I applied for an AO ( might have been lower but I’m sure it was AO ) role as a customer service rep for HMRC .
It’s been 3 weeks since the closing date and I did the interview 5 days before the closing date . I have heard nothing since . How long does it usually take?
I am a teacher . An ECT - who does not like teaching. I am on a long term supply in a lovely school who have ( not officially yet , but a chat ) been asked to come back next year for the whole year . I was a bit taken back when they asked me and I assumed they meant as a long term supply. But now I’m going over the conversation in my head and I don’t know if they meant on a contract as they said that they could advertise but they can’t give anyone a contract longer than a year at the moment and as they know me and I know the school etc they would rather me - so I don’t know if they meant a contract. I know I could ask and clarify but I did say to them that I had applied for a role out of teaching , they said not to make a decision now and they needed to make sure that it was definite first . They said they will speak to me at / after May half term . I do want the CS ( I’m thinking flexi time , 2 days a week from home , a job I don’t take home with me ) but I’m worried if this is a contract would I be silly not to .
I don’t want to go and clarify it with them but then still not have an answer for them . If it was supply , I wouldn’t take it and would go back to day to day in sep as I could still look for other jobs ( if I don’t get this CS ) as I’m tied in to nothing with day to day supply. Technically, I’m not tied in with long term but it’s a lovely school and the head is so approachable and lovely and really wants consistency for this class I will be with - so I don’t want to start and then leave ( for the school and for the class ! ) .
A contract with a school would give me £200 month more than the CS . I would have all holidays off - but I know that doesn’t mean I’ll be “free” in the holidays . I hated working permanently in a school , the thought of going back to it scares me . Even on supply ( long term not day to day ) I’m exhausted and good for nothing on the evenings and I have that weekend anxiety - even though the school is lovely I think it’s just the job . This school are also due OFSTED , which scares me even more I don’t think I could take that . But it’s £200 more a month and I feel like taking the drop - from what I could have not what I have now on supply - when we are struggling financially it’s unfair when my husband is working so hard .
My husband may be getting a job ( hears this week ) that is more money than he’s on now .
His view is to take the CS over a contract / supply . He says the pension with the CS is amazing and we need to start thinking about that ( we’re close to 40 ) , its salaried so will be better for applying for mortgages - which we want to do in the future once some debts are cleared . He says the £200 drop can be covered by him ( as I say it’s not a drop to what I’m on now but to what I can get in any teaching job ) . He says if I don’t get it then I can keep applying whilst I’m on supply . But then I said what if I get offered the school one before the CS or don’t get the CS then he said obviously take what one comes first . So I’m just hoping I get the CS job soon as I do not want to work in a school . But I feel like I have to take the school one - if offered first or if I don’t get the CS and the thought of it terrifies me but he supported me through all my training , then when I got in my first teaching role and hated it and left 6 months in he supported me then . I really wish I had done something else .
I did well on the customer service test for CS and I do have a lot of customer service experience as well as the skills I’ve gained during teaching ( 2 years total - 6 months in a school And the rest supply ) but you just don’t know do you - there could be people who just did better on interview !
I then worry if I get it and find I hate it - not the job , i have done call centre type stuff before - it’s not as challenging and fulfilling as teaching can be - but I’ll be happy enough to leave it behind when I log off but will I miss the holidays ?
I don’t know what I’m really asking . I’ve posted about this before . I guess - what would you do ?
But mainly - anyone have experience of interview to offer timescales ? There are 100 positions so it’s obviously going to take them a while !