PSNI Recruitment - The Waiting Room

cpn

integra1 wrote: »

Can I ask you, when you contacted what did they say exactly, something along the lines of we are not in a position yet to discuss appointments for successful candidates or what? Just curious...

cheers
Teg...

They just said that they could not discuss it. Its such a mysterious system isn't it?

As for parade ground in January, I would not care if it was lashing down I would be happy

MrsGeneHunt

carlty888 wrote: »

Yeah, I had to ring my wife to get her to check it. I'm doting in my old age!! :rolleyes:

I must be thinking of something else. I'm convinced that I've got something in saying that they'd be in touch before September 09.

I did remember a while back someone posting about having received this letter too.

Its looking like there are certain cut off points on the merit list. Those who are def in, those who are maybe like back up? ( I'm loathe to say wastage )

carlty888

cpn wrote: »

As for parade ground in January, I would not care if it was lashing down I would be happy

As would most (if not all) of us. I doubt you'll be waiting too long though.

integra1

cpn wrote: »

They just said that they could not discuss it. Its such a mysterious system isn't it?

As for parade ground in January, I would not care if it was lashing down I would be happy

Thanks for the info..yeah its a frustrating system alright, but as I said before, I would still rather be in this frustrating position than not!!!....:D:eek:

inspector71

I had the phone out earlier to ring vetting and find out where i am, but i had second thoughts, i'll save it for some time i really need it!

integra1

well, I did have my phone out and couldn't resist ringing vetting..Mine is ongoing!:eek:

carlty888

I called external appointments today. The girl confirmed that the calls for the next intake will be going out over the next week or two.

Let the nail biting commence!

inspector71

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsline/content/articles/2008/11/06/police_board_feature.shtml

did anyone see the news earlier?
Recruitment might be affected over the next 5 months!!
****E!

janetcharleton

Hi this some more info in what was in he letter i recieved that no one else seems to have got lol

you have been informed by consensia that you have passed all aspects of selection, you also satisfied the vetting requirements and entered the qualifying pool.
in your particular case the chief constable is not in a position to determine whether an offer can be made to you or not. this is based on the fact that number of appointments from the qualifying pool is unknown at this time.
notify us of any change in circumstaces etc.
i fully understand your disappointment at not knowing the outcome of your application, but hopefully we will be in a position to advise you further by september 2009

head of hr planning and appointments

can any one help me make sense of that !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ali08

I nearly pooed myself!! and it'll affect the overall 50 50. just what we need - more uncertainty. although is crime not on the up with the credit crunch?

integra1

this is very worrying, to get knocked back at this stage will be heart breaking...

cpn

carlty888 wrote: »

I called external appointments today. The girl confirmed that the calls for the next intake will be going out over the next week or two.

Let the nail biting commence!

Will that be c13 or c14 or a mixture of both?

MrsGeneHunt

cpn wrote: »

Will that be c13 or c14 or a mixture of both?

I'd hazard a guess and say this would be classed as the first "full" intake for C14.

cpn

MrsGeneHunt wrote: »

I'd hazard a guess and say this would be classed as the first "full" intake for C14.

How many do they normally take each time? Or does it vary?

JVB

cpn wrote: »

How many do they normally take each time? Or does it vary?

It does vary mate, though only by a few each time. My course on the 16th has 54 students (3 classes of 18).

cpn

JVB wrote: »

It does vary mate, though only by a few each time. My course on the 16th has 54 students (3 classes of 18).

Thats quite a small number. How far in advance of your start date did you get 'the call'?

JVB

Oh I actually deferred from March this year due to my employment at that time. Most get approx 5 weeks notice although some people only get a couple of weeks!

alanbelfast

janetcharleton wrote: »

Hi this some more info in what was in he letter i recieved that no one else seems to have got lol

you have been informed by consensia that you have passed all aspects of selection, you also satisfied the vetting requirements and entered the qualifying pool.
in your particular case the chief constable is not in a position to determine whether an offer can be made to you or not. this is based on the fact that number of appointments from the qualifying pool is unknown at this time.
notify us of any change in circumstaces etc.
i fully understand your disappointment at not knowing the outcome of your application, but hopefully we will be in a position to advise you further by september 2009

Hi

I too got that letter back in 2003, only to be told about 6 mths later bye bye. In saying that though, my mate got the same letter, at the same time, and a mth later he got the welcome aboard. He was from non RC background and I am from RC background !!.......as soon as he got the welcome aboard letter , I was like ' ahh well I'm definately getting in' but sadly I didn't. God knows how these things get worked out!

So you could possibly hear sooner rather than later.

Hope that info sheds some light on the matter.

Alpha bravo 70 out



O and Hi JVB......see ya in couple of weeks dude.

JVB

O and Hi JVB......see ya in couple of weeks dude.

Hi mate. Thanks for the text on Mon there SRN was good, it's great to finally get started. Make sure your notes are ready for me to crib lol

bobbin88

Does anyone know what way the intakes work? Do they compile to merit lists Catholic and Non Catholic and take half and half of each, or is it just the top in the merit list get taken in first regardless of religion?

carlty888

bobbin88 wrote: »

Does anyone know what way the intakes work? Do they compile to merit lists Catholic and Non Catholic and take half and half of each, or is it just the top in the merit list get taken in first regardless of religion?

I'm pretty sure it's 50:50 for each intake. I can't back that up, so if I'm wrong, somebody correct me.

DownMTBer

No I don't think you are wrong.

I believe they split the group into RC and non-RC and take the same number from each to make up their total intake.

So if only 200 RC apply they all get in regardless of Merit placing. Which is moot since I guess a lot more than 200 applied out of 10000 applicants.

Anyway, yeah 50:50 split after they've ordered into merit.

Oursole

Has anyone heard anymore about the recruitment freeze?

I was told today that they are continuing to recruit up until christmas and then they are stoping. I really hope not.

MrsGeneHunt

Oursole wrote: »

Has anyone heard anymore about the recruitment freeze?

I was told today that they are continuing to recruit up until christmas and then they are stoping. I really hope not.

There is more mis-information out there than there is information.
A board member has contacted Recruitment and has been told that C14 is unaffected.
Another board member has contacted External Appointments and been told that the next campaign is going ahead as normal.

We will all just have to wait and see.

Oursole

MrsGeneHunt wrote: »

There is more mis-information out there than there is information.
A board member has contacted Recruitment and has been told that C14 is unaffected.
Another board member has contacted External Appointments and been told that the next campaign is going ahead as normal.

We will all just have to wait and see.

Apparently this was only decided at a meeting yesterday. C15 is def not going ahead and they are not sure about C14, they will recruit up to xmas to see how they stand. I hope im wrong.

lolli-j

Oursole wrote: »

Apparently this was only decided at a meeting yesterday. C15 is def not going ahead and they are not sure about C14, they will recruit up to xmas to see how they stand. I hope im wrong.

Just got told that future of C14 is unknown......gutted

kelso69

lolli-j wrote: »

Just got told that future of C14 is unknown......gutted

Who told you that?

bobbin88

Who did you get told by?

lolli-j

bobbin88 wrote: »

Who did you get told by?

A rather peeved off person in appointments....i caved and called to ask

bobbin88

What did they say?

carlty888

Oursole wrote: »

Apparently this was only decided at a meeting yesterday. C15 is def not going ahead and they are not sure about C14, they will recruit up to xmas to see how they stand. I hope im wrong.

Have External Appointments had more info since I called......OH CRAP!!

I doubt they'll only recruit to Christmas and then cancel the rest of the campaign though. There may be a stall on new intakes, but I imagine that they'll finish recruiting off the merit list they've spent so much time, money and effort compiling.

C15 will definately go ahead. It's just a matter of when though. Let's face it. The PSNI will need new recruits at some point.

lolli-j

basically they don't know....thats what they told me. Kind've wish i hadn't called. Hope someone hear's different news!!

lolli-j

carlty888 wrote: »

Have External Appointments had more info since I called......CRAP!!

I doubt they'll only recruit to Christmas and then cancel the rest of the campaign though. There may be a stall on new intakes, but I imagine that they'll finish recruiting off the merit list they've spent so much time, money and effort compiling.

C15 will definately go ahead. It's just a matter of when though. Let's face it. The PSNI will need new recruits at some point.

I hope you are right

carlty888

lolli-j wrote: »

I hope you are right

I'm fairly confident.

It makes no sense to spend so much time, effort and money on a campaign and only recruit about 70 people off it (roughly 50 in December's intake and at a guess 20 in November's intake).

bobbin88

Oh pleasee be right Carlty, it would break my heart if we came this far!
Realistically though, what would they do?
They couldn't just disregard everyone they have already paid for to have vetting, medicals etc, and then just start a new campaign willy nilly when they have more money available?!

squirrel81

I feel sick at the thought

carlty888

bobbin88 wrote: »

Oh pleasee be right Carlty, it would break my heart if we came this far!
Realistically though, what would they do?
They couldn't just disregard everyone they have already paid for to have vetting, medicals etc, and then just start a new campaign willy nilly when they have more money available?!

Potential cutbacks are due to a shortage of money. Can you imagine the abuse the PSNI would get in the press if they also wasted money they had spent compiling a perfectly good merit list (I would say that, wouldn't I? ).

lolli-j

carlty888 wrote: »

I'm fairly confident.

It makes no sense to spend so much time, effort and money on a campaign and only recruit about 70 people off it (roughly 50 in December's intake and at a guess 20 in November's intake).

It does make no sense i totally agree with that...but now i'm confused as to why they said that when i called.

Pathetic but i swear i literally nearly cried

carlty888

lolli-j wrote: »

It does make no sense i totally agree with that...but now i'm confused as to why they said that when i called.

Pathetic but i swear i literally nearly cried

Until such times as Recruitment get a definitive answer, C14 will be undecided. At the minute the policing board haven't annouced what they plan to do.

• They could decide to pause C14 and pick up where they left off after a number of months.
• They could cancel C14 altogether (I've already voiced my doubts on this one)
• They could continue with reduced intakes. One intake every two months, or smaller numbers of recruits on a monthly intake.
• C14 could possibly even continue as originally planned.

integra1

I made the call as well...Told similar we don't know if c14 will continue or be put on hold was the response I got!

ptb1981

I phoned too...and was told nothing had been decided yet!!!!!!!!

lolli-j

How does it even make sense to cancel it this far in?

Its the not knowing that's horrible...i think i'm going to rethink the going travelling now, no point in putting things on hold for a 'what if'!

DownMTBer

Lolli-J ur right. It's the not knowing.

TBH you would think they'd realise that we don't apply for PSNI unless we're passionate about it and be a little more decisive about our futures.

And its not pathetic... i'm a grown man and feel like crying. This has been hard work and expensive for some of us and it would be devastating for them to just send me a Dear John because they screwed up.

integra1

I am very worried now as this job means an awful lot to me! I tryed so hard to get to this stage! As did most people I'm sure...hope it works out ok for us!

squirrel81

Im just thinking of all the jobs I have seen and could have applied for to get me out of where I am in the past few months, and holidays I could have booked for next year but been afraid to in case I was lucky enough to get in.

I know its not helpful to be so defeatist and worried, but its difficult to see the light when you're being kept in the dark as often as we are.

Feeling :mad::rolleyes::eek:

carlty888

squirrel81 wrote: »

its difficult to see the light when you're being kept in the dark as often as we are.

That's almost poetic. :D:D

carlty888

DownMTBer wrote: »

it would be devastating for them to just send me a Dear John because they screwed up.

I seiously doubt that'll be the case. You could well be in the December intake given you merit number.

lolli-j

Probably like everyone else on here this job means the world to me. Its gutting that i'm so close to it to now probably have it gone.

carlty888

Who here has passed the vetting, medical and SMT?

You're in with a shout of the December intake. That one at least is going ahead.

squirrel81

carlty888 wrote: »

That's almost poetic. :D:D

yes, im quite the proverb writer. :P