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egyptfan · Joined: 29 Nov 2004 Posts: 105 Location: Middle East

A few weeks ago (if not about 2 months) Aramco held interviews from what appeared to have been direct hire jobs as English language instructors.
Has anyone had any feedback from them to date? I believe candidates were told they would hear from them within three weeks.... probably a bit optimistic or perhaps a 'Saudi' three weeks.

Al-Mansoor · Joined: 15 Aug 2010 Posts: 76 Location: Here

Grendal · Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 9:20 pm Post subject:

they're all on holidays proper there.

you won't hear a peep till after new year's.

Grendal

ps. I'm waiting too.

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

I don't know anyone who isn't working this week. Most people only get a day and a half at Christmas and a day and a half at New Years. Whenever I wanted to take time off to travel at this time of year, I had to use my one week of annual vacation.

Only the public schools and universities are closed over the whole time period, and normally office staff is working.

VS

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

Where I am Christmas Day and New Tears Day are working days - maybe not for felines though. I never yet saw one of them doing any work.

We all know about sheepdogs. Did anyone ever hear of a sheepcat !

johnslat · Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 1:13 pm Post subject:

Dear scot47,

Love the typo (or was it one?)

"New Tears Day"

Oh, by the way:

"Welcome to shopcat.com, the first site dedicated to working cats everywhere. On the following pages you will find stories and pictures of all kinds of cats who work in stores, libraries, hotels, and so on."

http://www.shopcat.com/

Regards,
John

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

Yes, but Grendal was not referring to people in Saudi. He was talking about the ARAMCO people who are interviewing in the US and the UK and are based in mostly the US.

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Al-Mansoor · Joined: 15 Aug 2010 Posts: 76 Location: Here

The people who conducted the interviews returned to Saudi at the end of November, from what I understand.

d_man77 · Joined: 13 Oct 2010 Posts: 3

From those who attended the interviews, can you say whether or not Aramco was the one conducting them, or were they held by contractors?

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

I do know of one individual was was interviewed by ARAMCO and his offer is from ARAMCO. No recruiter involved.

But, this seems to be rather uncommon.

VS

sheikh yer money-maker · Joined: 23 Aug 2010 Posts: 79 Location: Saudi Arabia

Uncommon.

d_man77 · Joined: 13 Oct 2010 Posts: 3

Does seem uncommon these days....but if you check Aramco's website, they have quite a few jobs posted there for teachers. Maybe they've started hiring direct again.

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

I'm wondering if they have more than one program and they are doing direct hire for some special program(s) and are still using recruiters for their general workers' classes. ?? I am just speculating until we get a poster who has made it to the... inside. Cool

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bulgogiboy · Joined: 23 Feb 2005 Posts: 803

I've been told that my prospective contractor is HAK, but that I will be interviewed directly by Aramco, and that they will set my salary at interview. The recruiter is CCL, and they just arrange the interviews.

So even though Aramco are doing the interviews, it's not exactly 'direct hire', at least not in my case.

ntropy · Joined: 11 Oct 2003 Posts: 671 Location: ghurba

Just curious; did anyone get a direct hire offer out of this?