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A study carried out by Firjan shows that from the last quarter of 2020 to the first quarter of this year, job vacancies in the oil and gas sector in Rio de Janeiro rose by 100%
The Covid-19 pandemic is still a problem for Brazil, but the economy has been reacting well over the months, with some positive indicators. Currently, a new survey by the Federation of Industries of Rio de Janeiro (Firjan) points to a recovery in the oil and gas sector in Rio de Janeiro in relation to job openings.
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Huge growth in Rio de Janeiro's oil and gas sector
According to the Firjan study, the first three months of this year recorded a 100% growth in the number of job openings in the state compared to the last quarter of 2020. According to the entity, in the fourth quarter of last year there was an opening of 215 job openings.
In the period between January and March 2021, Firjan recorded the creation of 474 opportunities in the oil and gas sector in Rio de Janeiro.
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The impacts of the coronavirus on the oil and gas sector
The pandemic brought severe impacts to the oil and gas sector worldwide and in Rio de Janeiro the situation was no different. The Firjan study points out that in February last year, the beginning of the pandemic in Brazil, 375 job openings were registered in this sector in Rio de Janeiro, and in June of the same year, the number plummeted to five vacancies, confirming the impact of the crisis in the country.
According to Fernando Ruschel Montera, coordinator of the Federation's Oil, Gas and Naval Relations, the recovery from the second half of last year, even partially, is linked mainly to the international situation of the increase in the price of a barrel of oil and the expectation of recovery of the world economy, with the advance of vaccination campaigns in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.
Firjan talks about opportunities for interns
The Firjan survey also recorded that 56% of formal job vacancies in the first quarter of this year were aimed at professionals with complete higher education, another part, with 26%, were with workers with higher education in progress, the technical level registered 14% and High School which corresponded to 8%.
Firjan ended by saying that there are also internship opportunities for both higher education and professional courses. The mapping demonstrates Firjan Senai's service capacity to train these professionals with technical courses in Mechanics, Mechatronics, Industrial Automation, Electrotechnics, Occupational Safety and Electromechanics.
