http://oilrigjobs.calvinmarketing.com/blog How To Get An Offshore Oil & Gas Job Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:40:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Whenever money is involved, directly or indirectly, there is a possibility of scams. This includes the field of oil recruitment. One of the most frequently seen oil employment scams involves the conman sending an email to a desperate job seeker. Unfortunately, this is also how legitimate companies operate. So how ... http://oilrigjobs.calvinmarketing.com/blog/oil-recruitment/ Trying to get your first job can be very stressful, even when you know that the industry you have chosen is hiring. From the news and the internet, you know that oil rig companies and offshore drilling companies are hiring. They are hiring people to build new oil rigs. They ... http://oilrigjobs.calvinmarketing.com/blog/oil-rig-companies-2/ Now that we seem to be heading into a recession, are you wondering if oil rig companies are still hiring? Well, that depends. If you happen to work in the office, your prospects aren't too bright. But if you work in the field, the good news is that there are ... http://oilrigjobs.calvinmarketing.com/blog/oil-rig-companies-1/ Like anything which involves money, employment and greed, drilling rig jobs is subject to scams. A trick used by fake offshore employment web-sites is to post oilfield job vacancies with very high salaries. How is a job seeker to know if a web-site or job is real or fake? One ... http://oilrigjobs.calvinmarketing.com/blog/drilling-rig-jobs/ Did you hear that there are plenty of jobs in the oil fields, but can't seem to get rig employment yourself? Maybe you are making one of these 5 mistakes: 1. Rig employment in some locations is seasonal. For example, oil drilling jobs in northern Canada only exist in the winter ... http://oilrigjobs.calvinmarketing.com/blog/rig-employment/ The oil and gas industry is desperately looking for workers at all levels. They would prefer experienced workers, but beggars can't be choosers - many of their most experienced staff are reaching retirement age in the next few years and they need those skills transferred before it is too late. ... http://oilrigjobs.calvinmarketing.com/blog/oilfield-job/ On August 26 2008, CNN Money reported that oil drillers are scrambling for workers. Too many years of under-investment in oil rigs and workers alike, coupled with the surge in oil prices over the last few years has led to a major shortage of experienced workers in oil fields at ... http://oilrigjobs.calvinmarketing.com/blog/jobs-in-oil-field/ So, you want to get hired for jobs on oil rigs? Then you had better find out what happens on an oil rig, hadn't you? First off, you could say that an oil rig's life can be divided into 4 different phases: Drilling - a hole (5 inches to ... http://oilrigjobs.calvinmarketing.com/blog/jobs-oil-rigs/ Oil employment is hot! Despite rhetoric from USA, Saudi Arabia as well Iran, the price of oil remains above $100. Is it any wonder that oil companies are still hiring? In the USA, unlike many countries, smaller independent companies are hiring for oil rig jobs. Oil rigs are mainly operated ... http://oilrigjobs.calvinmarketing.com/blog/oil-employment/ You may have heard about the idea of "peak oil", where some experts predict that the world's ability to produce oil will peak within one or two decades. How does this affect your offshore employment prospects? Should you still chase after oil company jobs? After all, no more oil means ... http://oilrigjobs.calvinmarketing.com/blog/offshore-employment-2/