C J Snarzell
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Afternoon
I've recently been through the recruitment process for a office role with a TOC and I actually made it through to the interview stage but sadly I received the dreaded e-mail late last week to say I had been unsuccessful which was of course a blow to say the least.
I'd rather not reveal the details of the job or the TOC I applied to on here as I'm conscious that these sites can be monitored by senior TOC people. I had to do a on-line test consisting of four separate exercises that took me about 2-3 hours to complete. There was no pass or fail with this test and having completed the test online earlier this month I attended the interview a week later.
Without blowing my own trumpet I thought my interview went quite well and I was direct and straight to the point with my answers.
I've since had time to reflect and had a couple of conversations with a friend and another with a family member. Both have raised the issue of internal applicants for many TOC jobs and the fact that many outsiders can have a uphill struggle trying to get a foot in the door.
Certainly, internal people will have the edge over outsiders but I wanted to raise this point to see what other people think and see if they have any similar experiences.
If anyone wants to message me privately by all means just to share any advice or views on this subject.
C J
I've recently been through the recruitment process for a office role with a TOC and I actually made it through to the interview stage but sadly I received the dreaded e-mail late last week to say I had been unsuccessful which was of course a blow to say the least.
I'd rather not reveal the details of the job or the TOC I applied to on here as I'm conscious that these sites can be monitored by senior TOC people. I had to do a on-line test consisting of four separate exercises that took me about 2-3 hours to complete. There was no pass or fail with this test and having completed the test online earlier this month I attended the interview a week later.
Without blowing my own trumpet I thought my interview went quite well and I was direct and straight to the point with my answers.
I've since had time to reflect and had a couple of conversations with a friend and another with a family member. Both have raised the issue of internal applicants for many TOC jobs and the fact that many outsiders can have a uphill struggle trying to get a foot in the door.
Certainly, internal people will have the edge over outsiders but I wanted to raise this point to see what other people think and see if they have any similar experiences.
If anyone wants to message me privately by all means just to share any advice or views on this subject.
C J