Civil Svc/ Statboard - Typical Timeline for making a Hiring Decision

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Those with ns, if you are not command school, would your app be disadvantaged?

I dont think it matters, unless you are applying for uniformed positions

Originally Posted by Unregistered

LOL You guys realise that the govt job application at Careers Gov no longer put the current monthly or expected pay??
See, small small petty thing government damn fast to react.

This may actually not be such a good thing. Without the current and expected salary, HR won’t hv your expectations to work with so they can just use their “formula” and u end up with a lower than expected offer, which would be like a std pay and not take into account your prior related experiences or work performance

In view of the current COVID19 situation, is it that non #SGUnited jobs are actually taking slightly longer to be processed?

strange, some job openings with closing date of one year or more, meaning no urgency or only checking market response?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

strange, some job openings with closing date of one year or more, meaning no urgency or only checking market response?

means they're hiring a lot for that position, always open for applications. It also takes into consideration their internal hiring timelines which may take up to months.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

strange, some job openings with closing date of one year or more, meaning no urgency or only checking market response?

These positions are evergreen for example an saf officer, there's no 'closing date' or specific quota for the year but of course subject to being successfully shortlisted and being invited for interview.

Hello I'm new to applying directly through the C@G. Since I've always applied through recruitment agency which takes about two weeks from application to interview and to start date. But that depends also the stateboard or ministry in question and also the urgency to fill up the role as mentioned in this thread.

But I digress, most recently I have applied a role in a SB through my careerfuture portal. I applied around late May 2020. The role is tagged under SGUNITED. Was contacted for interview in early June. Interview was last Wed, 10 June.

During the interview, was told that the hiring process could take up 3-4 weeks and that HR would give me a response by end of next week. To my surprise, I received a response on last Friday, 12 June, saying that they decided to proceed with me and gave me a verbal offer and I accepted. They also said that they will be doing up the paperwork.

As of now, I have not received any updates. I've checked on C@G to see if a similar position is there from the SB and also on mycareersfuture portal but there are none. Currently also there are other offers I received from other employers and needs my response. But I'm very keen on this SB. I'll request an update from HR shortly.

Meanwhile, by this stage, do you think the SB would have seriously considered me and wont offer to other candidate? (I understand that many of you said it's only when I have signed the actual contract then its final). And given the timeline of my interview and now, do you think it's too soon to request an update? Thanks!

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Those with ns, if you are not command school, would your app be disadvantaged?

Nope your rank does not matter but one crucial factor in your NS record that will affect you is your Conduct and Performance indicated in your service transcript.

Everyone should minimally exhibit “Good” performance in the two. Commander or not, if either one of them is just “Satisfactory” or worse “Unsatisfactory” or “Non-Assessable”, it’ll set some red flags to your hiring manager.

Actually do you all write a thank you email after the interview? Isit a norm?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Actually do you all write a thank you email after the interview? Isit a norm?

Personally, no harm trying. But it doesn't affect your chances significantly.

I wrote individualized thank-you letters to EMA after my interview, to each and every one of my interviewers. Not a single reply. And I didn't get the job.

Similarly, I wrote thank-you letters to CPFB after my interview, and I got a very generic reply. I didn't get the job.

I wrote thank-you letters to a stat board under MOE recently after my interview, and their replies were so heartwarming. I got the job.