Outsiders have the best chance in large-scale open recruitment competitions.
Occasionally they get in specific competitions at very high levels too - for example the new Central Bank governor.
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Hmm, that recruitment process went well. Great candidate selected
Hi emmaja, congrats on placing 4th in the competition. I would suggest you should contact HR to see how many vacancies there are? While there might be only 1 or 2 jobs now, the panel you are on may last up to two years. The age profile means a lot of staff at higher grades are retiring on an ongoing basis. Vacancies from grade V to VII have to have a certain percentage of 'common recruitment pool' candidates versus external candidates. I would expect most council's have this published in their job description. A quick Google of a grade VII Clare county council competition in 2017 outlines this. In any walk of life internal candidates will have more knowledge of upcoming vacancies as they know who is retired, where the vaccany is etc I don't think that's confined to the public sector. You can be certain that there are a lot of internal candidates who even though having years of experience or a degree / masters didn't even get shortlisted, think how demoralizing that is for internal staff. You did extremely well and best of luck in whatever career you take.
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