Macaé has a positive balance in offshore hiring in 2018

Figures released by the Ministry of Labor show that Macaé is hiring again driven by the recovery of the oil and gas sector

Macae manages for the second time to rescue a positive balance in the generation of job vacancies in these last 3 years of crisis, this is a relief and shows that the oil and gas sector in the city is starting to mobilize, but has not yet returned to its full normality. The General Register of Employment and Unemployment (Caged) made available data from the Ministry of Labor in which 678 jobs were created in the municipality in February, about 80% directly linked to the offshore and onshore branch of companies linked to this sector.

According to Caged, the engineering and technical areas in operational activities were responsible for most of the hires, showing that business is taking place and contracts are being signed with firms that have operational bases in Macae. According to the institution, based on the year 2015, it is the first time that the balance between jobs and unemployment is positive.

In January of this year, the balance was negative with 178 less opportunities, in February there were 678, that is, the first two months closed at 500 registered vacancies. However, the moment is still delicate and there are still reservations regarding performance, in economic terms, in the city in terms of employability.

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At least the predictions (some of them are already being fulfilled) are totally favorable for Macae: Some of them are:

• The oil auctions promoted and those scheduled by the ANP place a positive scope for future contracts
• The US$ 10 billion investment that Petrobras will make in the Campos Basin in the coming years
• Foreign companies such as Exxon and Statoil are now allowed to operate in the region

According to industry experts and it was news even in Jornal Nacional (Check it out here), 500 thousand jobs in the oil sector will be created by 2022 and another 250 jobs, in the period in which foreign operators will develop projects to guarantee productivity in the areas awarded, and the areas with the greatest interest are in the Campos Basin, and the city that already has all the infrastructure ready for this is MACAE.