Morning DG.
Any news following recent interest and interviews?
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Fri 13 Jan 2012, 11:26, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

Didn't get the job I was interviewed for last week
but got some very positive feedback and was basically told that on another day, I'd probably have been hired, it's just that another candidate answered one of the questions slightly more expansively than I had.

Still waiting to hear back regarding the agency job, but they've sent my CV off to whoever they are acting on behalf of (i.e. probably the Jobcentre as the job description exactly matches what they do, but the Agency isn't allowed to disclose at the moment).

Also applying for a permanent position within the Jobcentre (the agency one is until the end of March, presumably to allow time for the permanent recruitment to take place). In an illogical twist, the vacancy through the agency pays about £9k per year more than the actual job itself.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 13 Jan 2012, 11:31, Reply)

How bizarre.
Think of the agency fee too. Your tax pound at work.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Fri 13 Jan 2012, 11:50, Reply)

I know, it seems pretty incredible.
If it is the Jobcentre (and it seems pretty likely) I'm surprised they didn't think 'hang on, we've got someone on our books who's worked here before and knows the ropes, let's give him a bell and see if he's interested'. Although, that said, they're probably hampered by equal opportunities stuff.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 13 Jan 2012, 11:54, Reply)

Aren't they duty bound to advertise the job?
My Mum's a civil servant and she goes on about this stuff all the time. Advertise internally, then externally blah blah.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Fri 13 Jan 2012, 12:04, Reply)

It was advertised on their own fucking website.
Seems a bit mental to go through an agency, though.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 13 Jan 2012, 12:09, Reply)