Attract the best talent

Our complex operations require the best of the best. Our workforce is equipped with technical skills and capabilities that take decades to build. Building a talented global workforce starts with an ongoing commitment to recruit exceptional talent from diverse backgrounds.

In view of our global scale, we reach into markets across the world to bring in the best people, representative of the communities in which we operate. We have been consistently rated a top engineering employer among industry peers with enduring recruiting and internship programs for both professional and manufacturing disciplines.

We have hiring programs in most countries where we operate. These include local internship programs, many of which have been in place for years and are an important early investment in talent and talent identification. Graduates of these programs become integral to our team. For example, in Papua New Guinea, our training program has been running for more than a decade, with graduates of this program becoming members of our local operations leadership.

Our internships provide hands-on, unique opportunities for students around the world. During their time with us, they practice applying classroom skills and concepts in the workplace, gain valuable exposure to their chosen field of study, and obtain practical work experience while expanding their professional network.

Investing in globally diverse local talent

The global breadth of our operations makes diversity foundational to what we do. With active hiring in 34 countries, we continuously build a workforce reflective of the communities in which we operate. It starts with attracting the right talent. We strive to hire people who share our values, fit our culture, can contribute immediately, and desire a long, successful career at ExxonMobil.

In 2024, hiring programs supported our ability to successfully attract campus and experienced talent into roles across the Company. We leverage our hiring programs to supplement internal development as we consider growth areas and skill needs.

We recruit qualified talent from a broad range of sources available in the communities in which we operate, building a diverse and healthy talent pipeline. We monitor our hiring programs and continually assess effectiveness of our recruiting efforts, including understanding the availability of qualified talent through multiple lenses. Our approach to global recruiting fosters a broad range of backgrounds in our workforce.

Examples from around the world:

• In the U.S., we utilize labor market information to understand the pool of talent available⁴. In 2024, 40% of our professional hires¹ were minorities and 30% were women, both in line with availability in the market for the degrees in which we hire.
• In Guyana, we are growing our national workforce through strategic investments in local education. In the past 3 years, we’ve recruited over 100 Guyanese nationals to join our workforce.
• In China, our internships provide expanded opportunities for the local community near our China 1 project.

A global talent pipeline

Operating in 56 countries, we look to engage with local communities where we operate to provide education and hands-on work experience. This provides access to diverse local talent pools and builds the local talent pipeline that is instrumental in running our operations.

We engage with local stakeholders and educational institutions to provide opportunities and build stronger capabilities, enriching the communities in which we operate and supporting the success of ExxonMobil.

Training and hiring locally has the shared benefit of helping us meet our workforce needs while advancing local economic development and education. We aim to enhance the long-term capability of local communities by leveraging the capability of our organization and engage in training and educational partnerships locally.