The problem in the oil company I work for is that Americans to do this type of work are scarce.
Well over 50% of the professionals we hire(6 figure salaries) are non-citizens
I have 2 problems getting a job in the oil industry.
I have no previous oil industry experience even though my 25 years of IT experience in the telecommunications industry and 15 years in IT in manufacturing could be easily transportable I would think. I guess not. The other problem is I’m now 60 years old. I have applied for many many oil industry IT jobs in the past 8 years to no avail.
Im curious, as I have worked for one of the majors as a professional for 34 years. I started in the 1970’s as a field geologist in uranium, have held positions in upper level data menagement, and have worked the last 10 years in a Geodetics & Cartography group. I have amassed a great deal of technical experience with mapping programs like ArcGIS.
The division I work for has become increasingly bureaucratic and inefficient over the years, to the point I have considered taking my experience and retirement benefits in a year or two and seeing if the grass is greener elsewhere. Like fulltlt I will be approaching 60, but still have a good 5 or 10 years left in me.
Do you think the age thing would outweigh the knowledge and experience? (depending on your answer, I might have to send you a resume!)