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Border force officer January 2023

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Reply 1380

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by Incencin
500 people already got provisional offers and rest of us got reserve list, so I suspect those 4-6 officers will be from the 500 selected already.
And for us reserve list I don't even know for us at this point in terms of our chances.

Certainly not true bud!! There is no way 500 people are sat with provisional offers when January campaign for Heathrow alone was for 400 posts nd they are still in the process ! But let's say even if there is 500 people waiting then how many do u think will actually get the contract and will clear the security its a long process majority either ends up finding other jobs, getting offers from else where or all together just withdraw the applications! You just gotta wait nd hang tight for a good news soon :smile: of course its not guaranteed but then life itself isn't guaranteed but you gotta be positive nd live everyday as if it's your last

Reply 1381

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by Rauf7861
Wish I did but unfortunately no :frown: I do know people from Manchester tho can only try to find out but can't be sure. I do like a proper chat with seniors as I have my own personal goals which are being held back due to this BF trying to get their numbers right nd getting staffing levels up! People I know in north might not be keen on approaching n try finding out the exact plans if I manage to get anything I'll surely post.


Thank you 🙏🏻

Reply 1382

So I wanted feedback for the campaign but due to the size of the campaign they can't provide individual feedback ... would a freedom of information be too nuclear .. I don't doubt their scoring it is what it is but id like to improve for next time . Would a FOI count against me going forward as a troublesome pleb

Reply 1383

Has anyone heard anything yet after being put on reserve list for North?

Reply 1384

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by ossie6
So I wanted feedback for the campaign but due to the size of the campaign they can't provide individual feedback ... would a freedom of information be too nuclear .. I don't doubt their scoring it is what it is but id like to improve for next time . Would a FOI count against me going forward as a troublesome pleb


They might not even have specific feedback for each individual, due to the number of interviews I'd imagine they just score each one and that's it? Don't think your going to get much under a freedom of information act. I managed to get from them how I scored on each competency from 1 to 4, although it didn't say which competencies the scores were for.

Reply 1385

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by ladybird97
Has anyone heard anything yet after being put on reserve list for North?

Nothing for me

Reply 1386

No change for me for North, but we’ve got until November.

Reply 1387

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by ladybird97
Has anyone heard anything yet after being put on reserve list for North?


I'm for the North and no change for me.

Reply 1388

Anyone on reserve list for Heathrow heard anything?

Reply 1389

If 500 people have provisional offers. Nobody on this forum has mentioned a provisional that isn’t from Heathrow that I’ve seen. So that can’t be right

Reply 1390

Has anyone who applied in the North Campaign actually had an offer? it feels like we have all had reserve lists

Reply 1391

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by ossie6
So I wanted feedback for the campaign but due to the size of the campaign they can't provide individual feedback ... would a freedom of information be too nuclear .. I don't doubt their scoring it is what it is but id like to improve for next time . Would a FOI count against me going forward as a troublesome pleb

No FOI are done by different department but it might be a personal data thing as could be a bit to specific for an FOI, I dunno?

Reply 1392

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by Broders2981
No FOI are done by different department but it might be a personal data thing as could be a bit to specific for an FOI, I dunno?


FOI would not get you any feedback, FOI is general information that is available for the public domain, not personal information.

Reply 1393

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by markylad
FOI would not get you any feedback, FOI is general information that is available for the public domain, not personal information.

Yeah that's what I thought, it be under GDPR and requesting what is held about you by GRS or who ever did the recruitment campaign and reckon that would be a bit of a pain to be honest

Reply 1394

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by Broders2981
Has anyone who applied in the North Campaign actually had an offer? it feels like we have all had reserve lists

Any one from Aberdeen, Belfast, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Holyhead, Hull, Immingham, Leeds (Leeds Bradford Airport), Middlesbrough (Teesport), Newcastle, South Shields (Port of Tyne) got an offer?

Reply 1395

I applied for Teesport, Newcastle and Port of Tyne and haven’t heard anything yet.

Reply 1396

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by Broders2981
Has anyone who applied in the North Campaign actually had an offer? it feels like we have all had reserve lists


From the sound of things I think everyone who passed the interviews for North have been put on the reserve list. I think they will go down the list from highest scoring to lowest scoring when sending provisional job offers. Would love to know how many jobs are going in each area and how many people are on the lists.

Reply 1397

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by pat1864
I applied for Teesport, Newcastle and Port of Tyne and haven’t heard anything yet.

Have you not been told you've passed interview yet? Or are you on the reserve list too?

Reply 1398

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by Broders2981
Any one from Aberdeen, Belfast, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Holyhead, Hull, Immingham, Leeds (Leeds Bradford Airport), Middlesbrough (Teesport), Newcastle, South Shields (Port of Tyne) got an offer?


I applied for, Newcastle, South shields and Teesport and I've heard nothing back yet, my interview was 27th March.

Reply 1399

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by Trocar01
I applied for, Newcastle, South shields and Teesport and I've heard nothing back yet, my interview was 27th March.

Same here, in that order too. Teesport is very heavy work, got offered a post there about 8 weeks ago from a previous campaign i was on reserve list for. Knocked it back as 70 mile round trip and due to the nature of the work (mainly searching shipping containers).

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