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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotlan...tland-19475651

Aberdeen must attract 120,000 recruits - the equivalent of the city's current workforce - if it is to realise its potential as a global energy capital, according to a new report.

Accountants firm PwC said the recruits are needed by 2022, as almost half the industry's workforce is now over 45.

It called for the creation of an Aberdeen Energy Academy within two or three years.

Mark Higginson, senior partner at PwC in Aberdeen, said: "The supply of appropriately skilled labour continues to be the greatest threat to Aberdeen's ability to become a global energy centre of excellence.

"Since we first outlined our vision of an Energy Academy ten months ago, an initial feasibility study has taken place with the concept gaining broad support from industry, academics and the public sector.

"But it is essential that this momentum is not only maintained, but that stakeholders are galvanised into action if we are to create the foremost global brand for industry excellence."

Aberdeen is in a very enviable position - it can currently offer a job to every one of its unemployed and still require 120,000 more employees over the next 10 years as the "oil boom" continues .....

[Z]

I'm so lined up for a graduate job right now. Aberdeen's a rubbish place to live for a young person but a great place to earn money in.