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Page 60 of 486 Petrojam Limited Integrity Commission October 2019 A Half-way through would mean that I was actually on the programme before. An MBA Programme actually takes, depending on which institution or graduate school you go through, you can do that in 18 months 16 months, one year; whatever the case. Half-way through meaning that this time next year I am finished. So that is my meaning of half- way through the programme. Q All things being equal on the assumption you pass all the courses? A I will pass all the courses. I never fail courses. ” 8 (DI Emphasis) During the course of a hearing convened on September 5, 2018, the DI was advised by Mrs. Nordia Sandford, then Human Resource Development Officer, Petrojam Limited of further details regarding the role of the current Human Resource Department in the recruitment process. She stated, inter alia , the following: “ Q: Firstly, what would HR do in relation to the hiring of an HR manager? A: For HR we would send out the ad – no, first thing we would go to Ministry of Finance. The position has been vacated, we go to Ministry of Finance, we send them the job description and they give approval to fill the post, then we send out the ad. The ads come in, we go through it to ensure that all the persons who have applied have met the qualifications. We do a short listing and after the short listing then we do the interviews. After the interviews we select three/four – it all depends on how many persons we have gotten, 8 Transcript of hearing held on August 20, 2018 involving Mrs.Yolande Ramharrack. Pages 5-8, 20-21.