Greater Engagement Needed to Keep Oil, Gas Staff
Greater engagement from oil and gas employers is needed in order to retain industry workers.
“It’s going to come about through sharing goals and vision,” Petroplan CEO Rory Ferguson told Rigzone.
The Petroplan CEO also highlighted traits that employees find important, as outlined in the company’s latest Talent Insight Index.
“It’s training, it’s investment in their future,” Ferguson stated.
A Petroplan representative shared Ferguson’s views on retaining oil and gas staff, telling Rigzone that more needed to be done by companies to appease employees.
“There needs to be dialogue going on between companies and their employees giving them that sense of community and a sense of security,” the spokesperson said.
The recently released Talent Insight Index revealed that over 75 percent of oil and gas industry professionals are ready to move jobs.
“Employers need to give them reasons to stay … The retention of good mid-career people in the sector is at threat,” the report claimed.
Looking to the future of the industry, Ferguson also outlined some concerns regarding the next generation of oil and gas professionals.
“It’s probably fair to say the appetite in some of the younger generation isn’t probably leaning towards oil and gas in the way that it might have a few years ago,” Ferguson said.
“I think there’s a really, really interesting pinch-point coming our way in terms of the availability of relevant talent in this sector,” he added.
In an effort to get millennials interested in the industry, Ferguson suggested a marketing change for oil and gas.
“It’s an easy villain in today’s world … I just don’t think we promote ourselves in this sector particularly well,” Ferguson said.
“What is the industry’s contribution to the world today? ... I bet there’s not many industries that probably spend more on conservation for example, than oil and gas, but do we talk about that? No, we don’t … there’s definitely work to be done,” he added.
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