Internships are also offered by PGNiG outside the programmes discussed above. In 2020, a total of 184 persons were covered by the Group’s internship and work placement opportunities.
Internships and work placements
As a responsible entity both in the business and HR dimension, PGNiG S.A. and the PGNiG Group make efforts to offer first jobs to young people who are interested in working in the energy and oil & gas production sector.
As one of the largest corporate groups in Poland, guided by a sense of responsibility for future generations, the PGNiG Group offers them opportunities to draw on the knowledge and experience of its employees by participating in work placement and internship programmes. As part of such programmes, young people are offered an opportunity to familiarise themselves with the organisation, understand the work of the gas and oil industry and, most importantly, they can make practical use of the knowledge acquired at the school or university.
PGNiG offers the following internship and education programmes:
- GeoTalent – PGNiG’s proprietary internship and education programme for students of the AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków, the Faculty of Geographical and Geological Sciences of the Adam Mickiewicz University of Poznań and the Faculty of Geology of the Warsaw University. It seeks to identify and attract the best students and graduates who want to pursue their professional careers in the oil and gas industry. GeoTalent comprises workshops, competitions for students, the Mentoring Programme, the Ambassadorial Programme, the Summer Internship Programme, and other similar initiatives.
- Deposits of Career – a programme offering students and graduates of all faculties (except oil and gas engineering, covered by GeoTalent) an opportunity to gain professional experience at a large, stable company. Its participants can complete an internship and take part in educational events to support career building.
Last year, PGNiG was engaged mainly in the ‘Energy for the Future’ project, an internship programme run by PGNiG jointly with two other groups (the PGE Group and the ORLEN Group) under the auspices of the Ministry of Climate; in October 2019, a fourth energy company, PSE S.A., joined the initiative. It aims to find the most talented students and graduates of faculties relevant to the Polish energy sector. Each participating student has a chance to gain hands-on experience and skills in his/her areas of interest. The number of interns enrolled in the fifth edition of the programme was 15.
During the pandemic, the internships and work placements took place partly on a remote basis or were limited due to the introduced restrictions. However, the PGNiG Group went online to show young people what it was like to work in the oil & gas sector from the insider’s perspective. For instance, at the nationwide JOBICON job fair PSG delivered the ‘Recruitment in the time of the coronavirus’ and ‘The art of team work, or how to stand out’ workshops. During JOBICON, the company held more than 90 meetings and recorded nearly 7,000 profile views
| Number of internship and work placement participants | 2020 | 2019 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Company | Secondary school students | University students | Graduates | Secondary school students | University students | Graduates |
| PGNiG | 2 | 18 | 9 | 74 | ||
| GK PGNiG | 54 | 129 | 1 | 166 | 165 | 162 |
In 2020, PGNiG was among the winners of the 10th edition of the ‘Trustworthy Employer’ competition in the internship programmes category for the Company’s GeoTalent programme, addressed to students and graduates whishing to pursue their professional careers in the oil and gas industry. The purpose of the competition is to promote among employers responsible employee and social policy practices that are compliant with EU standards.