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Civil Service Applications helps people apply for UK Civil Service jobs with confidence, whether they are applying for their first role or stepping up a grade. The service was founded by Gareth Jenkins, a former Grade 6 civil servant with 19 years' experience across the Home Office, Border Force, the Ministry of Justice and HMPPS. Gareth joined as an HEO, moved onto the Fast Stream and ran the Home Office's department-wide mock interview scheme. Everything we offer is built on how Civil Service recruitment really works, from the sift to the interview panel. What we offer: Online tools that check your personal statement or behaviour example against the job advert, your grade and the Civil Service Success Profiles, and show you what is holding it back. Free checks are available every month, and with a pass or plan the tools will rewrite your draft within your word limit and tell you what evidence is missing. Expert application rewrites, where Gareth personally reviews your application, asks about any gaps and rewrites it with you until you are happy. CVs are included. Mock interviews and coaching, tailored to the behaviours and strengths your real interview will test. Free guides to applications, interviews, strengths questions and each of the nine Civil Service behaviours. We are an independent service and are not affiliated with or endorsed by the Civil Service or any government department.
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My experience with Civil Service Applications was great. I got very constructive, detailed and focused feedback. Overall very useful, and would use their service again!
Reply from Civil Service Applications
Thanks Yasmin, I’m glad the feedback was useful. Best of luck with your applications, and do get in touch if you’d like support with future ones.
I am really pleased with Gareth. I was not getting any interviews at the civil service. So I contacted him to have professional feedback. He rewrote my applications and I started getting interviews. I also used his interview preparation service and it really made a difference as I got 4 job offers. In the future, I will use his services again as for me it was night and day. Thanks!
Reply from Civil Service Applications
Thank you for taking the time to leave this. Four offers is an excellent result, and the hard work in the interviews was yours. Congratulations again.
Gareth
Gareth has loads of experience with the civil service application and interview process and in my case helped me a lot with my approach to interviews. I was getting 3s, but after a session with him i came out of an interview with one 4 and three 5s. Highly recommend.
Reply from Civil Service Applications
Thanks Jethro, I’m glad the session helped. You put the work in to apply it on the day, which is what makes the difference. All the best.
Gareth
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