Why do you think that is? Is it just very rarely that vacancies are advertised for your depot which allow external candidates to apply?
It’s never been mentioned to me that internal candidates get priority over external candidates whilst in the pool, so I hope that’s not the case and I’ll end up waiting for every internal to get a start date before it’s my turn!
Vacancies are almost always advertised internally and externally, although internals do get priority in the talent pool at GWR I believe? From my experience with train crew jobs, it does help to be internal, but to be honest that’s only because it’s extremely difficult to get a job from outside the industry.
Internals at SWR could apply for trainee driver roles even if there wasn’t a vacancy too, which naturally helps I guess. Having said all that, there are loads of externals being recruited across the board, so don’t let it put you off.
At my depot, it’s one that doesn’t see a lot of recruitment, so to be the first external in 14 years is something I mention just as a bit of humour
I say I’m external, but I’m internal to the railway as I came from SWR. As far as GWR were concerned I was external though, even though they’re both FirstGroup.
In fourteen years if my maths is right
last intake before 2019 was 2005
In that case I’ll go with that