The World Petroleum Council Young Professionals Committee launched the 2021 edition and received considerable global input 

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT  

Our 2021 edition of the WPC Youth Survey is focused on 'Youth Perception of the Oil & Gas Industry: Attracting and Retaining Talent'. In an era of energy landscape transformations, identifying, attracting and retaining talents with the skills to unlock opportunities will be a critical factor in the industry's success.  On a regular basis, the WPC surveys the perception of students and young professionals (up to the age of 35) on the global Oil & Gas Industry - their drivers and motivators to work in the sector (career development, compensation and rewards, job security, workplace environment, industry reputation).  The results of the survey will be shared in December 2021 at the 23rd World Petroleum Congress in Houston, and will provide holistic and fact-based perspectives on talent attraction and retention.

In February 2021 the WPC Youth Survey reached another important milestone to become a recognised reference for the oil & gas industry through the set up of the WPC Youth Survey Experts Committee.  A group of HR Experts from different companies, backgrounds and a variety of geographical origins, who provide their guidance and knowledge to the WPC Youth Survey Team.

• Sultan Al Rubaiey, Senior Consultant for Talent Management, Takatuf, Oman
• Bojana Sajlović, HR Business Partner for Downstream, NIS Gazprom Neft, Serbia
• Gisela Galante, HR Analyst for Upstream, YPF, Argentina
• Stephane Bogoratz, HR Manager, Evolen, France
• Syahid Deradjat, Employee Relations Expert, Pertamina, Indonesia
• Amal Khalfan, Team Leader for Manpower and Recruitment, KGOC, Kuwait

The Expert Committee's role covers:

• Reviewing the content development
• Being ambassadors of this initiative within their company and HR community
• Contributing to the definition of actionable initiatives for the survey outcome

Led by Tamara Seres (Serbia) and Zaid Al Khateeb (Kuwait), the WPC Youth Survey team, was reinforced with the incorporation of Alaa Al Zarafi (Oman), Olga Fedorova (Spain), Ivan Kurchatov (Russia) and Adi Akheramka (USA) in order to support the new challenges ahead in the year of the official launch and presentation of the Youth Survey at the Houston Congress in December 2021

All participants received the chance to win a free annual subscription to Petroleum Economist and 1-on-1 Mentoring Sessions with senior industry leaders and HR professionals!

We thank you for your participation and are excited to announce that this year's WPC Global Youth Survey has had the HIGHEST PARTICIPATION with over 5,600 respondents from 112 countries.

The 2019 WPC YPC Survey "From University Campus to Workplace: Boosting Industry-Academia Cooperation“ investigated students’ and young professionals’ views on the cooperation between the oil and gas industry and the academic sector in view of fostering and strengthening collaboration to benefit all.

 The results of the Survey were officially presented in June 2019 at the WPC Future Leaders   Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia and in the 2019 edition of the WPC Young Professionals   Magazine  - click here to read the article.

  A selection of participants and members of the WPC YP Committee shared their perspectives    on how cooperation between academia and industry had benefitted them - click here for the      video and see what they had to say.