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I have not managed to land job since end of June this year.
It is so slow all I keep hearing is the next quater is looking better,but still nothing seams to come up. Its a case of not what you know but who

Iv been trying since Aug as well.
There dosnt seem to be any light at the end of the tunnel at the moment.
The industry all seems to be jobs for the boys structured at the moment.

I've been looking since November 1, 2008 . . . after Hurricane Ike came through our area, employment in the oil and gas sector declined drastically!

I would be interested in assisting in year end and audits and could work from home on a contract basis as well as a full time position.

I have been looking for a new job since the beginning of August too. I have spent the last 4 1/2 years working on the worlds largest LNG project as the Client's site safety lead. I didn't expect to be still looking for work, but I guess the downturn is deeper than everyone thought.
I am very well qualified and experienced so I don't really understand how the market works. I have quite a few contacts but even they are saying there is nothing about. On a positive not it is now January and there are a few projects kicking off.......we will see!

I guess everyone is affected. even myself in school am tempted to get discouraged with all the graduate offers that have turned me down. Not even Heriot Watt University's reputation can help me. But as one who doesn't give up I continue to venture deeper into the tunnel. There's either light or a dead end...I've come too far to turn back and I'm keeping my faith up for light at the end

I have been trying to get offshore for 3 years now and it as cost me so much money doing different courses it is really getting me down i just wish some one could help me

I also looking for job in oil & gas industry since last Oct....but is so hard for entry level to get into oil & gas industry...anyone has advise for me?

Hellow
I am of my own,though looking for a job since landing on 8th of dec 2009,but got a contract job on 1st jan,2010 to keep myself not dependent on anyone til i get a job fit to my strenghts.

if it's any consolation guys, it is very quiet in all sectors of industry at the moment. I have my own mechanical services company here in the uk with my own mobile welding rig, and have also worked in project/site management on construction projects, but it seems everything has ground to a halt, even on preplanned construction developments which should have been ongoing to 2017. I know welders, pipefitters & plumbers who have never been out of work in their lives who are now signing on. This year will be one of the hardest for the uk, in my opinion, and we can only wait until the proposed nuclear projects and wind farms start. Good luck to one and all, Ged.

Hi Ged.
Iv been out of work now since aug,and have never found it so hard to find work.
I am hoping that with the promised goverment windfarm money things will get moving again this year.
Fingers crossed.
Gareth.

I am in the same boat having come off a large Caspian based project in August the job market, both at home and abroad is dry to say the least. Needless to say, numerous applications have led to nothing, although with the new year brings new hope and there are some large projects starting to get off the ground, but i reckon they will be slow burners.

i no what your saying lads its a nightmare at the mo been unemployed since august looking for pipefitting work but theres nothing around keeping my fingers crossed it picks up good luck for the future!!

Hi Mark im in the same boat, lets hope that things change soon im fed up of going to sign on, its so degrading....

if your a pipefitter tubes i,l let you no if or when i here of any work take care mate

Cheers mark that would be very helpfull indeed, i will do the same..

Greetings All. I just signed up here. I am an Electrical guy who has been out for a long time also. I hope this new site brings something good.

Guess you all are right.. Hope this year will bring a turn of the job scenario. My seniors who graduated a year and a half ago still haven't got jobs.

it's never been any different.

There was a period in the mid-70s to early 80s when the N Sea was crying out for labour of all sorts, but that bubble was visibly deflating by about 1982 and the 1985 oil price crash killed it entirely.

the oil industry is, I'm afraid, all about experience and versatility. I've changed speciality twice, and had one long period and several shorter ones doing something else altogether.

there are a limited number of very good career opportunities available to people who manage to tick the right boxes, but most people in the industry will end up doing contract work of various descriptions and this sort of up-and-down cycle will always be there.

there are huge pressures on entry-level positions of all sorts; many countries impose quotas on these for locals ( are you listening, Messrs Brown and Cameron? I thought not.. ) and there are less opportunities for incomers every year.

my advice to anyone trying to get into the oil industry is to get work experience of any sort, plus some kind of offshore experience, even if it's only as a deck-hand on a ferry. This will make a big change in how recruiters perceive you, and you wil get paid as well. I'd be pretty cynical about spending money on courses; once you have your BOSIET/HUET and medical, which you can't make a credible application without, I would feel that the only worthwhile courses are those provided by the companies themselves.

hello i have just signed up to this in a bid to try and find a foot in the door in the offshore industry.

Hi Boys and Gals
Ally mech tech , just wanted to say Hi Offshore Dimension is right on the nail, this game has always been up and down like a hookers drawers and allways will be , when its busy you can earn some good dough, when it goes quiet you feel like a Leper nobody calls you back no replies to your CV its like you don,t exist anymore, but the pendulum allways swings back the other way then they,re all over you like a rash again, you just have to survive any way you can in the meantime it will change soon

Well iv started to get a few responses to my CV of late, and im waiting to hear off an Agent today, so with any luck the work will be around the corner.
Its the first time since last Aug since iv had any vacancy activity,lets hope it is the begining of an upturn..

glad to hear that tubes im in the same line as you i think keep me posted best of luck

Hi, Just back from living in spain for 5 years. I am a Pipefitter looking for work in the UK. Lost touch with my old mates who I used to travel with doing contract work- shetlands, aberdeen, fife, grangemouth etc. Does anyone know what or where that kind of work is now? Any advice welcome

Ok guys here is a few tips for you? Get an up to date CV that looks professional, research on google for up and coming economic news on the Oil and Gas industry and who has been awarded the contracts? There is alot of work in Africa for qualified pipefitter, welders etc. Also if you are interested in offshore....look at bluewater? This information that i have given is for honest people looking for employment and not for agencies/or other in regards to furthering their contacts. Please do not abuse my kind nature! Good Luck to all you Oil workers there is plenty of work, but most of it is now agency based!