How will the global oil and gas industry

How will the Global Oil and Gas Industry identify, recruit and manage its Human Resources over the next decade?

Oilexec International Ltd is a Company, providing staffing services to the Global Oil and Gas industry. It services the Americas from its operating offices in Houston, The Middle East from Dubai and Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, the North Sea from Aberdeen and London. In February 2003, the Far East will be serviced from Singapore.
As an integral part of these services, Oilexec owns and operates www.OilExec.com an Oil and Gas industry specific, job posting and resume database portal, accessible globally through the Internet.

The Challenge
Oilexec.com was developed in response to a growing need over recent years, for an improvement in the business process of identifying, accessing and managing experienced and qualified human resources.
This need has been apparent at all activity levels, from reservoir evaluation, exploration, drilling and engineering, production and maintenance during field development through the decommissioning phases of onshore and offshore production facilitiesí life cycles.
The necessity for Staffing Services to be pro-active in finding solutions, has been accelerated by trends over the last two decades including:
A: The declining numbers of new graduates and skilled recruits entering our industry
B: The increased mobility and changing demographics of the global workforce
C: The loss from the industry of experienced and seasoned professionals through ìworkforce rationalizationî following the mega mergers of Operators and major contractors over the last decade.
John Herald Associates recently published the following facts, which underline the growing problem:
Since 1986, the number of people in the global industry has reduced from 2.8 million to 1.7 million.

At Offshore Europe in 2001, B.P. ës HR Manager told the audience that the average age of their offshore workforce was approaching 51 years old. This is not unique to BP. It shows the results of two decades of Industry across the board ignoring the problem.

As we enter year 2003, the dependence of the Western World on its Oil supplies has seldom been more apparent. It is imperative therefore that the industry identifies new sources of supply, and that the optimisation of skill sets and mobility of existing resources is maximised.
The challenge, therefore, is to the industry at large. However, Oilexec.com is more specifically targeted to companies whose very existence depends upon the provision of the varied elements of staffing services to the Major Corporations. These Companiesí activities encompass the identification, assessment and evaluation of, communication with, recruitment, managing and retention of candidates in the global oil and gas industry.

Oilexecís response.
Oil Execís clients, currently geographically spread across four continents, include H.R. departments and project recruiters, in Operating Companies, Major Contractors, and Staffing Companies servicing our industry. Oilexec provides ìTraditionalî staffing services such as professional search and selection, and agency / contract staff, on projects around the globe. Full administrative, technical and logistics support is provided to its staff / consultants through the global network of offices.
To further assist in addressing the some of the other Global problems, such as attracting new talent to our industry, Oilexec has forged affiliations with educational establishments, that produce graduates entrants to our industry. Regular career fairs are held where graduates are able to discuss career openings in our industry both in their discipline, but opening their eyes to the wider opportunities, both domestically and overseas.
Links and affiliations with professional organizations such the Society of Petroleum Engineers and Association of Offshore Contractors plus teaching institutions widen the span of career opportunity and enlightenment to individuals in our industry worldwide.

Oilexec has initiated a ìPeer Review Board ( PRB) î which will vet, assess and screen candidate resumes of industry consultants on a global basis. The PRB is made up of International reknowned experts, such as Professor John Lee, Texas A M University, Steve Deveraux, Peter Lovie and Dr. Serge Rueff, former chief engineer petroconsultants, Geneva, with the support of Stephen (A) Holditch, 2001/2002 President of the Society of Petroleum Engineers. This is yet another initiative that Oilexec is undertaking not only to add value to our clients, but also to assist the industry in maximising utilisation of scarce resources.

The Oil Exec database is global, and since launching late 2001, over 7,000 qualified and experienced professionals have posted their career profiles and resumes online.
Oilexecís global strategic marketing and growing client success in using the website is causing this posting to accelerate globally. We target 20,000 by the end of 2003 . OilExec has affiliations with graduate programs, and industry professional institutions to The cost to subscribing Companies, for single user access, to which the recruiter / subscriber has unlimited resume database access and unlimited job postings is $ 9,000. per annum
Substantial negotiable discounts are available for multi-users and associate Companies

The benefits to subscribers are realised from:
Eliminated need to have manual resume systems
Reduced need for admin personnel to maintain these files, therefore releasing resources for productive and less mundane activity
All the rsums are on-line, current and industry specific
The database can be accessed from anywhere in the world, at any time, (24 x 7) subject to Internet access
Recruiters can therefore access and service, their international operations and markets
Unlimited resume access, whether for single positions, presenting commercial proposals to partners or clients or hiring a project team
Instant communication with multi-candidates, online.
Major savings are achieved, compared to advertising in the International and domestic press
Positions posted online remain visible for as long as required Candidates can apply immediately, online or through traditional methods, drastically reducing the recruiting process timeframe
Another huge saving to all subscribers is that Oil Exec has a continuous global advertising campaign, which brings Oil and Gas candidates to the site. We can incorporate subscribersí specific skills or other needs in marketing campaigns in any specific global geographic location.
Oil Exec can also incorporate Companiesí and organizationsí logos as a link to their recruitment page or home site at no extra cost. Any subscribing company gets free, an easy to navigate user manual. All subscribers are given ìhands-on ì training free by one of Oilexecís staff members either at the clientsí or Oilexec regional office.
This has proven to be particularly valuable to Companies in the Middle East and South America where English is not the recruiterís first language.

Oil Exec is the only Global Oil and Gas industry specific website offering these complete services, which differentiates us from other job boards or multi-industry recruiting websites.

Oil Exec is part of the CMAR group of companies, an international Oil and Gas and Marine manpower services company with operations in 4 continents. More information is available on our website.

James Thomas
OilExec.com