u/Difficult_Stand_5164

I joined the APS in 2018 as a graduate at the APS4 level, and was an APS6 for the bulk of my time there eventually acting at EL1 level

Left the APS in 2023 to go explore some private sector work, had a lot of fun, got to travel and do some exciting work

I've been looking to rejoin the APS since February and applying for roles regularly, mostly because I prefer the work pacing and nature of the roles, also appreciate the nature of the work I've done, plus I have a young family.

I have applied for dozens of roles, I started off focusing on EL1 roles, but have mostly been applying for APS6, as I wasn't getting any responses on that front, even though I lead a team of 5 in the private sector

Now I'm so desperate I'm also applying for APS5 roles...

I've had 12 interviews out of 70ish applications. 6 of these have responded and I've been placed in a merit pool for all 6 so far...

I really don't get what I'm doing wrong or what the issue is, all the interviews have been APS6 roles, I have multiple years of experience in these roles, either in the APS or private sector, and the feedback seems to be really generic too.

I receive better feedback for roles where I'm outright rejected prior to an interview, instead of the ones where I'm placed in the merit pool.

Any ideas/thoughts/suggestions on what I could be doing wrong or what I should be doing? I'd highly appreciate it

So I was applying for a couple of jobs on Seek, and a few days later these guys started bombarding me with emails and texts saying they can help me get a job via their "career experts"

Thankfully all the calls were marked as suspected spam, so I never bothered picking up, but there were a few text messages too.

They seem to be scraping linkedin, seek and ineed, and anyone who applies there gets hounded by them. Very predatory and dangerous imo

I looked through their platform, and they claim to be "Regional-job focused", but it just seems to be a copy pasta of all the jobs on other job posting platforms

Has anyone worked with these guys? Is it even legit? I just feel the strategy and tactics are super scummy and annoying, and wanted to hear what people thought