Border Force Recruitment
Discussion
Recently Border Force have been saying they are desperate to recruit more staff.
My Son applied in May by filling in an on-line application and aptitude test. Since then- nothing. No reply to an e-mail asking if his application was being considered e.t.c. No wonder they are desperate for staff if it takes this long to process.
Anybody else got experience with this?
Last disappointment was when there was a "desperate need for Forensics Staff, No need for experience we can train you, and if qualified, you will start on a higher wage..."
Son (Forensics and Criminology Degree) applies, hears nothing for 6 weeks then gets an e-mail to say he has not been selected for interview and he cannot ask why. Very strange.
My Son applied in May by filling in an on-line application and aptitude test. Since then- nothing. No reply to an e-mail asking if his application was being considered e.t.c. No wonder they are desperate for staff if it takes this long to process.
Anybody else got experience with this?
Last disappointment was when there was a "desperate need for Forensics Staff, No need for experience we can train you, and if qualified, you will start on a higher wage..."
Son (Forensics and Criminology Degree) applies, hears nothing for 6 weeks then gets an e-mail to say he has not been selected for interview and he cannot ask why. Very strange.
Pretty standard for a national recruitment campaign where there are roles in multiple locations. Cast the net wide, see what you get in and then tell the applicants where the actual roles are based. Some people are willing to relocate.
These usually have an option on the form to express a location preference. Usually most people choose the more desirable (i.e. cheaper) areas as their preference, leaving the more expensive areas with no candidates to choose from.
Local recruitment is much more effective but some HR people think it's better to do it once nationally.
These usually have an option on the form to express a location preference. Usually most people choose the more desirable (i.e. cheaper) areas as their preference, leaving the more expensive areas with no candidates to choose from.
Local recruitment is much more effective but some HR people think it's better to do it once nationally.
My son recently left the BF, from application to starting took nearly 10 months, he was based in the South East near London and had 2 main areas that his team looked after, both rather substantial ports. He was however on a few occasions put on a team bus to Luton airport to help with immigration and passport checks due to lack of bodies. Working conditions were pretty good but even he noticed the amount of people leaving the force. HR is contracted to an outside agency who do take their time to get back to potential recruits. He only left as when he was 12 he had a mild teenage epilepsy episode which he declared on application and subsequent medicals, his last medical the Doctor stated she could not sign him off as ok to work night shifts due to his epilepsy? He was 27 BTW and had not had any reoccurrence since the 1st time aged 12. He had also sailed through all the medicals with no other flags raised. Their way of keeping him on was to give him a desk job where he would be filling in freight forwarding paperwork, not what he joined up to do and left. The labour turnover is huge within the BF and as it's a government agency the admin that keeps it ticking along also huge. OP I would recommend if your son joins he does his basic training and then specialises, there are a lot of areas that make up the BF which could offer a good career.
All Security Clearances are taking ages to process, can’t see Border Force being that closer to the front of the priority list regardless how hard Priti Patel shouts slid expect that’s what is causing delays, no point progressing an application If the candidate fails at the first hurdle.
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