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Scotrail Trainee and Qualified Drivers, Various Areas.
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I doubt you'll get another crack at it, I may of course be wrong. HR are the only people who can help you with that so best to contact them and they may let you reapply.
As a driver you need to make sure you are prepared and aware of your actions, if you make a mistake there may be very serious consequences. You need to get things done correctly first time, I don't imagine asking to re-do an application form will win you much favour.
I was told by HR once (not at my current TOC) that mistakes on an application form meant that applicant was instantly binned. The view was that if someone can't take time and produce a fault free application when in the comfort of their own home with no pressure then how poor would they be if they had the job and didn't have that luxury. To a certain extent I agree but there are great train driver's who aren't amazing when it comes to spelling (crosswords left in the bothy shows this
). There's no excuse on an application though as spell check or even a dictionary solves that problem. It's sometimes worth letting someone else read through your application too if you have someone that can do that for you. In my opinion it's the most important part of the whole application process as if you don't get it right you can't progress. Manager's will also have it on hand if you make it to DMI.
Hope you manage to get it sorted and if not then at least you can put what you've learned into the next application.
As a driver you need to make sure you are prepared and aware of your actions, if you make a mistake there may be very serious consequences. You need to get things done correctly first time, I don't imagine asking to re-do an application form will win you much favour.
I was told by HR once (not at my current TOC) that mistakes on an application form meant that applicant was instantly binned. The view was that if someone can't take time and produce a fault free application when in the comfort of their own home with no pressure then how poor would they be if they had the job and didn't have that luxury. To a certain extent I agree but there are great train driver's who aren't amazing when it comes to spelling (crosswords left in the bothy shows this
). There's no excuse on an application though as spell check or even a dictionary solves that problem. It's sometimes worth letting someone else read through your application too if you have someone that can do that for you. In my opinion it's the most important part of the whole application process as if you don't get it right you can't progress. Manager's will also have it on hand if you make it to DMI.Hope you manage to get it sorted and if not then at least you can put what you've learned into the next application.
Hearing on the railway drums that the outlying depots may go external. Keep an eye on the careers website.
Scotrail seem to be looking for new people as the internal applicants are finding it very difficult to get through the initial process for whatever reason.
Scotrail seem to be looking for new people as the internal applicants are finding it very difficult to get through the initial process for whatever reason.
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In the last few years it's more a case of no demand. There used to be waiting lists for rural depots. The jobs wouldn't even go internal, just taken by next on the list. For whatever reason, it's just not the case anymore.
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I'm just finishing my application off. I have no option to select either perth or Dundee. The application seems to me that you are applying for both? Those of you who have the drop down option, are you internal applicants?
Just wondering if different form.
As far as I am aware it is both dundee and Perth you are applying for not just one depot.
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That is my understanding too - there wasn't an option to select a particular depot
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This is what I thought although others on this thread were speaking about selecting from a drop down box.
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How long would you expect to wait before you know if you’ve been selected or not? I assume at least until the post closes.
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Depending on volume of applicants it could be anything from 2weeks to 2months. Since there are several vacancies open at the same time they may wait for all to be done before starting doing assessment days.
Not sure how they are doing these jobs but some will state that due to the number of applicants they won't respond if unsuccessful, it will state that on the advert if that's the case though. I'm sure I read that the last few roles that went external people got rejection emails if they didn't make the sift.
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Cool stuff. Fingers and toes crossed!
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