Fresh Petroleum Engineering Tehnologist Needs a Job

[kayshank007]

I finished from SAIT in 2009 in a Petroleum Engineering Technology(Applied Bachelor) program, and i have previous Bachelor in Electrical Engineering as well. And i have 4month Summer term experience in Well Testing Assistance. I have been searching for job for more than 8 month but could not get a single interview, and i am getting frustrated. Please i need advice, assistance , or help from anyone in this forum.

[drew_goring]

Apply to Schlumberger if you are interested in being in the field. They are hurting for wireline guys up in Grande Prairie.

[kayshank007]

Hello,

I have applied with them so many time, have never being called for an interview, or do u have any contact with them, may be you can recommend me.

Hoping to hear from you.

Cheers!

Kay

[Cos]

if you have applied so many times to schlumberger and they wont call you back, I would tend to think your resume sucks.

[redblack]

are you just looking for a petroleum engineering job only? or are you still interested in electrical engineering aswell?
the company i work for has a few electrical engineering positions availible (utility industry)

[schocker]

Just look around harder. I have found a ton of jobs for petro engg techs, I cant apply as I am only a chem engg tech which is quite frustrating. I also finished last summer and am still looking, but it is really starting to look up from the number of jobs I have been applying for in the past few weeks. Look on like the calgary herald job website, different company websites, monster.ca and also infooil.com.

[drew_goring]

Originally posted by Cos
if you have applied so many times to schlumberger and they wont call you back, I would tend to think your resume sucks.

x2

I just quit and move to a smaller company but a month or so ago all I had to do was give them a name and resume and that person had an interview within the week.

Horn River is going to be crazy this year.

[Abeo]

With the electrical degree, have you considered doing CP? Problem right now is no company wants to pay for someone for training, they want someone who can make/save them money from week 1

[Trini]

Originally posted by schocker
. Look on like the calgary herald job website, different company websites, monster.ca and also infooil.com.

that infooil.com is it worth subscribing to?

[schocker]

Originally posted by Trini

that infooil.com is it worth subscribing to?
I would say no. Most of the time, for the job postings without company names, you can either figure it out on your own or google part of the listing and find it. Kind of a dick move to charge for job postings imo.

[princeaidin]

I'm graduating O & G Engineering from U of C (U of C's name for Petroleum Engineering) A full engineering degree and I can't find a job it sucks. Might have to take the bullet and go work for an oil field services company.

[realazy]

Originally posted by princeaidin
I'm graduating O & G Engineering from U of C (U of C's name for Petroleum Engineering) A full engineering degree and I can't find a job it sucks. Might have to take the bullet and go work for an oil field services company.

I'm in the same situation here, mechanical w/ petroleum minor.

There are lots of us in the same boat :(

[Cos]

bite the bullet and work for a service company?

[ExtraSlow]

Here's my perspective as a UofC O&G eng grad of about five years ago. The industry has a huge demographic gap of technical staff between 35 and 55 years old. People in the 25 to 35 age range will be in a position of major strength in about a decade once the over 55s start retiring en masse. This is true at every major Canadian E&P company.

So for those of you entering the workforce right not, try not to be too choosy about getting the perfect job. Get in, get your experience, and be patient. In ten yours it's going to look very different.

It should go without saying that Oilsands and Shale gas are the places to look for steady work. That means many off you will need to do some time in either Fort McMoney, Fort Nelson, or some other hotspot.

Central and southern Alberta aren't going to draw huge numbers of workers, even with the emergence of "tight" oil etc.

[kaput]

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[princeaidin]

Hopefully the new royalty cuts move stuff around a little bit.

I would love to work in oil sands, especially in-situ recovery.