Temporary Clerical Officer Campaign 2018

DoreenB

I wish everyone luck with this, a foot in the door as they say, but it seems a very quick turn around.

Gal10

Hi, I interviewed in August for 2017 campaign. And still have not been placed is this closed now as 2018 campaign is open? Or why would you go to Dublin if they hadn't places coming up. Just a query, tia!

DoreenB

Gal10 wrote: »

Hi, I interviewed in August for 2017 campaign. And still have not been placed is this closed now as 2018 campaign is open? Or why would you go to Dublin if they hadn't places coming up. Just a query, tia!

This campaign came out late January 2018 and closed 5 of February and questionnaire came out 8th of February. Very quick turnaround.

Conqueror

Gal10 wrote: »

Hi, I interviewed in August for 2017 campaign. And still have not been placed is this closed now as 2018 campaign is open? Or why would you go to Dublin if they hadn't places coming up. Just a query, tia!

No, the 2017 CO panel for Dublin is still live, it's a different competition. The 2018 national CO competition hasn't been announced yet.

PinkLady2016

Gal10 wrote: »

Hi, I interviewed in August for 2017 campaign. And still have not been placed is this closed now as 2018 campaign is open? Or why would you go to Dublin if they hadn't places coming up. Just a query, tia!

I think you should ring PAS about that. Seems strange that you never got placed.

misstearheus

What is the 2018 National Campaign? What's different in it to this Campaign?

wexford awake

Hey Guys, I cant seem to access the booklet anymore, but what did they say the rate of pay was?. And does anyone know if you served on a contract previously and you served so long you were at point 2 of the s scale before the contract finished, would you be pit back to point 1 again?

Conqueror

misstearheus wrote: »

What is the 2018 National Campaign? What's different in it to this Campaign?

It's a permanent CO competition; unlike this campaign, which only offers temporary positions, the permanent competition will offer posts that are permanent. Panels formed in the permanent competitions usually last for about two years. The last permanent competition launched in spring 2016, and people who are on that panel are still being processed. The 2016 panel will close once the 2018 panel is formed.

JennyZ

wexford awake wrote: »

Hey Guys, I cant seem to access the booklet anymore, but what did they say the rate of pay was?. And does anyone know if you served on a contract previously and you served so long you were at point 2 of the s scale before the contract finished, would you be pit back to point 1 again?

You would be entitled to point 2 on the payscale.

Dublintigger

JennyZ wrote: »

You would be entitled to point 2 on the payscale.

Hiya

Thank you - what is point 2 on the payscale?

Also, if I worked before on a previous TCO campaign, will that affect what pay scale I go in on?

Thanks!

mandik

Are results out tomorrow?

lass1

mandik wrote: »

Are results out tomorrow?

Yes. Good luck

gillytotsxxx

any idea what time?

wexford awake

Did they come out Today?

mandik

lass1 wrote: »

Yes. Good luck

Thank you. Good luck to you also.

tringle

I didn't know they came out today.I did this last year.
Interview in Dublin, apparently it weeds out a lot of people by having to go to Dublin. As one person who did previous interviews said they want to check you are a person who can talk and write. I was basically asked did I sign this form.

Interview was Friday, email Monday to say I was successful. Phone call on Tuesday offering me a 10 week contract starting following Monday with possibility of becoming 13 weeks. Asked for a few hours to think about it. I called back saying I wasn't available for the 10 weeks as I had holidays booked. They offered me 8 weeks and I took it. I got 3 days holidays and took them at the end as flights were booked. I.also worked in an office with flexi time so worked up time for another 2 days off
Pay was €415 a week paid each Thursday into bank account. I was one of the few "adult" TCOs in our office, it was mainly college students and even a few school kids.
No you won't be made permanent from this. One girl with us got extended from 8 weeks to 13 when someone left. And one got extended to 6 months due to extended sick leave by the person she was covering.
Will there be a permanent CO competition this year? I know Revenue have a new system coming in and will need bodies for it

sooty1

Hi did anyone get results on this today?

gillytotsxxx

Haven’t heard anything yet - I’m starting to brick it!

mandik

The waiting is always the worst!!

sooty1

Would anyone have any idea what time of day the results normally come in at?

DoreenB

I hate waiting! Best of luck everyone.

tringle

Waiting too. Trying to remember what number I was last year. I know it was much lower than I was expecting but I did get a contract. Apparently almost 50% refuse them

gillytotsxxx

Good luck!

sooty1

Hopefully out soon i wonder did it say week starting 26th Feb results out and not actually 26th - i have no patience:p

Smegging hell

Best of luck everyone!

mandik

Would it be rude to ring??? Lol

Benelson

mandik wrote: »

Would it be rude to ring??? Lol

What is actually supposed to happen today/this week?
Is it invite to interview?
And does anyone know if you’ve been interviewed for permanent position do they pull from those. It was a question on the form “have you ever been interviewed by PAS?”

Smegging hell

Benelson wrote: »

What is actually supposed to happen today/this week?
Is it invite to interview?

I think we'll be told our place on the order of merit in the location we picked, and get an invite to interview sometime afterwards depending on how highly we score.

tringle

You will be notified of your number in your location. They interview as positions become available and only a week before the position starts, very last minute so don't expect to get an interview before Easter. Most positions are 8, 10 and 13 week contracts and usually July and August. They go very strictly according your position on the list and what is available in your county, so if you get offered a position 50km away there is no point in holding out for one in he nearest office. It is a yes or nothing.

mandik

I just rang and asked. Sim0ly because every time an email comes in I jump lol! They said the volume of people that applied was huge, about 10,000 so results will definitely not be out this week and it could take up to 3 weeks from now.

munsterdevil

mandik wrote: »

I just rang and asked. Sim0ly because every time an email comes in I jump lol! They said the volume of people that applied was huge, about 10,000 so results will definitely not be out this week and it could take up to 3 weeks from now.

Thanks for calling them.

sooty1

Thanks for that - would have been checking email all day

DoreenB

mandik wrote: »

I just rang and asked. Sim0ly because every time an email comes in I jump lol! They said the volume of people that applied was huge, about 10,000 so results will definitely not be out this week and it could take up to 3 weeks from now.

Thats good to know thank you so much. I can relax now. Eating chocolate all morning!

DoreenB

Did anyone see the post on facebook from publicjobs.ie saying about the weather and scheduled interviews? Its said keep checking your messages on publicjobs.ie

munsterdevil

I know we shouldn't be surprised but why didn't they just send us a generic message on publicjobs explaining the situation. Instead we had to reply on Mandik calling them.

munsterdevil

DoreenB wrote: »

Did anyone see the post on facebook from publicjobs.ie saying about the weather and scheduled interviews? Its said keep checking your messages on publicjobs.ie

That's not connected to Temporary Clerical Officer Campaign

misstearheus

Can't remember if I asked I know I meant to. I havn't got a bull's clue which Offices these Roles would be based in. I need a big long list of all the possible locations in the whole entire Country and I might be able to do a bit of research and go from there then! Complete this and complete that and complete the other and not a peep about the type of Offices they run or where Applicants would be based like. What an absolute crap recruitment process. :rolleyes::rolleyes:

Outside of Clerical roles then, there's a whole myriad of things on the publicjobs Website Medical people and School Principals. What is the point of HBS Recruitment if there's medical posts advertised on the publicjobs Website!! A complete waste of time, energy, resources and Stationery supplies!

tringle

misstearheus wrote: »

Can't remember if I asked I know I meant to. I havn't got a bull's clue which Offices these Roles would be based in. I need a big long list of all the possible locations in the whole entire Country and I might be able to do a bit of research and go from there then! Complete this and complete that and complete the other and not a peep about the type of Offices they run or where Applicants would be based like. !

These will be in government offices in your county, most usually Revenue and Customs or Dept Social protection. They will not be with HSE/Tulsa or Council both of which run their own competitions and I don't think takes on TCOs during the summer. If your county has one or two.buildings called "Government offices" with a few sections it wull probably be there. You don't get to pick where or what department you go to, the next on the list gets offered the next vacancy, if you say no you are dropped from the list completely and the next person offered. As I've said already about 50% of offers are refused.
Remember these are just Temporary summer positions, mostly July and August and have nothing to do with any permanent panel at all.

amtc

Hse took in tcos through the 2017 campaign.

tringle

amtc wrote: »

Hse took in tcos through the 2017 campaign.

Where they a seperate TCO competition or people that got offered special purpose contracts through the full time 2017 competition? Stiil waiting on HSE interview in my area.

amtc

General tco competition. My cousin got it but was terminated early as they had got permission to recruit from permanent panel.

Jthorpe96

Did anyone hear anything about results of questionnaire ? It said the results would be out this week

misstearheus

I think someone mentionned in earlier post that they rang to check and were told that results may not be out for another three weeks.

tringle

amtc wrote: »

General tco competition. My cousin got it but was terminated early as they had got permission to recruit from permanent panel.

I missed that d@mn

Murph29

Does anyone know when we'll get our result for the TCO campaign? Will it be sometime next week? Thanks.

munsterdevil

Murph29 wrote: »

Does anyone know when we'll get our result for the TCO campaign? Will it be sometime next week? Thanks.

As posted and discussed in the last few posts it could be up to 3 weeks before we know

PinkLady2016

amtc wrote: »

General tco competition. My cousin got it but was terminated early as they had got permission to recruit from permanent panel.

same thing happened to me unfortunately

Lisa2011

eoghanghanlon wrote: »

Hi,

I know that if we receive an offer, it's on a take-it-or-leave-it basis. But does anyone know whether you can ask for some time to decide (like one or two hours)?

I'm asking because I'm living abroad but I'll be returning home later in the year. If I get a call before I get back to Ireland, I'd consider it, if it was 5/6 months+, but I couldn't say yes on the spot.

Does anyone have any experience of this? When I got the call to work in PeoplePoint a few years ago, I just accepted so it wasn't an issue.

By the way, best of luck to everyone!

If you score in the top 100 your only getting a 10 week contract.

Anything above 100 possibly 6 months.

Starlady7

Lisa2011 wrote: »

If you score in the top 100 your only getting a 10 week contract.

Anything above 100 possibly 6 months.

I wonder what the reasoning for that is?

Missdolittle

Lisa2011 wrote: »

If you score in the top 100 your only getting a 10 week contract.

Anything above 100 possibly 6 months.

I wonder what the reasoning for that is?


It's nothing to do with qualifications or suitability....it's the luck of the draw as in,
what post is next to be filled .....and because the majority of those posts are "term time" i.e. 8 - 10 week cover for school holidays, that's whats offered to people who are high up on the panel. You could be lucky and get get a longer term for sick leave/ maternity etc.....