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    #92
    madmaxvideo
    Registered Users Posts: 180 ✭✭madmaxvideo


    stringbox wrote: »
    Was it supposed to be today? Wow that's very quick.

    Yeah, today alright, very quick turn around, and if successful one week to return the interview form. Panel expected to go live end of June! Compared to previous years it seems very rushed, the expressions to go out to the last panel generated less than 10 applicants to show interest, maybe that's the reason for the short timeframe


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    #93
    emtally
    Registered Users Posts: 86 ✭✭emtally


    They missed a deadline...if we miss a deadline we're out of the campaign.
    No explanatory email...


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    #94
    tanolo1
    Registered Users Posts: 81 ✭✭tanolo1


    emtally wrote: »
    They missed a deadline...if we miss a deadline we're out of the campaign.
    No explanatory email...
    Was it definitely suppose to be today?


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    #95
    emtally
    Registered Users Posts: 86 ✭✭emtally


    tanolo1 wrote: »
    Was it definitely suppose to be today?

    According to their campaign information it was today.


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    #96
    tanolo1
    Registered Users Posts: 81 ✭✭tanolo1


    emtally wrote: »
    tanolo1 wrote: »
    Was it definitely suppose to be today?

    According to their campaign information it was today.
    Guess will just have to wait and see what tomorrow brings ! Fingers crossed


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    #97
    emtally
    Registered Users Posts: 86 ✭✭emtally


    tanolo1 wrote: »
    Guess will just have to wait and see what tomorrow brings ! Fingers crossed

    I wonder whether they will extend the next deadline to compensate for the time lost...


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    #98
    MedicsRusIRE
    Registered Users Posts: 15 ✭MedicsRusIRE


    tanolo1 wrote: »
    Guess will just have to wait and see what tomorrow brings ! Fingers crossed

    It's possible that the majority could have failed the aptitude test due to negative marking.
    I can see them scrapping this campaign and revising the aptitude test and starting a new campaign.
    This is just a theory...


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    #99
    stringbox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 294 ✭✭stringbox


    Don't be silly. They are marked on a curve. The aptitude test system wasn't scribbled on the back of an envelope by Leo Varadkar as he left the building. Sure they missed a deadline, but everything else is going to plan.


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    #100
    MedicsRusIRE
    Registered Users Posts: 15 ✭MedicsRusIRE


    stringbox wrote: »
    Don't be silly. They are marked on a curve. The aptitude test system wasn't scribbled on the back of an envelope by Leo Varadkar as he left the building. Sure they missed a deadline, but everything else is going to plan.

    "Silly"?
    Hmmm....
    Not sure I'm being "silly"...
    As I said, it's a theory.
    The system the HSE used was run by a company called Cut-E.
    This company prides itself in negative marking. It stands to reason therefore, that many may have failed.
    There were approx 300 at the tests over 3 days. The NAS need 750 staff immediately to maintain current levels.
    If too many failed then they could conceivably revise the aptitude test and renew the campaign.
    I fail to see how this theory is "silly"...


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    #101
    stringbox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 294 ✭✭stringbox


    Cut-e is used by Public Appointment Service and lots of other companies for recruiting.
    The person with the highest score will be no. 1.

    Where did you hear there was 300 candidates? Doesn't that mean that every single person who applied will get a job?


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    #102
    Mycroft H
    Registered Users Posts: 9,316 ✭✭✭Mycroft H


    MedicsRusIRE wrote: »
    It's possible that the majority could have failed the aptitude test due to negative marking.
    I can see them scrapping this campaign and revising the aptitude test and starting a new campaign.
    This is just a theory...


    This happened in West Midlands Amb. Trust in the UK last year. Never got the quality of applicants in the first batch so there was a second round of interviews and aptitude tests.


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    #103
    MedicsRusIRE
    Registered Users Posts: 15 ✭MedicsRusIRE


    Mycroft H wrote: »
    This happened in West Midlands Amb. Trust in the UK last year. Never got the quality of applicants in the first batch so there was a second round of interviews and aptitude tests.

    I had heard of this happening before...
    The NAS/HSE can more or less do what they want...


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    #104
    MedicsRusIRE
    Registered Users Posts: 15 ✭MedicsRusIRE


    stringbox wrote: »
    Cut-e is used by Public Appointment Service and lots of other companies for recruiting.
    The person with the highest score will be no. 1.

    Where did you hear there was 300 candidates? Doesn't that mean that every single person who applied will get a job?

    300 candidates was from the horses mouth...
    True the person with the highest score will have the highest ranking. I don't dispute that.
    I was saying that if, out of the 300, too many didn't achieve the required minimum then they (NAS/HSE) could revise the tests and start again.
    If they don't then yes, it's possible that everyone will be invited to interview.


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    #105
    mr ice
    Registered Users Posts: 39 ✭mr ice


    Ye could also be over thinking things, something more pressing could have come up in the office, like the recruitment campaign for porters in Roscommon hospital. I'm sure the results will be out tomorrow or Wednesday.


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    #106
    MedicsRusIRE
    Registered Users Posts: 15 ✭MedicsRusIRE


    mr ice wrote: »
    Ye could also be over thinking things, something more pressing could have come up in the office, like the recruitment campaign for porters in Roscommon hospital. I'm sure the results will be out tomorrow or Wednesday.

    More pressing than the recruitment of paramedics?
    I assume you are being sarcastic...
    Either way, it shouldn't have happened. A deadline is a deadline.
    If you miss one in this campaign you're out. No comeback,no appeal.


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    #107
    madmaxvideo
    Registered Users Posts: 180 ✭✭madmaxvideo


    MedicsRusIRE wrote: »
    I had heard of this happening before...
    The NAS/HSE can more or less do what they want...

    Relax lads, I'm in the same boat, it's out of our hands ontilll we hear more, there could be a number of reasons for the delay, from what I heard there was over 600 attended the tests, I can't see them scrapping the current process, however there could be an extra recruitment drive as there was very little advertising done for the current recruitment, I'd say they expected a bigger amount of applicants. They disbanded the last panel, even though they had a second band to draft from and only a hand full expressed interest in the offers, so as was said before, anything is possible


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    #108
    stringbox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 294 ✭✭stringbox


    I can't understand why people are getting hung up on deadlines. Clearly you've never had any dealings with a large organisation before. They can miss deadlines - you can't. That's how it is. If you struggle with things being unfair then...


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    #109
    madmaxvideo
    Registered Users Posts: 180 ✭✭madmaxvideo


    Just on another note, the recruitment drive is noting to do with NAS, it is all ran by NRS


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    #110
    mr ice
    Registered Users Posts: 39 ✭mr ice


    MedicsRusIRE wrote: »
    More pressing than the recruitment of paramedics?
    I assume you are being sarcastic...
    Either way, it shouldn't have happened. A deadline is a deadline.
    If you miss one in this campaign you're out. No comeback,no appeal.

    No I'm not being sarcastic, slightly disingenuous perhaps but many roles in the hse are rather pressing and some might be just about to get filled.
    A deadline for them is a guideline, for us it's to show we can follow orders. You'll be sitting on a panel long enough if your successful, 24 hours makes no difference.


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    #111
    MedicsRusIRE
    Registered Users Posts: 15 ✭MedicsRusIRE


    madmaxvideo wrote: »
    Relax lads, I'm in the same boat, it's out of our hands ontilll we hear more, there could be a number of reasons for the delay, from what I heard there was over 600 attended the tests, I can't see them scrapping the current process, however there could be an extra recruitment drive as there was very little advertising done for the current recruitment, I'd say they expected a bigger amount of applicants. They disbanded the last panel, even though they had a second band to draft from and only a hand full expressed interest in the offers, so as was said before, anything is possible

    It is out of our hands. This is all just speculation.
    The woman at the aptitude test said that only approx 450 people initially expressed interest but many dropped out due to the 6 LC subjects and the C1/D1 licences.
    Apparently this left approx 300 going to the test.


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    #112
    MedicsRusIRE
    Registered Users Posts: 15 ✭MedicsRusIRE


    mr ice wrote: »
    No I'm not being sarcastic, slightly disingenuous perhaps but many roles in the hse are rather pressing and some might be just about to get filled.
    A deadline for them is a guideline, for us it's to show we can follow orders. You'll be sitting on a panel long enough if your successful, 24 hours makes no difference.

    And this is very true...


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    #113
    MedicsRusIRE
    Registered Users Posts: 15 ✭MedicsRusIRE


    madmaxvideo wrote: »
    Just on another note, the recruitment drive is noting to do with NAS, it is all ran by NRS

    The NRS are HSE...


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    #114
    MedicsRusIRE
    Registered Users Posts: 15 ✭MedicsRusIRE


    Apparently the results should be out "sometime this week"...


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    #115
    tanolo1
    Registered Users Posts: 81 ✭✭tanolo1


    MedicsRusIRE wrote: »
    Apparently the results should be out "sometime this week"...
    Hi there, who told you that I'd you don't mind me asking...thanks :-)


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    #116
    MedicsRusIRE
    Registered Users Posts: 15 ✭MedicsRusIRE


    tanolo1 wrote: »
    Hi there, who told you that I'd you don't mind me asking...thanks :-)

    No names...
    It was "the horse's mouth"...
    That's all I can say.


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    #117
    tanolo1
    Registered Users Posts: 81 ✭✭tanolo1


    MedicsRusIRE wrote: »
    tanolo1 wrote: »
    Hi there, who told you that I'd you don't mind me asking...thanks :-)

    No names...
    It was "the horse's mouth"...
    That's all I can say.
    No prob don't want names ... just a general idea !


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    #118
    MedicsRusIRE
    Registered Users Posts: 15 ✭MedicsRusIRE


    tanolo1 wrote: »
    No prob don't want names ... just a general idea !

    Can't say any more...
    Sorry.


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    #119
    Osgood
    Registered Users Posts: 66 ✭✭Osgood


    tanolo1 wrote: »
    Hi there, who told you that I'd you don't mind me asking...thanks :-)

    If I was guessing, without a horse, I'd guess we'll hear sometime this week too.


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    #120
    tanolo1
    Registered Users Posts: 81 ✭✭tanolo1


    Osgood wrote: »
    tanolo1 wrote: »
    Hi there, who told you that I'd you don't mind me asking...thanks :-)

    If I was guessing, without a horse, I'd guess we'll hear sometime this week too.
    Ha ha me too !!!


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    #121
    tanolo1
    Registered Users Posts: 81 ✭✭tanolo1


    MedicsRusIRE wrote: »
    tanolo1 wrote: »
    No prob don't want names ... just a general idea !

    Can't say any more...
    Sorry.
    That's fine .. thanks .. it's what we knew anyway so let's just wait and see


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