Hey Eeh / All,
I likewise recieved the email late last year advising that everything was on hold until the new year.
Subsequently was phoned around 10 days ago - bit of an update over the phone and just to confirm my ongoing interest...few questions (guess you could say a "mini re-interview") but certainly nothing anyone should be remotely worried about.
Re rung a few days later and offered a mid February start date.
My suggestion is I wouldn't read to much into any of it. I think VA are purely legitimately just working through the complexities of getting staff through training at a rate required to correlate with services. I suggest the reason I was possibly called earlier than some is just due to a few factors my recruitment process has dragged on for an extended period of time (initial interview day was mid last year!).
Have no doubt you guys will all hear soon.
Cheers