Jobs in ND Oil Patch

Lightout.... I have a question about that. I do have experience, not oilfield, but 3 years otr. I am working right now, I want to apply and try to get the job from over here. I am afraid to quit till i know i have another job. I was thinking i could skype an interview from my truck... MB is doing skype interviews. Dunno if Meghan would do it. You think i could get the job from over here or not.

I know someone who just went up there with a cdl and no experience. He has been there 4 days, i think, and got a job offer today in Minot. He has 2 other interviews to go to. He actually did apply to PF in Minot but when he got to the PF in watford city he went to check on it and they apparently never got it from Minot. He is still in the 'in progress' stage but my guess is that he will end up with a job. It wasn't right away and he has had to put in effort but still, 4 or 5 days is fast.

 

I know you aren't asking me but I have experience in this area as well. The Skype interview is basically just as good as a phone interview. At some point they'll need you here to do a driving test of some sort. Most of the majors require a drive test that dictates if you get the job or not. It is risky to quit your job until you land another one but people are doing it daily around here. I wouldn't recommend it due to the stress it can add to a person.
Can you take some time off of your current job without actually quitting? If so use that time to get out here, beat on doors and see what you can come up with. Most legit companies know you can't walk in the door today and start tomorrow if you haven't officially quit your current job. They wouldn't want their people quitting with no notice so they can't expect you to.

Hope this helps.

 

And because to be paid by an oil company you must be on their vendor list. Guys with "a truck or two" won't get on a vendor list and actually own the work. They'll always be a leaser.

 

No I'm not in ND right now. I want to line up some interviews first. I am on the ND job site every day, along with indeed and a few others. There are a lot of jobs advertised. I have sent information to many of them again, not enough professionalism to get back with you one way or the other. The one that have gotten back have been bigger companies. Like I said PF sent a letter right back. Not what I wanted to hear, but at least I knew and wasn't spending day after day calling to follow up, leaving messages and still no response. It funny how most of these companies are only looking for 2 years of experience. Now they say it is the insurance companies… who runs the company the snot nose insurance agent reading from his manual ??? There are good and bad drivers both with and without extended experience. It wouldn't matter a whole lot what the rest of your resume had on it as long as you had two years of verifiable experience. We all know several people who have two years of verifiable experience, but are lazy, incompetent and not worth a #####, and you wonder how the heck they every got hired. Everyone on here could say that about someone else they work with, but because they had 2 years of TT experience they were given a job. I refer back to the snot nose HR kid. No I’m not saying all HR people are like that, but it’s funny how a fresh degree makes you a great manager in some areas. Anyway I can ramble on about people who thing they are good managers. Leadership is what gets things done and progresses companies forward, not management. Ok just my two cents, I’ll kick myself of the soap box now. Ok fire away and flame me up !!! If I full of ##### please let me know!

 

Just incase anyone is wondering, I do have extensive HR experience but am not interested in sitting in an office on the phone. Call me crazy, but I want to driver and work. If I wanted to sit in an office and continue getting palmolive hands, and chocking my self with my tie, I would stay where I am now. I don't know, maybe I am wacked...lol

 

Thanks ac22. I will keep what you said in mind.

What do you do up there?

 

I am in Williston right now, and people are hiring all over the place here. One big sign I just saw was for Mallard or Quail Equipment, FYI. Might google/call them.

 

you better have cash in your pocket and a place to stay, there is NO motel, no cheap place to stay unless you got $$$$.

 

i would not encourage anyone to just "go up there and knock on doors", unless you have 5 - 10 grand saved to live off for a month then don't do it. Rent is 2 grand deposit plus 2 grand a month on an apt. plus u never know u might not be so lucky and spend 3-4 weeks until you land a job.

and don't try and live in your car/camper its going down to -20 up there.

 

No, you'd need a motel room and it'd probably be a goodly distance away. Minot or Dickinson if you're lucky. Bismarck if you're not.