Hi All.
I am new here and looking to find out how folks are getting on with applying for any position within ScotRail? Is everyones experience painfully slow?
I applied for an in station role, early on in 2024, and had emailed ScotRail recruitment to see how my application was progressing as I haven't heard anything back within a couple of weeks (I did also check my application online and it was saying under consideration). I do have previous experience of applying for ScotRail positions and either them taking a very long time to respond or just not at all, but as I am particularly keen on the current position I thought I would show it this time.
A few days later I got a basic response saying to keep an eye on my emails, great, that is what I was doing! So I started emailing weekly saying how I was very keen and why I would be a good fit for the role and if there was a timeframe as to when they expected the position to be fill (basically, when can I stop thinking you might consider me for this role so I can stop chasing you up). No further emails back from recruitment until I received an email from "no-reply", inviting me to an online assessment within the next 5 days. In this email it also asked if I had any need for adjustments to the tests, I had to email recruitment to request (despite the fact they ask this in the application, so I emailed recruitment requesting adjustments and didn't hear anything from them (still haven't) so had to go ahead with the assessment before the end date.
I have still not heard anything further regarding my application even thought it has been almost a month since the assessment and online it still says my application is "under further consideration".
It has been over 3months since I put in my initial application, is this normal? Is it normal to have recruitment to pretty much ignore you? This has been the longest I have ever had an application sit with a company and still show as being "under consideration"!
I am new here and looking to find out how folks are getting on with applying for any position within ScotRail? Is everyones experience painfully slow?
I applied for an in station role, early on in 2024, and had emailed ScotRail recruitment to see how my application was progressing as I haven't heard anything back within a couple of weeks (I did also check my application online and it was saying under consideration). I do have previous experience of applying for ScotRail positions and either them taking a very long time to respond or just not at all, but as I am particularly keen on the current position I thought I would show it this time.
A few days later I got a basic response saying to keep an eye on my emails, great, that is what I was doing! So I started emailing weekly saying how I was very keen and why I would be a good fit for the role and if there was a timeframe as to when they expected the position to be fill (basically, when can I stop thinking you might consider me for this role so I can stop chasing you up). No further emails back from recruitment until I received an email from "no-reply", inviting me to an online assessment within the next 5 days. In this email it also asked if I had any need for adjustments to the tests, I had to email recruitment to request (despite the fact they ask this in the application, so I emailed recruitment requesting adjustments and didn't hear anything from them (still haven't) so had to go ahead with the assessment before the end date.
I have still not heard anything further regarding my application even thought it has been almost a month since the assessment and online it still says my application is "under further consideration".
It has been over 3months since I put in my initial application, is this normal? Is it normal to have recruitment to pretty much ignore you? This has been the longest I have ever had an application sit with a company and still show as being "under consideration"!
