FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Chris Melillo, Kaye/Bassman Managing Partner, Featured in Rigzone, Sunny Industry with a Chance of Clouds By: Andreas Exarheas Plano, TX | 2/26/2020 The most valuable soft skills sought after by oil employers at this time are creativity, emotional intelligence, problem solving and customer centricity, according to Amanda McCulloch, managing director of TMM [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Kaye/Bassman Managing Partner, Chris Melillo, Featured in Lubes’n’Greases Magazine, Sunny Industry with a Chance of Clouds By: Daniel Tyson Plano, TX | 10/8/2019 Lubes’n’Greases survey of lubricants industry workers, revealed that, overall, employees are happy and optimistic about the industry, but peel away a layer or two, and signs of stress cracks [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Chris Melillo, Kaye/Bassman Managing Partner, Featured in Rigzone, Is Salary Becoming Less Important in Oil and Gas? By: Andreas Exarheas Plano, TX | 9/11/2019 In Rigzone’s latest annual Ideal Employer Survey (IES), the attribute of a competitive salary ranked third in a list of top 23 attributes, scoring 81 percent out of [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Kaye/Bassman Managing Partner, Chris Melillo, Featured in Rigzone, How to Negotiate a Pay Rise as an Experienced Oil Pro By: Andreas Exarheas Plano, TX | 10/29/2018 Make sure you are well informed. That’s one of the tips Christopher Melillo, founder and managing partner of recruitment firm Kaye/Bassman’s energy practice, has provided for [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Chris Melillo, Kaye/Bassman Managing Partner, Featured in Rigzone, When to Search for Another Job in Oil, Gas By: Andreas Exarheas Plano, TX | 8/31/2018 If you’re an excellent performer and there are other equal or lesser performers who get promoted above you, then it’s the right time to look at the job [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Kaye/Bassman Managing Partner, Chris Melillo, Featured in Rigzone, How to be a Good Manager in Oil, Gas By: Andreas Exarheas Plano, TX | 8/8/2018 If you want to be an effective manager in the oil and gas industry, you must be able to communicate “at all levels” and listen to the views [...]