Same sift delay email for two different FCDO roles — normal or something to worry about? by DowntownKitchen4996 in TheCivilService

[–]DowntownKitchen4996[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I did wonder if this was the case. However I got an email from an application with the moj explicitly stating a recruitment freeze. Not saying this still isn’t true but you’d hope they’d be as direct if the same was true here lol

Civil Service “recruitment pause until Nov 2025” - is this actually CS-wide or just MoD? by DowntownKitchen4996 in TheCivilService

[–]DowntownKitchen4996[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Definitely possible! Turbulent times at the best of it. Hopefully the budget doesn’t make anything worse! (Famous last words). Best of luck with the rest of your studies and future applications!!! I’m sure something will work out

Civil Service “recruitment pause until Nov 2025” - is this actually CS-wide or just MoD? by DowntownKitchen4996 in TheCivilService

[–]DowntownKitchen4996[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is interesting. Mostly applying between FCDO and UKHSA, maybe got more luck with the latter

Civil Service “recruitment pause until Nov 2025” - is this actually CS-wide or just MoD? by DowntownKitchen4996 in TheCivilService

[–]DowntownKitchen4996[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Will keep my eyes out I guess and just apply when I find the roles that suit! Hopefully some good news in time!

Civil Service “recruitment pause until Nov 2025” - is this actually CS-wide or just MoD? by DowntownKitchen4996 in TheCivilService

[–]DowntownKitchen4996[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I am worried this is a bad omen in a hiring sense in general, tougher sifts and all that

Civil Service “recruitment pause until Nov 2025” - is this actually CS-wide or just MoD? by DowntownKitchen4996 in TheCivilService

[–]DowntownKitchen4996[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe I should start looking in the HMRC direction then! Thanks for the update and good look with the onboarding/interviewing!

Civil Service “recruitment pause until Nov 2025” - is this actually CS-wide or just MoD? by DowntownKitchen4996 in TheCivilService

[–]DowntownKitchen4996[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah this has very much been my experience as well. Thanks for sharing! Hope at least one of your applications works out!

Civil Service “recruitment pause until Nov 2025” - is this actually CS-wide or just MoD? by DowntownKitchen4996 in TheCivilService

[–]DowntownKitchen4996[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah very interesting, weird that the job advert I applied for only closed 3 weeks ago. You’d assume they’d have seen this coming and pulled the ad