Prison Officer

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Dropsey
Did my interview in july 2008. Thought i made a mess of it but they asked me back for a fitness test. As for what number i was after the apptitude test man i was just happy to pass it!!! I havnt a clue what number i was. Im at the moment waiting to be called. They told me twill be august or november all going well

SETANTA05

anyone know who to call regarding current applications?
i need to organise a holiday for a week sometime in feb/march and dont want to book anything and then get notice of the interview for during the week im away

Electrician

SETANTA05 wrote: »

anyone know who to call regarding current applications?
i need to organise a holiday for a week sometime in feb/march and dont want to book anything and then get notice of the interview for during the week im away

Hey Setanta05, You can email public jobs at prisonofficer2008@publicjobs.ie
They usually respond within a couple of hours

Electrician

Feedback is out today on last competition. Just came through letter box.

portumna

Good to hear that. I've been wondering when they'd get round to sending that out. I don't count the 26th as early Jan. Wonder when we'll get dates for interview. Managed to come 12th in the aptitude test so i'm in the first group bein called.

Electrician

Hopefully not to long. Came in the twenties myself so fingers crossed.

360ts

Got my letter today also. I hope they do hold the interviews in Feb and that they're not postponed due to budget constraints or anything.

Judging by the comments from some of the lads above it seems to be a very long and drawn out process.

tommy57

hows it going have you heard of any dates for your interviews

360ts

No not a thing. I was hoping we'd be told something along with the results letter. Just keeping my fingers crossed that I'll hear something soon. Almost went mad waiting for the letter. Early January? Yeah Right!

tommy57

its along drawn out process man its brutal how long it takes

recruit po

Anyone know when the interviews are start?

prisonireland

Got email with application form and a date for this day next week. I placed no.58 in aptitude tests so i presume most people have theirs done now.
Pity they don't give you more notice with application.
Anyone how just done the interview have any feedback?

tommy57

that a date for your interview ?usually they give you at least 2 weeks to fill it out

dropsey

tommy 57
think i did interview in dublin in july 08 maybe at same time as you. Like you i got letter in early november telling me iam thru to stage three and still no sign of date for physical.
Hope people realise it can take over 2 years to get to last stage and then your left hanging.

lavman

anyone else get word on an interview? i haven't yet and i was placed 60. there's no sign of the prep coures either.

360ts

prisonireland wrote: »

Got email with application form and a date for this day next week. I placed no.58 in aptitude tests so i presume most people have theirs done now.

I haven't heard a word and I was in the top 10? No e-mail or message at publicjobs. Maybe they're doing it by centre? Where did you do it prisonireland? I did my aptitude in Cork.

tommy57

yeah man your right nobody knows what way they do it or how they make choices some from the july 08 interviews have had their physical amd i havent even got secruity clearance sorted out and i have never had trouble with the police. was told during the week still waiting on clearance from department of justice. at this stage you would,nt know whats going on.so people from the 08 campaign may as well settle down for a long drawn out process as dropsey said 2 years if your lucky maybe year and half.

360ts

Thanks Tommy57, I actually just sent off a CAO today. Always have a backup plan:D! If things pan out that I am waiting that long I could have a higher certificate/ordinary degree done by the time:eek: Might as well be doing something!

Dr.Sanchez

I came in around the 750 mark, I also applied for the army but their not takin on till 2010 (Hopefully)

Think i might head off to new york for a year, id nearly be better off the way things are here...

360ts

I also applied for the army last summer. I got a letter asking me to attend the Physical Test (PT) in November. Received another letter a week later saying recruitment had been postponed by headquarters and that they wouldn't be hiring again until they got orders to do so. (This was around the time it was announced that several barracks would be shut down.) I'll be too old the next time it comes around so that is that, I suppose.

Applied for the PO around the same time.

Scatman81

dropsey wrote: »

tommy 57
think i did interview in dublin in july 08 maybe at same time as you. Like you i got letter in early november telling me iam thru to stage three and still no sign of date for physical.
Hope people realise it can take over 2 years to get to last stage and then your left hanging.

I think myself, yourself and tommy57 are at the same stage.Is there any way we could find out when the physical test is goin to be held?i tried contacting the prison service but couldnt get anyone who could say.

portumna

prisonireland wrote: »

Got email with application form and a date for this day next week. I placed no.58 in aptitude tests so i presume most people have theirs done now.
Pity they don't give you more notice with application.
Anyone how just done the interview have any feedback?

I was placed 12 in the aptitude test and haven't recieved an e-mail about the interview yet. I see 2 others in the same situation. Did my test in Dublin. I think prisonireland is havin a joke at our expense!

recruit po

Has anyone rang The Irish Prison Service to ask them how many people are being recruited? Public jobs just say they dont know :mad:

Grawns

portumna wrote: »

I was placed 12 in the aptitude test and haven't recieved an e-mail about the interview yet. I see 2 others in the same situation. Did my test in Dublin. I think prisonireland is havin a joke at our expense!

My husband was placed in the 30's and hasn't heard anything too. So that's 4 now.

360ts

That is his only post.


They see me trollin'.............

tommy57

they just d,ont seem pushed on what their doing and this with no disrespect to the 08 campaign lads i still d,ont understand why they had another recruitment when there is still lads from 07 campaign not even through yet.they just seem to interview you ,tell you your under consideration then thats it. never had an interview where your told that then your just left wondering ! unless they have a strange way of deciding who they want .equal opurtunities and all that !

recruit po

I rang The Irish Prison Service yesterday, they advised me that some people have already been called for interview from the 2008 panel.

Forgot to add, the lady I spoke to mentioned that they should have a better idea after today as to how many recruits will be taken on. Fingers crossed Brian Cowen doesn't cut the budget.

I would strongly suggest to those of you who are in the top 60 to either get in touch with public jobs or The Irish Prison Service. At 263 I have awhile yet to wait

tommy57

going by what your saying man they select who they want from top 60 and it dosent go by merit which is totaly unfair though hard to believe,though who knows how they do it

recruit po

That appears to be the case. It's shocking that they can pick and choose who they want. They should be working their way down the panel not picking and choosing.

If I wasn't desperate for work I'd tell them where to go :mad:

portumna

Just after ringing the public appointments service and they advised me that no dates for interviews have been confirmed as of yet. They said that it will be in the first 1/4 of the year and not February as stated in correspondence that we've recieved.

It's lookin like a long wait.

tommy57

why is there so many diffrent responces to this ? public jobs havent a clue it seems. they just fog you off without giving you any info. though after today we,ll probaly all know where we stand . i emailed them 2 weeks ago and then i did again because i got no reply and only got an answer last week.best thing we all can do is just wait for a letter telling you good news or bad news either way you know and none of this crap anymore

recruit po

Why are The Prison Service saying on thing and then public jobs saying another?
It's very strange

po candidate

Hi lads

This all sounds like aload of S**t, but its typical, nobody has a clue, public jobs or prison service and and its hard to be positive but minister for justice did say recently that frontline services won't be cut, i would class the prisons as frontline and just as important as the need for the gardai if not more so, so i would say they will go ahead with recruitment, just glad i am not waiting on it! cos it will take ages, but try be positive there was obviously a need to start a recruitment campaign back in october 08 and we were in recession then, so they still need to staff the prisons.

tommy57

hopefully man the guards only start training there on monday apparantly so all you can do is try stay positive. but if you keep getting diffrent replies you d,ont know where you stand

po candidate

well lads

any opinion on yesterday's pension levy? this will drive alot of people out of the prison service on retirement, there are hundreds who could retire this year,but i believe some were planning on stayin on to top up pensions, but its going cost nearly €4,000 a year,

was talking to father in law yesterday and he was saying if he could get out now he would but he has 7 years left, his take home will be €4000 less but a secure pension, he knew something was coming i.e paycut or levy was glad it was the latter.

Cheers

Scatman81

po candidate wrote: »

well lads

any opinion on yesterday's pension levy? this will drive alot of people out of the prison service on retirement, there are hundreds who could retire this year,but i believe some were planning on stayin on to top up pensions, but its going cost nearly €4,000 a year,

was talking to father in law yesterday and he was saying if he could get out now he would but he has 7 years left, his take home will be €4000 less but a secure pension, he knew something was coming i.e paycut or levy was glad it was the latter.

Cheers

That might be the case but id say the number recruited to cover retirements will be kept to the absolute minimum.Maybe the prison service have staffing levels that have to be kept up to an exact number i dont know.

po candidate

i'd say considering the nature of the job and the health and safety issues involved in it they must have a minimum requirement for staffing levels and i am led to believe that they are understaffed as it is, well in one prison i heard its particularly bad( pats in dublin) and i am sure not all of those leaving will be replaced but the majority will have to be if the prison system is to work.

cheers

lavman

has anyone even started preperation for the interview yet. ie getting the scernarios wrote out.

tommy57

you can only have so many recruits out of 3117 prison staff there are 547 recruits. you have to have experinced officers there ,i d,ont think this is the end of it public servants will probaly threaten strike action and hold the country to ransom.emergency services would have more pull in this area

tommy57

not being funny but has anyone looked into joining the english or scottish prison service they are always recruiting.big step though ! any comments

recruit po

Didn't think of it to be honest, but have two small kids at home. Think the wife would kill me if I did.
Might look into it though :rolleyes:

tommy57

the way things are over here ,your looking at long term unemployment and the goverment seem to have given up. alot of people are going to have to start looking at some drastic solutions. the likes of moving abroad, just like the 80s.its where to go though ?

Taxipete29

tommy57 wrote: »

not being funny but has anyone looked into joining the english or scottish prison service they are always recruiting.big step though ! any comments

They usually require you to be resident in the UK for 3 years prior to applying. They can waive this but it is assesed on an individual basis.

po candidate

Not for me, i have family here and thankfully im still working, but i think there would be alot of resistance to any foreign national going their to find work, sure their protesting about that now, and This recession is not unique to ireland this is a global recession ok ireland's situation is bad alright but the opputunities are poor everywhere,

Goodluck to anyone who decides to go over im goina stick around and wait for the irish prison service even if it takes awhile.

cheers

tommy57

no you d,ont anymore once your a member of an eu country you can apply.at least it would,nt take as long as it does for the irish prison service which is a joke how long it goes on

po candidate

tommy57 wrote: »

no you d,ont anymore once your a member of an eu country you can apply.at least it would,nt take as long as it does for the irish prison service which is a joke how long it goes on

tommy57
Well looking at your previous posts you are waiting along time, but your in the last stages just hang on in there and you will get called, im in 08' campaign and i knew it was along process but im just goina do some courses that will help me @ interview stage and in the job itself, might as well while im waiting

lavman

think it'll be worth waiting for the irish prison officer if i get in

recruit po

just wondering if anyone has heard anything yet about their interview?

Scatman81

po candidate wrote: »

tommy57
Well looking at your previous posts you are waiting along time, but your in the last stages just hang on in there and you will get called, im in 08' campaign and i knew it was along process but im just goina do some courses that will help me @ interview stage and in the job itself, might as well while im waiting

''Career services''do a good course on the interview i found it v good a little expensive but good.A friend of mine organised for me to get a tour of my nearest prison.They were impressed when i talked about it in the interview so thats something you could do.Every prison has a liason officer who could help you.Im waiting for the physical test whenever they decide to have it

Scatman81

tommy57 wrote: »

not being funny but has anyone looked into joining the english or scottish prison service they are always recruiting.big step though ! any comments

We might as well Tommy we will nearly be retirement age by the time rpo comes up for us:D