One of the main characteristics of our profession is the “tide” of employment. Sometimes recruiters just cannot find staff with the right qualifications, sometimes, they just cannot find any staff at all, and sometimes, they are flooded with enquiries. In this “ebb-and-flow” of demand and rejection, the details are very often subsumed in the narrative and people end-up in jobs they don’t like, and employers end-up with unsuitable staff who may not have exactly the right qualifications, that they thought they had, and need further training or investment. From the candidate’s point of view, individuals spend hours preparing CVs, contorting themselves to fit a spec that obviously isn’t for them, then they see another candidate who gets the job, whom they know full-well doesn’t meet the criteria….....oh look, the goalposts have moved…...AGAIN! All very frustrating, counter-productive and probably completely inconsistent with a safety narrative that subscribes to the idea of good CRM and a well-aligned and well-motivated workforce.
So, for engineers, pilots, and operations staff who are looking for a short-cut to be present on the desk of every single Oil and Gas and General Aviation recruiter in the world, to be completely abreast of the requirements of the job, to be invited to apply rather than seeking out the opportunity, to be able to display and highlight the intricate details of your qualifications, keep them
up-to-date and find other opportunities, this is the place to be: oilandgaspilots.com. Contact us and ask to be added to the database.
For operators/recruiters the world over, your problem has always been finding and retaining the right staff. It is preparation and planning for the future that sets you against your competitors. Finding candidates with the right qualifications, of the caliber and experience levels you need is always difficult. You will have to sift through reams of individual paperwork, identifying who the contortionists are and who the genuine candidates are, who are the most suitable, who are the best-trained, the best-experienced for the role, who are the most qualified, who has the type already, who doesn’t, who are the blaggers, where did that R44 pilot get his SAR experience from etc. etc. You know this, and you know you need a simple solution and here it is: oilandgaspilots.com, the most comprehensive collection of rotary (and fixed-wing), practical hands-on operational skill in the world!
So, Candidates and Employers, please pay attention, here’s the drum:
We undertake to collect, collate and maintain candidate information on a comprehensive database for access by employers looking for pilots and engineers and any other suitable operational staff. This database will be searchable by category, including type-ratings, licences, nationality, residence, availability etc. From this database, anybody can crew an operation anywhere in the world, at significantly shorter notice than going through the normal channels of advertising, sifting through emails and choosing candidates. Your flying operation can be set-up, managed, and disbanded relatively easily without all the concomitant complications of FTEs. The candidates will vary in experience, knowledge and skill levels, but every single one of them will be professionally invested in their chosen career, that is to say, all licences and claimed experience and career histories will be checked and verified, and all candidates will be trained to IOGP standards and encouraged to maintain and improve their skill and knowledge levels.
In return there will be an expectation of some professional recognition as well, this is a professional portal for professional activity The employer can employ directly, or use Courage Aviation to undertake that task, and the length of time that a candidate is employed for is similarly completely negotiable. We have a scale of recommended rates for Europe and we are developing them for other parts of the world. For the immediate future of the oil and gas industry, this has to be the best way to husband resources. For operators, it offers complete flexibility. For IOGP it offers comprehensive assurance and for candidates, it centralises data, conserves knowledge and offers opportunities to THE RIGHT PEOPLE FOR THE RIGHT PURPOSE AT THE RIGHT TIME!