390 wrote: » Can I ask .. does anyone think they won't be kept on after the year as this pandemic hopefully will be over by then and maybe we will be surplus to requirements ??? ..
Nigel Fairservice wrote: » I imagine anyone in before a moratorium (if there is to be one) will be fine. There will still be retirements etc. in the civil service.
macmad10 wrote: » According to the comms on the application page I think we should be finding out this week re panel interviews via skype or similar? They may also offer training online depending on how much a particular position is needed. Do any of you know how long the training usually lasts for?
L390 wrote: » Are interviews by Skype or video ������
tringle wrote: » Yep, TCOs been pulled in to cover extra pandemic work. The CO panel will be used for positions that would have been available anyway. Though i cant see many been offered soon. Large amount of COs now working from home so no one in offices to train them and even those in offices are sitting apart. Our department asked us to contact anyone we knew on the current TCO panel that had worked with us before and see if they wanted to come back. They could slot back in and no training required.
Mike Foxtrot wrote: » !! Top Tips to help you prepare for a Video Interview !!https://publicjobs.ie/en/information-hub/latest-news-and-events/582-top-tips-to-help-you-prepare-for-a-video-interview
tringle wrote: » Yep, just saw it on Instagram, they must be getting ready to contact us
Ace of Hearts wrote: » I was informed yesterday that the results for stage 1 will be released "in the coming weeks". That could mean just about anything I guess but I'm not expecting contact this week anyway.
lauramarie13 wrote: » Is anyone else not able to log into their publicjobs.ie account right now? It says “server unavailable” when I click on the button to log in.
foreverme wrote: » The results are a long time coming!!! Hopefully we hear soon. It'd be good to know how we all did.
job seeker wrote: » The suspense is killing me..
jaffa20 wrote: » Is there are score or is it just a pass/fail to interview stage? I am dreading online interviews. I would nearly prefer a phone call with a follow up face to face interview.
Irish_peppa wrote: » If you get called for the next stage web interview do you have to send them over your cv in advance? Even in normal circumstances I assume you need to give the a CV like you would any job interview or is it different for clerical officer jobs?
Nigel Fairservice wrote: » You'll fill out an application form. It'll more or be your CV you're putting on the application form.
