Fabcon Establishes New Company in Personnel Search and Selection

New Managing Director of Fabcon Canada Ltd. ( Nov. 2004 )

Fabcon are pleased and proud to welcome Michael Critch to the position as Managing Director of Fabcon Canada Ltd. Mike holds a Bachelor degree in civil engineering from Memorial University of Newfoundland. He holds accredited Finanace and Management courses from Rice University and Louisiana State Unerversity. Mike started his career working with Ahmed Ewida's Offshore Loading Systems/Pipelines Project Team on Hibernia, whereafter he became employed by Schlumberger Oilfield Services. His career with Schlumberger took him to Alberta for four years before he in July 2000 was promoted to Service Delivery Manager for their operation in New Orleans. A year after he was appointed Operations Manager of Schlumberger's Gulf of Mexico base in Houma, Louisiana, a position he holds today. Mike is moving back to St. John's with his family to start with us on Monday November 24th. He will in the near future be in contact with all of our consultants and clients to introduce himself. Fabcon looks forward to working with Mike and wish him the best of luck in his term of office.

Fabcon Headvisor Search & Selection AS is a newly established company within the Human Resource business. The company is established by Fabcon Management AS in cooperation with 3 senior executives from Right Management Consultants, an American major in this market. A Management Buy-Out has been agreed with Right, who now winds up its recruitment activity in Norway. Per Inge Hjertaker, the chairman of Fabcon Headvisor, says the Fabcon Group was their ideal partner in this venture. "We wanted to join a company with a recognised trade name and a high standing in the market. Fabcon can provide us with the proficient management resources we need, thereby enabling us to focus on generating business. The cooperation with Fabcon will provide market synergies and added business for both companies." Fabcon Headvisor has moved into our Bergen offices and is already doing business. A fourth partner has recently joined and the company is in the process of recruiting additional staff. In a recently published interview Per Inge Hjertaker describes part of the new reality for today's companies and managers. "We are regularly approached by board chairmen who are unhappy with their current CEO. The chase for a replacement then begins, with the person in question being happily incognisant about the whole process until his successor walks in the door." Sometimes, however, a manager can get a head start and is able to attract an offer for a better job while he still holds his office. In cases like these even a mediocre manager may sometimes climb up the career ladder. "It is impossible for a recruitment company to reveal if lack of performance is hidden behind a move to change job in such cases", Hjertaker says. "The chairman will not offer anything, being more than happy to get rid of his problems. The candidate will certainly not speak up about his shortcomings." However, in many cases a manager who is underperfoming in one company may blossom in another. "It is a question of finding a coat to suit the man", Hjertaker says. "Frequently, the old coat was the problem. The key issue for the individual is timing; the ability to jump before the kick."