ICT Specialists (Executive Officer level) in Civil Service

Dytalus

TrishaK wrote: »

Anybody hear when we'll be getting the interview results

Nope. But I got my current EO role notification last year around the same time the interviews for this ICT role were held this year. And it took a long time to move on to the next step, it's the middle of holiday season and will be until late August.

I suspect it will take a while before we hear anything this time around too.

rostalof

Has anybody had any contact with PAS lately?

Technologic25

rostalof wrote: »

Has anybody had any contact with PAS lately?

No word yet.

bada_bing

Technologic25 wrote: »

No word yet.

I contacted them today and they confirmed that the results will be issued this week

HugoMyBoss

bada_bing wrote: »

I contacted them today and they confirmed that the results will be issued this week

Nice one

HugoMyBoss

Well?, how did people get on??

rostalof

HugoMyBoss wrote: »

Well?, how did people get on??

How did you do Hugo? I placed in the top ten for all four locations for both streams. Fingers crossed!

bada_bing

Got placed 3rd for dublin and 1st for my other 3 preferences.

HugoMyBoss

rostalof wrote: »

How did you do Hugo? I placed in the top ten for all four locations for both streams. Fingers crossed!

Im 19 for Dublin, lol, yeah I dont think you have any need for the crossed fingers, you've done very well

rostalof

I'd say that's you two sorted so.

HugoMyBoss

Well done bada.

rostalof

HugoMyBoss wrote: »

Im 19 for Dublin, lol, yeah I dont think you have any need for the crossed fingers, you've done very well

None of the locations are Dublin so that greatly reduces my chances. But you never know...

MCBrowne

Does anyone know how many roles there is?

Technologic25

17 for Dublin. Great news

Technologic25

bada_bing wrote: »

Got placed 3rd for dublin and 1st for my other 3 preferences.

Nice one

KJK1LL3R

I applied for just the Infrastructure stream and these were my results but I'm unsure if I've done well or not really as I have no idea how many applicants are on the order of merit.


Overall Order Of Merit: 19

Your Order Of Merit for your chosen location(s) are as follows:
Preference 1- 4 (Westmeath)
Preference 2- 4 (Offaly)
Preference 3- 5 (Laois)
Preference 4- 5 (Longford)

HugoMyBoss

rostalof wrote: »

None of the locations are Dublin so that greatly reduces my chances. But you never know...

Best of luck

irishgeo

The dreaded not successful message. The last few minutes of the interview didn't go well though.

bada_bing

KJK1LL3R wrote: »

I applied for just the Infrastructure stream and these were my results but I'm unsure if I've done well or not really as I have no idea how many applicants are on the order of merit.


Overall Order Of Merit: 19

Your Order Of Merit for your chosen location(s) are as follows:
Preference 1- 4 (Westmeath)
Preference 2- 4 (Offaly)
Preference 3- 5 (Laois)
Preference 4- 5 (Longford)

I would say you have good chance of getting a place in your preferred location as many people would probably have picked westmeath and offaly as their lower ranked preference. It's possible that those that are 3 places higher than you in both places want a job in their first preferred location and so they will turn down the offer for the location.

bada_bing

funny thing about these EO campaigns, i applied for the General EO 2019 campaign and only got OOM of 328 and then in this IT EO campaign my OOM is 3. really just goes to show how these campaigns are so different!!!

KJK1LL3R

bada_bing wrote: »

I would say you have good chance of getting a place in your preferred location as many people would probably have picked westmeath and offaly as their lower ranked preference. It's possible that those that are 3 places higher than you in both places want a job in their first preferred location and so they will turn down the offer for the location.

Fingers crossed I hope you are right, I never actually thought of it that way as I wasn't entirely sure how the order of merit worked. So in theory then there could be people ahead of me for a location even though they may have no real intention of actually working there should a post be offered.

Dillons Beat

Well that was nerve wrecking. Software stream 17 for Dublin top 5 for my other 3 Prefs. Fingers crossed

Technologic25

irishgeo wrote: »

The dreaded not successful message. The last few minutes of the interview didn't go well though.

Whats for u doesnt pass u. May end up with something much better. Everything happens for a reason.

KJK1LL3R

bada_bing wrote: »

I would say you have good chance of getting a place in your preferred location as many people would probably have picked westmeath and offaly as their lower ranked preference.

I know the candidate information booklet mentioned about potential upcoming vacancies in Laois (probably in Portlaoise) but are there actually any government offices in the likes of Westmeath, Offaly and Longford? I'm a bit clueless as I currently live up North in County Derry but I'm hoping to relocate to a small village on the Westmeath/Offaly border just between Mullingar and Tullamore.

rostalof

KJK1LL3R wrote: »

I know the candidate information booklet mentioned about potential upcoming vacancies in Laois (probably in Portlaoise) but are there actually any government offices in the likes of Westmeath, Offaly and Longford? I'm a bit clueless as I currently live up North in County Derry but I'm hoping to relocate to a small village on the Westmeath/Offaly border just between Mullingar and Tullamore.

Department of Education. Revenue etc in Athlone

https://dper.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=83eb12efc9c7478a982d39a89f759663

Kay46a

Anyone got any idea how many positions are likely to be in Dublin ?

irishgeo

Technologic25 wrote: »

irishgeo wrote: »

The dreaded not successful message. The last few minutes of the interview didn't go well though.

Whats for u doesnt pass u. May end up with something much better. Everything happens for a reason.

I have asked for feedback.

apoch632

Just a general question about these. Can someone wait to see if something comes along in their preferred location? See example below

Your Order Of Merit for your chosen location(s) are as follows:

Preference 1- 2 Dublin
Preference 2- 1 Galway
Preference 3- 3 Longford
Preference 4- 1 Cork

Would prefer to remain in Dublin but do you HAVE to take what's offered or can you wait for Dublin

Dytalus

apoch632 wrote: »

Just a general question about these. Can someone wait to see if something comes along in their preferred location? See example below

Your Order Of Merit for your chosen location(s) are as follows:

Preference 1- 2 Dublin
Preference 2- 1 Galway
Preference 3- 3 Longford
Preference 4- 1 Cork

Would prefer to remain in Dublin but do you HAVE to take what's offered or can you wait for Dublin

I checked the application forms about this, as I got placed in Meath and Galway considerably higher than Dublin but due to various reasons that have cropped up since applying, moving away from Dublin isn't possible for me in the near future.

If you turn down an offer at a higher preference you are 'unlikely' to be offered a lower preference position. It says nothing about it also decreasing your odds of getting a higher preference offer. In your example, if you turn down an offer from Galway, you should still be on the Dublin panel but you would be unlikely to get offers from Cork or Longford.

apoch632

Thanks

I'm not anticipating it being an issue, given how well I done but it's the just in case moment of doubt.