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Post by fatma on May 16, 2013 6:29:29 GMT
Dear All My recruiter gave me a brief description of the job position before going on holiday. I haven't received the job offer yet. however, there were no mention of the GC. can I please kindly ask you which GC to expect for reservoir simulation specialist ? what are the benefit in term of career progression at later stage ? is there anyone who is working as reservoir simulation specialist that I could speak to ? do you know if its easy to move within different department ? I mean by that moving to another department that deal with daily operation for example, reservoir management, production optimization, or is the position a dead end, and cannot move to another job position ? is there kind of internal job advertising ? I'm really keen to know how is the career managed in Aramco. I don't see myself doing the same job for the next 10 years, so it will be nice if Aramco provide some flexibility with the career plan for the employee according to Aramco need obviously.... I'm not asking for managerial position as not interested in them, and happily will leave them to Saudi
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revive
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Post by revive on May 16, 2013 15:26:09 GMT
From what I've heard, there is no flexible or quick career movement for expats. Long & steady is the norm. Loyalty is valued. Expats are hired to provide expertise and to train the Saudis. So the focus is on the job and mentoring the Saudis, not so much your own career development. That's not to say that the job will not be interesting or enjoyable. I think it will be.
You could probably be assigned to a different job but that don't happen very often, perhaps every 5 years (please correct me if I'm wrong).
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Post by GroveWanderer on May 17, 2013 11:56:27 GMT
Technically speaking, you can apply for jobs in other organizations and yes, there is internal job advertising but as revive points out, loyalty is valued, so it would probably not be very well appreciated by your current organization if you try to move, especially if it's relatively soon after arriving.
I think there was a post in another thread that said you can apply for a job in another dept and although your current one is enled to refuse you a move initially, you can apply again after another two years, at which point they cannot block you from moving any more. Just don't expect to get particularly good performance appraisals in the meantime.
Caveat: I may have the details wrong here, it is just based on my recollection of another thread, which I can't find right now.
On the other hand, I have known people who moved on "by mutual consent," when their hiring dept realised they were not best suited to the job they were in and there was another dept that had an opening for which they were qualified.
There is of course, no guarantee that this would happen for you.
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Post by azraeil on May 19, 2013 11:08:10 GMT
There is a saying that it is easier to resign and rejoin the other dept than getting an internal transfer.
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Post by vpainter on May 20, 2013 17:58:22 GMT
No guarantee you would be rehired.
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Post by GroveWanderer on May 21, 2013 7:46:41 GMT
No there's not. But that's the drift of the saying - although there's no guarantee, a lot of people still reckon you've got more chance of leaving and getting rehired, than requesting and being granted an internal transfer.
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