Graduate Opportunities in Local Government 2017

tgdaly wrote: »

Anyone have any idea when there are coming out with the results for the test done for Graduate Opportunities in Local Government 2017? The one's done on either the 2nd or 9th of December in chapter house

I did my supervised test for this campaign on the 9th of December and I emailed them for an update last week. Here’s what they wrote back:


‘Hi

We are still in the planning stage for this campaign. The number to be called forward and when the next stage will be is still to be finalised. It is intended to invite a number of candidates, based on the order of merit, to Stage 3.

We will be in contact with you this month with details regarding the Stage 2 result. Please log in regularly to your publicjobs.ie Message Board where any updates on this competition will be posted.

Regards

Local Government Recruitment’

Stage Two was performed in two streams:

o Candidates who sat the supervised test on 2nd and 9th December.

o Candidates who were also participating in the Civil Service campaign. Their 'Assessment Centre' also covered off the supervised test requirement for the Local Government. It was killing two birds with the one stone.

Good luck to everyone called for Stage Three

Got my results - I am 125 on the OOM. Is that good? I know it would be a good score for other campaigns I am up for but is it for this? Any idea how many people would have qualified for this?

It's hard to know exactly how many positions might be available.

'Geography' could become a key factor as people were asked to express a preference on Eastern, Southern or Border Region.

It could depend on the level of interest in your region, i.e. you might be #100 nationally overall, but #10 in the Borders region and #2 in County xyz based on your address. Although specific county was not a choice.

Dublin Local Government you'd expect to be the main employers - Dublin City, Fingal, South Dublin and Dun Laoghaire Rathdown.

The wording of the notification indicates a straight interview. Couldn't see a mention of mock presentations or job simulation.

Some people might have picked all six skills... others will have restricted their picks.

Best wishes to everyone! Fingers crossed for a good day in February

Sharon2017 wrote: »

Thank feck for that! It would be an annoying extra step. I picked the South and Dublin as my preferred regions so I guess that puts me in for most of the opportunities.

I've picked 3 or 4 skill sections I think but having looked at the campaign booklet again I'm questioning my actually being qualified for some of them.

Do they actually require a degree in the subject matter? I have a broader degree (a Masters in Public Policy) - are they actually looking for people who have a degree in for example Economic Enterprise and Business Development or Innovation Strategy and Change management. If thats the case I'm likely not going to get much further!

You would pick up a lot of these skills in your professional life and put them on your CV (aka application form), rather than holding specific university degrees in them.

Although a specific degree in them would be a distinct advantage (if they exist)

Sharon2017 wrote: »

I asked PAS how many jobs there would be etc and this is the reply I got this morning:


There are approx 150 vacancies nationwide. We will be calling everyone who passed stage 2 forward to main interview which are due to commence in mid February. As per the message, PAS will be in contact through the publicjobs Message Board regarding interview details.

Very useful information. Thanks for posting.

Actually .... the original submission form (Section was just one box to discuss all your skills lumped together.

The supplementary application form has a box for each skill. So it's probably a rearrangement exercise

Is anyone having an issue opening the forms to complete? I have updated my abode but it's still not opening. Thanks.

Jimbob1977 wrote: »

It's working fine for me.

What type of error are you seeing?

If you right click the file and select 'Open With'.... does that make a difference?

This is the message. I'm getting it on the phone, laptop and pc.

RedNiamhy wrote: »

This is the message. I'm getting it on the phone, laptop and pc.

I got this when I tried from work because the PC didn't have adobe reader or acrobat installed. When I tried it at home with my Macbook, which does have it, it worked fine. If you want can try to send you a copy of them form in case its some glitch but maybe make sure you have the latest version of Acrobat first?

Best wishes to everyone waiting to get an interview date.

Sharon2017 wrote: »

I hope people will start to hear soon about interview dates! If I'm being optimistic it would be great to hear in the coming week

To meet the objective of Mid-February interviews, the candidates would need to receive notification this week. Fingers crossed.

Jimbob1977 wrote: »

Hi,

Has anyone received a communication this week? I've heard nothing.

Cheers

Nothing for me either. I was kind of expecting an update today...

Nada - I emailed them last week asking for an update but they said they're still finalising the details. If anyone else fancies writing in or ringing they might have more info this week. I don't want to be hassling them every few days so have to wait a while myself before asking!

I have an interview next week on the clerical campaign but i'd like to know whats happening with this one as obviously the money is a lot better and in general this is the one I'd prefer!