中東衝突正推升船用燃料市場的薪酬報價，因為原油價格波動擴大了利潤空間，Maritime Recruitment Company Ltd. 董事 Vernon Jayanathan 表示。

Jayanathan 在接受 Ship & Bunker 訪問時說，受市場波動帶動而獲利的船用燃料公司，正在提高薪資報價，尤其是針對資深交易員。

"Salaries have increased mostly in Southeast Asia, where it's up by nearly 30%, and in Europe by roughly 30%," Jayanathan said.

"For experienced traders, it's very competitive.

"There's demand for seniors who have the relationships, who have the experience, who have the cool heads, and they can command high salaries.

"At the same time, firms are seeing the value of them, so they're doing their best to retain them."

他表示，儘管伊朗戰事抑制了該地區供應，中東對交易員的需求仍然強勁，這也凸顯區域動盪如何同時影響招聘與交易環境。

"For seniors it is, for very senior people who are insiders in the region," Jayanathan said. "People who have the network, have the knowledge, have the relationship; that's particularly important in the Middle East."

初階船用燃料交易員

初階船用燃料交易員的招聘也有所增加。

Jayanathan 表示，像 Monjasa Oil and Shipping Traineeship 這類計畫近年來已證明相當成功，促使更多公司採用類似方案，藉此建立人才管道，而不只是依賴橫向招募。

"More and more people are setting up graduate schemes for them," he said. "The idea of that is to keep them on board, and try to elicit loyalty."

non-compete 的影響正在下降

Jayanathan 表示，過去常被視為限制勞動市場流動性的 non-compete 條款，如今的重要性正在下降。

"People don't mention their non-competes so much to me when they're leaving now," he said. "Some have actually mentioned that a couple of the big players have eased off on them.

"For the people I have spoken to who I'm putting into positions or sending CVs across, non-competes have not been something that they have been concerned with, whereas last year it was one of the first things that they used to talk about."

對求職者與雇主的建議

對於考慮轉職的船用燃料交易員，Jayanathan 表示，對於有經驗且具有人脈的人來說，當前市場可能具有吸引力，但前提是他們對現任雇主並不滿意。

"If you've got experience, a network and the appetite to make a jump, then this could be a rewarding time for you," he said. "But you have to weigh up your own personal situation.

"If you're happy where you are, stay, because no doubt you're getting looked after."

對於計畫招募新人的雇主，他則建議保持謹慎。

"Make sure you do your due diligence, because the last thing you want to do is pick up the wrong hire," he said. "Check them on ethics and compliance, because you cannot afford in this day and age to have your name sullied.

"Make that bet accordingly."

Jayanathan 今年稍早曾為 Ship & Bunker 撰寫過這個議題。

他也表示，留才不只取決於薪資。

"If you want to retain your staff, you need to make more of an effort to treat them well, and not just financially but generally," he said. "You have to look at stuff like culture and environment; whether your organisation is a meritocracy, whether you're treating all your staff equally or whether there's an insider group that you treat particularly well."

"People will not leave just for money."