Recent content by haltny

I am middle aged. I am doing as many do at middle age and looking for a change of career, and want to work within the rail industry. I guess I am old fashioned and not used to the new way of working. When I was younger it was unheard of to simply 'not reply' or have 'zero' communication to...

I want to thank everyone has took the time to read and reply to this thread, both with positive and negative views. I would like to clarify a few points: I really am not ungrateful. I am massively grateful for getting through to Assessment and Interview twice for two different positions...

My thoughts exactly.

I appreciate a rant is not the best but I am so frustrated. I was told at interview they would let people know within a couple of weeks. The positions were going to start this month. I was told the medical would probably be the week after the interview, so I changed all my arrangements just so I...

Previously I have traveled from London to a city far north of London to attend Interview and assessment, costing me a hefty train fare and an overnight stay in a hotel. More recently I had to attend another interview and assessment for the same company. They gave me less than a week's notice of...

Hi, I have recently gone for a position as Ground Staff (Mobile Operative) with a FOC, which I am currently waiting to hear back from. Is this a good route into one day hopefully becoming a train manager/driver? Also, I appreciate that some FOC's have made redundancies of late and I have...

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Hi All, New to this forum but have been reading posts for a while. I'd appreciate some advice please :) In March 2015 I passed the Psychometric Tests and my MMI with DBCargo (formerly DB Schenker). I recall being told that this test is valid for 2 years, but I have heard elsewhere that it...