Let's assume that just before being ushered to the interview room, the job applicant is required to fill a job application form, which may contain a section on current employment (current job title, and current salary).

Going by your logic, can I leave this section blank? Leaving this section blank may not leave a good impression to the hiring manager, and HR manager conducting the interview.

Thank you very much for your helpful advice.

Slightly off-topic to this discussion.

Assume a situation during offshore installation, whereby the client directly instructs the subcontractor to perform the offshore works, without relaying the instructions first through the main contractor.

Yes, the client has no legal authorization over the subcontractor, since the contract was signed between the client and the main contractor, and another subcontract was signed between the main contractor and subcontractor.

Then again, as you said, it is tricky situation for the main contractor not offend the client. If the main contractor somehow prevents the client form controlling the subcontractor, the client site representative may "retaliate", by not signing the daily progress records, which may hamper the payment claim to be sent by the main contractor to the client in the future.

Sigh, what would be the proper solution to this dilemma?

Thank you so much for sharing your opinions and providing useful advices, Stamp and tishaban.

As we all know during offshore installation, there are many ways to complete offshore works, depending on which factor you prioritize, be it cost, methods, and so on.

In my previous example, the client site representative is frustrated that the main contractor refuse to listen to his advice on how to get offshore works done, despite numerous discussions with the main contractor. Subsequently, the client site representative issues site instructions to subcontractor, running the show on the offshore site, so that the offshore works are done based on his preferred style of doing things.

Although it is wrong to violate the contract and subcontract, the main contractor may not be able to prevent it, since offending the client site representative may result in the client site representative refusing to sign the daily progress records, hampering the payment claim to be sent by the main contractor to the client in the future.

Anyway, Stamp sums it nicely, by saying that:"diplomacy and constant communication are vital to ensure that the interests of all parties in a job are served properly and protected." I will keep this great advice in mind.

This post has been edited by alvinkhorfire: Nov 23 2018, 04:46 AM

Where was the interview conducted?

Thank you for your information.