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New On-Line Jobs Service Helps Address Oil and Gas Industry Skills Shortage
| Date: | 11 Oct 2000 | | Details: | Oilcareers.com, an online "shop window" for jobs in the UK offshore oil and gas industry, has been given the green light by the sector's National Training Organisation (NTO) Group to develop an additional career and training advice service to help address skills shortages in the upstream area.
The exclusive five-year agreement with Oilcareers Limited follows an extensive assessment of potential online recruitment partners by the NTO Group. The development of a website providing a single "front door" for jobs and training was one of the targets set for the NTO Group by the Government's Oil and Gas Industry Task Force last year. Monitoring of the project now falls under the remit of PILOT.
www.oilcareers.com currently gives job seekers direct free access to company vacancies, and employers the opportunity to advertise these vacancies at low cost. It also allows job candidates to search for vacancies and post their CVs free of charge. The NTO Group will now work with Oilcareers to develop new on-line careers and training advice, which will highlight the skills and qualifications required by the Industry.
Speaking on behalf of the NTO Group, John Ramsay, Chief Executive of OPITO, said: "This partnership between the NTO Group and Oilcareers is a cost effective solution delivering a key outcome of the Oil and Gas Task Force. The NTO Group considered building it's own recruitment website but have found in Oilcareers a young company with energy and ideas, as well as a focus on the oil and gas industry".
Graeme Munro from Oilcareers commented "The current high oil price is generating a big increase in recruitment activity and we are finding that people are putting their CVs into Oilcareers.com to see what offers come their way. Our system is proving to be an extremely effective yet confidential way for people to improve their employment situation".
The website has the endorsement of the trade unions. Danny Carrigan, National Officer at the AEEU, said: "The TUC is delighted with this initiative and we believe that it will assist our members in finding employment."
Helen Liddell, Energy Minister and Chair of PILOT, said: "This agreement is very important. Bringing trainees and small firms together is an investment in the future."
Mrs Liddell continued: "If the Industry is to have a future it will need skills and talented young people. They in turn have to see a bright future for themselves. Oilcareers.com is a firm and positive step in that direction." | | Contact: | Trisha O'Reilly, PILOT Communications
Tel: 020 7802 2422
Email: toreilly@ukooa.co.uk |
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