HSE People - Health and Safety Community

HSE People are working with a key clients who currently has a range of HSE Positions within the Oil and Gas Sector.
 

SENIOR HSE ADVISOR - EDINBURGH UK
This position is on a staff basis and the suitable candidate should live close to or be willing to relocate to Edinburgh. Candidates will be degree qualified with exposure to the exploration and drilling industry. Candidates with operator experience are preferred.
SALARY £60-80k

ONSHORE LEAD HSE ADVISOR - DRILLING - COPENHAGEN
This is a long term contract position for a large operator supporting the Well Construction Team and Drilling Manager. Suitable candidates will have an extensive drilling background having worked for drilling contractors previously.

OFFSHORE DRILLING HSE ADVISORS - VARIOUS
Drilling HSE Advisors required with at least 5 years experience supporting drilling operations offshore. Two positions available starting 1st Quarter next year so would suit candidates at the end of an existing contract.

To be considered for these position please send your CV directly to julia@chronosoilandgas.com including details of your availability and expected rate.

Register on www.oilandgaspeople.com to be automatically matched to suitable Oil and Gas positions.

A new recruitment website is being marketed as the home for oil and gas jobs in Norway. Oil and Gas People, a UK based site has recently signed up several big recruitment companies in the region.

With the market starting to pick up and a buzz of activity in Europe, dozens of oil and gas positions are being listed in the region every week.

The site which only launched this year is proving a huge hit with candidates and recruiters in the industry. Following a new model, Oil and Gas People has clearly been designed to assist those looking for work in the oil and gas industry.

Oil and Gas People creates a live snap shot of the available work force and offers recruiters a process that allows them to post jobs and be instantly matched to available candidates for free.

Candidates benefit from their own free online CV that they can link to when applying for jobs anywhere on the net. By maintaining a live profile on the site candidates will be automatically matched to suitable oil and gas positions posted by recruiters.

To Search oil and gas jobs in Norway and internationally, visit the site at www.oilandgaspeople.com

A fantastic community site is also available atwww.oilandgascommunity.com which is a great place to network and exchange information with other oil and gas people.

With the current down turn in the oil industry and a recent trend for pay cuts and pay offs, a record number of people in the industry are now seeking employment. The decline in oil prices has lead to projects being put on hold and some projects being cancelled altogether. Major oil companies are looking to reduce costs, and in doing so are cutting their work force.

This has an immediate impact on the recruitment industry, with some recruitment companies reporting half the amount of positions and double the amount of available candidates, compared to this time last year. With the market even more competitive than ever before recruitment companies are also looking to cut costs. Unfortunately this isn’t so easy as in a down turn, recruitment agencies work loads actually increase, as more people seek employment.

Most recruitment companies covering the oil and gas sector use sites like oilcareers and oilandgasjobsearch to find candidates and advertise positions. These sites are so well established that they are a must have resource for recruitment companies. They charge extortionate rates and do nothing to help recruiters cut costs. They know there model works and they know recruiters have to use them, as there is no alternative! Until now…

www.oilandgaspeople.com is a new recruitment site developed by Kevin Forbes, a contractor who works in the Oil Industry. Kevin seen the problems faced by recruiters and also the frustration faced by candidates seeking work. He says: “Oilandgaspeople fills a gap in the market and offers a solution that is genuinely better for recruiters and candidates”.

No longer do recruiters have to pay for job postings and access to a database. Candidates benefit by being automatically matched to positions that they meet the requirements for. Candidates don’t have to browse for new jobs every day and they will never miss out on suitable positions. Recruiters don’t need to wait for candidates to reply to job postings and no longer have to sort through hundreds of irrelevant CV’s often received in response to job ads.

The best thing is the above process is totally free, with recruiters only ever paying a fee when they have a candidate match. There are no hidden fees and the site includes many features that other job sites charge for, for free!

Oilandgaspeople has been created from a clean slate; the site follows a new model and has been designed to offer a better solution for candidates and recruiters. We aim to be the largest oil and gas job site, which we will achieve by working with recruiters and candidates, listening to feedback received and building a site that works for Oil and Gas People and not for the media companies profiting vastly from other sites!

To prove our commitment to the industry we have also launched a community site that will allow oil and gas people the world over to network and exchange information. www.oilandgascommunity.com aims to create safer work environments by allowing oil and gas people world wide to learn from each others experiences, mistakes, lessons learned and to share advances in technology and improved work methods.

www.oilandgaspeople is live to candidates now and will be live to recruiters soon.

More information on how the site benefits recruiters and candidates can be found here http://www.oilandgaspeople.com/about.asp
 

Social networking is growing more popular every day, LinkedIn, Facebook, Bebo, Twitter and others, have fast became a part of our every day lives. The ability to network and connect with like minded people all over the world is not only a great way to socialise and keep in touch with friends; it is also a very powerful business and marketing tool.

Lots of small companies and even some larger ones are releasing the power of the web and using it as a way of generating interest in their business. Lots of companies now recruit on social networking sites and the chances are if you don’t have an online presence you are probably missing out.

All of the above are reasons why people join such sites. www.oilandgaspeople.com hopes to take it a step further. We believe social networking could be used to improve safety within the oil and gas industry. In terms of safety, some countries are much further ahead than others, some companies have strict policies in place, and others have next to none. The standard varies from country to country and from individual to individual.

It comes down to training, knowledge and education. We see the same accidents occurring time and time again. Often those involved will say they ‘didn’t know’ or ‘weren’t aware’ Accidents and incidents that probably would have been avoided, if only we had managed to learn from other peoples lessons and mistakes.

Let’s use the powers of social networking to share lessons learned and to educate others in the industry. Wouldn’t it be great to have a massive resource of people from all aspects of the oil industry? A bank of knowledge and information that can be tapped at any time! From every day tasks to huge projects, you can bet someone has done it before. They may know a better way, a product you wasn’t aware of or a procedure that could save you time, money and improve safety.

The industry is ever changing, ever developing and pushing the barriers of new technology every day. It’s impossible to keep track with everything. Let’s use social networking to expand our knowledge, share our experiences and to improve safety across the board.

www.oilandgaspeople.com is not just another oil and gas jobs site. It has been created by oil and gas people, for oil and gas people! As part of the site and to prove our commitment to the industry, we are proud to announce the launch of www.oilandgascommunity.com a brand new social networking site for anyone working in oil and gas.

It doesn’t matter where you work or what you do, we are confident you will have something to bring to the table. We are going to be developing the site over the coming months and hope to include lots of pages with information, lessons learned, new technology, industry news etc, etc…

People can post requests for help and information on the forums. Join groups of like minded people, create events, chat instantly with other members, share information through blogs and build a profile advertising their company.

If you work in health and safety our sister site www.hsepeople.com will also be very relevant to you. HSE people is a well established community site that will give people an insight into the potential of www.oilandgascommunity.com

Hope to see you all there soon.

Kevin Forbes
www.oilandgaspeople.com
www.oilandgascommunity.com
www.hsepeople.com
 

Launching a brand new company at such a prestigious event as Offshore Europe would fear even experienced business men, but for Peterhead man, Kevin Forbes, it was the ideal launching platform for his new venture www.oilandgaspeople.com and an opportunity not to be missed!
 

Kevin a contractor, who works in the Oil and Gas Industry, became frustrated at the existing Oil and Gas recruitment sites and came up with the idea for Oilandgaspeople over a year ago. He says: “The launch at Offshore Europe was the result of over a years worth of research and months of web design work and testing. We consulted with lots of recruiters and agencies, to tweak the initial idea into what we have now. A solution that challenges the format followed by traditional job sites and offers a better more efficient service for Recruiters and Candidates.”

Oilandgaspeople allows candidates to build a profile. Essentially a complete insight into that candidates work history, qualifications, experience, training and requirements. Recruiters upload positions to the site for free and are automatically matched to available candidates. Candidates have to confirm they are interested in the position before a recruiter receives their edited CV for free.

This allows recruitment companies to put CV’s across to clients totally free of charge. The site even formats the CV and adds the recruitment company’s logo automatically. When a candidate is accepted for a position the recruiter simply logs in and pays a small fee for that candidates contact details. An unlimited access option is even available to larger recruitment companies that allows access to candidates contact details at an earlier stage.

Kevin says: “For years agencies have paid huge fees to other Oil Job sites, for access to what is essentially just a CV data base, and for posting job ads. Recruiters get very little for their money. Often the data base is out of date and recruiters still have to cold call potential candidates to find out who is available and who isn’t. When posting jobs, recruiters have to wait for candidates to reply and then sort through hundreds of CV’s, to root out the ones that meet their requirements. It’s a lengthy process and one that relies on the right candidate coming across their job posting in the first place.

Oilandgaspeople is essentially a dating service for candidates and recruiters. We ensure that candidates never miss out on a job that they meet the requirements for. Likewise for recruiters in that they find candidates instantly who meet their exact requirements. No more waiting for candidates to reply to ads, no more sorting through hundreds of CV’s and cold calling potential candidates. Just instant free matches and a very reasonable fee at the final stage, if the candidate is placed!

www.oilandgaspeople.com is live to candidates now and will go live to recruiters from the 5^th of October 2009. The site has many advanced and innovative features that genuinely make’s it better for recruiters, better for candidates and better for oil and gas people. As part of Oilandgaspeople, a new social networking and community site specific to the Oil Industry has also been launched. Join today for free at www.oilandgascommunity.com

New Powerful Recruitment Solution Is Set To Energise The Oil & Gas Industry

An additional feature of Oilandgaspeople is the Oil and Gas Community, where site members can chat in the forums; create events, form groups and network with other oil and gas people from all over the world.

Kevin Forbes is also behind the website www.hsepeople.com which was launched earlier this year, giving health and safety professionals from around the world the opportunity to network and exchange information.

For more information, please contact Kevin Forbes:

Email: info@oilandgaspeople.com
Web: www.oilandgaspeople.com

A new recruitment site designed specifically for the oil and gas industries is set to revolutionise traditional employment resources and searching. Aberdeenshire based business Oil and Gas People aims to fundamentally change the oil and gas recruitment process by providing an accurate snap-shot of current vacancies, the workforce and its availability.

Oilandgaspeople.com provides a central point where recruiters can advertise the latest job vacancies and candidates upload their CVs.  The site, which goes live on 7th September 2009, will fast-track and facilitate the process of matching the right person to the right job benefiting the recruiter, the candidate, and the employer. 

Having worked in the Oil and Gas industry for over six years, oilandgaspeople.com developer, Kevin Forbes, used his experience of the sector and his frustrations with existing recruitment methods to devise and deliver a new alternative that aims to save time and money and increase candidate matching success. 

He says: “I found the system of using numerous job sites to search for vacancies fragmented and frustrating.  I would regularly spend hours at a time searching for positions which became even more difficult when I was working offshore or abroad with limited internet access. “I decided to take the issue into my own hands with a website to present my CV and background to potential employers and agencies directly.  As I saw immediate impact I expanded on the idea and Oil and Gas People is the end result.

“The launch of Oil and Gas People  is good news for the industry during the economic downturn – it is a cost effective solution for recruiters at a time when reducing costs is of the utmost importance and it will also help those looking for work as they benefit from an efficient, free recruitment service.”

Oilandgaspeople.com is a cost effective means of advertising for recruiters.  There is up to a 75% cost saving over traditional job sites and if a match is not made, there is no fee to pay. When a new position is advertised, the site automatically matches candidates to the job, referring to the high quality, accurate and current candidate information it holds.  Recruiters then review candidate profiles, shortlist suitable candidates and ascertain who then wishes to be put forward for the job. 

For candidates, using the site is completely free.  They build their own profile on the website and their personal details remain secure, only to be released when they agree to a recruiter recommending them for a position. 

Kevin Forbes is also behind the website www.hsepeople.com which was launched earlier this year, giving health and safety professionals from around the world the opportunity to network and exchange information.

For more information, please contact Kevin Forbes:

Email:  info@oilandgaspeople.com

Web:  www.oilandgaspeople.com

When it comes to posting your CV on an internet job board there are some basic rules you need to follow to make sure your details can be found by the right people and to maximise your chances of finding your next job.

Each job board is slightly different, but the basics are the same for each.

1. They will always ask you for your contact details – many sites have an option to hide these details and a lot of people take advantage of that, which is understandable. What you need to remember is that your contact details need to be SOMEWHERE, or recruiters and potential employers won’t be able to contact you. I had a CV in yesterday from a job site – a good candidate with skills highly relevant to a particular job I’m working on, but he didn’t bother to put any contact details on either his CV or on the site so I can’t let him know about the opportunity. A complete waste of time. So, remember either put your contact details on the job board, or on your CV.

2. Salary and location options – it can be tempting to select all locations and all salary brackets when you post your CV, but actually when you do that you’re making it more difficult for people to assess your suitability for a particular role. If you say you are looking for £30 – 40,000 a year, for example, that’s clear and people can work on that basis. If you select “£10 – 20k, 20 – 30k, 30-40k, 50 – 60k, 60k +” then it gives no accurate information at all, so won’t help recruiters assess your suitability at all! Likewise with location – if you really are totally mobile and can go anywhere in the UK (or the world) at a moment’s notice, then fine, select all those locations. 99.5% of people AREN’T totally mobile though, and would rather cut their hands off than relocate to Outer Mongolia or Timbuktu! If you aren’t really going to do it, then don’t say you will!

3. Always make your nationality clear, either on the job board selection options or on your CV. People need to know for legal reasons, not to be racist! It isn’t us being nosy, it’s the Home Office!

4. Keywords – many job boards allow recruiters and potential employers to search candidate’s CVs using keywords. If your CV or profile doesn’t have the relevant keywords in it people won’t be able to find you. Once a recruiter has your CV they may well be able to “read between the lines” to ascertain your relevant skills and experience, but if the right keywords aren’t in there to enable them to find your CV in the first place, they’re never going to get that far!

5. Job title – look on a job title as a keyword. Many job boards give you the option to put in your current job title, which recruiters and potential employers can then search on. If you put “unemployed”, what do you really think the chances are of anyone finding your CV or looking at your profile?

6. Spelling – my old bug bear, but just as relevant as ever, particularly when it comes to keyword searching. If, for example, you write IOSH as OHS institution, no-one will find you. If you spell NEBOSH as NESHOB (which I saw recently, so it isn’t a joke!) no-one will find you. Also, a properly formatted and spellchecked CV demonstrates your attention to detail and your professionalism.