We have not had our ROM yet. Please share from experience what might be a strategy for securing any job. Thanks
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Avoid posting for jobs with a current incumbent. Most of them kept their jobs. Especially in ETC. Politics mean more than skill.
Notthing you can do will change decisions already made. If you are not part of the illuminatti" don't try to understand what was wrong.
Why do you want to secure a job at this sinking ship? Are you unskilled and uneducated?
A Chevron Engineer can't work at a service equipment suppliers such as NOV, FMC, GE Oil, and Haliburton. Chevron Engineers don't have any Design Experience ( 3D modeling, Drawings, Load Calculations, BOM, Testing Prototypes FAT/SIT, Finite element analysis, Industry standards API). Chevron Engineers are only good at oversight, creating power points, and telling suppliers what to do. You can't leave Chevron and work for a Service company, since you don't have skill sets, you would be starting all over in your career. Also, if you are a PSG 22/23 making $120 to $140K at Chevron with 15% bonuses, and move to a Service company, you can expect to make between $90k to $100K with 3% bonuses.
Post your resume on monster or one of the other sites, and start looking now. I got let go, but already have a new job, and a lot of others I know leaving already have new jobs.
I agree that the system favors the incumbents in each job. In our ROM, I saw several postings that were so specific on required skills that they appeared to have been written by the incumbent to the point that I expected to see one requirement to be "and the name must include ...". Having said that, strange things do happen on occasion. My recommendation is that you make sure to only post for jobs you'd be willing to actually do. If something strange happens, you don't want to find that you have been selected for a job you didn't really want.
Best advice I can give is to be realistic about what you are really good at and to be very clear and concise about why you are picking the jobs you pick. Actually practice saying out loud a 30 second pitch of yourself for each of the jobs you pick. The easier you can make it for a hiring manager to see that you are a solid choice and the best candidate, the better your odds. Also, be incredibly flexible and enthusiastic and excited about each job.
Bend over and grab your ankles.
520 is exactly right. You are already marked. Are you getting the cold shoulder from managers in your area? Pack up your personal things, it's a done deal.
List the job that wants you the most as your #1 choice. If you aren't sure which job wants you most, rank the jobs in terms of most likely to select you. Don't use the ranking order to indicate which job you actually want.
Ha! You come to 'thelayoff' to ask for how not to get laid off? Most people here are griping about getting laid off, so my guess would be, their strategy didn't work!
Kiss up to manager and potential job owners. Open wide! My perception is, selections are already made. ROM is just a formality for the company not to get sued. I was given a hint by a really nice manager, that I would be without a job..... Weeks before the ROM selection week. He was really good friends with our PDR, but nothing more.
It's rigged.