Clerical Officer 2020

Thanks so much for that info. wishing you well in your role.

I sent a msg to them for any update on results. they said within 10 working days ..today is my 9th 😅

I would not worry to much about that. They are only interested in your previous experience and will base the interview off that, as well as the specific roles competencies, and then score you based in on. 👍🏻

I know how you feel and trust me you're overthinking it. The letter from Social Welfare just confirms to the Clearance(Vetting) team that you have been out of work for X amount of time and therefore don't have recent contacts to obtain work references. They will then request character references. If you can get work references all the better as you won't need to get SW letter. Provide work refs first and they'll you very quickly whether they're recent enough or not.

As far as I can tell this info won't be passed on to the interview team and they're not interested in any gaps in employment unless you bring it up yourself. The interview will focus on the competencies only and how you can relate them directly to your previous jobs no matter how far back they go. I also squeezed in experience I had organising a trip to Tayto Park for our local soccer club for 40 kids aged under 12 to demonstrate my logistic, organisation and multi-tasking skills. When it comes to the interview be positive, and any negative experiences you had turn them into positives and show what you learned from them. You'll be surprised how quickly the interview goes, it's only 30 minutes and the first 5 mins is spent on introductions and putting you at ease. Have a glass of water beside you and stop and take a drink every now and then to give yourself time to catch your breath and give yourself a couple of extra seconds of thinking time. Remember, getting the interview is the hard part, once you're doing the interview the interviewers want you to do well and will give you lots of encouragement.

Hope this helps, Good Luck, MJ 😊

Please help me understand this . Just got msg that I have cleared interview for Dublin panel and my oom is 123 batch 32 . Do I stand a chance 😂

Thanks for your wishes 🙏really don’t know if I should be happy . I just hope I manage to get a position with this result

yours progress at your end ?

i am really amazed at prompt responses from publicjobs office. FYI- Dublin has reached OOM 54 batch 31. fingers crossed 🤞

If it helps all those waiting it is slow and it is stressful but I have to say anyone I have been dealing with so far has been most helpful it’s just things seem to move slower in the public system vs private. So for anyone stressing (I’ve been there, still partially there) try not to worry and embrace the slowness 😊 Hope that helps in some bit

@cianpower89 you did well !! Sure all will go well . Just keep faith 🙏

Got a job in Revenue Commission in Dublin :-)

Just waiting for a start date, does anybody know how long this takes? thanks in advance

This can take several weeks so don’t stress if you don’t hear anything for a while.

With the exception of about 30 people, everyone has been working from home. They are planning a phased return to a blended working situation by Q2 next year.

it is a great place to work. Lovely, friendly and helpful people.

Thanks DMcL1971,

Great to hear that. Is flexitime available or was it pre covid?