Current vacancies thread

[greatkingrat]

Does anyone else think it would be a good idea to have a sticky thread in this forum purely for posting currently open vacancies? At the moment it can be difficult to tell which threads are about current vacancies, and which ones are discussing peoples progress in vacancies that closed months ago.

I would suggest that no discussion be allowed in the sticky thread so that people can easily see the latest vacancies - discussion can take place in a separate thread as now.

 

[area 39]

Great idea. Im behind it.

 

[185]

Would be good, but only one reservation - the list of threads is often the best way to make people aware of a vacancy, most effective method.

 

[TheWalrus]

Definitely what we need, I often look on here to see if anyone has posted about vacancies and its easier than looking at different companies.

 

[SPADTrap]

Who would manage it? Vacancies often close within a few days!

 

[carriageline]

If it is to be done, then some needs to make a 'template' that all posts must use, for example:

Job title:
Company:
Location:
URL:
Date posted:
Closing date:

Otherwise you will have the problem now that you won't know what's new and whats old!


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[387star]

It does only take a few moments to check all the companies yourself

 

[302PS]

And if you can't be bothered to check your local toc's website then you'll be daunted by the app

 

[Emyr]

I would suggest subdividing this section as follows:

Driving
Customer-facing (inc Guards, Dispatchers, Station Managers)
Operations & Maintenance (NR and TOC) (Signaling, TMD-based engineering and logistics, train prep, and also management roles involved in day-to-day rail planning, but not HR)
Backoffice (HR, Marketing, Customer Service, roles which exist outside of rail)
Network & Engineering Suppliers (NR tech, Rolling Stock engineering etc)

Open to suggestions, but would help rarer opportunities not get drowned in threads which come up a lot (drivers, guards, talent pools etc).

 

[carriageline]

To be honest I don't think a thread is really needed. People should have the initiative to go through TOC sites. I used to have all the TOC websites set up on my PC to open when I opened up my browser



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[Saltire]

Does anyone else think it would be a good idea to have a sticky thread in this forum purely for posting currently open vacancies? At the moment it can be difficult to tell which threads are about current vacancies, and which ones are discussing peoples progress in vacancies that closed months ago.

I would suggest that no discussion be allowed in the sticky thread so that people can easily see the latest vacancies - discussion can take place in a separate thread as now.

I think that's a great idea - and if there was NO discussion or comments on the thread then it should be simple to work out what's current

 

[youngboy]

To be honest I don't think a thread is really needed. People should have the initiative to go through TOC sites. I used to have all the TOC websites set up on my PC to open when I opened up my browser



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Absolutely Agreed !!!

 

[Rave]

I was thinking the same yesterday, and I'm prepared to start and try and administer the thread. Personally I'm only looking for trainee driver positions but happy to include others if people find them. To be honest though it'll be a very busy first post if every job out there is listed as most companies I have checked seem to be recruiting for something or other- it's just trainee driver positions that are like rocking horse poo!

 

[Simon11]

It seems it is only worth doing if the process can be automated and the system can swipe the data from all the websites.

The information will very quickly be out of date and it would have to be checked daily to ensure that the vacancies are still open.

 

[ItchyRsole]

Sounds like a plan.

 

[LBSCR Times]

You would need to use the public website, and not for rail staff to post links within their own companies, as often vacancies are for internal applicants only.

 

[Frontera2]

What was originally asked for actually already exists?

If you visit http://www.atoc.org/about-atoc/about-us/job-vacancies/ and scroll down to the bottom of the page, you'll see the "Combined Vacancy List" which lists active vacancies for external applicants across the industry. This is updated on a weekly basis

 

[greatkingrat]

That is a useful link, however I don't think it is a complete list. For example Southern currently have 7 vacancies on their website, but are not mentioned at all on the ATOC list.

 

[Frontera2]

The ATOC site is only updated once a week, it may be that Southern posted them after the deadline

 

[lvaxb24]

http://www.traindriver.org/train-operating-companies-jobs-pages--depots.html

 

[Jordy]

The forum staff are currently discussing this idea and a decision will be made in due course, can anybody interested in managing such a thread please send me a PM