Customs work on weekends. Is it easy to get a job in customs: three stories. What is the professional secret to a successful career in customs?

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Evgeniya (name changed)

Last year, after more than four years of service in customs, I left. Tired of it. My education is higher in economics, not RTA. In Pskov, work is generally so-so, but the opinion that working in customs is great still exists to this day. I applied for the vacancy of a senior customs inspector and turned out to be the most “lucky”: it was very difficult to take people off the “street” at that time; a girl who was already on her sixth attempt tried to get into customs with me. That time they took her.

21 days are allotted for accepting documents, I submitted them by the end of this period - I graduated from the university, and the diploma was about to be issued. In June I submitted documents, and in August they signed a contract with me. The main thing is that the education is higher, not necessarily received at the RTA. In general, when submitting documents you need so many certificates! When I saw this list... Well, it's crazy.

After receiving the documents, the stages of the competition begin. At the same time, an inspection is carried out by the internal customs security service.

The first stage is a psychologist. You take a huge test, it contains about 600 questions on your knowledge of the Russian language, but more on your general psychological portrait. A scale is drawn up based on the test, and something becomes clear from it: which qualities are clearly expressed in a person, and which are less so. Psychologically suitable candidates are selected.

For example, customs does not need a person with leadership qualities for the position of customs inspector.

Then a day is set for another stage. What should jump off your teeth is the Customs Code, 311 Federal Laws, 273 Federal Laws - mandatory for combating corruption, another 79 Federal Laws. In fact, there is a lot to learn, a lot.

Everyone is taken into a large hall and given a basic test of about 20 questions. You write, you submit, you leave. And then the person starts calling one by one to the commission. There are about 9-12 members. You come in, introduce yourself, and they ask you questions about your knowledge of the law. Results appear in a week or two. A letter arrives telling you whether you passed the competition or not. If you pass, they sign a contract with you.

The probationary period lasts three months, after which you are a full-time employee - you are given your first shoulder straps and stars.

Nowadays, many people are leaving their jobs and vacancies are appearing. I don’t know how it is for those who work in the office 5 through 2, but it’s very difficult at the post. The workload is crazy – both physically and psychologically. When we worked for days, no matter what, you muster your will, you bomb for a day and you’re home for three days. And then when they made a day/night/bedtime/weekend schedule, we stopped seeing life altogether.

We had at least 3-4 people at our post who graduated from RTA. The last girl who got there after graduating from the academy went through a competition - the placement has already been cancelled.

Neither the salaries nor anything else differs between those who were assigned to customs and those who came from outside.

RTA graduates, I won’t say that they were disappointed, but they were surprised: they spent so many years on specialized education, but do not have any privileges compared to others who received non-core education, like me.

For the first 1.5 years I really liked my job - the uniform, and this: “Where do you work?”, and you so proudly: “At customs.” Then the rose-colored glasses fell off.

What is the average salary in customs? The minimum I saw was 35 thousand. So the salary of an ordinary inspector throughout Russia is 17 thousand something. This is pure, i.e. about 20 thousand minus income tax. Plus there are quarterly bonuses and savings at the end of the year. This is the money I need to live on, I’m no longer a student, my parents won’t help me.

And so I had practically no time, hard work, disproportionate salary. It took me a very long time to gather the courage to leave. This is a system, it sucks you in a lot, and when you quit, your co-workers look at you like you’re crazy: “How?!”

I hoped that something would change, but everything only got worse: less money, more work. Legislation is changing. They require us to work faster, but at the same time they complicate the design. That is, innovations are irrational, in my opinion. A strong trend of reprimands has emerged: if you are reprimanded, you lose your bonus. And if earlier reprimands were issued for really serious things, then over time they began to be imposed even for an incorrectly entered letter from the passport, although this error does not affect anything: you will still compare the passport data with the database, and you will understand what was meant not the Russian “B”, but the Latin “B”.

Recently, many at the Pskov customs did not receive a bonus due to criticism. And if previously they were removed at least before the bonus was issued and did not deprive people of money, now this trend has practically been reduced to zero. So an inspector can work for a year without a bonus, on a bare salary of 17 thousand rubles.

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Oleg (name changed)

I graduated from RTA in 2015. Twice I tried to get a job at the Baltic Customs - I got to the point of competition, but both were unsuccessful. They say that it is much easier to get to the Pulkovo customs office than to the Baltic one.

The distribution was removed in 2014, and even those who studied at the target (when the state pays for your education with the condition that you go to the place offered to you later - editor's note) did not get into the service. In my group, three studied on a paid basis, including me, three studied on a budget, and another 7 studied on a target basis. As a result, none of us work in customs.

Without work experience, you can apply for either the position of state customs inspector or the position of senior state customs inspector. The salary is somewhere around 19-25 thousand rubles, not counting bonuses and the 13th salary.

When they announce a competition to fill a vacant position, you first submit documents, then go through a psychologist. And then you wait almost six months until the next stage begins - an interview with a test. I don’t know why it’s taking so long – they’re checking the documents or what.

The further test is simple - they check knowledge of the Constitution, the Russian language, and level of PC proficiency. By the way, for some reason they wrote on pieces of paper, although they should have been on the computer. During the interview itself, questions were asked about the Constitution and federal laws important to the service. And of course, about why you want to serve in the customs authorities.

In one case, a couple of weeks before the competition, I learned from friends that the successful candidate for the position I was applying for had already been identified.

This person ultimately received the contract.

It happens that information about the competition is not posted on the website, and two people take part in it - formally this is enough. One of them already works in customs - he is brought in for the numbers. Both write the test, but the one who is already working refuses the interview, and the only applicant wins the competition.

The main problem is that there are very few competitions themselves. Every year RTA graduates about 500 people, and about 50 vacancies appear per year for those who have no experience. So consider how realistic it is to get a job in customs and whether it is worth getting a specialized education. I paid 400 thousand rubles for my studies, but I could have gone to the physics department, on the budget.

The main motivation for most of those who applied to me was placement, but it was canceled six months before our graduation. Plus, of course, a guarantee of stability: after all, this is a government agency, and it will not close.

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Denis (name changed)

I graduated from RTA in 2015. Of course, he was no longer included in the distribution. I received my diploma and wondered how I could get a job in the customs service of the Russian Federation. I began to make inquiries about this and found out that in any case I needed an army - a military ID with a note of unfitness or service. The second thing that was negative was the salary. The salary of a first-class specialist in the civil government service where I wanted - the legal department of the Baltic Customs - was 16 thousand rubles. The Baltic customs then, and even now, was going through hard times. And everyone I talked to about this topic said: “You shouldn’t go here.” I didn’t get to the competition because I stopped at the stage of submitting documents: army and salary.

When I entered the RTA, there was no requirement for the army. But then the legislation regarding military service began to change, people began to be drafted into the army directly from their workplaces.

I found out about the law enforcement unit of the customs - I wanted to try to go to the epaulets, but, firstly, there were not a single vacancy (just like now), and secondly, in an informal conversation, an acquaintance said that “you can’t just get there” - either due to great acquaintance, or due to great merit, let’s say. After that I gave up trying to get a job in customs.

Through an acquaintance, I was offered a job at customs in another region of Russia, but I refused because it was not the capital. Well, the salary, of course, the salary.

None of my classmates, as far as I know, work in customs authorities.

I work in the customs area and I can say that the education of the academy gave me a lot of useful things. At least I learned how to communicate with government agencies. Let's say in my first year I was afraid of, say, any patrol policeman. And now at work I have to communicate with both majors and colonels. They are not such terrible people. I learned the art of negotiations - the teachers at the academy worked in government agencies one way or another, and agreeing with them about an exam was much more difficult than persuading any official to take some action.

It turns out that living freely is much more profitable than being in the service. In addition, the civil service is very burdensome - you cannot have large property (and I would like to in the future), a serious business, it is very difficult to confirm your income and, even more so, expenses. I watch my parents, who are also in the civil service, but of a different kind - for them it is constantly hysterical.

Is it difficult to get a job in the customs authorities? Is it necessary to get an education at the Russian Customs Academy or have the patronage of an uncle in uniform? We spoke to three people, two of whom were RTA graduates, about their attempts to get hired at Customs. Ironically, the girl who received a place in the Pskov customs did not graduate from RTA, and two graduates of the academy were never able to get into the coveted Baltic customs.

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Question:Good afternoon When transferring funds to the customs office (advance payments, as import customs duties), the accountant of our organization incorrectly filled out the payment order, namely: he incorrectly indicated the customs code in the payment order in field 107. More precisely, instead of the customs code - 10002000, he indicated -0. Accordingly, the money did not arrive at customs. The customs payments department said that they do not see advance payments for Domodedovo customs. What to do?

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Question: Cargo arrives to my address at Domodedovo Airport by such airlines as Swiss Air, Lufthansa, Transaero, Singapore Air, Air Bridge Cargo, how much will it cost to store it in a temporary storage warehouse (TSW) at the Domodedovo Cargo Terminal? I am also interested in how much it will cost to process cargo at a temporary storage warehouse at Domodedovo airport? What is a heavyweight? And how does heavy weight affect the storage and handling of cargo at Domodedovo Airport? How many days of free storage does each airline listed have?

Answer: At Domodedovo airport, each airline has different periods of free storage. Here are the tariffs for storing cargo at the temporary storage warehouse of JSC "DOMODEDOVO CARGO" (DOMODEDOVO TERMINAL):

1. LUFTHANSA, SWISS AIR - the first 4 days are free, not counting the arrival date.

2. SINGAPURE - the first 5 days, not counting the arrival date

3. AIR BRIDGE, TRANSAERO, etc. - 2 days not counting the arrival date.

Cargo handling is mandatory for everyone - 7.8 rubles per kg. , if heavyweight (1 place over 80 kg) - 10 rubles per kg.

The first 5 days - 4 rubles per kg.

From 5 days and above - 8 rubles per kg.

The maximum storage period is 2 months, if the recipient of the goods has not submitted a reasoned request to Domodedovo customs to extend the temporary storage period to a maximum of 2 months. If the recipient of the goods does not show up, the cargo is moved to the place where unclaimed baggage is stored. Further, the airline, at its own expense, must transport such goods outside the territory of the customs union.

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Most customs officers are former students of the Russian Customs Academy. This is the main source of personnel, but its graduates are rather theoreticians. The best of them are offered a place in customs, but not necessarily at customs posts. Yesterday's students occupy vacant positions in functional departments, passenger departments at airports and other places. Graduates of military schools are also welcome at customs. A higher education is the minimum that everyone who applies for a job in the structure should have.

How to get to the customs service?

A specialist who wants to find a job comes to the HR department and submits an application to participate in a competitive selection for vacant positions. Requirements depend on the specific vacancy. There is no general average assessment parameter, but they try to hire people with experience at customs posts. Of all the applicants, the one who passes the selection best is selected. The only exceptions are employees of positions that are being eliminated or where layoffs have occurred. They are transferred to other positions without participating in the selection.

Before the competition, applicants undergo an interview - this is the first qualifying round for employment in customs. But competition among specialists is high: at the moment there are five candidates for one vacant position.

Where do graduates go after university?

There are very few open vacancies in customs authorities. Most often these are places in the logistics department and in functional departments at posts. Work related to customs clearance is more interesting and in demand, therefore, as a rule, there are almost no vacancies here. In any case, you will have to build a career from the beginning.

What does a novice customs specialist need to be prepared for?

The Customs Service is a paramilitary structure in which it is customary to strictly maintain chain of command and follow orders. A person with a freedom-loving, hot-tempered character will have a hard time. On the other hand, the customs authorities highly value diligence, responsibility, and the ability to make decisions and be responsible for them.

The legislation is constantly changing, and you need to be prepared for the fact that you will have to constantly learn something new, engage in self-education, and independently monitor innovations in the work of the structure. Customs officers need to have a good knowledge of customs legislation, constantly read orders and monitor changes in regulations of the federal service.

Are there risks in the profession?

In the work of a customs officer, any mistake or violation can cause damage to the state. And for this, the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation stipulates various penalties. To avoid problems, you should make literacy and diligence your main skills.

How to move to the next step in your career and not get stuck in one position?

As in any other company: be competent, proactive, purposeful, try to optimize work and offer new solutions.

What specializations are there in customs?

Conventionally, customs education can be divided into three areas.

The first is professional. This is a customs academy, where there are faculties of customs clearance, cargo release or post-release control. This area includes specialists who know customs legislation in terms of collecting payments, determining product codes, implementing currency regulations, and so on.

The law enforcement unit may also come in handy at customs. This area includes specialists with a legal education: investigators, inquirers. They investigate administrative cases of violation of customs rules. These are mainly employees of law enforcement agencies: police, prosecutor's office, OBEP and tax inspectorate.

The third direction of development is economic preparation. Employees of such departments deal with trade restrictions, currency and export controls, ensuring the protection of intellectual property rights and other similar tasks.

Is it possible to build a career in customs without connections?

While personal connections play virtually no role in job placement and competitive selection, career growth largely depends on them. In the process of work, contacts and acquaintances appear. Again, you are working for your reputation. And literate and competent people are always valued! From time to time, some positions are vacated, since reorganizations are carried out quite often in the customs authorities. Customs offices are united and reformed every few years, which makes it possible to get a job or transfer to a higher position. The customs structure is large: there is the Federal Customs Service, the regional customs department, customs and posts, and customs clearance departments. And this entire vertical is available for development.

Is there “horizontal” development in customs?

Yes. The opinion that customs officers do the same thing in the same position year after year, almost until retirement, is erroneous. Any current employee can sign up for the competition and try his hand at any other position. Current customs officers are sometimes transferred to new regions and developed in other positions. Therefore, once you get a job in the system, even for a very modest vacancy, you can confidently develop and build a successful career.

What is the professional secret to a successful career in customs?

The main secret is to study the orders and know customs legislation well. But it is not enough to simply apply this knowledge in practice - those who, based on it, will be able to find non-standard solutions to some issues, will really quickly and easily build a career. This is very much appreciated, because in customs there are situations that seem dead-end at first glance.

From customs to business?

With all the advantages of public service, it has one main drawback: conservatism and lack of mobility. The business is much more dynamic and aimed at developing new directions. At the same time, there are always people who are literally created to work in government agencies, and there are those who are cramped in them. Some people easily change lanes, others have to make an effort, while others return to customs. The main rule here is to be honest. Anyone who is responsible for his words and does not let anyone down will definitely make good acquaintances and connections that will help in the future in life.

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