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Garda Reserve Force - (See Moderator note in first post #1)
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barneycotter wrote: »Well done quick question how long was it from the time you met the seg to time you met super?I'm waiting four weeks and no word so far
ahh god im nervous now if he doesnt recommend me thats the end of the line..
i suppose it wouldnt do you any harm to give them a buzz barney but maybe give it a week or so as my sergeant interview was 5 or 6 weeks ago even 7?
just to egoshea..hopefully im the same as you getting a call for a medical a couple of weeks after the interview
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Eliezer Powerful Signal wrote: »ahh god im nervous now if he doesnt recommend me thats the end of the line..
i suppose it wouldnt do you any harm to give them a buzz barney but maybe give it a week or so as my sergeant interview was 5 or 6 weeks ago even 7?
just to egoshea..hopefully im the same as you getting a call for a medical a couple of weeks after the interview
Man don't worry you got this far so keep the cool head ull be fine0 -
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J.C: Sorry if me saying that worried you. I genuinely think that the particular super I was speaking to just happenend to say it - this doesn't seem to be some sort of 'procedural' thing at all. It's just something he happened to mention. Seriously, man, don't worry about it.
I don't understand what you mean by the next step being your "first public jobs interview". Wasn't that your first step? It seems to be up to the super to pass your application back to HQ and then you get called for your medical once your background checks are through.
ahh no no not atal egoshea youv been nothing but helpfull
yea exactly that was my first step??he then went on to explain the interview board will consist of a retired guard and so on??i just said i had passed that interview and the serg and super was the next stage?0 -
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With the utmost of respect to your particular super, it sounds as though he may not be aware of the procedure regarding the processing of reserve applications. Depending on the station, some people involved (including those at my local one) aren't so used to the reserve yet. Maybe you could give him - or a secretary of his, etc - a call and respectfully enquire as to what the next step will be. You can then suggest that the application needs to be sent back to HQ if he/she starts talking about PAS interviews. Open to other suggestions though.Eliezer Powerful Signal wrote: »ahh no no not atal egoshea youv been nothing but helpfull
yea exactly that was my first step??he then went on to explain the interview board will consist of a retired guard and so on??i just said i had passed that interview and the serg and super was the next stage?0 -
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Does anyone thing the interview & written exercise had gotten harder for the Garda Reserve ? Or does anyone think the Garda Reserve recruitment process should be made harder ? I ask this as there seems to be lots of people after passing lets say in the last 8months.... I ask this as ive mentioned before I'm waiting on background checks since Feb 08 but god knows how many more people are waiting aswell ? If they keep recruiting at a good rate and the majority of people pass then by the time applications like myself start coming through for the medical will it also create a backlog for the Garda Reserve?? As the recruitment is ongoing then im sure people that a good amount people that are applying might be held up " long term" like myself.... Any comments on this ?
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Tommy-Kerry wrote: »Does anyone thing the interview & written exercise had gotten harder for the Garda Reserve ? Or does anyone think the Garda Reserve recruitment process should be made harder ? I ask this as there seems to be lots of people after passing lets say in the last 8months.... I ask this as ive mentioned before I'm waiting on background checks since Feb 08 but god knows how many more people are waiting aswell ? If they keep recruiting at a good rate and the majority of people pass then by the time applications like myself start coming through for the medical will it also create a backlog for the Garda Reserve?? As the recruitment is ongoing then im sure people that a good amount people that are applying might be held up " long term" like myself.... Any comments on this ?
Of course, but they need numbers and fast to reduce the effect of the recruitment freeze on full time numbers.
Going to course problems down the road. God knows who's being rushed thought the gates0 -
With the utmost of respect to your particular super, it sounds as though he may not be aware of the procedure regarding the processing of reserve applications. Depending on the station, some people involved (including those at my local one) aren't so used to the reserve yet. Maybe you could give him - or a secretary of his, etc - a call and respectfully enquire as to what the next step will be. You can then suggest that the application needs to be sent back to HQ if he/she starts talking about PAS interviews. Open to other suggestions though.
yea thats what i thought maybe the super interview is first regarding full time members and he assumed it was the same?i think il give it a few weeks and then give them a ring..
i rang HQ and the girl there said that he will have to fill out a confidential form anyhow and send it to them?
ill jus live in hope :L
how long have you been waiting egoshea?
the process seems to be moving alot faster than before
just hope they ent forgettin about some of the folks on here waiting over a year, two in some cases.0 -
I did my first interview in Killarney at the very start of July '09 following a wait of about 2/3 months for that interview to be arranged. My medical is next week and (assuming I pass it) I'll then begin training in February '10. So, from the very first interview to the beginning of the training, I guess that'll have taken 7-7.5 months in total.Eliezer Powerful Signal wrote: »yea thats what i thought maybe the super interview is first regarding full time members and he assumed it was the same?i think il give it a few weeks and then give them a ring..
i rang HQ and the girl there said that he will have to fill out a confidential form anyhow and send it to them?
ill jus live in hope :L
how long have you been waiting egoshea?
the process seems to be moving alot faster than before
just hope they ent forgettin about some of the folks on here waiting over a year, two in some cases.
Yourself and some of the others' view that the processing is accelerating sounds fair enough - even the email inviting me to the medical said very clearly to respond "ASAP". But if they are beginning to speed things up - because of the recruitment freeze or whatever other reasons - why do they not also speed up the processing of older applications? If they were in a rush to get as many people as possible, and this was going to result in such a 'rush', why wouldn't they give preference to those who've not only been waiting longer but whose applications should also have been 'further along' anyway. Hard to see why.0 -
I did my first interview in Killarney at the very start of July '09 following a wait of about 2/3 months for that interview to be arranged. My medical is next week and (assuming I pass it) I'll then begin training in February '10. So, from the very first interview to the beginning of the training, I guess that'll have taken 7-7.5 months in total.
Yourself and some of the others' view that the processing is accelerating sounds fair enough - even the email inviting me to the medical said very clearly to respond "ASAP". But if they are beginning to speed things up - because of the recruitment freeze or whatever other reasons - why do they not also speed up the processing of older applications? If they were in a rush to get as many people as possible, and this was going to result in such a 'rush', why wouldn't they give preference to those who've not only been waiting longer but whose applications should also have been 'further along' anyway. Hard to see why.
im basically in the same boat as yourself done my interview in dublin in july and have gotten this far although i havent been asked to attend a medical and only had my super interview today..when did yours take place?
it seems odd that yours could only take 7 or 8 months when others are waiting nearly two years?what could possibly delay it that much?
hopefully i get the call soon
do you wish to get into the fulltime or is it just for experience?0 -
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I have no idea regarding the logic underlying the timing of the application process. Why it takes some people so long and myself and others so short makes no sense to me. Haven't a clue. Sounds like your medical will be arranged shortly but, as always, don't hold your breath.Eliezer Powerful Signal wrote: »im basically in the same boat as yourself done my interview in dublin in july and have gotten this far although i havent been asked to attend a medical and only had my super interview today..when did yours take place?
it seems odd that yours could only take 7 or 8 months when others are waiting nearly two years?what could possibly delay it that much?
hopefully i get the call soon
do you wish to get into the fulltime or is it just for experience?
Maybe we could all leave something like this below to be able to work out an average length of time/variation for the application process?
July (early) '09: Initial interview and report-writing.
July (mid) '09: Informed that I passed and instructed to fill out BR form and bring it in to my local station.
Completed this around late Jul/early Aug and had very brief chat with sergeant - not at all an interview; just discussing what he has to do next with the form.
Nov (early-mid) '09: Called sergeant to check up on progress - he tells me that someone from the super's office said they had tried phoning me (I didn't have anything on my phone about this) and said he'd look into it for me. 1 week later I call him back (as instructed by him if I hadn't heard from them by then) and he calls them back again. This time I get a phonecall about 15 minutes later from someone to arrange the super interview for the next week.
Nov (mid) '09: Superintendent interview.
Nov (late): Medical arranged.
Dec (mid) '09: Medical to be held.
Feb '10: Training begins.0
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