Worldwideworker.com at ADIPEC, 3 – 6 November 2008, Abu Dhabi, UAE | 2008-11-10

This year’s ADIPEC 2008 bought together more than 200 international speakers, nearly 2,000 delegates, 1500 exhibitors, 18 national pavilions and 39,000 visitors from 89 different countries.
During the 4 day exhibition the Worldwideworker booth displayed our large “Worldwideworker.com Wall of Job Opportunities” which attracted a large number of local as well as international candidates and clients.

Inquiries from new clients mostly concerned questions about whether or not we can source people in geosciences / offshore design / commercial / contracting / offshore construction and other specific areas. YES WE CAN! Some companies who weren’t familiar with us yet were interested in knowing how we can support their hiring plan. We are always happy to able to look at individual needs and discuss tailor made solutions.
For candidates who have already uploaded their CV on our website, or who were planning to do so, it was a great opportunity to meet us in person and look for suitable and challenging new jobs on the spot.

Although Worldwideworker did not bring any clients along to recruit on the show site this time, we set out to grow our database with many talented Middle Eastern and Asian Oil & Gas professionals and business opportunities in this part of the world seem to be booming. Overall the show has proven to be successful for Worldwideworker and we feel confident in offering our clients the opportunity to come along with us next time; ADIPEC 2011

Information about our 2009 Recruitment event list can be found on our website (click ‘Recruitment Events’ in the menu of the left) or don’t hesitate to ask Mrs. Florence Card, e-mail:card@worldwideworker.com

Frederik Rengers, CEO of Worldwideworker speaks at the Future Talent Conference in London, October 7 – 9, 2008 | 2008-10-13

Frederik Rengers,  CEO of Worldwideworker speaks at the Future Talent Conference in London, October 7 – 9, 2008. Please find hereby a pdf file of the presentation. The conference organized by CWC addresses the Skill shortage and Future Talent issues in the Global Energy Industry. Executives and HR Managers from all over the attended the 2 days conference.

Worldwideworker Recruitment Event at the SPE ATCE, 21 – 24 September 2008, Denver, USA | 2008-09-26

The 2008 SPE ATCE brought together more than 9,800 oil and gas E&P professionals from around the world. More than 450 exhibiting companies featured the latest products and services in the E&P industry. The exhibition was the largest in ATCE history.

The Worldwideworker.com Recruitment Event featured its famous “Worldwideworker’s Wall of Opportunities”, where visitors could browse around and see which exciting global opportunities were on display.
Worldwideworker.com also launched its webpage especially focused on graduate jobs!

Companies from all over the world took part in the Recruitment event to promote themselves as potential employer and to gain the interest from the visitors, who realize the Oil Industry has become a ‘candidate driven market’ and have the luxury to shop around for the best jobs.
Participating companies were: Addax Petroleum, Hunt Oil Company, Maersk Oil, Newfield Exploration, Occidental Oil & Gas (OXY), Petronas Carigali and PTTEP (National Oil company of Thailand).
For the employers as well as the visitors the Recruitment event at the SPE ATCE was a big success.

The 2009 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition will be held 4-7 October in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. For more information on participating in the Recruitment Event, please contact Mrs. Florence Card at card@worldwideworker.com

Worldwideworker at Wind Energy Career Event – September 2008 | 2008-09-22

Husum, Germany - It has been a very successfull week for the team as Worldwideworker participated in Wind Energy Career Event , working with Econcern, a leading european Renewable Energy company, held last in September 2008.

The event served as a very efficient high level recruitment event for Econcern and Worldwideworker in the growing field of Renewable Energy. A lot of professionals – candidates from graduates up to management level, as well as prospect clients have come and visited the booth as they showed interest in working for Econcern in a variety of exiting vacancies. The show was very busy and a much higher than expected number of visitors attended the event.

Worldwideworker Recruitment Event at ONS, 26 – 29 August 2008, Stavanger, Norway | 2008-08-31

ONS 2008 has attracted more visitors than ever before in its 34-year history, with more than 40,000 people estimated to have attended by comparison with 35,507 in 2006.
The three specialty parks for LNG, innovation and renewable energy – and particularly the last of these – have enjoyed a level of visitors which exceeded all expectations.

Kjell Ursin-Smith, chief executive of the ONS Foundation says:
“I’ve also noted reports from the LNG and innovation parks that their visitors have been not only numerous but also very relevant for their particular concerns.”
He believes that ONS will be further expanded in 2010 as a meeting place for the wider energy industry.
"In particular, we’ve registered interesting contacts between the petroleum industry and the Renewable Energy Park, and I think we’ll make further progress in the renewables area.”

Addax Petroleum, Econcern BV, Maersk Contractors and Maersk Oil participated in the Recruitment event organized by Worldwideworker.com.

Worldwideworker at the World Petroleum Congress, June 29 – July 3 2008, Madrid, Spain | 2008-07-07

The WPC is where governments and oil companies, IOCs and NOCs, industry and stakeholders from around the globe come together to set out the way forward for the petroleum sector. Held every three years, the World Petroleum Congress well deserves its reputation as the ‘Olympics of the oil and gas industry’.

The WPC in Madrid drew more than 4,000 energy executives and specialists, up to 40 oil ministers, a host of NGOs (non-governmental organizations) and plenty of media.It was a great opportunity for Worldwideworker.com to promote its services for such a high level audience, and network with main sponsor and Worldwideworker client Repsol YPF.

Worldwideworker Recruitment Event at NEFTEGAZ, 23 – 27 June 2008, Moscow, Russia | 2008-06-30

This year NEFTEGAZ – the largest International Exhibition of Equipment for the Oil and Gas Industries in Russia has celebrated its 30^th anniversary.  Held in the best exhibition venue in the centre of Moscow the show included the show included 1048 companies from 40 countriesThe exhibition was attended by more than 20,000 visitors from 35 countries. 95% of the visitors were oil&gas specialists according to the show statistics.

The Worldwideworker booth was attended by numerous visitors who wanted to know more about the company, its services and clients. The “Wall of Opportunities attracted” a lot of attention and many professionals were happy to be interviewed for relevant positions by Maersk Oil recruiters on-site.

The next Worldwideworker Recruitment Event in Moscow will be during the MIOGE-09 next June. For more information, please contact Mrs. Florence Card at card@worldwideworker.com

Facilitating at the Global Petroleum Career Expo, 10 – 12 June 2008, Calgary, Canada | 2008-06-17

The inaugural Global Petroleum Career Exposition was held June 10 - 12 2008, in conjunction with Global Petroleum Show (GPS) - the world’s largest oil and gas event. Gathering over 5,000 oil and gas professionals, the Global Petroleum Career Exposition set the standard for high-profile, quality job searching and recruiting.

Worldwideworker.com facilitated in organizing the participation for to this event for ENI International Resources, Hunt Oil Company, Maersk Oil and Santos.

Michael French, Manager of Worldwideworker’s Houston office, took the stage for a 20 min presentation on the skilled people shortage in the Industry and it’s effect of global recruitment activities.

Worldwideworker Recruitment Event at the EAGE, 9 – 12 June 2008, Rome, Italy | 2008-06-16

The 70th EAGE Conference & Exhibition incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2008 in Rome has been a success in terms of number and quality of papers and an attendance of almost 5800 participants. In total 296 companies were represented at the international exhibition.

Addax Petroleum and Worldwideworker.com both participated in the EAGE Job Center.

Article in the Oil & Gas Technology | 2008-06-02

In an exclusive interview with Oil & Gas Technology, Bill French, Executive Search Director of Worldwideworker, explains some of the skills and manpower issues facing the energy industry currently in the article “Industry Searches for Fresh Skills”. Please click here to read the article.

Interview of Michael French on Fox Business News | 2008-05-18

Michael French, the Business  Manager of Worldwideworker Houston office was interviwed by Fox News on the 'Fox Business Hour' from 10 am to 11 am on their segment 'Where the Jobs Are'. He addressed the need of skilled workers to replace aging oil workforce. Click here to see the clipping of the interview.

Worldwideworker Recruitment Event at the OTC, 5 – 8 May 2008, Houston, Texas, USA | 2008-05-10

Attendance at the 2008 Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) reached 75,092, a 26-year high, as energy professionals from 110 countries met to learn about the latest technology to find and produce offshore oil and natural gas resources. Attendance increased 11 percent from 2007. With more than one-half million square feet of exhibition area, the show included 2,500 companies from more than 35 countries in an area the size of 13 football fields.

"OTC is where offshore energy professionals come to learn about innovative approaches to overcoming technical challenges as we drill in deeper waters. Technology will be crucial to delivering affordable and sustainable energy for the future. OTC offers the chance to share knowledge about getting resources in harsher and more extreme conditions, and to discuss important industry issues," said Don Vardeman, 2008 OTC chairman.

This setting has proven to be highly successful for our Worldwideworker Recruitment Event to be present on the Exhibition floor. In today’s candidate driven market many Oil & Gas professionals are curious to see what they are worth and what other opportunities there are.
Eni International Resources Ltd., Addax Petroleum, Petronas Carigali, Hunt Oil Company, WorleyParsons, Maersk Oil and Repsol USA have all had the excellent opportunity to meet with many skilled Oil & Gas professionals during the OTC.

The 2009 OTC takes place May 5-7, 2009, at Reliant Center at Reliant Park. For more information on the Worldwideworker Recruitment Event during the OTC 2009, please contact Mrs. Florence Card at card@worldwideworker.com

Worldwideworker Recruitment Event at the AAPG, 20 – 23 April 2008, San Antonio, Texas, USA | 2008-04-27

Our Recruitment Event at the AAPG 20 – 23 April in San Antonio, Texas, USA was a big success.

There were over 7200 visitors and there was a vibrant ‘buzz’ on the exhibition floor.

Our clients Addax Petroleum, Hunt Oil Company and Maersk Oil were all happy with the amount and quality of the people they met during the show.

The Worldwideworkers from the Houston office reported a good interest for our services from exhibitors who were not familiar with us yet, and our Wall of Opportunities was a big hit again.

So if your company is looking for Geologists, Geoscientists, Reservoir Engineers and other professionals in the Oil & Gas Exploration industry, come with us to the AAPG 2009!
For information on our Recruitment events and rates contact Mrs. Florence Card at card@worldwideworker.com

Worldwideworker at Offshore Asia, 17 – 19 March 2008, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 2008-03-23

Offshore Asia 2008 sets record attendance at the third annual conference and exhibition dedicated to Asia’s offshore oil and gas industry, held 17-19 March 2008 at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The event attracted 5,000 participants from 57 countries – a dramatic 120% increase in attendance from the event’s last staging in Kuala Lumpur and a record high for its three-year history. Just under one third of total attendees visiting the show were from outside Malaysia.

Worldwideworker.com did not bring any clients along to recruit on the show site this time. We set out to grow our database with many talented Asian Oil & Gas professionals and to grow our business opportunities in this part of the world. The show has proven to be a great success, and we feel confident in offering our clients the opportunity to come along with us next year, as you will definitely find great talent at Offshore Asia!

Worldwideworker at Intelligent Energy, 25 – 27 February 2008, Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 2008-03-01

The Intelligent Energy 2008 conference and exhibition, held under the overall theme ‘The Future is Here – The Value of Innovation and Integration’, attracted a total of 1,655 registered attendees (a 45% increase in delegates from 2006), and featured 67 exhibiting companies over 3 days at the RAI venue in Amsterdam.

Worldwideworker brought Saudi Aramco and Addax Petroleum along to recruit on the exhibition floor.
The number of visitors to the exhibition floor was low, however the quality of the visitors was high.
We hope next time the set-up of the conference, lunch and exhibition area will work more in favour of the exhibitors.