Maersk Oil Qatar has launched a new multimedia campaign, Find Your Place, to boost recruitment and highlight the career opportunities available with Qatar’s largest offshore oil operator.
Qatari employees feature prominently in the new campaign, encouraging their compatriots to “find your place” at Maersk Oil, the company has said in a statement.
Find Your Place, to be featured in newspapers and online in the coming months, is supported by a dedicated website at www.FindYourPlace.qa, where personal stories and information about Maersk Oil Qatar’s employment programme and new Qatarisation strategy can be found. A social media push with the hashtag #FindYourPlace will also be used to attract young applicants.
Lewis Affleck, managing director of Maersk Oil Qatar, said: “We need to continue to attract the best talent so that we maintain the right blend of experience and expertise that has been critical in the shared success, between Maersk Oil Qatar and Qatar Petroleum, in operating one of the most complex oil fields in the world at Al Shaheen. The Find Your Place recruitment campaign will help us do just that.”
The campaign launch follows Maersk Oil Qatar’s announcement of a new Qatarisation strategy aimed at boosting the number of locals and increasing those in leadership positions. It came after a year-long study of local and global best practice and builds on the company’s recent success in doubling the number of Qataris at Maersk Oil, along with a rise in those with a bachelor’s degree.
Sheikh Faisal al-Thani, Maersk Oil Qatar’s deputy managing director, said: “We have doubled the number of Qataris at Maersk Oil in the past five years and seen a 23% rise in those with a bachelor’s degree, but we can and will do more to develop Qataris in leadership positions. The opportunities for employees to develop their careers and learn from some of the best specialists in the world will only grow under our new Qatarisation strategy.”
Mubarak al-Hajri, a chemical engineer at Maersk Oil Qatar, is one of the Qataris featured in the Find Your Place campaign. “As a company, we offer numerous development opportunities such as the Maersk International Technology and Science programme that I took part in. It allowed me to work in a different field every few months and experience different cultures and learn from some of the best specialists in the world.”