Prison Officer Recruitment 2016

I reckon so.
I jumped from the 500s to 183. Guess some lads home and supervised tests didnt match

ryanm1234m wrote: »

I wonder how many of the 600 got through? I went from 300s to 119

Yeah same as that I went from late 500s To the very low 100s .. It was a tough aptitude test so who ever of us came out the other side deserved it. Well done lads (and girls) in fairness. Best of luck to everyone going forward.

[i have to say ive been doing the physical fitness part a bit and i can do it ok, im in the gym (crosstraining) and i reckon theres gonna be a good. Few that wont make it through that part of it. Its not that hard but it qas obvious at the supervised test there werw a lot of v unfit people there..quote="ryanm1234m;101317458"]Thank you and well done yourself. I'm relieved now. For me the rest is the easy part. No BS or mistakes cost you the job, its just your capacity to perform the role that decides if you get it or not.[/quote]

po candidate wrote: »

Well done guys,

I came in 50s at stage one. passed verbal and numberical at stage two but failed questionaire (384) with qualifying score at 400. Really gutted as I am useless at numberical so studied hard for that thinking that would be my downfall! That's life I guess!

Well done to you all again

Hard luck, atleast you have something to work with and work on for the application process next year.

This covers the next few yrs

Farlo1234 wrote: »

Does this recruitment campaign cover the 360 over next 3 years being taken in or will they open up for more applicants next year does anybody know

tinru wrote: »

Congrats everyone who got through... I seem to be the only one who lost places in the supervised one! haha
Still managed to scrape through though so will see how the next stage goes.
Does anyone know how many got through to Stage 3? And for how many places?

And does anyone have a copy of the original information booklet.... need to take a closer look at the details now that I've gotten this far!

Thanks in advance.

I believe there is 120 places, as regards how many got through, I'm thinking 250-350 but could be totally off

Form B, I'm presuming we receive this on the day of interview to fill out up there?

tinru wrote: »

It says at the end of the message "You will receive the link to the form B next week" and that "candidates must complete this form fully but not sign it until in the presence of a member of staff from the IPS on the day of their interview"

Cheers I'm blind, didn't see the " you will receive the link to form B next week", seen the other part though

doogie93 wrote: »

Anyone have any trouble opening the Interview Form Link? Its not opening for me and have updated Adobe Reader etc?

Save it to your desktop and you'll be able to open it from there.

Must send the from by end of today! I'm not so sure about the empty field? you mean your email is saying empty field? there's a space on the email address if you copy and paste it that isn't supposed to be there i presume.

Well if you really want it, ring someone to try and do it for you, surely someone can

CorkColin wrote: »

Well if you really want it, ring someone to try and do it for you, surely someone can

Yeah I got sorted anyway, had to use internet explorer to open the file again i had chrome. You have till the end of today to complete it not yesterday by the way. Alls good, got sorted anyway.
I still haven't got my original leaving cert got yet, hope my interview isn't before I get it.

Is everyone still waiting on form B?

Cheers

Farlo1234 wrote: »

Does this recruitment campaign cover the 360 over next 3 years being taken in or will they open up for more applicants next year does anybody know

Was wondering the same. I barely got through the first online test. Came 1500's. Put it to the back of my disappointed mind. But if they're calling ppl forward in groups of 600, I might still have a hope in hell of being called, maybe even next year??

Harambe1 wrote: »

Just got a message about an interview date. Anybody else?

Yep Goodluck everyone

CorkColin wrote: »

Yep Goodluck everyone

Yeah me too.
Just for a bit o info, can anyone sell the job as a prison officer to me? Like tell me the great things about it.
I'm just starting to worry that it won't be for me

ryanm1234m wrote: »

No great things as such, very tough job. You are dealing with some dangerous people in a gloomy place. Great pay, benefits an pension are the core selling points. A lot of people enjoy their job as PO though, im sure it is really rewarding but ofcourse mentally draining and stressful. Id love to work in probation personally

I'm not fully educated to the point where I know how many hours u work or what even the pay and benefits are like. Benefits are rarely discussed as they vary but I assume they're good?

I've had contact with some po's. It's obviously a tough job and I have the same reservations as others. The pay at the start, renting/commuting to Dublin and the cost of it, the job itself, whether I want to work in that sort of environment, will it have a negative effect on me as a person, will I be happy in the job? All these questions are floating around my mind.

The po's I've spoken to have been really great and open. One thing that has been said to me is focus on the positives of the job, security, pension, opportunity to climb the ladder.

It's a big decision, no doubt about it. Best of luck to everyone.

stripmymind wrote: »

Yeah me too.
Just for a bit o info, can anyone sell the job as a prison officer to me? Like tell me the great things about it.
I'm just starting to worry that it won't be for me

If you want to know a bit about it I suggest you read 'Inside Man' by Philip Bray. It will be in your library and if not they can get it for you. An honest account of a Prison officer in Limerick Prison for 30 years up until 2008. He refers to the job as the velvet trap as in the money was too good to turn down when overtime and allowances were accounted for. Prison can be a violent place, it can also be a rewarding place to work. To some people it is just a job but others genuinely seem to enjoy it.

Did everyone get a message about interview day? I got the message saying I got threw to stage 3 and I submitted my Interview Form etc but haven't received anything since? Not even Form.B?

Yeahbi emailed to see what's happening? I got receipt email too for submitting Interview Form but haven't received Anything since.

eldel1 wrote: »

Got the Interview notification on the 21st, looks like yours got lost in the post, you'll likely hear tomorrow. My interview isn't until the 22nd of nov, good while yet so I'm sure you won't be too short of notice.

Haha yeah its looking that way. I'm in the 200's position so maybe that's the hold up