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I will refrain from commenting on specifics of the day I had at OAA (enjoyable and challenging once again; I am satisfied that I could not have done any more), but to cover off a few items:
- I believe that last Friday (March 27th) was the final OAA selection day. Certainly it was the latest day I could select, having already waited a few weeks to see if any later dates opened up. The booking page now shows no dates available, which seems to support this.
- (Remaining deliberately vague, those affected will know what I mean) A further task had to be conducted at home having completed the assessment day at OAA. I have received and completed that task, and would encourage everyone else to check their inbox/trash/spam/deleted items etc for it if they have not seen it. We were advised that our results would not be processed until this task was completed.
- We were asked to sign a document stating that we were available for the weeks commencing 20th and 27th April, as these were the Stage 2 dates. We will therefore have to be advised before the last of these dates, and were also explicitly told that we should hear in the next two weeks.
- It would appear that every candidate's results will need to be processed before Waterside invites can be sent out, as if sufficient candidates meet the required standard then only the top "N" (I believe "N" was 100 last year, but the assessment this year may differ) will go through; hence the interim mails sent to processed candidates already meeting the standard.
Continued good luck to all, great to meet those of you that I saw at OAA, hope soon to meet those of you that I didn't
- I believe that last Friday (March 27th) was the final OAA selection day. Certainly it was the latest day I could select, having already waited a few weeks to see if any later dates opened up. The booking page now shows no dates available, which seems to support this.
- (Remaining deliberately vague, those affected will know what I mean) A further task had to be conducted at home having completed the assessment day at OAA. I have received and completed that task, and would encourage everyone else to check their inbox/trash/spam/deleted items etc for it if they have not seen it. We were advised that our results would not be processed until this task was completed.
- We were asked to sign a document stating that we were available for the weeks commencing 20th and 27th April, as these were the Stage 2 dates. We will therefore have to be advised before the last of these dates, and were also explicitly told that we should hear in the next two weeks.
- It would appear that every candidate's results will need to be processed before Waterside invites can be sent out, as if sufficient candidates meet the required standard then only the top "N" (I believe "N" was 100 last year, but the assessment this year may differ) will go through; hence the interim mails sent to processed candidates already meeting the standard.
Continued good luck to all, great to meet those of you that I saw at OAA, hope soon to meet those of you that I didn't
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FTE's last day is the 13th April so I can't imagine we will find out before then. Does anyone know the number of people applying vs number of people accepted through to assessment?
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Had my FTE assessment yesterday, friendly staff and made us all feel very relaxed. Other candidates were a great bunch, would happily work alongside them as colleagues one day.
FrankMatt If you mean these assessments, I think it was 700. Only a max of 250 will go to Waterside.
FrankMatt If you mean these assessments, I think it was 700. Only a max of 250 will go to Waterside.
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Assessment reminder
Has anyone else received an email regarding the assessment being held at the Hilton? I've already had my assessment so my heart stopped when I saw an email from FTE. Wayyy too early in the day for that much excitement.
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Is that what yours was about?
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At this point in the game any email I recieve from FTE would put me into full panic mode!
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So the next stage of the process is from the 20th April for two weeks. Given how close this is, I am expecting we should hear any day now!
Best of luck everyone, fingers crossed.
Best of luck everyone, fingers crossed.
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I spoke to OAA yesterday and they re-iterated that we would hear "mid-April" and wouldn't commit to a date - even when I mentioned that the dates for the next stage they gave were the two weeks commencing April 20th - only 11 days away!
The lady also disagreed with me that we are approaching "mid-April"!
The lady also disagreed with me that we are approaching "mid-April"!
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FTE are doing assessments until April 13th, and it was said nobody would hear from them until the 14th at the very earliest! Agree it doesn't leave much time for those to get time of work, and like myself travelling from abroad re: flights, hotel etc.
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Yes, was also told after the 13th because it's the last assessment. Would be very surprised if it is the 14th. 15th is pretty early too.
It is not much time at all to get off work, I hope I can figure it out
It is not much time at all to get off work, I hope I can figure it out
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I'm in the same boat as some others here it seems! Getting time off work at such short notice won't be easy... That's if it is positive news of course! I guess BA have covered their own backs by getting us to sign that document/form saying that we would be available in the respective weeks for Stage 2 and Stage 3.
It's a shame there isn't more time in the process really - given the start dates for the course aren't until September this year... Maybe that's just me being critical though! From what others have said, we could be getting as little as 2 working days notice!
It's a shame there isn't more time in the process really - given the start dates for the course aren't until September this year... Maybe that's just me being critical though! From what others have said, we could be getting as little as 2 working days notice!
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The first start dates are likely to be July, as I was told (FTE). Candidates are given preference of course, you won't necessarily be expected to start in September. Start dates run right up until Sep 2016 - you could potentially start long after next year's new starts.
Leaving your job is one thing but another thing to consider is the time it takes to secure funding.
Leaving your job is one thing but another thing to consider is the time it takes to secure funding.
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For OAA it says on their website the following (for those interested);
Sounds like it is different for FTE, though.
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The BA FPP website states the following;
Candidates who are interested in this programme must also be available to commence training between Autumn 2015 and Autumn 2016 as it will not be possible to defer a place on a training programme beyond this timeframe.
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The BA FPP website states the following;
When will training courses commence?
The courses are likely to run over a 12 month period, with the first course expected to start in Autumn 2015 and the last course expected to start in Autumn 2016.
The courses are likely to run over a 12 month period, with the first course expected to start in Autumn 2015 and the last course expected to start in Autumn 2016.