Renewable energy business worldwide go to threat of a talent exodus to outside industries as professionals think about alternative industries to increase their career potential customers, a brand-new report has recommended.
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Renewable Energy Insiders Remain Optimistic About the Future
It was about a year ago that COVID-19 gained the world’s attention. The first laboratory-confirmed case of COVID-19 in the U.S. was reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Jan. 22, 2020. Since that time, more than 26 million cases and 440,000 deaths have been reported, according to a database managed by
Renewable Energy Sector Stymied by Pandemic
Global Oil, Gas Workforce Facing ‘Crisis of Confidence’ in Wake of Covid-19, but Still Sees Opportunities
Nearly 80% of oil and natural gas professionals feel less secure in their jobs than they did pre-pandemic, but nearly two-thirds expect advances in engineering may open up opportunities in the next three years.
The findings are in the fifth annual Global Energy Talent Index (GETI), the world’s largest energy recruitment and employment trends report, which was issued this week. Covid-19, said the respondents, “ushered in a crisis of confidence” for the globe’s energy workforce.
Workforce solutions provider Airswift conducted the survey with jobsite Energy Jobline. Nearly 16,000 energy professionals and hiring managers in 166 countries were surveyed across five industry sub-sectors: oil and gas, renewables, power, nuclear and petrochemicals.
The Covid-19 pandemic has ushered in a crisis of confidence for the oil and gas workforce, according to the fifth annual Global Energy Talent Index (GETI) by Airswift, the global workforce solutions provider for the energy, process and infrastructure sectors, and Energy Jobline, a job board for the energy and engineering industries.
A survey of 16,000 energy professionals across 166 countries has provided a global snapshot of the ways in which the pandemic has affected salaries, industry growth and career plans. Here, edie rounds up the key takeaways.