SYMPOSIUM: Talisman Energy Limited, Baker Hughes, Schlumberger, Murphy Oil and Conoco Phillips are a number of the oil and gas industry big guns coming to Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Skudai for a symposium.
Organised by UTM and the Society of Petroleum Engineers’ UTM Student Chapter, the annual International Oil & Gas Symposium will be held on Nov 19 and 20 this year.
The event features an exhibition with information booths set up by various companies.
This is where students and graduates can view the job opportunities found in these companies, and even hold direct interviews with representatives from the industry.
There will also be forums and career talks that will give the members of the audience ideas on how to promote themselves in the employment market.
Job seekers, regardless of backgrounds and disciplines, can expect to see opportunities that are not directly related to oil and gas, as the participating corporations would all have diverse departments such as human resource, accounting and public relations that are also looking for potential staff.
There will also be competitions involving local as well as international tertiary institutions, including Institut Teknologi Bandung and Trisakti University.
Competitions like Petrobrain, Paper Presentation Contest, Oil Rig Design Competition, Mud Innovation Competition and Poster Presentation Contest are aimed at building bonds between students from the participating tertiary institutions.
For details, go to the official website at www.utm.my/iogs2014/ or the Facebook page at www.facebook.com/IOGS201.
Those interested in visiting the exhibition or participating in the talks can call either Nur Athira Syakila Ruffee (019-327 7009), Afina Mohamad Shah (011-1214 4029) or Lim Teck Shern (016-935 6580).