REDACTED 2 - IC Petrojam Investigation - Recruitment and Parties October 18, 2019 final

Page 70 of 486 Petrojam Limited Integrity Commission October 2019 Q But in terms of the publishing of the advertisement that is normally an assigned task? A HR Officer. Q By the HR Officer. A That forms part of the duty of the HR Officer. Q You may continue. A And the shortlisting and interviews are scheduled. Three or five candidates it might warrant a first interview, it might warrant a second interview. If there are no candidates found suitable we might go back out. So we might readvertise and we go through the same process. Q Does your HR policy, your recruitment policy stipulate that where a candidate is not found to be suitable that the Panel or the powers that be will go back out or readvertise the position? A That's a determination. Like I said, HR would facilitate that process and I would have to involve the General Manager where that is concerned. Q So then it's not documented, it is based on the determination of whomever is in charge of the recruitment process? A Not in charge of the recruitment process, but who gives the final approval in terms of spend. Because if we are going back out to market then it means that I have to incur additional cost; and that's something that I can't approve on my own. Q Right. But it's not documented in the process? A I don't have the process with me. Maybe it's not. What I would caution is that the steps documented in a policy don't