Welcome to the tenth edition of NES Oil & Gas, where Matthew Halle, lead consultant at NES, provides an industry overview, which is followed by NES news, advice for contractors working in high-risk locations, career management tips and our latest oil & gas vacancies. We hope you enjoy this issue. If you would like to submit articles for future issues or have any comments about this edition, contact us now at newsletters@nes.co.uk
CONTENTS:
NES: expanding to meet global demands
NEWS: NES widens access to global talent pool
NEWS: NES invites award nominations
NEWS: Featured NES clients - growing popularity
Security support - advice for contractors in high-risk locations
YOUR CAREER: Business networking
NES web site in focus: the document library
TOP 10 TIPS...for recruiting the best team
...and, of course, our latest oil & gas vacancies!
NES: expanding to meet global demands
Welcome to issue ten of NES Oil & Gas, where you’ll find the latest NES news and our advice to contractors working in high-risk locations, as well as career management advice and tips and our most recent oil & gas vacancies.
Before you read on, I would like to let you know what’s been keeping us busy over recent months. While much of the world seems to have encountered an economic slowdown, the global oil & gas industry continues to place demands upon the services of NES, which has resulted in the establishment of a number of new international offices...read more.
NES NEWS ROUND UP
NES widens access to global talent pool
NES has announced the appointment of a new multilingual recruitment consultant, Gabriela Boczkowska to further develop its global candidate pipeline service.
Widening access to the global talent pool Gabriela, originally from Poland, will work with white-collar technical and engineering personnel seeking work in the UK...read more.
NES invites award nominations
NES is inviting its web site users to nominate www.nes.co.uk as the Best National Recruitment Agency for the eighth annual National Online Recruitment Awards (NORA).
The recruitment company, which specialises in the recruitment of white-collar professionals within the engineering, rail and IT industries, launched a new set of websites, involving a total overhaul of their design and structure, at the beginning of this year and has enjoyed significant increases in visitor numbers ever since...read more.
Featured NES clients - growing popularity
Management and technical consultancy, WSP has had its company profile added to the featured clients section of the NES UK web site.
This popular section of the NES site now has 20 different company profiles and more are available on the NES Group, NES Global, NES IT and NES Track sites. Each profile provides visitors with a brief overview of the company they might want to work for as well as vacancies within that organisation that NES is recruiting for...read more.
Security support - advice for contractors in high-risk locations
Nigeria…Angola…Iraq…to some, they are countries of political instability, criminality and danger. To others, they offer lucrative opportunities to work on some of the world’s largest oil & gas projects, gaining extensive experience within the industry and earning the most competitive rates of pay available.
For those whose career path leads them to assignments in high-risk locations, personal security really can literally mean the difference between life and death. From diseases such as malaria and cholera, through to the risk of muggings, car-jackings, armed robbery, kidnapping and terrorism; companies and individuals alike must be aware of the dynamic requirements of health and security and plan accordingly...read more.
YOUR CAREER: Business networking
We all know the type of situation that springs to mind when someone mentions “networking” - an assortment of suited individuals gathering together to swap business cards, right? That vision of a bustling function room can be enough to provoke a fluttering feeling in the stomach of even the most confident individual; which is probably why the value of networking is so often underestimated - despite this being a somewhat restricted view of what it actually involves...read more.
NES web site in focus: document library
The library section of the NES website is something you’re unlikely to find on other recruitment agency websites. A considerable amount of time and resources have been invested into creating this section, which contains a wealth of information including: details of NES advertising campaigns; a series of career management articles; tax & legislation information and; downloads such as the latest company brochures and copies of NES terms & conditions...read more.
TOP 10 TIPS...for recruiting the best team
Hiring the best team members is one of the biggest worries for managers and there are many considerations that should be taken into account. Read on for our top 10 tips:
1. Attract the right applicants to the role:
Sounds obvious, right? But it is essential that you don’t underestimate this important part of the recruitment process. Ensure that your vacancy advertisement, job specification and person specification are carefully assembled, attracting only the most suitable applicants and discouraging those without the necessary skills and qualifications from applying...read more.
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