What is your experience in government post job hunting?
By lovcie
@lovcie (116)
Philippines
July 12, 2012 11:09pm CST
I recently re-applied to a government post which I applied way back May 2011. I got a call from the recruitment staff inquiring if I got eligibility and replied yes. I was advised then to re-submit my requirements and check on the vacancies. I did visited the next day and do the necessary. The recruitment staff received and reviewed my papers and I did some minor corrections as advised. I handed to her the requirements and made sure that the post I am applying is in the vacancies list in their bulletin.
I was expecting that next to it will be an interview or examination. Surprisingly, she told that the post i am applying to is currently not yet open and they will just call me again for the next step. I was speechless and confused for she said to make sure it is in the vacancy list, which certainly is!
I just am hoping that before the year ends, I'll be able to get the said job. Is this really happening in government post job hunting?
3 responses
@Eppie2010 (509)
• Philippines
13 Jul 12
Mostly here in the Philippines, the fastest way to get in the government service is to have a backer or padrino as we call it. Most of the friends I have working in the government became employed with the help of some friends or relatives whose already in working in the govt. Though I'm not saying you cannot get hired if you don't have a friend or a relative to back you up, but sometimes (or most of the time) it's just like that. :(
@lovcie (116)
• Philippines
13 Jul 12
It is really saddening to accept that fact. :( I do have someone I know but it seemed he is not that famous to his colleagues. I was even advised by a friend that some government posts here in the Philippines are being "purchased" to get the permanent/regularization. Sadness indeed.
@cagq80 (9)
• Philippines
15 Jul 12
well the sad part is that if your not the smartest among the batch and doesn't know anyone from the dept your applying to your resume is as good as scrap paper. Even if you have the civil service eligibility. you will be surprise that most of the workers in the government doesn't have one
@galloper30 (50)
• Philippines
14 Jul 12
I don't have any experience of applying to a government or public job. But base from my observations of the experiences of others, the "padrino system" is still in effect. My nephew has been rendering his services as a contractual teacher in a public school in our province for almost three years while waiting for a permanent position to be vacated or to be opened. Then all of a sudden, a teacher from out of nowhere was employed as a permanent teacher. Rumor has it that the teacher was endorsed by a top politician. My nephew is highly qualified and skilled not only in teaching but also in non-teaching areas. Well, what can we expect, we're in a third world country...
@aabuda (1722)
• Philippines
14 Jul 12
You are very late of finding it my friend. For requirement purposes in the Civil Service, every year government offices submits their vacancies in order to post it in CSC, so that job seekers like us will know. But sad to say that is just formality because it is no longer available because someone is still holding that position...or it is already taken by nieces, nephew or relatives of the Directors. And it is actually the main reason why I already stopped applying in the government service...
