Aleece2020 wrote: » Hey everyone. Just a quick question; has anyone gotten to interview in Louth or Dublin? If so, what was your OOM and how long did it take for you to get called? I'm trying to figure out if my results in round 1 for the 2020 campaign are even worth a damn; I got within top 50 in Louth and within top 500 for Dublin.
Samuel T. Cogley wrote: » In the 2018 comp I think they called into the 3000s for Dublin. Top 500 would be a shoe-in IMHO.
newbie18892 wrote: » I'm in the 690s for Dublin following stage 1 of the 2020 campaign. Really hoping to improve my OOM to get to interview
Aleece2020 wrote: » Posts in here have indicated they went past the 4,000th mark the last time. With a batch of retirements coming this year, you'll have no issue even if you stay at that score.
Linking123! wrote: » I'm wondering how many of the 4000 were employed?
RandomUser17 wrote: » Yeah, i was rang and asked when could I start. There was no issue waiting for my notice period. Congrats
CivilCybil wrote: » Hi, could I ask how long was your notice period? My contract says 8 weeks and I'd prefer not to burn bridges! I'd leave sooner if needed but ideally would be able to complete my notice period.
masterbenji08 wrote: » Hi all, I'm fairly close to my number being reached in my county. For anyone who has been placed, does the offer come via email or does the HR department call you and do you get time to make your decision?
redmgar wrote: » You get a message on public jobs with the department and a call later with the details, you can ask for a while to decide
burkee2013 wrote: » Mine is 6 weeks was wondering same thing as Ive just finished vetting so expecting a call, same as that would like to see out notice. at this stage of year would they be looking for a January start?
cw67irl wrote: » Thats just on interviews offered.. It doesnt account for peoples second OOM post etray or interview.. doesnt account for people hired.. People who turn down offers.. Existing CS getting promoted ect. No idea how you would see how many were in fact hired after it all.. Probably need a PQ to get that info9
Linking123! wrote: » From Dublin 2018 EO competition 660 have been employed sofar.
CivilGirl wrote: » I was wondering if anyone here in an EO position could tell me what the basic pay on my pssc payslip for someone on point 1 of the scale (30,884) is supposed to be. I started my position recently with AGS and my first payslip has me confused. I used to work as a CO for the DSP last year on point 2 of the scale and my basic pay was 489 (weekly) which used to come out as about 417 after deductions. Now the basic pay listed on my pssc slip as an EO is 930.09 (fortnightly) which seems a bit off to me. I got paid 860 after deductions (I think the deductions look alright) and I'm not being emergency taxed so its not that. I know CO is weekly and EO is every two weeks but my basic pay as a CO for two weeks would have been 978 (489 x 2) compared to my EO basic of 930. I looked up PSSC's your payslip explained and it says this about basic pay: "To calculate your weekly or fortnightly pay – the annual figure associated with your point on the scale is divided by 52.18 (Weekly) or 26.09 (Fortnightly)." So if I do that for my fortnightly pay it comes out as 30,884 / 26.09 = 1,183.74 but that seems too high. I'm not great at these kinds of things if you couldn't tell and I've probably made a mistake somewhere but it seems strange that my basic pay has gone down even thought I earn more now. Appreciate any help, thanks.
CivilGirl wrote: » Thanks for the help. Think I might send an email to PSSC to see if there is some kind of mistake just to make sure. Think my basic pay looked a little low especially when compared to everyone elses take home amount.
doc22 wrote: » you're paid based on the 14 day period, you started on Monday and were only paid to Thursday the following week so you couldn't expect a full fortnightly payment yet
cw67irl wrote: » Is that total???
Gaeilgeoir_Dub wrote: » Has anyone had to get a police clearance from China? I'm at vetting stage and as I've lived in Japan also I need vetting from both countries/cities I lived in. The Japanese process is very straightforward via the embassy and relatively cheap. Looking into the Chinese process I might have to pay some Chinese company over 800 euro to do it for me (!), surely there has to be a better way. Has anyone had experience getting police clearance from a city in China?
OliverAngler wrote: » Anybody getting called for any interviews lately?
mssurferrosa wrote: » Received an email this evening inviting me to a zoom interview for the 2019 campaign... I really thought it was dead and buried! I have just got a new job in the private sector and the interview is on my last day in my current job, so I don't really want to take time off for it and my boss has already said she wants me to work that day. Can I rearrange it? Also has anybody had experience of a Zoom interview for a civil service job? Do they make you scan the room etc? I'm wondering if I can find a space in work, that will be quiet enough for 40 mins! What are the chances of there being a vacancy before the end of the panel? Surely they wouldn't be interviewing if there was no hope of recruiting from this panel? My choices were Wexford and Wicklow, would this interview be for both locations? I am Batch 1 OOM 29 for Wexford, I don't think I got an OOM for Wicklow...
