Hello Man and congratulations ( if i haven't said that to you already)... i think that you probably will be given a start date at the same time as the assessments start in 2010. The last moths of the year are generally hard to spend a lot of money ,as companies are closing budgets and open new ones for the next year. So i believe you'll start during the first quarter of the year.
I'll be joining you next year as well as i will take the assessments once again and i will be selected this time.
Regards
Take Care man