I received the following email today, which seems to be confusingly written. Not sure exactly what they’re saying!
“Good afternoon,
I hope you are well.
Firstly, I would like to thank you for your patience following your application for the role of Trainee Train Driver at Southeastern Trains. We appreciate your tolerance and thank you for your continued interest. Our Driver recruitment campaign has proven to be incredibly popular with over 8000 applicants for a limited number of training places, so, congratulations on passing the selection to remain in our train driver talent pool.
The waiting list for formal assessment is currently running at approximately 12 months. and I appreciate that, since you applied, your individual circumstances may have changed. We have therefore decided that we would like to offer you the opportunity to join a talent pool for other roles at Southeastern and gain relevant rail sector experience. We are currently recruiting in other areas of the business for example Shunter Drivers*, Conductor, On Board Manager (OBM), Railway Enforcement Officer and Station Staff across the whole of our network. Traditionally, your application would be withdrawn from the Trainee Train Driver role without being able to re-apply until the position was re-advertised, however due to the length of time that the process is currently taking you will be able to re-apply once your 12-month length of service has been completed, should you secure another position in the business. You would still need to be assessed, interviewed etc… but you would not need to wait for the Trainee Driver Roles to be readvertised.”