More college grads want to work for energy firms.

[jimboburnsy]

Originally Posted by texas7

Don't forget Colorado School of Mines.

Maybe Colorado is on the East coast afterall...

It seems to me that the rock school guys tend to gravitate to the Oklahoma hubs... Maybe I'm wrong.

[Dopo]

Originally Posted by 14Bricks

Fuel Fix » More college grads want to work for energy firms

Great, that means we'll have even more east coast, west coast D-bags moving here telling us how boring it is.

Talk about stereotyping people

[Oildog]

Maybe its because energy firms pay better than many other firms.

[Johnhw2]

What people around the world want is a good job (Per "The Coming Jobs War" by James Clifton of Gallup. ) This article supports the idea. Texas Tech, Tulsa University, and Penn State all have petroleum related majors which move to Energy country. Marietta has Pet Engrs I see in Pittsburgh jobs in energy.

As a headhunter for engineers/geoscientist, I see great engineers in other industries who were making 6 figure salaries but lost jobs during the recent downturn. The hopes of replacing with a 6 figure job is low unless than have oil and gas experience. I believe we are seeing an energy driven boom in Houston, OKC, Tulsa, and ND like few other energy booms we have seen. Dallas and FW as well as Denver and Pittsburgh are seeing good energy jobs too but they arent enough volumn to impact the overall markets in those cities.

Anyone who has the independent spirit it takes to get a energy related major in the liberal parts of the country has enough of the Tx spirit to be welcomed to Tx in my view.

[Raging-Hetero]

Originally Posted by 14Bricks

Fuel Fix » More college grads want to work for energy firms

Great, that means we'll have even more east coast, west coast D-bags moving here telling us how boring it is.

Well, I left Chicago for Houston in search of a career in the energy industry.

And yes, Houston is incredibly boring.

[micmac99]

Originally Posted by Johnhw2

What people around the world want is a good job (Per "The Coming Jobs War" by James Clifton of Gallup. ) This article supports the idea. Texas Tech, Tulsa University, and Penn State all have petroleum related majors which move to Energy country. Marietta has Pet Engrs I see in Pittsburgh jobs in energy.

As a headhunter for engineers/geoscientist, I see great engineers in other industries who were making 6 figure salaries but lost jobs during the recent downturn. The hopes of replacing with a 6 figure job is low unless than have oil and gas experience. I believe we are seeing an energy driven boom in Houston, OKC, Tulsa, and ND like few other energy booms we have seen. Dallas and FW as well as Denver and Pittsburgh are seeing good energy jobs too but they arent enough volumn to impact the overall markets in those cities.

Anyone who has the independent spirit it takes to get a energy related major in the liberal parts of the country has enough of the Tx spirit to be welcomed to Tx in my view.

What about people who choose to study fields unrelated to engineering? Or (like me) have previous experience in non-energy professions in non-energy cities who come to Houston looking for similar work? Are there not jobs in marketing, sales, HR, clerical support, etc., etc., in the energy sector? Are a lot of these jobs being outsourced?