FCO Executive Assistant Application

I have applied for this too. Good luck everyone :smile:

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Quady

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doingmybest

I have applied for this too. Good luck everyone :smile:

You're a first year....?

Reply 5

Quady

You're a first year....?

Yes, I've just finished my first year (assuming that I passed my exams :smile:

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However, I'm a Mature Student and I think that it would suit me better to work full time and continue my studies part time. In addition, I was actually planning on applying for this role upon graduation anyway (or the Faststream), so to have the chance to get my foot in the door earlier would be fab! I read that they like to promote internally depending upon your performance; I would do everything I could to prove myself and work my way up the ladder. I feek it's an opportunity that's too good to pass by.

I should add, that I've applied for the AA role, but I would be interested in the EO role too. When I applied, it states that the application is for both, so I'm not sure if they consider you for both roles.

Do you think I stand a chance? Ant advice would be great. :smile:

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I'm going to see if I can fail to get yet another application form (online or paper) completed in time. Well I might actually manage to do it, but considering my complete lack of spare time atm I doubt it... :frown:

Reply 7

crushedfruit

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Hi everyone, I've just applied!

Good luck to you all.

Reply 8

Looks like the deadline has been extended until monday. Now I have to decide whether to try to fill in my details tomorrow whilst our youngest daughter is having her morning nap, or to do some of the work that needs doing in the garden before we go away for a week...

Hmm...

Reply 9

Stomm

Looks like the deadline has been extended until monday. Now I have to decide whether to try to fill in my details tomorrow whilst our youngest daughter is having her morning nap, or to do some of the work that needs doing in the garden before we go away for a week...

Hmm...

Hmm, so they have. I wonder why that is :confused:

I received an email advising me that I'll know by June 12th, if I'm successful and progressing to the next stage. I'm sooo impatient!

Fill out the form; then have a beer; then do the garden :smile:

Reply 10

doingmybest

Hmm, so they have. I wonder why that is :confused:

I received an email advising me that I'll know by June 12th, if I'm successful and progressing to the next stage. I'm sooo impatient!

Fill out the form; then have a beer; then do the garden :smile:

Not with the flipping cold the girls and I have got atm, I end up opening the fridge to put the honey away... I'll see what I can do on Friday or Saturday.

Reply 11

Did everyone get their application in on time? :smile:

I hate the waiting and it hasn't even been that long really!! Roll on the 12th June.

Reply 12

Kahani_Moon

Got mine in, but as I left it until the new deadline (well day before) my message said I wouldn't hear until the 17th.

Anyone else also apply to the DCSF Executive Officer role?

Reply 13

doingmybest

Did everyone get their application in on time? :smile:

'Fraid not, I also happened to fly to Tuscany on the Sunday, just got back. Travlleing with small children is stressful I can tell you, especially trying to lug two large car seats and six cases around and airport, never mind trugging them on the hire-car transfer bus. Good job I've been buying a lot of compost for the garden the last few months...

Anyway ranting on the problems involved with travelling with toddlers aside, it meant that when I could have filled in the form I was instead doing last minute packing, trying to get the garden ready for my absence, etc...

So, good luck to everyone that did get the form in on time. I'm likely to be stuck at home with the kids for another couple of years, and won't really have any real time to properly apply for jobs until January. Maybe I'll join those that succeed in a year or two...

Reply 14

crushedfruit

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Mmm, quite annoyed with the extension. I had my degree results and the outcome of this due during the same time. Got a bit confused with the lack of emails!

Are we supposed have heard from Saville yet? I'm still yet to recieve anything.

Reply 15

crushedfruit

Mmm, quite annoyed with the extension. I had my degree results and the outcome of this due during the same time. Got a bit confused with the lack of emails!

Are we supposed have heard from Saville yet? I'm still yet to recieve anything.

When I applied, I thought that it stated that we'd hear by the 12th? Maybe they changed it when they extended the date. I have heard nothing as of yet. No email at all since I applied. I just want to know!!! :p:

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