I think a big difference is that there are a lot of jobs which are not advertised publicly. So the talent group at least gives you the advantage of being put forward for a bigger pool of jobs.
Still waiting on my end. I'm preparing for it to take a long time.
yeah its crazy to go through all that process and for nothing concrete to happen as a result. i'm in the same boat for M&E. i guess it makes sense from their end. but really makes it hard to make plans for the next six months or whatever. its like a ghost job....but ok. guess its about patience and keeping the faith.
Update: a delayed one. I got my acceptance for M&E a few weeks ago. Amazing.
Now waiting like everyone else for a position to come up. Tricky in terms of leaving my current job, life, etc, given that it could be anywhere at any time. Hard to plan.