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veiledsentiments · Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA

wrong act... inappropriate usage...

Freedom of Information supposedly gives us access to information about what the government is doing.

You mean 'privacy act.'

VS

007 · Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 3:46 pm Post subject:

The term �Privacy Act� is mostly used in the land of uncle Sam, Canada, and Australia.
In UK, the act is knows as �Data Protection Act�, which gives you the right to know what information is held about you, and sets out rules to make sure that this information is handled properly., and not distributed to any third party (except under certain anti-terrorist act created recently by uncles Sam and Tony).

Anyway, regardless of which terminolgy to use, in Saudi Arabia there is no 'Information/data/Privacy Act' at all, and your personal information is not protected at any government or private organization.

Bebsi · Joined: 07 Feb 2005 Posts: 958

brasscat · Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 6:23 pm Post subject: Weird Interviews

As of today, the beginning of the first half of the summer school term, the reality sank in hard. 75% of the old hands have permanently left Saudi.

The interview process is a mess, mostly the Subject Coordinators and the
two department heads. However, the final selection is left to the Desert Smail.

Mostly they are looking for non-questioning people, no thinking preferred.

There are some very lively new contracts coming from Al-Falak as of 1 July. They have a good selection of Saudi assignments.
brasscat

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

I hear that the summer school has not gone too well. No students wanted to do it so the UoH is paying 3 teachers to sit around and do nothing !

brasscat · Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 11:35 am Post subject: A Season In Hail

The central reason for no attendance at summer school is, very few students flunked. When the Desert Smail ordered a retake of the end of term finals he also lowered the pass score.

Nothing like playing on the PC and collecting a pay check for a resume entry.

brasscat

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

Brasscat
I thought you had been deported from Hail. Just shows that we should not believe the rumours.

brasscat · Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 11:31 am Post subject: Rumors

Ah, the stuff of bored minds....rumors.

Recently PMU sent down their vice rector and did some major recruiting at Hail. Looks like all of the Al-Falak people have decided to go to PMU.

Nice place PMU, especially the two story apartment they offered.

New people on the block: Premier Recruiting. Well worth sending a CV to.
brasscat

trapezius · Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 5:08 pm Post subject:

^ Who is Premier Recruting recruiting for? PMU or UOH?

Who is currently recruiting for UOH?
Who is currently recruting for PMU?

Thanks.

P.S. Where are the ads for UOH for PMU? Haven't seen a UOH ad in a long long time on any site, except for their webpage. As for PMU, there was an ad by Al Falak just recently on this site, which said they were recruiting for a university in Khobar, which by all accounts, is PMU.

brasscat · Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 7:36 pm Post subject: Current Situation

Al-Falak was indeed recruiting for PMU until 10 July. They lost their contract with PMU. All submissions from Alka-Flatulance were rejected.

Premier Recruiting took over the PMU contract and is placing people successfully.

UOH and Al-Patooy ended months ago. UOH started its own recruiting effort via an individual.

Most of the old Aflak teacher corps has left UOH and found its way to PMU.
brasscat