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Turning your weaknesses into strengths
Turning your weaknesses into strengths
Taking the time to evaluate what you’re good at and what you enjoy in your day to day work is a great exercise in self-awareness. “What are your strengths and weaknesses?”. A common interview question and something that you should ...
Posted by: Ruth McKinney
24/07/19
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Inside recruitment with Jason
Inside recruitment with Jason
Jason Robertson Jason Robertson, Recruitment consultant – Maritime Team Describe your career path at WRS so far? My career at WRS has been a great success so far. When I first started, I barely I knew anything about recruitment and now I&rsq...
Posted by: Mark Burslem
20/06/19
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Life on site – WRS Q&A
Life on site – WRS Q&A
Ever wondered what it’s like to work on a mining site? We sat down with a candidate we recently placed in West Africa and asked him about what life is like there.  When and how did you decide you wanted to work on site?Working on site was...
Posted by: Ella Cann
10/06/19
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Inside recruitment with Peter
Inside recruitment with Peter
Peter Jackson Peter Jackson, Shipping Recruitment Consultant Describe your career path at WRS? When I first started my career in the maritime team at WRS as a recruitment consultant I began by shadowing my colleagues and learning about the industr...
Posted by: Mark Burslem
10/05/19
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WRS in Kurdistan
WRS in Kurdistan
Last week our Global Business Development Manager, Chris Morton-Collings, took an exciting trip to Kurdistan and he even got the chance to go on a drilling rig! We sat down with Chris and asked him about his trip. What was the purpose of the trip?...
Posted by: Mark Burslem
12/04/19
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Health and Safety in House-Building -- How Do Your Behavioural Safety Policies Affect You?
Health and Safety in House-Building -- How Do Your Behavioural Safety Policies Affect You?
It’s pretty fair to say that our evolution in Health and Safety is no accident – save for the odd lapse here and there! Derided or not (I suppose it is human reaction to rebel against those who make the rules – even if it’s ju...
Posted by: David Beckett
24/10/17
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"Why Oil Prices Fluctuate" an Infographic from Visualistan
"Why Oil Prices Fluctuate" an Infographic from Visualistan
The below infographic, taken from Visualistan, is a fantastic, comprehensive look at why Oil prices fluctuate, detailing explanations for rise and fall of prices, as well as what these can mean for the sector at the time.   Feel free to co...
Posted by: James Cant
04/10/17
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Staring Down the Barrel of a Cliché
Staring Down the Barrel of a Cliché
There are hundreds of clichés in everyday life. Clichés in writing, in films, in advertising, in day-to-day conversation – especially small talk.  The realm of the job interview has not avoided this pestilence, and I’m...
Posted by: James Cant
28/08/17
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A Quick Guide to Living and Working in... Stavanger, Norway!
A Quick Guide to Living and Working in... Stavanger, Norway!
Stavanger is Norway’s third-largest urban zone and fourth-largest principality, with an estimated population of 130,000. Stavanger won the 2008 title of European Capital of Culture along with Liverpool of the UK. Renowned for its oil industry s...
Posted by: Kathie Higginson
25/08/17
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Oil & Gas and... the Future of Digital Technology
Oil & Gas and... the Future of Digital Technology
The investment into digital technology is part of many upstream oil and gas companies' strategies to reduce costs while making faster and better decisions. For example, where to drill, and when to drill. Technologies such as the Internet of Things (I...
Posted by: James Cant
23/08/17
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