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I am saddened to report the passing of Galba Bright who was a guest contributor
to this newsletter about a year ago. He was an expert in Emotional
Intelligence and lived in Jamaica. Condolences to his family.
If you, or anyone you know, would like to contribute relevant articles
pertaining to recruitment or personal development or the Energy industry in
general, then I would be pleased to discuss this.
NOTE: Back issues of CRS NEWS are published at
http://www.crsoilandgasjobs.com/Newsletter.htm.
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 There's been a lot of talk and news reports
in recent times about transparency in business dealings and the high cost of
corruption to a country. You probably skim over these reports thinking
that all this is someone else's experience and of course you wouldn't behave in
such an unethical way.
No doubt that is true when we're talking
about taking bribes and kickbacks on contract allocations, and major misdealings
of that nature. Yet can you say that your recruitment practices are
entirely above board? If you have ever been in the position to influence
who gets hired for a job, and you have favoured a friend or a relative, then you
might have been doing an injustice to your company by not hiring the best
candidate.
A few years ago, I was asked to be on an
interview panel to select a technical person for a large organisation. My
recruiting company had selected the candidates and I was there on an advisory
capacity. The interviews were proceeding well and the panel was interested
in one particular lady when one of the more influential panelists realised he
had a friend in this lady's department who he felt would also be suited for the
job. To cut an astounding story short, the
job was quickly offered to the friend without going through the full interview panel
process and my services were no longer required. To add insult to injury,
my company didn't get a sale!
Now the person hired may truly have been the
best person for the job, but you could not tell from the process taken.
The bias in her favour was extreme. I had a hard time explaining to the
original candidate who saw her colleague, whom she thought wasn't even
applying, get the job.
I know there's a great advantage to
recruiting people you know - you know the personalities you're dealing with, and
their attitudes are in line with yours, and of course you can trust a friend,
right? Well sometimes not so. It's amazing how different a person
can be in the workplace to how you know them socially.
It's more important
than ever that your friend is put through the same rigorous and open selection
process as everyone else so that you can be sure that they are the best fit.
You don't want a mistake returning to haunt you, and this could harm your
friendship with that person too.
Relatives are sometimes a different case as
family companies may have to hire them even though they are clearly not the best
choice. Some large companies like to have members of the same family
working for them as that is their culture, and it helps staff retention.
But these are known and accepted biases built into the recruitment process, and
quite different from hiring the relative as a favour.
I'm not saying that it's wrong to hire a
friend or relative; just that you need to be open and transparent about it and
consider other choices fairly too. Always ask yourself "will hiring my
friend be the best thing for the company?"
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In This Issue:
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Editor's Intro
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Hiring Friends
- Tell Us What You Think
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Subscriptions
- Psychometric Testing
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Who is CRS?
See
our website for a complete list of JOBS
To find out more about a particular job below, click on the
Job Ref below its description.
New requirements include:
Corporate Attorney
- 6 month contract (TRINIDAD):-
Accountable for the technical and administrative management of the
legal function within an Energy company.
Job Ref:AD30
Buyer - 6 month
contract
(TRINIDAD):-
Accountable for the effective procurement and delivery of materials
and items required by user departments. These activities are to be completed
actively and reliably and must be delivered in a manner that consistently adds
value to the overall business process.
Job Ref:AD29
Process Engineer
(TRINIDAD):-
Assist in the safe and efficient running of the Plants. Involved in
the management and planning of plant operations as well as management of a
number of varying projects.
Job Ref:SJ250
Senior Mechanical
Engineer (TRINIDAD):-
Responsible for improving and ensuring plant mechanical equipment
safety and reliability.
Job Ref:SJ249
Still urgently required::
Electrical Engineering Graduates
(TRINIDAD):-
Multinational Companies seeking University Graduates (2006-2008),
BSc Electrical Engineering. Graduates must be motivated, eager to learn and
prepared for overseas travel. PLC experience will be an asset.
For more info
contact Stacey - Job Ref: SJ247
Engineering
Specialist - Instrumentation/Control Systems
(TRINIDAD):-
Perform and check moderately complex calculations and design for
Control Systems and Instrumentation Engineering and other work using both
computer-aided and manual design techniques.
Job Ref:SJ246
Field Service Engineer - Processing
(TRINIDAD):-
To provide commissioning, preventive maintenance and troubleshooting
services for the company as well as conducting training of customers' personnel.
Job Ref:SJ237
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