According to recent findings from the leading international job board for the oil and gas industry, OilCareers.com, recruitment activity in the sector is the most active since as far back as early 2009, for both recruiters and candidates.
Statistics taken from OilCareers.com’s monthly website analytics recorded that the site received a record number of visits in March 2011, with more than 500,000 unique users. In addition, almost 12,500 new vacancies were posted to the site, a massive 60 per cent increase on March 2010, with the highest number of applications recorded since May 2009.
It has been another record month for the UK, with significant increases across the board – applications are at their highest since 2009, with a record 20,577 applications made in March, an increase of 38 per cent on the same month last year. The number of new CVs uploaded to OilCareers.com in the region also rose, with a 19 per cent increase in the number of new registrations rounding off a successful month.
Mark Guest, managing director of OilCareers.com, said: “March 2011 was a significant month for us in terms of highlighting the increasing amount of activity that is taking place in the field of recruitment. Applicants are, on average, mirroring the activity levels of early 2009.
“Despite a fluctuating oil price over the past few months, unrest in the Middle East and the tax hikes in the UK, the industry continues to drive business forward. OilCareers.com has definitely seen a growing trend since the beginning of 2011, with visits to the site, CVs being uploaded and jobs posted and applied for consistently climbing month on month.”
