Garda Recruitment - Applying to join An Garda Siochana

Haz33

jos28 wrote: »

Thanks everyone for the replies. He just had a look and as Haz said 7 marks is a lot to try and get from an appeal. So here's to the next round and good luck to everyone. Thanks again.

Hope I didn't put you off appealing but I definately think use this information to work on the next time, and you can only improve. The fact that you re apply definately will stand to you next time.

soundlad

Haz33 wrote: »

They dont normally contact current employers but the possibilty is it may happen so be prepared. They can call previous employers and those who you put down for references, but probably not them all. This will vary from person to person.
Unfortunately you have no results to apply with which is unlucky for you.
AFAIK there should be one more before the end of the year ( rumoured to be sept ) but look this is a "take it as it comes" recruitment process. No one really knows what goes on so just register with public jobs and stay tuned to boards for any info you can get.
I have passed everything , just waiting for date for PCT, so hoping to be in templemore for August.
Best of luck with that LC. Concentrate all your energy on that for now!

It depends on yor local station weather they ring ur current employer. My local station did ring my currrent employer which didnt go down to well at the time but sure u have to these things

coolkidd

Hi Folks,
I am applying for the next recruitment drive but most of the gards i have spoke to say it usualy takes the best part of a year to get to templemore, so i am planning on doing a degree in the meantime. Does anyone know of any one year courses that would be gd to have under my belt??

goouch

IT will be up Thur. we should receive txt Email on Thur if you have registered

horse1

Hi Guys,

I was just on a website of one of the prep courses for AGS and some of them are not until the 7th and 8th June in Sligo and Galway. Does this mean that it will be another 5 or 6 weeks unitl the next recruitment cycle.
just a bit confused

goouch

Haz they told me 2marks was alot to appeal anyway its worth it i think?

goouch

horse1 ya im finding the same prob but alot of these aim to do the class prior to interview dates now they are said to advertise Thur for i think 2weeks then it wont be till mid june we will all be doing stage 1 then if you think about it by the time results are back and we all:p have interview dates got id say wed be looking at july anyways what you think?

horse1

goouch wrote: »

horse1 ya im finding the same prob but alot of these aim to do the class prior to interview dates now they are said to advertise Thur for i think 2weeks then it wont be till mid june we will all be doing stage 1 then if you think about it by the time results are back and we all:p have interview dates got id say wed be looking at july anyways what you think?

the website i was lookin at was for prep for stage 1. i dont know what to think. from reading previous threads they were reckoning that the august intake is nearly full, so this recruitment process might be for the november intake. maybe thats why the might delay it a bit.just a thought.

Haz33

coolkidd wrote: »

Hi Folks,
I am applying for the next recruitment drive but most of the gards i have spoke to say it usualy takes the best part of a year to get to templemore, so i am planning on doing a degree in the meantime. Does anyone know of any one year courses that would be gd to have under my belt??

I have replied to this in the waitng room coolkid. Check it out!

Haz33

goouch wrote: »

Haz they told me 2marks was alot to appeal anyway its worth it i think?

Yeah Goouch I would agree. It is worth it and it would be no harm. I felt a bit bad back there when they said they wouldn't be appealing. I just didn't think it's worth putting all your eggs in one basket. 2 or 3 or 4 marks maybe even 5 and I would say go for it. Anything outside that is not beyond the realms of possibility but success is certainly diminished and personally I would cover my rear and reapply anyway!

goouch

WELL youll find d r is alot of false stuff said on boards but alot alot good stuff once again i rang PAS today and was told it will be Thur and that no their is still space in Aug intake i was told that and i have the name of who told me that and if ye dont know this is my 2nd time going through this and if it aint true about Thur ill flip lol

Haz33

goouch wrote: »

WELL youll find d r is alot of false stuff said on boards but alot alot good stuff once again i rang PAS today and was told it will be Thur and that no their is still space in Aug intake i was told that and i have the name of who told me that and if ye dont know this is my 2nd time going through this and if it aint true about Thur ill flip lol

Too true goouch. A lot of rumours on this thing. I have been known to start the odd scare myself just repeating what HQ told me. After what happened me I would say there are spaces for august however this May recruitment drive would be pushing it to get in for august. Some Jan 08 applicants did get into May intake in templemore but that Jan - May. May - Aug is a shorter span by a month so I would imagine its nov intake for this next batch. Just my €0.02

horse1

lol goouch. hopefully wot u say is true. we'l all know thur anway

keith101

since i am in school i only ever had two proper jobs the previous one was a bad experience due to conflict with management.... i am in my current job nearly a year so thats the only job will be putting on the form ,will they know about the last job

Haz33

keith101 wrote: »

since i am in school i only ever had two proper jobs the previous one was a bad experience due to conflict with management.... i am in my current job nearly a year so thats the only job will be putting on the form ,will they know about the last job

If you think that bad experience would give you a bad reference then I would say dont put it down. But if you dont you need to fill the gap with something else. I dont mean make up a job but because you are so young they wont want to see gaps in your history. I am 33 and was able to omit 1 or 2 things but still had plenty to fill a form. For you a gap in time might be very noticable.
If you think you came out of it alright, put it on the forms or use it as one of your scenarios how you dealt with a difficult situation. This might well earn you brownie points.
Don't panic about it anyway everyone leaves employment and nearly always cause you dont like them or they dont like you or something better comes along. They are expecting this. Otherwise everyone would only have 1 job to put down. Christ I had more jobs than "the fugitive" on my form!

goouch

YA THE ABOVE IS GOOD advice but how bout put it down and not use that as your reference,

Haz33

goouch wrote: »

YA THE ABOVE IS GOOD advice but how bout put it down and not use that as your reference,

I would say definately dont put it down as a reference!
But if you put it in your work history be prepared if they are contacted.
Also ( this should go without saying) if you dont put in your work history dont put it in your scenarios and visa versa!

keith101

thanks, but since im so young and will just be out of school will it not be believable that i only had one job

Haz33

keith101 wrote: »

thanks, but since im so young and will just be out of school will it not be believable that i only had one job

No I'm saying because of your age it will be believable that you only had one job. Just dont leave this period blank. As this will stick out like a sore thumb. You were playing in a band, minding a sick granny , studyoing for exams ,helping your mother with your siblings.......Whatever else you could have been doing make sure you account for that period!

keith101

thanks haz33 you,ve been very helpful and imformative

shakin

goouch wrote: »

YA THE ABOVE IS GOOD advice but how bout put it down and not use that as your reference,

thursday you say?unusual day to start, i thought the last 2 were mondays??

widget64

Hey everyone,

This is my first time posting here. I need a bit of advice. I know i could possibly get ridiculed for this but my head is wrecked over this.

I would really like to apply but i have a bit of a black mark against my name and was wondering is their any point in even applying. About two years ago i was caught with 3 ectasy on me when searched going into a festival. I have grown up out of that now but i know my name is on the system although i was never summonsed.

Is anyone in the similar situation? Will i just be lughed at if i apply?

Haz33

widget64 wrote: »

Hey everyone,

This is my first time posting here. I need a bit of advice. I know i could possibly get ridiculed for this but my head is wrecked over this.

I would really like to apply but i have a bit of a black mark against my name and was wondering is their any point in even applying. About two years ago i was caught with 3 ectasy on me when searched going into a festival. I have grown up out of that now but i know my name is on the system although i was never summonsed.

Is anyone in the similar situation? Will i just be lughed at if i apply?

No you wont be laughed at though you will be asked about it so be prepared. 3 tabs would be considered personal use which is why you were never summonsed. This is a little bigger than a speeding fine but is nowhere near the kind of offence that would bar you from applying. Best of luck.

widget64

Thanks for the reply. I am still nervous about the whole situation. I suppose it was a wake up call if anything.......... The only thing is i can get good references from 2 Gaurd's/

Still very nervous though.............

ojewriej

widget64 wrote: »

Thanks for the reply. I am still nervous about the whole situation. I suppose it was a wake up call if anything.......... The only thing is i can get good references from 2 Gaurd's/

Still very nervous though.............

Haz is right, you should be grand. Apparently there were cases of reformed heroin addicts admitted into GS, i don't know how true it is. I think the most important part would be to convince super that you learned your lesson.

Meeting with sups is a part of the process precisely to give candidate a chance to explain stupis stuff like that, imo.

widget64

ojewriej wrote: »

Haz is right, you should be grand. Apparently there were cases of reformed heroin addicts admitted into GS, i don't know how true it is. I think the most important part would be to convince super that you learned your lesson.

Meeting with sups is a part of the process precisely to give candidate a chance to explain stupis stuff like that, imo.

ahhh it gets worse........ i know the local sups wife very well and she is friends with my family. So if i have to explain it to him, it could easily get back to my family. Dont know what i am more worried about..........:(

Bite the bullit time!:eek:

ojewriej

widget64 wrote: »

So if i have to explain it to him, it could easily get back to my family.

I don't think so. I'd imagine discussing someone's criminal record is a serious matter, not something to gossip about. I'd say the sup will now better.

widget64

ojewriej wrote: »

I don't think so. I'd imagine discussing someone's criminal record is a serious matter, not something to gossip about. I'd say the sup will now better.

Lets hope so................... Cheers for the advice!

shakin

widget64 wrote: »

Lets hope so................... Cheers for the advice!

ive no experience on that but, maybe if you took some drugs education course or something like that and just say you were young and foolish.

widget64

shakin wrote: »

ive no experience on that but, maybe if you took some drugs education course or something like that and just say you were young and foolish.

God thats a very good idea, thanks!

keith101

hi could anyone tell me what the whole process includes from the minute you register to being in templemore(assuming everything go's well)

Shield

keith101 wrote: »

hi could anyone tell me what the whole process includes from the minute you register to being in templemore(assuming everything go's well)

Cough Cough

Dr_MaSoN

Register on Public jobs
Aptitude Test
Interview
Meet with local sarge
Meet with district super
Meet with local super
Medical
Pct
Templemore




Thats how my stages have been, But really any questions you have the answers are in those threads linked by psni.

keith101

thanks psni and drmason...... i am also wondering what a form B is aswell if anyone knows. thanks

eroo

psni wrote: »

Cough Cough

hahaha

goouch

keith101 and any1 else who is a little unsure of the process this is a good link as it answers most frequent asked questions on eg entry processs and about the actual training etc. http://www.garda.ie/faq.html
hope it helps

goouch

keith101 wrote: »

thanks psni and drmason...... i am also wondering what a form B is aswell if anyone knows. thanks

http://www.publicjobs.ie/en/campaign/inprogress.asp go down to Garda trainee 2008 click on form B youl see what its all about,

keith101

thanks goouch very helpful

Stay_in_Kampuchea

It Starts tomorow.....:D

Stay_in_Kampuchea

Just a quick question, are we tested on Numerical reasoning now? Cause I cant remember it happening last time?

kaizersoze1980

oldirtywyer wrote: »

It Starts tomorow.....:D

Are you sure? How do you know this?

soundlad

oldirtywyer wrote: »

Just a quick question, are we tested on Numerical reasoning now? Cause I cant remember it happening last time?

No there is no numerical just that analytical reasoning thing then two other parts that are easy enough

soundlad

oldirtywyer wrote: »

It Starts tomorow.....:D

Roll on tomorrow . cant wait to get the process going again

kaizersoze1980

soundlad wrote: »

Roll on tomorrow . cant wait to get the process going again

Why do people think tomorrow is the date?

Just curious.

Stay_in_Kampuchea

kaizersoze1980 wrote: »

Why do people think tomorrow is the date?

Just curious.

I asked at the PAS, they said this Thursday.

Stay_in_Kampuchea

soundlad wrote: »

Roll on tomorrow . cant wait to get the process going again

Sound Lad. I'm the same, I'm frothin' at the mouth to get the ball rollin again.

goouch

PAS told me its tomorrow time will tell,

bettyboop999

HI all this is my first time posting on this site... i am really interested in joining the gardai but i think i mite be fooling myself...(im really ashamed of this) about 2yrs ago i was working in a factory were i stole an item of stock... it was my first time and my last because enevidibly i was caught and dismissed.. i know the form B ask,s if you were ever dismissed.... and i will be telling the truth.. will this destroy my chances of getting in..

goouch

speak yto your local station see what they think? and see how it goes apply anyway i think

Dr_MaSoN

it could depend on if you were prosecuted for it or not.