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    First Great Western - Trainee Drivers

    Heh. Its like... Can you make the assessment dates? No. Reason: commitment to employer. Will you be available to work shifts? yes. Reason: commitment to employer As if you can book in for a 0300 assessment...
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    First Great Western - Trainee Drivers

    http://lmgtfy.com/?q=download+a+group+bourdon+tool
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    Dedicated First Great Western recruitment site.

    I see FGW have created a new site for recruiting trainee drivers :https://traindriverjobs.firstgreatwestern.co.uk. The jobs advertised here are not on the main recruitment site. It has its own log in, job alerts and allows you to create a profile. Looks pretty good and shows they must be...
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    DB Schenker - Trainee Driver and Trainee Driver Operator ( Various Locations)

    Your link works fine, but when I navigate their web site I can't find this page - how did you find it, was it a link on their vacancies page that has now gone? It's as if it's hidden now except to those using your link.:| --- old post above --- --- new post below --- Ah I know, my browser...
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    First Great Western - Trainee Drivers

    Its good that they are letting people know. Even though its not the news you want you at least know where you stand and can plan accordingly. This is a welcome departure from First Group's previous stance of endlessly keeping people in limbo. It's not a lot to ask to let people know and it's...
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    Under the radar train driving job

    friendly banter, mate :D
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    Under the radar train driving job

    You a depot driver, Bev? Funny you've never mentioned it...
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    Driver Psychometric Assessment - Maths

    Yes. Nothing too complicated: but you could benefit from being fast at the basics, therefore you need to practice. Try a smart phone app which tests you. Learn all your times tables inside out. Learn to add and subtract with a decimal point. there are a few questions that have 2 stages...
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    First Great Western - Trainee Drivers

    What does your online status say? Don't they ask you to confirm attendance online instead of just sending a random/ambiguous email last thing on a Friday for an appt first thing on Monday? It does seem strange, but on the other hand you don't want to miss out. If it's at a hotel or something...
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    Structured Interview

    The form itself does not require much detail. From what I remember you merely need to outline the event without going into the specifics. Just a couple of sentences about what the situation was, and then an overview of what action you took. eg "A flash fire broke out in a neighbour's...
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    the 6 month rule

    Basically apply: yes, take assessments no. So given the time it takes to process applications, as you approach the end of the 6 month period you can certainly start sticking them in again. I had failed my CBI with one TOC and applied to another about 4 or 5 months later. I received a call a...
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    Trainee drivers Freighliner HH

    For some strange reason the site appears to be blocked by virgin media. If you are having problems try connecting through a Proxy or use a different ISP or WiFi hotspot. I'm sure virgin don't mean to block this site, must be a mistake...
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    First Great Western - Trainee Drivers

    If you don't feel you are competitive enough to get the job then perhaps you need to work on improving yourself instead of asking the competition to bow out. If that's not the case then why are you worried about this guy?
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    Earnings?

    God does know, and so do I. However it's paid, it's less than the minimum wage. Just because it's called a shift rate, or daily rate, or annual salary doesn't mean that the pay divided by the number of hours worked can be less than £6.19. Unless you are in the armed forces like me...
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    First Great Western - Trainee Drivers

    "Please be aware that due to the large number of applications we may receive this advertisement may be withdrawn before the advertised date of 03 May 2013." Well that's today! Didn't they get a high number of applicants?

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