Hi Jac....I work in HR in another Government Dept and my area of expertise is Success Profiles, training staff and panel members. I use your videos regularly when delivering workshops on SP as they are so good from a candidate's perspective and are put in a simple way people can understand (which cannot be said for some other videos on YT). So just wanted to say thanks and keep up the good work and next time I visit Companies House in Cardiff where our office is, the beers on me 😀🍺
I think that says everything people here need to know about the recruitment process, it's your area of expertise and you rely on a CZcams video to train people because Jac has a better understanding of the process than a CS "expert" 😮😮😮
Just want to say Thanks Jac. The Tool & Videos have been a great avenue of support & helped me a lot over the past couple of months. I have been successful this week in getting a HEO role. Great product . Thank You 🙂
Hi Jac, I wanted to thank you for this tool and all your videos around civil service interviews. They helped me immensely to understand the interview process and prepare my answers. I attended my very first civil service interview and got the job! The money spent on your Excel sheet was well worth it! Thanks so much!
It will be great if you could amalgamate all your civil service personal statement resource, competency resources, etc into one place. Will happily purchase that
Could you expand on what you mean? Do you mean put everything from my videos into a large document? Then it’s easier to read through while completing applications etc?
Hello Mr Jac, hope you find well. Thank you for your video and great tips for interview. I would request you make a video about how to write a good personal statement for a civil service job and at an interview how a candidate presents their behaviour example to the panel?
Hi Jac, I have a Tco interview in two weeks and always find competency based interviews challenging so I’ve bought your tool and hope to dig into it in detail before my interview. Thanks for teaching us all I appreciate it 😊
Hi Jak, another brilliant addition to your really helpful content - thanks! :) It would be great if you could create a video on how to write an effective Expression of Interest application too - any plans to do that?
Hi Jac, do you have any video for Managing a Quality Service behaviour please? Really good content, it really helps me prepare for my CS interview! Thank you!
Hi Jak, really love your content it's helped me greatly with progressing through the ONS. I have an interview next week and have to give a 5 minute presentation on how I would raise awareness of ons statistics to a diverse audience. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for the videos but sadly I didn't get an EO job that I went for even though I have been doing the role on TRA for 18 months and 20 years as an AO. Sadly, it is a tough gig going up against Oxbridge graduates trying to show strength and behaviours when so much of Operational Delivery is processing.
Did you get any luck with your career progression? I have been in an AO position on the phone for 2 years, most of my original team are now in EO positions in different departments. I am tempted to move sideway to another AO role, hoping to develop some caseworker skills to eventually get into an EO role
@OceanChild75 No, sadly. I have another EO role coming up which I am applying for and like you have been considering moving sideways to another AO role. So many more people seem to be applying for Civil Service roles but I think that will change once to goes to 2 days only WFH which is less than most of other Insurance/Adminstatvie organisations. All the best for your future job endeavours.
I worked at the Home office for 6 years. Recently I have tried getting back in after taking time off for travelling. I am currently on a reserve list for an EO position as well as an AO position. I scored a 6 out of 7 and have been placed on a reserve list. There isn’t any consistency I’m afraid. I would have thought after scoring so well and having 6 years experience would have got me straight back in and not placed on some reserve list. The recruitment service needs a restructure which I’ve been saying for years but nothing has happened. It puts people like me in a tough situation who have the years experience as well as the comps to back it up. Unfortunately it all comes down to who is sifting the applications, sadly they won’t take time of experience in a certain role into consideration which to me is backwards. Going round in circles here.
Many thanks for your videos, Jac and for putting the tool together. Will be using it this week to practice for my interview next week. A quick question for you on that. What is the dress code for Civil Service job interviews these days? Is it formal still or more smart now, i.e. can I drop the jacket and tie? My CS interview is for a Product Management role and I haven't had to take an interview in over 8 years.
Hey! You're welcome. It depends largely on the department, but If it was me I would probably go for a shirt with trousers. I don't think you'll need a tie but if you feel good in one, go for it!
Many thanks for your videos. I am interested in applying to the CS. The only thing I am concerned about, is applying to lower rungs of the ladder for 1. Being stuck in an admin role , and 2. The money is not great to allow me to save. I have recently applied to a HEO position.. i imagine these are extremely competitive? Given the financial incentives? I believe i have excellent transferable skills for the "presenting Officer" role, however my background is in research, in med school. And i am wondering if you think i stand a chance at tracking this? Or is this role aims more on experience, specific backgrounds, as opposed to someone new to the CS, coming from a totally different industry/background?
Hi Jac! Does it include Strength-Based interview? I have an interview coming up and I was told it's going to be Strength-based questions. They also told me not to try to prepare for the interview, not to rehearsal my answers because they'll look at my first response.
Check out the tool here ➡ etsy.me/3WsaOaw
Hi Jac....I work in HR in another Government Dept and my area of expertise is Success Profiles, training staff and panel members. I use your videos regularly when delivering workshops on SP as they are so good from a candidate's perspective and are put in a simple way people can understand (which cannot be said for some other videos on YT). So just wanted to say thanks and keep up the good work and next time I visit Companies House in Cardiff where our office is, the beers on me 😀🍺
Glad they're helpful - nice one John!
I think that says everything people here need to know about the recruitment process, it's your area of expertise and you rely on a CZcams video to train people because Jac has a better understanding of the process than a CS "expert" 😮😮😮
Just want to say Thanks Jac. The Tool & Videos have been a great avenue of support & helped me a lot over the past couple of months. I have been successful this week in getting a HEO role. Great product . Thank You 🙂
Great news - congrats!
The tool looks really good. 👏👏👏
Hi Jac, I wanted to thank you for this tool and all your videos around civil service interviews. They helped me immensely to understand the interview process and prepare my answers. I attended my very first civil service interview and got the job! The money spent on your Excel sheet was well worth it! Thanks so much!
Thanks for the kind words and congratulations!
Hello, I have an interview coming up. Could you kindly share the excel sheet if you don’t mind. Also, congratulations on your new job
I wanted to say thank you for your very helpful videos on passing a civil service interview, they were great and I started my new CS job this week 😊
@@blanaid30 you’re welcome! Congrats 🙌🏻
Brilliant tool, undoubtedly helped me to get a job. Thanks and well done!!
Glad you liked it and congrats that’s awesome!
It will be great if you could amalgamate all your civil service personal statement resource, competency resources, etc into one place. Will happily purchase that
Could you expand on what you mean? Do you mean put everything from my videos into a large document? Then it’s easier to read through while completing applications etc?
Wow this is amazing, I can't wait to share with my friends and colleagues! The attention to detail is amazing. Thank you so much jake!
Hello Mr Jac, hope you find well. Thank you for your video and great tips for interview. I would request you make a video about how to write a good personal statement for a civil service job and at an interview how a candidate presents their behaviour example to the panel?
Hi Jac, I have a Tco interview in two weeks and always find competency based interviews challenging so I’ve bought your tool and hope to dig into it in detail before my interview. Thanks for teaching us all I appreciate it 😊
How did it go?
Hi Jak, another brilliant addition to your really helpful content - thanks! :) It would be great if you could create a video on how to write an effective Expression of Interest application too - any plans to do that?
Very good tool however the only thing it can't cover a feedback from a mock interview, but we'll done and thank you.
Jac, this looks like a fantastic tool. Can you select questions by grade?
Any tips for writing job applications for the Civil Service? It's like writing War and Peace
Hi Jac, do you have any video for Managing a Quality Service behaviour please? Really good content, it really helps me prepare for my CS interview! Thank you!
Hey, not on CZcams but it's in my Skillshare course and there's questions in the Interviewing tool on Etsy.
Hi Jak, really love your content it's helped me greatly with progressing through the ONS. I have an interview next week and have to give a 5 minute presentation on how I would raise awareness of ons statistics to a diverse audience. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for the videos but sadly I didn't get an EO job that I went for even though I have been doing the role on TRA for 18 months and 20 years as an AO. Sadly, it is a tough gig going up against Oxbridge graduates trying to show strength and behaviours when so much of Operational Delivery is processing.
Did you get any luck with your career progression? I have been in an AO position on the phone for 2 years, most of my original team are now in EO positions in different departments. I am tempted to move sideway to another AO role, hoping to develop some caseworker skills to eventually get into an EO role
@OceanChild75 No, sadly. I have another EO role coming up which I am applying for and like you have been considering moving sideways to another AO role. So many more people seem to be applying for Civil Service roles but I think that will change once to goes to 2 days only WFH which is less than most of other Insurance/Adminstatvie organisations. All the best for your future job endeavours.
@@Atticus75 that’s a good point actually, I never think about external candidates!
Thanks a lot, I’m wishing you the very best as well 😇
I worked at the Home office for 6 years. Recently I have tried getting back in after taking time off for travelling. I am currently on a reserve list for an EO position as well as an AO position.
I scored a 6 out of 7 and have been placed on a reserve list. There isn’t any consistency I’m afraid. I would have thought after scoring so well and having 6 years experience would have got me straight back in and not placed on some reserve list.
The recruitment service needs a restructure which I’ve been saying for years but nothing has happened. It puts people like me in a tough situation who have the years experience as well as the comps to back it up. Unfortunately it all comes down to who is sifting the applications, sadly they won’t take time of experience in a certain role into consideration which to me is backwards.
Going round in circles here.
Could you organise a tutorial about online civil service work strenghs test ?
Many thanks for your videos, Jac and for putting the tool together. Will be using it this week to practice for my interview next week. A quick question for you on that. What is the dress code for Civil Service job interviews these days? Is it formal still or more smart now, i.e. can I drop the jacket and tie? My CS interview is for a Product Management role and I haven't had to take an interview in over 8 years.
Hey! You're welcome. It depends largely on the department, but If it was me I would probably go for a shirt with trousers. I don't think you'll need a tie but if you feel good in one, go for it!
@@JacWilliamsVideo Thanks for the quick reply, Jac.
Many thanks for your videos. I am interested in applying to the CS. The only thing I am concerned about, is applying to lower rungs of the ladder for 1. Being stuck in an admin role , and 2. The money is not great to allow me to save.
I have recently applied to a HEO position.. i imagine these are extremely competitive? Given the financial incentives? I believe i have excellent transferable skills for the "presenting Officer" role, however my background is in research, in med school. And i am wondering if you think i stand a chance at tracking this? Or is this role aims more on experience, specific backgrounds, as opposed to someone new to the CS, coming from a totally different industry/background?
hey, looks cool. Are the questions adjusted by grades? Thanks,
No they're not but should be suitable for G7 and below :)
Hi! I've looked through your videos and I didn't find any especially about Strength-based questions interview. Have you got one? 🤔
I incorporate them into the various videos I have on behaviours.
@@JacWilliamsVideo I'll have a look. Thank you.
Are these sample questions, the actual questions, or similar questions, based upon your experience?
Is the tool tailored to Government Legal Department interviews? i.e. would it help candidates applying for G7 or G6 Lawyer positions..
Where's the link for this tool please?
Here you go ➡ etsy.me/3WsaOaw
Hi Jac! Does it include Strength-Based interview? I have an interview coming up and I was told it's going to be Strength-based questions. They also told me not to try to prepare for the interview, not to rehearsal my answers because they'll look at my first response.
Yes it does. For every behaviour - more than enough for you to practise :)
Hi Jac, I have an interview for a data analyst role from DWP and the interview questions were sent to me via email?
is this usual?
Please did u get the job
Hi have you got any tips with the pre recorded interview for border force please.
I don't, sorry.
Doesn't work on my phone
Please message me on Etsy and we'll get things sorted :)
fuckin english ed norton ova here
Now that you mention it..😂