{"id":296,"date":"2016-07-22T13:45:16","date_gmt":"2016-07-22T03:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paulyeatman.net.au\/?p=296"},"modified":"2016-08-31T15:31:14","modified_gmt":"2016-08-31T05:31:14","slug":"the-right-choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paulyeatman.net.au\/index.php\/2016\/07\/22\/the-right-choice\/","title":{"rendered":"The Right Choice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In January\u00a0 2014, Company X advertised for a <em>Lean Leader Microbiology<\/em> role.\u00a0 My application was successful and I attended both a first and second stage interview.<\/p>\n<p>Though I reportedly excelled during the interviews and seemed to have a good rapport with the interviewers, I &#8220;did not have enough team lead experience&#8221; and the role went to &#8220;an internal applicant&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>This is a little frustrating.\u00a0 I must not have conveyed my eight plus years experience leading teams of 3-15 scientists well enough.\u00a0 Maybe having never had a difficult customer (at least in my opinion) was seen as a weakness.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I was a little lacking in lean sigma practical knowledge so I used strong examples of transferable skills.\u00a0 I emphasized how I have excellent process mapping skills and how I ask why five times.\u00a0 With the company supposedly valuing quality staff and expressing a commitment training and staff development. I should have been in a strong position for the role.\u00a0 Maybe I was.<\/p>\n<p>Anyhow, in May 2014, the role was advertised again.\u00a0 I contacted them and got a really uppity HR rep who quoted the &#8220;not enough experience&#8221; line to me again who stonewalled me &#8211; the same HR rep who contacted me to tell me I&#8217;d not been successful in January.\u00a0 Explaining that I&#8217;d addressed their concerns and improved my leadership answers was fruitless.<\/p>\n<p>Twelve months later and the role was advertised again.<\/p>\n<p>Today (July 2016), I see the role again advertised.\u00a0 That&#8217;s four times in two years.\u00a0 Either Company X has either:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a bloody brilliant career pathway in place (MTL gets promoted\/move out and up)<\/li>\n<li>hiring policies that continue to make a poor choice (MTL quits or is sacked)<\/li>\n<li>poor workplace morale causing those in lead roles to jump ship<\/li>\n<li>a lack of commitment to training and improving staff, and thus the leave<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;d really like to contribute my knowledge and experience to Company X.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Point 1 would be great for my career.\u00a0 Points 3 and 4 would be great as I could be an agent of change.\u00a0 I cannot get past HR who seem to hold the strings of management.\u00a0 Their loss.<\/p>\n<p>Update.\u00a0 The role was again advertised 30\/08\/2016.<\/p>\n<p>So far:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jan 2014<\/li>\n<li>May 2014<\/li>\n<li>June 2015<\/li>\n<li>May 2016<\/li>\n<li>August 2016<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>A summary of my leadership history<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>2 years leading the Viable Environmental Monitoring group in a sterile pharma plant.\u00a0 12-15 microbiologists.<\/li>\n<li>6 years leading the Microbiology Lab in a non sterile pharma plant.\u00a0 3-5 microbiologists.<\/li>\n<li>2 years remotely leading a &#8220;Microbiology Knowledge Cluster&#8221; across the APAC region. 6-8 microbiologists.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In January\u00a0 2014, Company X advertised for a Lean Leader Microbiology role.\u00a0 My application was successful and I attended both a first and second stage interview. 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