?Houston-based Hart Energy Publishing is?offering energy companies?worldwide the?chance to demonstrate?why they are among the best energy employers and the opportunity to participate?in this inaugural survey?is now open.


Hart will recognize the?most distinguished?employers?at a?special dinner held in conjunction with its annual Recruiting?& Retention Conference?October 27 and 28?in Houston, and in?an?energy-employment special report to be published in January 2009.?


“The industry professionals who read our publications and the human-resources managers who attended our recruiting and retention conference have repeatedly told us that the human-capital shortage confronting the global energy industry is reaching the crisis point,” says Brion Palmer, Hart vice president of publishing. “We listened, and I am pleased to announce the launch of the Best Energy Employers survey, which will give participating companies an advantage in the hyper-competitive energy-employment market.”