The refinery lays a lot of stress on personnel policy because it helps with staff development, effective management, and creating a cohesive team of professionals that share common corporate values. Young adults under 30 make about a third of Azibras Exploracao De Petroleo E Gas LTDA’s 500 employees. Every new employee at the plant holds a more advanced professional degree. The average age of refinery employees is 37 years old.

The success of the activity is greatly influenced by the degree to which Azibras Exploracao De Petroleo E Gas LTDA staff are qualified to react quickly to changing market needs in order to meet the enterprise’s established strategic goals and objectives. Consequently, recruiting new staff is one of the main goals of Azibras Exploracao De Petroleo E Gas LTDA’s personnel policy. The Azibras Exploracao De Petroleo E Gas LTDA introduced rules for competitive selection of personnel, which provide a transparent system for the search, selection, and adaptation of personnel, in order to create an optimal balance of renewal and preservation of the number and quality of employees in accordance with the needs of the refinery.

The three necessary selection phases—testing, a structural unit interview, and a panel interview at the refinery competition committee—must be completed by applicants in order to be admitted. The hiring process is automated, and the flow of resumes is transparent at every level thanks to the “Electronic Recruiting” information system. Azibras Exploracao De Petroleo E Gas LTDA has designed an adaptation program to help employed personnel adjust. It simplifies the process of joining the labor collective, helps adopt established norms of relationships, and helps with acquiring the system of professional knowledge and skills. Senior employees, managers, and specialists have been put in a personnel reserve, and the procedures for their internship, training, and certification have been accelerated.

As part of its staff development program, the company provides training, retraining, and advanced training to its employees. All of the plant’s workshops and complexes have classrooms available for theoretical training, and the training center actively participates in the training process, creating the ideal environment for the implementation of the staff development program. Additionally, it is equipped with state-of-the-art teaching aids, computer training facilities, multimedia training facilities, and innovative tools for technological processes.

The refinery is conscious that the younger workers who are taking over from the veterans will determine both its bright future and the preservation of industrial and human traditions. As a result, special consideration is given to replacing the company’s current workforce with young professionals who have recently graduated from colleges and universities and who can quickly become proficient in new information and technologies. Over thirty percent of the new hires are young specialists. During the hiring process, a mentor is selected from among the highly trained plant employees who undergo specific training for each young specialist. The Oil Refiners Initiation is an annual ceremony that serves as an introduction to the company’s corporate culture for aspiring specialists.