The ENOC Challenge, Emirates National Oil Company’s flagship CSR campaign, concluded today on an upbeat note with one of the candidates offered a job with the diversified oil to tankers group and Zainab Ibrahim Essa, 19, picked as the top achiever.
Zainab Ibrahim Essa, rated 9.9 out of 10 as a result of the daily assessments carried out by ENOC throughout the duration of the training, was the perfect trainee. Her reward is a job with EPPCO’s purchasing department.
Runner-up in the challenge was Dhahi Mohammed Waleed, rated 9.6 out of 10 – just 0.3 points behind the top achiever. He has been interviewed both ENOC’s and EPPCO’s HR departments for a possible position.
At a ceremony in the group’s Dubai headquarters it was revealed that all 10 starters, young people selected by the Red Crescent Charity, completed the seven-week training programme. Each one was presented with a salary cheque and certificate, which will give those yet to find employment a head start in their search for work.
Hussain Sultan, ENOC’s Group Chief Executive and Board Member, congratulated the trainees, first and all the staff who contributed to making the Challenge such a success. He said: “The most important thing is that through the ENOC Challenge we have been able to make a difference to the lives of 10 young UAE nationals.
“It was a challenge for them to get through the training and it was also a challenge for our committed staff to make sure that they benefited. It is important that national companies such as ENOC lead the way and show what can be done to help our own people.
“We have responsibilities that extend beyond making our businesses successful, not the least of which is that we should contribute to the wider community within which our activities take place. ENOC has set a challenge for the UAE’s booming business sector and I hope it is one they will take up.
“We are committed to continuing the work we have started and I pledge today that the ENOC Challenge will become an annual event and that it will grow and become even bigger and better next time. It has to because there is a real need in the community for such projects, we must answer it to secure the future of our young people and our country.”
ENOC launched the Challenge, with the cooperation of the Red Crescent charity and Dubai Creativity Centre, to create a new model for corporate social responsibility activities that would set an example for the rest of the UAE corporate sector. The aim was to make a difference to the lives of young people finding it difficult to make the most of their talents and get a job.
Two of the trainees remain in full time education but those eligible for employment have all been interviewed and taken evaluation tests that could lead to jobs with ENOC’s Retail and Tasjeel divisions.
”It has been a tremendous experience for both ENOC and the trainees. Some of them did not want the training to end. ENOC is proud to use its resources to offer a better future for emerging generations.”
ABOUT ENOC
Established in 1993 as a wholly-owned company of the Government of Dubai, ENOC aims to promote the interests of its shareholders through the development of further downstream and upstream activities in the oil and gas sector and beyond and to encourage the economic diversification of Dubai and the rest of the UAE.
Leadership and guidance of ENOC are provided by its Chairman, H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and UAE Minister of Finance and Industry.
ENOC actively participates in an increasingly broad range of business ventures. Its joint ventures with major international companies allow partners to pool their technology, know-how and expertise along with their resources to further their commercial success.
Since its inception, ENOC has been guided by its philosophy of quality and professional management based on modern business concepts for commercial success and sustainable growth. Today it is poised to engineer a new and challenging period of growth and diversity.
ENOC’s mission is to be the reliable Energy Partner of Choice in each sector in which it operates.
