Get a CDL in 10 Easy Steps – Start a Career in the Eagle Ford Oilfield
A Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) opens the door to a great career in the Eagle Ford Shale Play. You must have a CDL to drive many of the vehicles used in the oilfield industry such as:
- a combination of vehicles weighing 26,001 pounds or more,
- a single vehicle with a gross vehicle weight of 26, 001 pounds or more,
- a single vehicle designed to transport more than 15 persons (including the driver) or
- any size vehicle which requires hazardous material placards. (more…)
Targeted Job Fairs – Oil & Gas Career Fair Jan 19 – San Antonio
The Targeted Job Fairs’ Eagle Ford Oil & Gas Career Fair is on Thursday, January 19th, from 11 am to 3 pm. The event will be held at the Henry B. Gonzales Convention Center in Downtown San Antonio. There will be hundreds of jobs on display, so bring your updated resume and be ready to interview. Operators, technicians, heavy truck drivers, mechanics
Primarily, employers at the career fair will be seeking to fill positions related to operations, technician/technical roles, heavy machinery and truck drivers, as well as mechanics. The companies on hand will also have openings in the areas of drilling, production, petroleum engineering, maintenance, Geosciences, health, safety and environment. (HSE), and management. (more…)
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Tagged Dice, drilling jobs, Job Fairs, jobs, San Antonio TX, TJ Fairs
Eagle Ford Shale Oil & Gas Jobs for Veterans
Jobs for veterans are in abundance in South Texas where the Eagle Ford Shale boom has added thousands of open positions. EagleFordShale.com proudly supports our troops and our Eagle Ford Shale Jobs board is the perfect place for veterans to apply for their next career. For many years, the oil & gas industry has hired military personnel into engineering, field technician, maintenance, truck driving (CDL) and supply chain roles.
With energy booming in Texas, the oil and gas industry is a great area to launch a civilian career. Visit both the Eagle Ford Shale Job Listings and Eagle Ford Shale Job Fairs pages to begin your search today. You’ll find a searchable jobs listing board and a schedule of Eagle Ford Shale job fairs where you can apply in person. (more…)
Adding 10,000 Jobs to San Antonio’s Economy
The oil and gas industry is expected to add more than 10,000 Eagle Ford jobs to the San Antonio area. That’s a quote straight from the former Mayor Henry Cisneros.
Ten thousand jobs would have twice the economic effect as that of the Toyota plant and its suppliers, he said, even as he sought to tamp down enthusiasm a bit.
Read the full story at mysanantonio.com
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Tagged Henry Cisneros, jobs, San Antonio TX, Toyota
Record Numbers Attend Robstown Job Fair
The industry is pushing forward full force and Eagle Ford jobs are coming with them. Job News hosted the largest career fair in the company’s history yesterday in Robstown, TX (near Corpus Christi). As many as 3,000 attendees made the trek to apply for the more than 2,000 jobs that were on display from 29 companies. For those that count, the population of Robstown is only a little over 12,000. The population grew by 25% for the day! Wow!
If you want to attend the next event, we’ll be tracking South Texas career fairs at our Eagle Ford job fairs page. (more…)
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Tagged Job Fairs, Job News USA, jobs, Robstown TX
South Texas Oil & Gas Job Fairs
More than 10,000 direct Eagle Ford jobs have been created in past two years and most expect that number will more than double over the next two. The play is entering a producing phase where more operations and maintenance personnel will be needed. That’s in addition to the office managers and oilfield workers who are making sure wells are being drilled on schedule. With the influx of workers, we also have more resources at our disposal. There have been Eagle Ford related job fairs almost every week over the past couple of months.
If you want to stay up to date, be sure to visit our new Eagle Ford Job Fairs page, where we’ll be tracking all job fairs. Over the coming month, there’s a job fair in Robstown on December 7, 2011, and another in Laredo on January 13, 2012. In addition, you can always search for jobs right now at our Eagle Ford Jobs page.
Unemployment Falling in San Antonio and Surrounding Areas
The Eagle Ford is contributing to a welcomed drop in unemployment across South Texas and we don’t expect that to let up any time soon. The jobless rate in the San Antonio metropolitan area dropped from 8 to just 7.5% between September and October. That compares favorably to a national rate of 9% in October. The oil and gas industry has helped shield the Texas economy from the jobless rate extremes other parts of the nation have experienced.
If you’re looking for a career change, we have 100s of jobs listed at our Eagle Ford Jobs page.
San Antonio area employers added 1,400 non-agricultural jobs to their payrolls over the month and 8,100 jobs over the past 12 months. Officials with Workforce Solutions Alamo are attributing the reduction in unemployment, in large part, to job growth in the oil and gas industry. (more…)
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Tagged jobs, San Antonio TX, Unemployment
Small Business Development Center Opens in Carrizo Springs
The Rural Business Program, part of the UTSA Small Business Development Center, is scheduled to open a SBDC Information Center in Carrizo Springs. The new center will office with the Middle Rio Grande Development Workforce Solutions offices at 307 West Nopal St. The center will reinforce efforts to help communities become sustainable during the ongoing oil and gas extraction projects in the Eagle Ford Shale region.
An open house commemorating the SBDC Information Center opening will be 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 17. The public is invited to attend the special ceremony and listen to presentations on small business opportunities within the Eagle Ford Shale area. (more…)
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Tagged Carrizo Springs TX, Middle Rio Grande Development, UTSA
Job Creation Isn’t Slowing in the Eagle Ford
Job creation isn’t slowing down. In fact, we really need the number of qualified applicants to increase. Chesapeake hired 34 new employees on the spot at a job fair last week. (There’s a job fair today – November 15th – in Floresville from 9:30-3:30)
If you are looking for work, you should at least explore the industry. There’s not much we don’t need in the oilfield. Also, check out our Jobs Page where there are 100s of jobs. (more…)
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Tagged Floresville TX, Job Fair, jobs
Caller Details Several Eagle Ford Job Stories
The Caller detailed several great Eagle Ford Shale job stories on Saturday. You can read the article at caller.com
