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Hi Jac, I am a Maths teacher with a degree in Maths and Business Management. I am looking for a Strategy advisor role, which will be a career transition for me, do you have any advice for me?

Great video! I just did a CS interview for a heo/seo economist role and they asked me about how I chose between two different datasets for a piece of analytical work. this is specific to an economist role but sharing here incase you're applying for smth similar

Regarding the trap of comparing yourself to others, there is no value to be had from comparing your insides (how you feel) to other people's outsides (which is all you can see because you have no way of seeing into anyone else's head).

Hi jack, do you have any videos on the leadership behaviour? I have an interview coming up and leadership is one of the behaviours I will be assessed on and I'm finding it the most difficult. Thank you. Your videos are very helpful btw :)

Could you organise a tutorial about online civil service work strenghs test ?

Thanks for these videos. How about something that covers Government Statistical Services (GSS)?

thank you x

It will be great if you could amalgamate all your civil service personal statement resource, competency resources, etc into one place. Will happily purchase that

I have an Internal Auditor role interview for Scottish Government on 11th June. Any advice regarding would be useful.

QQ do you think nepotism goes on in the cs?

People spend too long on situation and task because star is a silly model that has two set ups, for no reason. Situation and task are the same damn thing and people get muddled twisting their mind into splitting it into two. What is the situation anyway? "at work", there, done. "I had to" task done. PAR makes more sense, problem, action, result. You're instantly into the meat

Hi guys I have an interview for a product manager role in the civil service. Has anyone had a similar experience and are there any tips you could give please.

they still do strength questions

Useful, thank you but couldn't watcha all through - the background "music" feels like toothache

Will the interviewer say they are asking a strength or behavior question?

Thank you so helpful

Its better to have a degree, than to have no degree at all, thats the way i looked at it. I did not enjoy my Bsc politcal science degree, i was on the wrong course, and others i knew had dropped out, however i was resilient and knew the reward would pay off in the future, given its a very comepetitve world out there, i had no choice to keep going, and didnt want to disappoint my family. Well done me for seeing the bigger picture!!

Hi. Just found you through a recommendation on Facebook. I'm a teacher with years of experience in numerous schools - should i include them all on the CV? Also, I've been asked to use the CARL method. Do I just use one example? I have a lot of stories! Ta

Hi Jac, I really relate to what you said about imposter syndrome. As someone who is a similar age to you, I think what you have done, from your videos to the question bank, is really impressive. I used your videos and question bank a lot when preparing for a policy advisor role last month and managed to make it onto the reserve list. Thank you so much for everything you do and, as others have said, keep doing what you're doing!

Thank you for your video. It 's really difficult to talk to friends about i dropped out of master, i'm afraid to be seen as a loser. I suffered a lot from doing this master. I dont like the course, nether the location where the university is. I finally quited it even i was so close to finish it.

Hi Jack, great channel, thank you. I am applying for a job in civil serivce. The first page (CV) has two secitons/ boxes: namely - 'Employment History' and 'Previous Skills and Experience'. The 'next' page is 'personal statement' max 750 words. There is no word count mentioned for the first page but advert suggests max 2x A4 pages. I have a couple of questions please. 1. Do I give references in Employment History box which is the first box on page 1 (CV)? 2. The 'Employment History' does not take same amount of space as the 'Previous Skills and Experience', is it okay to have first box (or should I say first A4 page) much smaller than the second box, Does employment history only include where worked, as what and for how long; or should it also include what I did. I am confused becasue what I did should be for the second box of previous skills and experience. Looking forward to your response.

Do we need to give examples in strength based questions?

thank you for doing this anyway

Hi Jac, thanks for your videos. Previously youve said to use STAR method answering strength questions and not for situational questions In this video you say not to (3:50). When should you give STAR answers and when shouldn't you? Thanks so much!!!

Many thanks for your videos. I am interested in applying to the CS. The only thing I am concerned about, is applying to lower rungs of the ladder for 1. Being stuck in an admin role , and 2. The money is not great to allow me to save. I have recently applied to a HEO position.. i imagine these are extremely competitive? Given the financial incentives? I believe i have excellent transferable skills for the "presenting Officer" role, however my background is in research, in med school. And i am wondering if you think i stand a chance at tracking this? Or is this role aims more on experience, specific backgrounds, as opposed to someone new to the CS, coming from a totally different industry/background?

I honestly hate my message program. I am in masters of social work. I got my bachelors last year I graduated and you know I love my undergrad program and social work. You know it gave me the idea that you know I can be a social worker and you know there is you know a lot of opportunities out there But really there’s no opportunity out there for people who have a bachelors degree I didn’t even wanna be a social worker when I got out of high school I wanted to go to school for digital film. That was my dream to do either animation, directing or producing or even acting because I love doing that, but my dad got in my head and was like you know you should do something where you’re not on your feet all the time because you have a disability basically. And I’m I am slowly starting to regret going straight into my masters because I hate it. I hate it so much and I am really debating whether or not I should drop out of this masters program and go into another undergrad because my plan is to go and get a mass communications degree And then find a job because they have a lot of work out there for people with those types of degrees and I really really struggling. Should I stay in my program and you know struggle or should I just drop it out. I’m already on academic probation I didn’t do well my first mod.I I was able to pull B minus but I failed my elective which I didn’t finish the elective. I ended up dropping that elective because I was failing and I guess that affected my GPA I don’t even know what my GPA is but I’m thinking I’m going to drop out of this program, because I really do not feel confident that I’m going to finish this degree

I love this video. I just graduated and am going through this phase right now! Thank you for your advice!

Prepped for the interview using your videos and got a job offer - thank you!

Hi Jac, I messaged you on Facebook to say thanks. Your advice has helped me significantly. Cheers

thank you so much, i literally struggle to calm down every time

Has anyone ever told you that you look like Harry Kane?

Hi Jac, I watched your videos, took your advice and I've been been offered a job. Thank you so much

I moved to Germany to do a masters. The system is different but nevertheless it's the European credit transfer system (ECTS). I have 240 ECTS out of 4 years bachelors and in Germany is 3 years bachelors 180 ECTS. So I have to study 2 years instead of 1. I have found myself in this really unfortunate situation where I'm studying things that I already studied, irrelevant things and the stress is unnecessarily high. It took a lot from me and I'm not so sure what I'm even getting...

Could you please do one of these for "Managing a Quality Service?"

Just wanted to say thanks for these guides. It helped me get my AO role and will help while I go for EO level. Cheers!

Thank you so much Jac...!!

Please make a video on managing a quality service

I would be ungrateful if I don’t come back to say thank you. After applying to 35 civil service jobs, 6 interviews and 2 reserve list. Finally got an offer for an EO role. Thank you

Came across your video today. I finally decided to drop out of my Master degree. I felt relief but at the same time sad .

Hello I’m not sure if you will read this but I am hoping for advice. Just like you I am on my third semester of grad school. I want to quit so badly. It has been keeping me up at night, I am have panic attacks, and hate what I am studying (master of information system). But the thought of quitting and not getting a job kills me as I do not have a valuable bachelor degree (health studies). Everybody tells me to finish as this degree is highly desirable. I also don’t know if I be able to get into marketing as a lot of companies want business degrees and earning a higher salary so I fear I might regret….i guess what I’m trying to ask is your opinion on my situation. I am scared confused and don’t know who to ask. I wanted to ask you because you seem to be in the most similar situation I am currently in. Any advice or opinion would be helpful…thank you.

I despise my current masters course / the entire educational system in the country I'm in. My situation is a little different though. I relocated to an entirely different country under a scholarship for the masters, and dropping out would mean moving back home and starting from scratch. Aaand my home country has zero career prospects pretty much. I still don't know what to do :/ Feeling really lost.

I love this jac

I love your videos I bought your civil service tool. I’d highly recommend everyone to buy it!!!

Hi, I'm about to begin my first CS application. For the personal statement do I just go straight in with the lead criteria or have a little introductory paragraph first?

Very well-explained with great tips for what to avoid (acronyms). Thank you!

I recently dropped out of my masters program. Did you take on student debt for this masters program?

Yeah, I have an onboarding step to sign in to my company's site with login but the site is not working for me. It's definitely awkward while I wait for an answer.

I work in UCR in the DWP. This week we had had 4 people off from our team. Because of this the remaining 5 of us had their work divided up between us. The way I got this extra work completed was coming in the office at 7am, taking a 15 minute lunch and staying till 6PM. Deadlines have to be met every time

Hi Jac, thanks for your CS videos it's really helpful. I got an interview coming up, my first for CS and I am just wondering in your experience is it common to get intro questions like - Tell me about yourself and what do you know about us/ why you applied - in CS interviews or straight into the Behaviour & Strength questions?

I had my interview today for a job in elderly care. I was super nervous but I went on a walk about an hour before it started and it helped alot. Hopefully I get the job!