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Oil jobs and oil gas jobs – 4 basic questions answered
People who aspire to take up oil jobs and oil gas jobs often go through pangs of indecision because of all the stories that they hear about these jobs. But most information is hearsay. We have answered four basic questions that will help you decide whether you want these jobs or not.
1. What jobs are available?
There are different types of oil jobs and oil gas jobs that are available for you. The most basic jobs are those of roughnecks and roustabouts. These jobs include doing all the root level work. You need to drill and extract and do similar other jobs. There are also the jobs for managers and jobs in the engineering and geosciences areas. The type of job that you can land will completely depend on your educational qualification and relevant experience.
Apart from all the oil jobs and oil gas jobs directly related to oil exploration and extraction, there are also various backend jobs. You can work as a doctor, a chef and even a data operator and analyst.
So, it is not only those hard hat jobs that are associated with oil rigs. There are different types of jobs available for you to choose from.
2. Where are the jobs located?
Since we are talking of oil jobs and oil gas jobs, the jobs are all located where the oil rigs are located. There are more than 2,800 operational oil rigs available in all parts of the world. While there are a lot of openings in the United States alone, the Gulf region is also a hotbed for oil jobs and oil gas jobs. Find out which areas have oil prospects and rigs and you can find relevant job openings in that region.
3. What qualification do I need?
The best thing about oil jobs and oil gas jobs is that you don't need a formal university degree. Even with a high school certificate you can start your career in the oil industry. The most basic jobs of roughnecks and roustabouts require you to have basic education. Of course, the more educated you are the better are the jobs that open up for you. There are engineering graduates and PHDs that work in the oil industry and they are heavily employed in the geosciences and research jobs.
4. What are the working hours?
Most of the oil rigs work 365 days a year and 24 hours a day. That does not mean that you keep on working without leaves. You would typically work in an eight hour shift after which you will take your break. You also get plenty of leaves when you can visit your family in your hometown.
Now that you know what it is like in oil jobs and oil gas jobs, you would probably feel more comfortable taking up these jobs. To tell you the truth, there are a lot of facilities and benefits that are attached to these jobs and you should have no problem managing your work and life.
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These four questions about Oil jobs and oil gas jobs may help you decide whether you are cut out for them or not.
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Using the One-To-Many Approach in Online Job Search
Online job search should never completely replace traditional ways of searching for a job.
As any good marketer knows-and that's what you are, a marketer of yourself-it's never smart to make assumptions about what works and what doesn't. Rather, the ideal approach is to test everything and see what works for you.
If going to real-world networking events gets you the gig, that's great. If finding a job in the newspaper classified section does it for you-kudos! The goal of using social networking for job search is to give you more options-more job-hunting tactics to test.
And the new tactic of using social networks to speed up your job search is highly leverageable. In other words, you can get a lot more mileage out of a little bit of invested time and energy relative to traditional job-hunting tactics. Instead of telling your story by sending your resume to one person or company at a time, social networks allow you to broadcast your message using the one-to-many approach.
Traditional methods of job hunting such as applying through newspaper or online job listings can best be thought of as using a one-to-one approach. You are reaching out with one resume to one job at one specific employer. Conversely, social networks such as Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn and others, are best thought of as platforms that will enable you to establish ongoing one-to-many relationships.
Therefore, you prepare your message-or better yet versions of your message in the form of resumes-and then you can start building relationships with a greater number of people simultaneously.
You're not laboriously sending resumes out one at a time to someone who might give you a job. Instead, we're going to show you how to blast your message out there-in a targeted way-to people who might give you a job directly or help you find one indirectly by passing you on to others who can hire you.
Start with this people-centric perspective, and you're on your way to understanding how to best utilize social networks to getting your next job.
Versioning
There are times when a candidate might be wise to prepare a variety of messages-and resumes-that are tailored to the needs and interests of different employment niches.
For example, one professional who was planning a career change several years ago had done many different things and was open to pursuing a wide variety of job options. While this greatly increased the number of opportunities that were available to him, it also created a challenge for him as well. If he were to present himself as "all things to all people," he may well have come across as someone who was way too broad and unfocused to fit in the narrow confines of a given job description.
So what did he do? He created three fairly different versions of his resume. He called one his consulting resume, and it focused on his flexibility and creativity in handling various creative projects for high-profile clients. His second was his educator resume, and the slant of his job description on that resume highlighted on work he had done as a teacher, instructional designer, and stand-up presenter. His third resume was his manager resume, and that one showcased experiences with supervising, managing, and collaborating with co-workers and other organizations.
He even varied his Interests section on each resume. Each featured honest interests, but specific passions were included or omitted depending on the audience. Obviously, creating multiple resumes can be a great deal of work, and you need to have a system of keeping track of who has received what resume.
That said, this can be a helpful concept for those considering multiple career paths simultaneously.
About the Author
Sherrie A. Madia, Ph.D. is an educator, author, and trainer. Her most recent books include The Social Media Survival Guide (Also available in Spanish), The Online Job Search Survival Guide, and S.E.R.I.A.L.PRENEURSHIP: The Secrets of Repeatable Business Success and The Social Media Survival Guide for Nonprofits and Charitable Organizations.She is frequently cited by the national media as an expert in social media. She is Director of Communications, External Affairs, and a Lecturer at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
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