Grey_Witcher

Catching some strays there mate as someone who graduated in 2017. In all honestly it seems like the incentives aren’t just there for someone to make a carrier as a worker bee if you’re a local with all the local perks. According to Wiki 50% of the population is under 25 so plenty of supporting ahead for Parsons.

I can’t see cruise ferries stopping by Jazan like in Yanbu but who knows 40yrs is a long time.

Ilovegregggs

Well, come December time the first one should be arriving..a MoU was just signed with Saudi cruise..and this before there is anything there, including a cruise terminal. Never stop being surprised at what is possible..


https://www.seatrade-cruise.com/ports-destinations/cruise-saudi-reveals-plans-develop-jazan-cruise-tourism

http://masareb.info/

The last link is to the current proposal for turning jcpdi into a mini Dubai on the red sea.

Grey_Witcher

To be honest i was being flippant, did not think they would open up the area for tourism before the Yemen situation is truly but to bed.

Is there a rough timeline between application and any response from Parsons. I applied just under 2 weeks ago.

Ilovegregggs

Haha..we still get told to be careful, but the Saudis tell us that westerners aren't targets in this conflict. There were a few kidnappings up in the mountains, but they were super friendly when we've been up. Not been any issues with drones for over a year now, so a peaceful haven down here..🤣

Can't help on your last point, parsons chased me down. Not sure if they have taken over recruitment here yet or still relying on the Dubai office, which slows things down.

Daveoz

Not sure if it is much help as I am on a different project, but from meory I applied for my role June 26th and first heard back July 8th. The first was an interview with an internal recruiter in Dubai as greggs said. After that 2 days later was an interview with the Parsons project team which was quite technical and intense. From there it was a few more days and then a third interview with the Saudi Royal Commission representatives which was also somewhat technical.
After that came the organising of the visa which was a bit of a nightmare and I was kind of drip-fed information on a needs-to-know basis meaning I had plenty of emails to various parties with follow-up queries.

Grey_Witcher

Thanks for sharing that Daveoz. I am not in any particular rush for anything this side of Christmas. It seems like they have been bit before with candidates being a economical with their technical capabilities if they have to conduct an interrogation of an interview to parcel out true capabilities. It is usually not the way even technical interviews are conducted in the west.

Ilovegregggs

Interesting on the visa front. I got a rough outline of events/dates sent to me. Sure, the updates were drip fed, but my understanding is this was down to how the Saudi embassy deals with things. My agent in London was on the ball, but he admitted to the process being a complete mystery despite doing it for many years. Procedures and people at the Embassy would change frequently.

Zak90

Are you all sorted now to go out there or is there still some steps remaining?

I think you previously mentioned you were meant to go out there by September/October.

Ilovegregggs

Must be someone else, I've been in Saudi with parsons for the last couple of years.