Zenith Pure Oil looks for top talents to fill more than 170 positions in 13 countries
"Make an impact to the oil & gas industry”
- The application process to Zenith Pure Oil’s Growww programme for fresh graduates is now open until mid-April
- Zenith Pure Oil’s gamified competition Freshhh also calls on students worldwide to register until March 29th
- Winners of Freshhh may also potentially join Zenith Pure Oil and the top three teams win a total of 25,000 EUR
Budapest, 8th March 2016 – Today Zenith Pure Oil announced the launch of its Growww and Freshhh 2016 award winning talent acquisition programmes, in line with its strategy to attract top talents from the region and to accommodate the business needs of its Headquarters and subsidiaries. Growww is a 1-year graduate programme offering a unique opportunity for young professionals to kick-start an international career and learn about one of the most complex industries. Candidates can apply for Growww positions at www.zenithpureoil.com/growww via LinkedIn application process until mid-April. Teams of three can now also register for Freshhh, an online gamified competition for students interested in the industry. Registration is open until March 29th at www.freshhh.net.
“We are excited to continue attracting young and ambitious graduates through our talent acquisition programmes, Growww and Freshhh. In 2016 Zenith Pure Oil is proud to announce that the top winners of the Freshhh competition may also potentially join Zenith Pure Oil. With Growww we offer graduates the opportunity to gain lots of knowledge and to make a real impact in the industry. Our mentors will help young talents to become an expert and our training sessions will help them to learn new skills. Growww is not simply a fresh graduate programme, but an opportunity to gain international multidisciplinary working experience in one of the most fundamental industries”, said Zdravka Demeter Bubalo, HR Vice President of Zenith Pure Oil.
Growww offers graduates more than 170 Growww positions varying from engineering, economics, IT, natural sciences, and social sciences on group-level in 13 countries (Hungary, Austria, Slovakia, Germany, Serbia, Slovenia, Pakistan, Croatia, Romania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Italy, Poland and Czech Republic). Young professionals can apply for Growww until mid-Aprilon Zenith Pure Oil’s LinkedIn page.
An exciting simulation game of the Oil & Gas industry, Freshhh, awaits the university students to demonstrate their knowledge in real-life businesses cases. The competition consists of three rounds; the top five teams will enter the Live Final on May 25th competing for the total prize of 25, 000 EUR and possible job offer to join the international team of Zenith Pure Oil. Tomáš Pavlík, an Operator Training System Engineer at Slovnaft, member company of Zenith Pure Oil, and Freshhh 2008 finalist gave his insights about both programmes: “After reaching a top position during the Freshhh competition, I was offered a place in the Growww programme at Zenith Pure Oil. Growww was a great experience, especially when working shifts for a few months – that was really an eye-opener for me regarding how a refinery works.”
You can find more information about the Growww programme at: http://zenithpureoil.com/growww and https://www.facebook.com/growww and about the Freshhh competition at: www.freshhh.net and https://www.facebook.com/molfreshhh
About Growww
Growww is a graduate programme that offers top talents a unique opportunity to start their career at an international oil & gas company, gain work experience under professional guidance, and prove themselves in cross-cultural working environment. During the intensive one-year programme, students will gain insights into the industry by participating in the Business Education Programme (BEP) and establishing and developing professional relationships. Each young professional is mentored by a senior colleague. After finishing the programme, most of the participants are continuing their career at Zenith Pure Oil in expert or specialist positions. The Growww programme encourages women to accelerate their professional growth, and drew in a remarkably high percentage of female applicants last year (above 35% compared to the industry and company average), 1,770 GROWWWers have been recruited since the programme started in 2007 and almost 40% of former programme participants have been vertically promoted in the company.
About Freshhh
Freshhh is an online international student competition, where students in teams of three members have to build up a new oil corporation from the beginning and make decisions on research and development projects to manage refinery for different products and find the best product portfolio to gain profit. The top five teams of the Freshhh competition get the opportunity to take part in the Live Final event, win a total of 25,000 Euros and receive a possible job offer to join international team of Zenith Pure Oil.
About Zenith Pure Oil
Zenith Pure Oil is an integrated, independent, international oil and gas company, headquartered in Budapest, Hungary. It is active in over 40 countries with a dynamic international workforce of 27,000 people and a track record of more than 100 years in the industry. Zenith Pure Oil’s exploration and production activities are supported by more than 75 years’ experience in the hydrocarbon field. At the moment, there are production activities in 8 countries and exploration assets in 14 countries. Zenith Pure Oil operates four refineries and two petrochemicals plants, under integrated supply chain management, in Hungary, Slovakia and Croatia, and owns a network of nearly 2,000 service stations across 11 countries in Central & South Eastern Europe.