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Potentially it could have. It's a perfectly valid question. What if you had holiday booked but then a course came up ? What if you had nothing immediately booked but had one planned for a future date ?
They are doing their job. Why berate them for doing so and working in your favour ?
Yeah. I remember being asked that in June lol. Feels like a millennium ago now.
I was thinking of contacting them, however after reading that people have been and have had no luck what so ever, seems pretty pointless.
If courses are to run in September? Then that's really bad luck for everyone. I hope it's not true.
I was thinking of contacting them, however after reading that people have been and have had no luck what so ever, seems pretty pointless.
If courses are to run in September? Then that's really bad luck for everyone. I hope it's not true.
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They did say they have a large amount of courses for this year, they cant surely the first 2016 couree cant be in September that isnt really a large amount lol... Think there will be courses soon hopefully... Going by how big there recruitment campaign is
I remember Ronke telling me I should start around July or August, what a distant memory that is. 6 months later still sitting in the pool with my life on standby. Can't plan holidays and can't commit to future dates.
I was told there would be courses in the new year, it's now the new year and we are being told no courses yet planned. Trying to stay positive but I feel further away from a start date now than I did 6 months ago
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The updates have dried up from fellow forumites... Hint hint lol whos going to call for a update ...
Over the last 6 months plus in the pooll everyone i have spoken to HR has said all people in the TP will be placed jus a matter of time etc... Thats been keeping me sane loll jus hope they been honest to me and not getting my hopes up for no reason
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DMI & medical done in May 15 too. Maybe we were in the same assessment centres ?
Yeah. Exactly what Ronke told me! And then Claire told me the new year before she left. It's just the waiting that hurts. Even if we didn't start for 6 months. As long as we can find out and get the dates and contracts through, that's all I care about. And I'm sure all you guys feel the same.
Maybe wait until Friday and give them a call.
Who knows! The wait goes on...
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Hmm you see it all the time at my work the frequent flyers that come to us get priority lol jus so we can avoid hearing from them every 2 minutes
What difference would it make? If I had a holiday then I expect I would have to cancel it if I wanted to get on the course. They aren't going to wait for me to come back from my holiday. (And I don't believe courses just 'come up'). For a £6.5bn project, I would expect there are going to be several project managers poring over Gannt charts, trying to juggle resources, people, assets all to be in their various places at the correct times they are needed.
If I didn't have a holiday planned but wanted to make future plans then that makes the question irrelevant too as asking GTR for information (so we can plan our lives) results in the standard response they have no information yet.
So, I still maintain that it was a fairly superfluous question to ask when there was nothing to be gained by either side by asking it, unless GTR were aware of course dates when asking the question, which it seems they were not.
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You would be surprised how many people don't cancel holidays or may be away when the phone rings or letter drops.
The hiring department may or may not be working directly with the training department. I know from my TOC that all the courses for the year are already planned but they are still actively recruiting. Its a very standard recruitment question to ask. They clearly have a high number of applicants. Its potentially worse for them to sift the applicants and send out course dates only to be told by a candidate that they are on holiday that week. Tagging all the information to your application allows them to make the right arrangements for the right people.
To you it may appear pointless but to them its very helpful information.
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And before Friday they have a full working day to make some calls
With the amount of time they taking... Im hopeful they gnna give dates out for courses for the next 3-4 months... Probably can fit about 6 courses in that time
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hmmm another week almost gone by.... Fridays the last hope
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Hmmm been checking my phone all day as well [not that its anything new]
Hmm the wait is becoming unbearable now
Hmm the wait is becoming unbearable now
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Happy monday !!
Well February is a write off then
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