The best way to get hired for
offshore oil rig jobs is to be recommended by someone in the offshore drilling company. Recruitment agents and human resource managers alike agree on this point. Even when hundreds of people are applying for the same job, a recommendation can often move you to the top of the list. Imagine how much more powerful this can be when applied to a job which has just become vacant and has not been advertised yet.
The secret is that most people, bosses of oil companies included, don't like to conduct interviews. If someone they know can tell them, "Hey Joe! This kid is hardworking and picks things up pretty fast.", they are willing to act on the recommendation. At the very least, they are willing to give the candidate an interview. More than a few of my bosses filled up a job vacancy based on recommendations from friends and even myself.
Here are two ways to get that recommendation. The first technique is known to many people but rarely done. The second technique is based on successful strategies used by top salesmen to make their million-dollar deals.
- Tell everyone you know that you are looking for oil rig jobs. Ask your friends, family, ex-classmates, ex-teachers, your neighborhood grocer, and anyone else you have ever come into contact with. The theory of Six Degrees of Separation (proven by sociologists and other scientists through practical experiments) says that you can be connected to any other person on this planet through a chain of six people. In other words, the theory says that if you talk to your Uncle Adam, he talks to his golf buddy Bob, Bob speaks to his cousin Charles, Charles speaks to his barber Danny, Danny speaks to his plumber Ed, and Ed speaks to his brother-in-law Frank who may be the toolpusher (manager) who needs new workers on his oil rig. Is it easy? No, you need to talk to at least 20 or 30 people to start out with, but it gets results.
- Have you seen the old gumshoe movies where the PI visits the bars to gather information? You can do the same thing. Become a regular at the bars where oil rig workers spend their time after work (at the end of their tours). Spend time during the quiet times at the counter and make friends with the bar tender. Buy the guys at the bar a drink, make friends with them, and keep your eyes and ears open. Nurse your beer carefully and don't let yourself get drunk. Don't shoot your mouth off or you may as well go shoot yourself for real. By hanging out with guys who already have offshore oil rig jobs, they are more likely to tell you when there is a job opening. They are also more likely to recommend you to their boss, which offers you better chances than competing with 1000 other people for the same job on Monster. You might be doing them a favor too, because if things work out their company might pay them a recruitment bonus.
If someone in the oil company recommends you for
offshore oil rig jobs, you have a good chance to at least get an interview. If you are not shy about meeting people and making friends, the above two techniques will work well for you.
