WORKING PROJECT OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS CONGRESS

Committee «Human Resources, Education and Sciences», IBC

“Youth Day: Dialogue of Generations”

in the frames of

VI St. Petersburg International Gas Forum 2016

2 – 6 October 2016

Saint-Petersburg, Russia

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Organizers and partners

The general partners and sponsors of Youth Day-2016 are:

The organizers are:

The list of companies partners includes:

Academic partners:

Informational partner:

Communication partners (assistance in spread of information about Youth Day-2016):

1. French Institute in Russia, representative office in Saint-Petersburg

2. Consulate general of France in St.-Petersburg

3. London School of Business and Finance (LSBF)

4. Russian Center of Science and Culture in Yerevan, Armenia

5. Deutsch-Russisches Rohstoff-Forum e.V. (Oliver Friske)

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Stages of the project

Youth day was held for the first time in 2015 in the framework of the V St. Petersburg

International Gas Forum (hereinafter - SPIGF). The organization was made by PJSC

Gazprom and Higher Economic School of UNECON. Members of IBC took an active part

in the preparation and conduct of the event and sent their best experts to

communicate with the youth audience.

On October 2015 the proposal to make an annual event “Youth Day: Dialogue of

Generations” (hereinafter - Youth Day) was discussed by the members of IBC

Commitee «Human Resources, Education and Sciences» (hereinafter - HRES).

December 06, 2015 the project was presented and approved on Presiding Committee

Meeting. The project is planned as an annual event in the frames of the St. Petersburg

International Gas Forum, and contains a series of public events on important areas of

the energy industry.

In order to develop and implement the project the following stages were planned and

approved:

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1. Preparation stage

1.1. Formation of Organizing committee and working groups

1.2. Development of the Youth Day concept

1.3. Presentation of the project to the companies & universities

1.4. Development of YD web-site

1.5. Students selection and interviewing for national teams

Additional period for European

participants

1.6. Development and design of the case studies (mini & mega case)

1.7. Development of the YD program and scenarios of the events

2. Implementation of Youth Day

2.1. Organization of students' arrival, accommodation & meals

2.2. Preliminary stage of Case contest and Off-tie meeting

2.3. YD Conduction: official events & cultural program

3.

Summing up: writing &

publication of reports & press releases

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1.1. Organizing Committee

In order to control the realization of IBC’s working project "Youth day: Dialogue of

generations" (hereinafter – Project) the Organizing Committee was established.

The powers of Organizing Committee:

• preparation of recommendations on the content and participants of Project;

• control of Project realization;

• admission of the reports on the current status of the Project;

• admission of detailed financial reports of the Project implementation;

• preparation of proposals to the Board of IBC on making a decision on funding

the next year of the Project implementation.

Sergey Khomyakov, Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee, PJSC Gazprom

Marcel Kramer, Co-chairman HRES, President of Energy Delta Institute

Elena Kasyan, Chairlady Working Group HRES, IBC

Axel Bode, Co-chairman HRES, Director of Human Resources of Wintershall Holding GmbH

Alexanrder Karlik, President of the Foundation for innovative international programs

Igor Maksimtsev, Rector of St. Petersburg State University of Economics

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1.1. Executive Committee

Realization of the Project was made by Executive Committee which includes

representatives of all organizations and companies – partners of Youth Day-2016:

Iana Klementovichus – program director of IBC’s working project “Youth Day”,

Director of Higher Economic School of SPbSUE;

Andrey Frolkov – Head of Division of PJSC Gazprom;

Irina Inzhevatova – Deputy Head of Division of PJSC Gazprom;

Ekaterina Kravetskaya - Marketing Director Russia of Energy Delta Institute;

Olga Semidelikhina - Head of international cooperation in professional training

in Uniper;

Natalia Trifonova - Head of International Management Department in SPbSUE;

Christoph Burger – Senior Associate Dean of Executive Education in ESMT;

Julia Bichun - “Youth Day” project leader from HES SPbSUE;

Maria Shelepova - “Youth Day” project manager from HES SPbSUE;

Tatiana Urzhumtseva - Deputy Head of the Foundation for innovative

international programs.

The powers of Executive Committee:

Preparation of the Project program content;

Preparation and approval of the Project budget with the IBC treasurer;

Final financial report on the Project;

Coordination of practical implementation of the Project;

Practical realization of the Project.

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1.2. Youth Day concept

The concept of an international interactive event Youth Day gives an ability to create

the conditions for open dialogue between industry's business community and the

young audience for the questions on energy industry development as well as on

attracting the young talents in the energy sector.

The event is aimed at the development of attractiveness of the energy sector among

the young audience. Youth Day creates an opportunity for all those who with their

latest achievements in the economic, managerial and technical science define the

future of the energy industry.

Youth Day aims to combine innovative methods of working with young people, based

on the mass involvement of the participants in interactive activities with theoretical

and practical content, and using strong motivating factors, such as the prospect of

further education, employment and career development.

The participants of Youth Day have a possibility to discuss the most relevant topics in

energy sector.

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1.3. Promotion & Meetings

The Project was repeatedly presented on the meetings with partner organizations and

companies on different levels. The main objective is the search of support and spread

of the information about Youth Day. This allowed to attract a lot of potential

participants – the students from universities and educational institutions of different

countries.

July 7, September 9 Meeting with radio

Energy Media support of Youth Day-2016

July 15 Working meetings

of Executive Committee

First results of selection. Mega Case revision.

August 26 Working meetings

of Executive Committee

Results of selection, approval of program & experts

May 06 Working meetings

of Executive Committee

Formation the list of participating universities

April 15 Working meetings

of Executive Committee

Discussion on the concept, program & participants

March 22-23 IBC’s Committee HRES meeting in Amsterdam Presentation of the project to the partners & collection of contacts

April 14 Meeting of Rectors of

Gazprom’s partner universities in St.

Petersburg Invitation to participate in YD-2016

December 14, 2015 Working meetings

of Executive Committee

First discussion on the concept of Youth Day

December 6, 2015 Presiding Committee

Meeting Presentation and approval of the Project

October, 2015 Meeting of HRES

Discussion of proposal of the project Youth Day: Dialogue of Generation

May 23 Meeting with foreign countries consulates

in St. Petersburg Support of the Project at international level

May 26-27 19th IBC meeting in

St. Petersburg Presentation of the Project to long list of partners

June 02 Meeting with

universities of St. Petersburg

Invitation to participate in YD-2016

June 30 Informational

meeting with ITAR TASS

Media support of Youth Day-2016

April - June

Mailing to universities with contacts provided by

organizers, companies, partners, consulates,

Internet, etc.

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Media support

Media support was provided by:

1. Official page of Youth Day on

Facebook -

https://www.facebook.com/ener

gyouthday2016/

2. Series of publications on online portal of

Russian News Agency TASS

http://tass.ru/gas_forum/molodezhnyy-

den

3. Gas panel game held on radio

Energy, September 26-30. The prize

– visit of Youth Day events.

4. Interview of Project director I.

Klementovichus for radio Business-FM,

October 04.

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1.4. Youth Day website

Information about Youth Day is available on two web-sites:

1. Official page of the Youth Day at the Gas forum website:

http://gas-forum.ru/en/molodezhnyyi-den

Russian and English versions

It provides basic information about YD-2016 organizers, partners and program

2. Youth Day 2016 promo-page:

http://www.energyouthday.com/

Russian and English versions

Information about requirements, participants selection procedure, program,

partners etc.

Registration form to apply for YD-2016 was open till August 10, 2016

Questionnaire for research of career prospects and opportunities for young

professionals

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1.5. Selection of participants

The official participants of the Youth Day are the students of the higher educational

institutions from different countries.

There were three stages of selection:

In order to select the most talented and promising students the following selection

criteria were established:

Master degree students (graduates of 2016/2017). Up to 25 years. Fluent English (Upper-intermediate level minimum). The presence of industry vision, professional knowledge in the field of energy. Recommendation from the University was considered as an asset.

Stage Total Russia

Germany, The Netherlands, France, Kazakhstan, Italy, Belarus, Poland,

Austria, Hungary, The UK, USA.

1st

round 550 applied 398 from

18 universities 152 from 34 universities

2nd

round 190 solutions of mini-case 115 75

Final selection

130 participants (124 arrived)

75 from

15 universities 55 from 23 universities

(only 49 arrived)

6 European participants had to decline the invitation to Youth Day-2016:

Adam Zrodlovsky (The Netherlands) and Mateusz Muszyński (Poland) - for family reasons;

Yameogo Baowendsom Joelle Melika (France) and Ehab Saif (Germany) – Russian visa obtaining problems;

Kinga Soja (Italy) – changing of exam schedule; Yan Wang (The Netherlands) – lost the documents 3 hours before departure.

! Two nonrefundable tickets are lost: Kinga Soja and Yan Wang

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1.6. Case study

Group of case study authors (UNECON):

Natalia Trifonova, (International Business Department) - Chief Content Officer, Idea source

Yana Klementovichus (Higher Economic School) - General Manager of Project, Expert Support

Irina Vardanyan - Analyst, “Refinery & Logistics” Irina Borovskaya - Analyst, “Innovative Educational partnership” Natalia Sarakhanova - Analyst, “Major petrochemical companies” Aleksandra Proshkina - Data collection and analysis Anastasia Melnikova - Analyst, “Refinery & Logistics” Pavel Metelev – Expert Ksenia Onishenko – Designer

Mini Case was devoted to the peculiarities of innovative activities within gas-petrochemical clusters in Asia – Pacific Zone. The task was to specify the criteria that would determine the optimal proposed location of the anticipated gas-based petrochemical cluster and to explain how it may work out for the location selected. The completion of the task involved the search for certain amount alternative solutions using analytical skills, as well as the ability to provide the result in the form of an essay.

Mega Case concerned the development for innovative and educational gas-based petrochemical cluster in the Asia-Pacific Zone by 2025. Within the cluster, a partnership of major oil and gas companies with the leading universities in the region is being spotlighted. In fact economic and technological opportunities depend on the development of such a cluster. The final task was focused not only on the choice of potential cluster locations, but also in the investigation of the key innovative activities within the projected cluster region in order to encourage locations development.

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1.7. Youth Day program

The program of events was developed taking into account the proposals of Youth Day

participants of last year:

separate day for arrival and departure of participants

additional day for cultural program and welcome party before the official events

to let the students from different countries to know each other

visit of plenary session of SPbIGF

open dialogue of audience with top-managers of energy companies during Off-

tie meeting

more interactive workshops in format of business games to give an opportunity

to all participants to demonstrate their knowledge and skills

October 2nd October 3rd October 4th October 5th October 6th

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2. Implementation of "Youth Day"

2.1. Expenses on YD2016 organization

Under the decision made on Presiding Committee Meeting, December 06, 2015, the

Project obtained the financial support from IBC. The budget of 160 000 euro was

allocated on the following expenditures:

1. Program and content development, methodological support:

Youth Day design and organization.

Case study design.

Development and moderation of Workshops.

Case Contest moderation.

2. Youth Day holding:

rent of 6 halls and equipment, Expoforum services (translation, photo, video,

lunches).

SPbIGF participation fees.

3. Souvenir products and polygraphy.

4. Organization of participants travel and stay:

Grant for foreign participants on transport up to 350 euro per person: 52 tickets

bought, one canceled with 90% penalties.

Accommodation in hotel “Rossia”: 53 rooms.

Transfers from/to airport/train stations and to/from events.

2 gala dinners and 3 lunches included in official program.

2 additional dinners in hotel “Rossia“ for nonresident participants.

St. Petersbourg sightseen tour for nonresident participants.

5. Website design and developpement.

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2.2. Preliminary stage September 2016

Preliminary stage of Youth Day-2016 on September 2016 suggested three main

activities in order to prepare the official events of the program:

September 01-20, Survey on career prospects and opportunities of young

professionals in energy industry (Annex 1, 2)

Executive Committee carried out a survey in Russian and European universities

participating in the Youth day.

Aim is to research the career prospects and opportunities of young professionals

in energy industry.

Survey is based on the Triennium Work Report: Delivering on Talent by Marius

Popescu. The report is produced under the auspices of the International Gas

Union (IGU) which holds the copyright (www.igu.org).

The results had to be presented on Off-tie meeting but it wasn’t because time

delay.

The survey polled 271 student:

• from universities of Russia and CIS countries (208 pers.),

• from European universities (63 pers.).

September 01-25, Registration of participants on Workshops

For equal distribution of participants on four workshops (max 35 pers.) the preliminary

registration was made on-line. The participants made their decision according short

descriptions of workshops sent by mail.

September 05-26, Mega case solving by the national students’ teams

September 05 - teams got the case-study and tasks.

September 26 – deadline to send case-study solution in form of presentation.

The period of August-September 2016 was also devoted to organization of arrival and

stay of participants, revision and finalization of the program, approval of logistics and

technical issues. The last week before event was devoted to communication with

experts and speakers in order to present them the final version of the program and

documents needed for their participation in Youth Day.

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2.3. Youth Day holding

Cultural & entertainment events

October 03, Welcome party

Venue: new building of Russian national library.

Program:

Welcome speech of Elena Kasyan, the Head of the Department in PJSC “Gazprom” and Igor Maksimtsev, the rector of Saint-Petersburg State University of Economics.

Draw of the order of team’s performance on Case Contest made by Elena Kasyan and Igor Maksimtsev.

Introduction of national teams. Informal communication of participants.

October 05, Gala dinner

Venue: club Jugger.

Layout: informal communication of participants

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Off-tie meeting with CEO

04.10.2016 (13:30 – 15:00)

“The Future of Gas in the Global Energy World.

How can the gas industry attract Young Talent?”

Participants (300 pers.): 124 students - participants of YD-2016. Students from St. Petersburg universities majored in core specialties. University coordinators and professors. IBC – companies representatives and Gas Forum participants.

Program: Welcome speech of Alexey Miller & Igor Maksimtsev. 4-5 minutes speeches of top managers of energy companies on a given topics. QA-session with students.

Welcome speech: Alexey Miller, Deputy

Chairman of the Board of Directors, PJSC Gazprom

Welcome speech: Igor Maksimtsev, Rector,

Saint-Petersburg State University of Economics

Speakers:

Klaus Schäfer, Chief Executive Officer, Uniper AG

Han Fennema, Chairman of the Executive Board and CEO, N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie

Mario Mehren, Chief Executive Officer, Wintershall Holding GmbH

Sergey Khomiakov, Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee, PJSC Gazprom

Olivier Lazare, President and Country Chair Shell Russia

Moderator: Hansch Van der Velden - Corporate Communications director, N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie

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Interactive workshops

05.10.2016 (09:00 – 12:00)

Workshop 1: Innovation – Breaking the Frame.

Workshop: Overcoming creativity barriers in

innovation processes: competition for the most

innovative product/ service for a low-carbon

economy.

Moderator – Christoph Burger (ESMT).

Workshop 2: Role of LNG in the Future Energy

Transition.

Business game: Development of a

business strategy for an offshore LNG project (in

South-East Africa – Mozambique LNG).

Moderator – Thierry Bros (Leading analyst in LNG).

Workshop 3: Risks Landscape in the Energy

Business.

Business game: Risk Management Evaluation

for an International Cross-Border Pipeline

Project.

Moderator – Kostas Andriosopoulos (ESCP).

Workshop 4: New technological

challenges: scenarios of energy development.

Business game: Mosaic of technology solutions.

Moderator – Sergey Vakulenko (PJSC Gazprom Neft).

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Case Contest “Energy Today & Tomorrow”

05.10.2016 (13:30 – 17:00)

7 teams: Russia (2 teams), Germany (2 teams), The Netherlands (2 teams), France (1 team) were competing for a Grand Prix: the visiting tour on the energy partnering energy companies.

From 05 September 2016 to 26 September 2016 the teams had been preparing the solution to the case study, which was presented to the International Expert Committee on a final round.

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The members of International Expert Committee:

Uwe Fip, Senior Vice President, Uniper AG - President of the Committee

Natalia Trifonova, Head of International Business Department, UNECON

Nikolai Kislenko, Director General, NIIgazeconomika

Valérie Duval, Strategy, Finance & Markets Director / Métier Gas Chain, ENGIE.

Viktor Martynov, Rector, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Erik Fuhler, Manager Gas Purchasing, GasTerra B.V.

Moderators:

Irina Kordon, business coach

Frederik Reimann, University of

Duisburg-Essen

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3. Summing up

For the next period (October-December 2016) the following steps should be done to

complete the realization of the first implementation of the IBC’s working project Youth

Day-2016:

Publication of Youth Day-2016 results and photos on website and Facebook page

Sending of the letters of appreciation

Getting feedback from the participants

Collection of publications about Youth Day-2016

Montage of the video on Youth Day-2016

Implementation of The Grand Prix visiting tour on the energy companies

partnering Youth Day 2016

Grand Prix

The Grand Prix for the team taken the first place is the visiting tour on the energy

companies partnering Youth Day 2016:

Russian stage in a subsidiary of PJSC "Gazprom"

Dutch stage in Shell, Gasunie and GasTerra, provided by EDI

German stage in Uniper

French stage in ENGIE

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Feedback from participants

58 participants of Youth Day responded on the questionnaire (Annex 4) on the results

of the Youth Day-2016.

Suggestions for additional formats

of events:

Any networking event and career activities

Panel sessions and guest lectures

Scientific-practical conference

Visiting of energy companies

Contest of research work and projects

Suggestions for the further development:

Additional time / day for visiting Gas Forum exhibition and events

More possibilities for networking

Presenting of the experts’ view of case study solution

Presentation on Russian culture for foreign participants

More time for workshops, off-tie meeting and discussions Mixing up the participants from different countries in workshop groups and in

other events

More interactivity

Additional price for the second and third place

International team on Case contest

Extend the geography of participating countries

Making the summary of the day

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Suggestions for Youth Day-2017

Taking in account the results of Youth Day-2016, feedback from participants and

impressions of experts the following proposals for the next year Project could be

suggested:

Key topics

Energy – breaking the frames (cross-industries approach) Digitalization of energy industry (impact of IT on different activities)

Set of events

Basic: Off-tie meeting

Case Contest Workshops & panels

Additional (to consider): Guest lectures

Contest or fair of research work and projects

Company visit, etc.

Outsourcing of case study

Search the contractor on following work: Task for selection stage Case study design Case Contest scenario

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Annex 1 SURVEY

This survey is carried out by Executive Committee Youth Day-2016 in order to research the career prospects

and opportunities for young professionals in energy industry. It is based on the Triennium Work Report:

Delivering on Talent by Marius Popescu. The report is produced under the auspices of the International Gas

Union (IGU) which holds the copyright (www.igu.org). The survey results will be presented during the Off-tie

meeting with the leading persons from energy sector on October 4th, 2016.

This survey should take approximately 10 minutes to complete. To be eligible to enter the survey the

participants must have currently enrolled any educational program or graduated in 2016. Participation is

voluntary. All feedback provided is anonymous and will be treated confidentially.

1. Sex

Male Female

2. Country of Origin

3. What area of activity in energy industry is you mostly attracted by?

Exploration and production

Storage

Gas Transmission

Production of thermal and electric energy

Distribution

Trading

LNG / NGV fuel

R&D

Refining / Petrochemistry

Other

4. What qualities you need to get the first job?

Analytical skills

Technical skills

Grades achieved

Behavioral qualities

Creativity and innovation

Agility / Adaptability to change

Other

5. What could be the main reason upon your point of view to reject an offer from an energy company?

No opportunity to pursue advanced studies

Job scope / Responsibility

Company image

Insufficient career development potential

Lifestyle issues / Work life balance

Low package / Compensation

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No Gender Equality

Other

6. What recruitment channel would you choose to apply for a job?

Recruitment agents

External job boards

Social media

Company website

Job fairs

Internship programs

University campus actions

Other

7. What could be your main reason to not apply for a job in a company abroad?

Cultural differences

Language barriers

Family Circumstances

Legal issues

Compensation / Package

Other

8. How long do you think will be your adaptation period in an energy company? (in months)

9. How much time it will take for a new employee to get a managerial position in a gas company? (in years)

10. What do you see as the main issue the young professionals have to keep up to become an expert in energy

industry?

Patience

Flexibility / Global mobility

Continuous learning

Accelerated (fast) pace

Developing of environmental knowledge, social awareness and communication skills

Benefiting from the experience of others

Adaptability to change

Setting clear and progressive goals and career aspirations

Other

11. Do you think you can meet your career expectations within the energy industry?

Yes

No

No answer

12. What can be done to make the energy industry more attractive to youth?

Communication

Compensation

Work environment

Career path

Innovation / Technology

Other

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Annex 2 Results of survey of Russian and European students on career aspirations and

opportunities for young people in the energy industry

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50%

Exploration and production

Storage

Gas Transmission

Production of thermal and electric energy

Distribution

Trading

LNG / NGV fuel

R&D

Refining / Petrochemistry

Other

1. What area of activity in energy industry is you mostly attracted by?

Europe

Russia & CIS

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45%

Analytical skills

Technical skills

Grades achieved

Behavioral qualities

Creativity and innovation

Agility / Adaptability to change

Other

2. What qualities you need to get the first job?

Europe

Russia & CIS

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0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45%

No opportunity to pursue advanced studies

Job scope / Responsibility

Company image

Insufficient career development potential

Lifestyle issues / Work life balance

Low package / Compensation

No Gender Equality

Other

3. What could be the main reason upon your point of view to reject an offer from an energy

company?

Europe

Russia & CIS

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%

Recruitment agents

External job boards

Social media

Company website

Job fairs

Internship programs

University campus actions

Other (Personal network)

4. What recruitment channel would you choose to apply for a job?

Europe

Russia & CIS

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0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35%

Cultural differences

Language barriers

Family Circumstances

Legal issues

Compensation / Package

Other

5. What could be your main reason to not apply for a job in a company abroad?

Europe

Russia & CIS

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

1-2 months 3-6 months 7-12 months 1-2 years 3-5 years more then 5years

6. How long do you think will be your adaptation period in an energy company?

Europe Russia & CIS

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20%

30%

40%

1-3 years 3-5 years 5-10 years 10-15 years more then 15years

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7. How much time it will take for a new employee to get a managerial position in a gas company?

Europe Russia & CIS

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0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50%

Patience

Flexibility / Global mobility

Continuous learning

Accelerated (fast) pace

Developing of environmental knowledge,social awareness and communication skills

Benefiting from the experience of others

Adaptability to change

Setting clear and progressive goals and careeraspirations

Others

8. What do you see as the main issue the young professionals have to keep up to become an expert

in energy industry?

Europe

Russia & CIS

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

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60%

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9. Do you think you can meet your career expectations within the energy industry?

Europe

Russia & CIS

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10. What can be done to make the energy industry more attractive to youth?

Europe

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