Williston North Dakota job fair, anyone?

Although I have a job driving a vac truck for $20 an hour in the Eagle Ford, I'm really thinking about driving to North Dakota to attend the job fair in Williston March 13.
I'm wanting to relocate because lately I have not been getting many hours. It really fluctuates up/down from 90 hours (a two week pay period) to 70 hrs.

I'm trying to find that job where I could earn close to two grand a week.

So, I rented a new Ford focus which gets 40 mpg. and I'm seriously thinking of driving to go to this job fair if I can find someone to share expenses and driving.

It will take 30 hours of driving and take 75 gallons of gasoline which would be $250. My plan is to leave Tuesday afternoon arriving there Thursday morning. Attending the fair and leaving shortly thereafter to return to the Eagle Ford by Friday morning. Then I can compare job opportunities

And this drive is after I visit Odessa Midland on Monday. I want to see what the opportunities are before I pick either West Texas or North Dakota for my new job as I plan to stay put for at least a year.

Anyone interested in going or am I crazy?

 

Yes, I started with no experience aside from CDL school. I spent hours upon hours and even days reading everything I could here. I got an Atlas, mapped out the towns mentioned and came to Texas; I was in Stuebenville, OH. then as I was trying to get hired in the Marcellus but after one week no luck.

Then I headed to Texas and started my search thru several towns north of Dallas/FT. Worth, but it was the weekend so nothing happened there. I parked in Weatherford, TX with plans to go west along I-20 until I read about a gas & oil industry job fair in Floresville. TX. last June. So I went south along hwy 281 stopping at about 4 truck yards along the way; all wanted experience.

At at the job fair in Floresville were 14 recruiters but only 2 would take a newb. There I was put in touch with Key Energy in George West, so I drove down hwy 181 on my way there doing the same as before. When I visited the 3rd yard the mngr. hired me on the spot so I never made it to Key, but they'll take on newbies. Several others will too like NAC in Kenedy.

The company I'm with does but is the "black sheep" of the industry and doesn't have a good rep. around here. They are only called to do the "dirty work" or when no one else is available; this is due to a "no care" attitude from the GM all the way down thru to the office staff, no one cares around here. So we have sh##y trucks that get put out of service "more than 80% of the time I stop'em" as quoted to me by Officer Macias of the TX Hwy Patrol. I've been wanting to bail ever since my 2nd month here and go out west but I was determined to stay put for one year. Now I've got 9 months and have been told "that's enough" to move on to better pasture.

So, as I learned here, you gotta do the footwork. Plan out your route and knock on doors. Plan to get rejections. No problem, just keep at it and someone will give you a "yes". Trust me...I didn't have confidence in myself when I was looking as I've been self-employed since 1998. I don't have an employment background for anyone to verify. I've got a clean slate. No, not in jail at all, I've been a traveling horseshoer during season and a world traveler when off. But one mngr took a chance on me. He even said, "your a drifter huh?" Since that time I've become "one of the BEST drivers in the yard" per my mngr. and head dispatcher. What makes me better than others I ask, I always answer my phone, don't make excuses why I'm not ready to work, do what is asked of me and don't get complaints. That's it. Didn't mean to write a story but trying to show...if I can do it.. ANYONE can!