OGFG – July Technical Talk – Sign of the Times: The Graduate Conundrum

In the current challenging market one of the first areas to suffer are graduate programs and graduate recruitment. This responds to immediate needs and pressures without recognizing the future impact when growth returns, i.e. the challenge to rebuild without breadth, core capabilities, Company knowledge and young talent to support the expansion. The better solution is to invest in their development now to support the future, but how do you make them effective and keep them engaged and busy. This presentation looks at some of the issues we face with the current market and how you might develop effectively for the future.

About the Presenter:

Evan Boyle has lived and worked in Perth for 25 years and has been involved in many of WA’s significant Offshore Oil and Gas Developments. For the last 14 years he has worked for Technip, and as VP Engineering, headed its Onshore, Offshore and Sub Sea engineering activities. He was also a member of Technip’s Executive Committee, where his roles included Talent Management and the development of the Graduate Program.

Knowledge Transfer and development of Engineers has always been a passion of Evan’s and this effort was rewarded in 2014 when Technip’s Graduate Program was voted in the top 5 Australian Graduate Programs in the Australian Association of Graduate Employers (AAGE) survey. Evan now leads Graduate Development Solutions and is working with Companies such as ARV to improve their Graduates’ effectiveness, capability and loyalty.