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Southeastern - Trainee Driver - Recruitment Discussion

mickeyC

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I'm at Ashford, having my first day there tomorrow. Monday and today was introduction days, been to Tonbridge and the connect 38.
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Adam brown, one of the trainers mentioned a new group was starting, another group is already there nearly finishing module 2.
 
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Chewie

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Adam brown, one of the trainers mentioned a new group was starting, another group is already there nearly finishing module 2.
Yeah I've heard that name it says i will have him on my planner and there's another group who started in September, they said we will see them tomorrow so we can pick their brain lol.
 

ollie_3D

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Yeah I've heard that name it says i will have him on my planner and there's another group who started in September, they said we will see them tomorrow so we can pick their brain lol.
Adam is brilliant, I’ve had him for a couple of my sessions and he’s a right laugh trust me. You’ll get along just fine with him as your assessor
 

RDJW18

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On average how long were people waiting from passing everything to actually being given a start date and starting training ?
 

Purplerain77

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On average how long were people waiting from passing everything to actually being given a start date and starting training ?
I passed everything in July, medical was in August and have just been offered a start date for March 2027. So 7 months for me but I just missed out on this years courses so it varies a lot really
 

Twin82

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Love this, amazing and exciting news.
I'm looking forward to hearing how everything goes for you.
Iv not been very vocal on here but I'm still here in the background keeping up with everyone's progress.
Well done for getting through and finally getting your start date I'm so so happy for you.
Congratulations to everyone else who has passed everything and waiting to start their new journey.
I'm still waiting for my DMI invitation.
The more time that passes the more anxious I get. It's very easy to overwhelm yourself with too much information so I'm trying really hard not to do that.
Keep us posted and good luck
Thanks @GemmaLouise I really appreciate it.

I know how the wait can feel. The good thing is there’s considerable movement and they’re starting to fill spaces for next year. If you haven’t done so recently, you could drop them an email kindly asking for an update. As you know they are excellent with responding to emails. So fingers crossed you don’t have much long of a wait left. Have you done your MMI already? Although they told me my next step was DMI, they sent me MMI invitation.

In my case, I’ve always chose the last booking dates, from assessment day to both interviews. I was told in my interview that there was one space left for September and it was taken now, which made me think, as I was the 2nd person interviewed that day, the person who interview before me must of taken that space. Maybe had I booked an earlier date, I would of been on an earlier course but it didn’t really bother me. Sometimes booking the earliest date gives you a shot at an earlier start date. What I’m getting at is
 

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