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    FCC franchise

    Southern are recruiting drivers as its in their franchise to do provide drivers for stock moves around Three Bridges (I've got the staff ad). FCC as the lead TOC in the TRSP did it differently as they were contracted too. Its only been sensible the drivers had an input into the design and...
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    FCC franchise

    The advanced team is already chosen as I know the guy whose leading our lot with Southern doing the same and your very wrong with figures its around 25-30 on the advanced teams. GN aren't included as there a need to train Thameslink and Southern drivers for the first units. There is part of both...
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    FCC franchise

    Don't be worried. Right now they are starting to recruit drivers as a reaction to the new fleet and increased work load coming in the next few years. Both FCC and Southern have been actively recruiting drivers for this reason as both companies have advanced teams going to Germany next year to...
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    FCC Update?

    It will go quiet, new franchise slows everything down. The idea is to recruite drivers as part of the on going works but as the franchise end date was moved forward things got. Bit out of sync. Drivers are needed, just expect things to progress slowly until new bidder is announced.
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    Can FCC assess everyone?

    All applications go to First recruitment not FCC. Your only passed onto FCC if you get an assessment/interview day. So to answer your question, no FCC doesn't assess you, First do. Then you go through to FCC. Even internal people like myself still have to go through First recruitment. As...
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    Is 2months usual for First?

    Since First went to a central HR group for all recruitment, it feels slower. Even the internal stuff is around the same sort of timescales as you've stated.
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    Interviews for FCC

    They like to asked what would you do type questions. Just relax, just abit of humour and be honest. Just remember some people interview can be as nervous as you.

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