The HEO 2024 Competition is now open for applications.
Link is here: https://www.publicjobs.ie/en/?option=com_jobsearch&view=jobdetails&cid=189011&campaignId=24231106&Itemid=263
Closing date for initial applications is 3pm on the 6th June, 2024.
Best of luck everyone! Candidate Information video is available here: https://vimeo.com/943622208/bbf6b13d05
Could someone please confirm whether applicants are notified when they progress to the Shortlisting Stage?
Just as an FYI for anyone who gets an email saying they didn’t make the next stage after shortlisting based off their form, it may be worth appealing the decision. My husband is currently partaking in another competition which is using the new framework and web based form. He got an email saying his form didn’t display enough evidence of a particular competency under one of the essential criteria. He appealed it as he was certain he did. They subsequently reviewed his form and he was reinstated in to the competition. Human error in assessing the form could have cost him his place. So just be mindful of that when you get results
no point to stress about it, unless you’re in first batch you may not hear whether you have passed shortlisting until next year
good luck
Stressful waiting so long for these competitions.
Was just going to ask had anyone a clue on the shortlisting finalisation dates.
My money is on tomorrow, afternoon time for results😂 well done though, fabulous result
While I was impressed with how well I did in the OOM (16 in Dublin), I am honestly not confident enough in my form to get my hopes too high. But at this point, I just wish they would let us know lol
I agree, I think the process is sometimes too long and people are anxious because they would really love the positions,
Fair play to everyone for even going for it because it’s a tough time financially for people and realistically we all want this only to allow for us to live more comfortably and provide for everyone at home and that’s admirable.
I hope you all are successful and get the opportunity to move up in your career and to ease the burden today’s economy puts on us all and for all the various other reasons you individually have :)
Lol 😆 who cares it's that person's business.
I'm off on the lash in Asia next month so if I pass fantastic I'll be swan faced out there.
Good luck everyone and be nice to each other.
This thread is becoming toxic you all just need to wait until the next stage if any of us get called in short listings and go from there.
I never said you did. I was just reinforcing my point.
I didn't say it did. PAS will take no notice of that and rightfully so.
Yeah but telling them you aren't available NOW makes no difference to anything.
I agree that once you've a date set for interview, it would be very difficult to get them.to change it. But when you do get called for interview, they ask if there are any dates you are not available and they do try and work around that. So telling them you aren't available at this point is not going to affect your chances of being called.
In all probability, they will just ignore stuff like this until they know who they are going to call for interview. As you said, we are just data at this stage. Again, why would you be bothered contacting PAS with when you aren't available for interview if you don't even know you will be called for interview. Talk about jumping the gun 😄
From what I have seen on here, if you cannot take the interview date they give you, for whatever reason, you are removed from that interview batch and placed into the next batch, to be given another random slot. So by not taking the initial slot, you are delaying your interview slot, and if successful, your place on the panel, placement, etc. by months.
You're probably right that for online interviews it won't make a difference, so maybe my advice is more appropriate to pre-Covid times, but my main point is that PAS do not accommodate schedule changes unless they're truly serious, like in the example I gave above. I personally don't see the point in risking your chances of being called for interview, so to me it makes sense not to rock the boat without even knowing if you'll be called or not.
I know PAS are not supposed to factor things like this into the decision to call to interview, but who knows what really goes on; the process is not transparent.
Being off at a particular time won't affect your chances of being called for an interview but I'm not sure why people are contacting PAS about this when they don't even know if they are getting called. Its a bit presumptuous lol.
PAS do try and work around someone's schedule if they can. They aren't going to penalise someone just because they have a holiday booked. That's just untrue and you shouldn't be posting something like that and panicking people.
Lads, for your sake, please be aware that this stage in the process is solely about filtering of mass numbers of candidates- it's essentially digital crowd control. I'm sorry to be so blunt but this means that you as an individual, with your specific circumstances, don't matter for PAS. You are just a number, and you're doing yourself no favours by not being aware of this- in fact you may be lowering your chances of being invited to interview in the first place. I know it seems that you are being considerate by telling them you'll be on holiday next month or whatever, but believe me when I say that they don't care. It's not their problem or responsibility if you are not available.
For example, I know someone who's young child was having major surgery on the day his interview was scheduled, and they were very reluctant to allow him to reschedule, although they did in the end. But that's the kind of situation they will consider when you ask to reschedule, not whether or not you'll be away.
Obviously I'm not trying to put you off requesting if the time comes and you really can't be there, but I don't want you unintentionally making it less likely you'll be invited to interview either because they already know you can't make it, or whatever.
i can imagine the eye rolling, did they reply?
Mr. Jim, that should go smoothly enough 🤣🤣
I'll be in Asia for a chunk of next month I would tell them but I'd imagine interviews won't be running till may or something.
Worse case I facetime them from luang prabang half cut on the 1 euro pints lo. 😆 🤣
It was from an email to PAS, but not looking for an update actually. I was informing them I would be unavailable for certain dates should they schedule stage 3 during them and I be lucky enough to be shortlisted past stage 2.
If we are honest with ourselves, we have to admit that sometimes our assumptions and preconceived notions are wrong, and therefore, our interpretation of events is incorrect. This causes us to overreact, to take things personally, or to judge people unfairly.
I assume it's a response to an email they sent to PAS…
I don't really understand why people do that because (a) it's not gonna make the process move any faster and (b) PAS is not gonna respond with any info that hasn't already been disclosed to all relevant candidates.
I mean, if you had a genuine query i.e. "why did everybody get results except me" then yeah, fair enough… but asking for updates… really?
Thanks folks!
@Eod100
It's on the first post.
sambo_forever , did you receive a message with that update?
I've heard nothing yet
anyone know when the stage two results will be out?
HI folks, would anyone have the booklet for current competition handy by any chance please? I'm sure it's on the thread but haven't been able to find it. Thanks very much
update from publicjobs yesterday, no dates yet scheduled for stage 3 interviews, so sounds like they're going slow through stage 2 shortlisting
