2020 Executive Officer Civil Service

No Dept, just the name of the town, nothing else

I would ask for the Department. Is there a few in the town?

Hi all. I am hoping someone might be able to give a beacon of hope.

I received a message this week advising me of an interview date in September, however as I was viewing it on my mobile phone, I didn’t see/realise I had to confirm the interview.

This mistake is completely my fault, almost makes it harder.

I have emailed them explaining my mistake and have asked to be still considered.

Has this ever happened anyone before? If so were you able to?

thanks in advance

I am the exact same; there may have been a few tears. 🥲 Hoping against hope at this stage I know.

Keep me posted if you hear anything, good or bad. Best of luck 🍀🤞🏻

Hi, the same thing ALMOST happened me and I nearly passed out, I was soooo lucky to have just logged in again and re-read the email with about 3 minutes to spare. But my friend did the same as you and didn't realise her mistake until she received a message saying "as you did not confirm your interest to move to interview you have been removed from the panel". She nearly died but made contact immediately and explained that she didnt see the line where she had to reply and they did put her back on the panel. That particular line should be highlighted IN BOLD at the very top of the message, IMO!! I hope they do the kind thing and let you back on the panel.

I honestly cannot believe I have made this mistake.

can I ask did they let your friend keep their OOM score, or were they put to the back again?

Im in the regional (Longford) and these kind of opportunities don’t come up regularly.

Thank you for sharing your experiences

I got a notification about my interview today but the message is confusing me too.

It says if you are interested in an interview then please send an email to X.

But the next paragraph also says to email the exact same address if you are not interested in the interview. "By submitting this email you are withdrawing your application from the panel and will now only be considered for your other location choice, if any, as selected by you in your initial application."

So do I have to specify in the email that I'm still interested because it sounds like based on the above that all emails sent to that address are seen as withdrawals?

Thanks for any help.

They are asking you to decide on which location basically for me I had Limerick as my first choice but Tipperary my second choice I was called first for so I had to decide take Tipp and be withdrawn from Limerick or wait for Limerick with no guarantee of being called. So I emailed saying I wasn’t interested in interview for Tipperary but my Oom was top 10 and top 15 so I was pretty sure I would be called.

Hope that makes sense

Hey I know two ppl who done this - they emailed PAS and they were given another interview date

It has been taking at least 2 months for results from e-tray

doesn't surprise me - I turned it down in the end, after 12 months from first application I have decided to stay in private sector for now anyway. Of all the postings to get I had to get offered the s**t one!

Hi,

I hope you don't mind me asking, as you seem to know a bit about payscales and promotion, I just got my contract from HR with a start date of 27th September and it states I will start at point one of the EO scale. However my next increment is due on 11th September and from what I can gather, from searching through different circulars, if the new pay scale is more than my current pay by less than the difference between point one and point two of the new scale, then I should be put on point two!?! I am on point 5 of the CO scale but due to go to point 6 in two weeks! Am I totally misunderstanding the situation?

Cheers

Hi guys. I've been offered a position in the department of housing? Could anyone tell me anything about the department with regards what they do exactly and what an EO's role would be?? Any help would be massively appreciated.

Sorry, can't help on the role - just wanted to say congratulations on the job.

Talk to your manager or local HR before you make a decision. I drive 35 km when in the office.