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I previously worked for the State of NC.. it took about 4 months.. I applied in August, interviewed in Sept, had the psych/physical test in Oct, and hired date in November.. Another job I applied for in Wilmington earlier this year, I applied, closing date came, they called a week later for an interview for the next week.. probably about 3-4 weeks after that I got a notice that I wasn't hired. I applied for another 2 state jobs (But with a different HR agency) and they sucked regarding contact.. The closing date on 1 was 5-23-08 and I am still waiting to hear.. all I heard was they received my application. My other application I was only informed they hired someone else because I consistently called the HR dept to find out what was going on.. Good luck
Four months, wow. In most lines of business the best candidates have multiple job offers within weeks. It's no wonder the state tends to hire the best of the best.
thanks for the info. I can't remember exactly when I applied. I am pretty sure it was 4 weeks from when I applied and when I was interviewed. I interviewed almost 5 weeks ago, and the interview went great. I have some confidence though. my only worry is that the job is in raleigh and I live in wilmington right now. I wonder if that will work against me. relocation is no problem, as the cities are pretty close together relatively speaking. so it has been almost 5 weeks. do you think I should call HR or something. from what I was told, I would hear one way or the other. another question for you, you say you previously worked for the state. why did you leave the job? how was working for the state?
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Originally Posted by nlblueyes
I previously worked for the State of NC.. it took about 4 months.. I applied in August, interviewed in Sept, had the psych/physical test in Oct, and hired date in November.. Another job I applied for in Wilmington earlier this year, I applied, closing date came, they called a week later for an interview for the next week.. probably about 3-4 weeks after that I got a notice that I wasn't hired. I applied for another 2 state jobs (But with a different HR agency) and they sucked regarding contact.. The closing date on 1 was 5-23-08 and I am still waiting to hear.. all I heard was they received my application. My other application I was only informed they hired someone else because I consistently called the HR dept to find out what was going on.. Good luck
HAHA! hey, be nice! I have the patients to wait it out.
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Originally Posted by Palmetto Heel
Four months, wow. In most lines of business the best candidates have multiple job offers within weeks. It's no wonder the state tends to hire the best of the best.
The hiring process can be painfully slow. Sometimes I think it depends on what agency you're dealing with and how badly they need to fill the position. Some agencies are pretty bad at communicating the status of your application also.
I applied for a state position and received a "no get" letter (formal state term) ...18 months later, and that was 18 months after I was hired for my current state position. I applied for these 2 jobs at the same time, and it took 5 months to get my current job. After that fiasco I decided to see what the actual hold up was and ask a lot of questions...it's a fascinatingly slow, stupid and backwards process. No faxing of information (resumes, applications), they refuse to read resumes at all - it's a state app PD107 or nothing. Only a few departments have their jobs posted in a format online that allows you to apply - everyone else must still receive paper apps.
If someone screws up the county spelling on the document and it's posted for hiring or some other minute detail is screwed up...they automatically grant themselves the right to post the job again and remix the applicants. We have some applicants that were interviewed in March still waiting to hear, and the jobs are still sitting on the desk of HR while they figure out a good reason to reshuffle the deck and post the job again. People who temp for a job will not be hired, they must jump back into the mix - reapply and re-interview - for the same job.
If it's as straightforward as Foyle's hiring process...consider yourself verrrry lucky!
I am a manager with the state and have hired 3 people. The process took about 3 months each. From the time the job was closed it took 1 month for me to receive the applications from HR, about 2 weeks to finish interviews and make a decision, and about 6 more weeks for the offer to be extended by HR.
My husband just got a call for an interview today with the state...he applied 5 weeks ago.
Since I was only interested in working for the state in one particular venue, the process took at least 4 months, and several applications, as one vacancy is filled, others come vacant and one must re-apply for each, the application is not a blank one for a specific job title, it is a specific one for each job listing, if there are three jobs, each for a job of the same description, you will apply three times. Sometimes I think they just got tired of seeing my name on the application and hired me to keep me from filling out more of them. Persistence pays off.
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