Hencredible Casanova, I have to disagree with you here because I can guarantee that there are many jobs in North Dakota right now that don't involve hard labour, many of them being "cushy" office jobs where a uni grad could put his degree to work.
Of course, most of the available jobs in a place like Williston, ND are of the hard labour variety; working on an oil rig, driving a vac truck, etc. However, all industrial job sites require office staff such as: project managers, logistics coordinators, scheduler/planners, human resources, IT, quality control and other various administrative and office support jobs.
Also, there would be many opportunities for university graduates in technical fields such as geology, engineering (petroleum, chemical, civil, mechanical, materials,etc), health and safety, chemistry, etc.
Guys there are several major players in the international oil industry that are very active in North Dakota right now, Baker Hughes and Schlumber, just to name a couple. I actually met a guy at a pub in Parque 93 in Bogota who works a regular office job here for Schlumberger, he's worked in many Latin American countries over the past few years. Both of those companies are also very active where I work, up in the Alberta oil sands.
Before any of you do make a move to ND, I would suggest you do your homework first and don't recommend going up there with little money and no experience, you may end up homeless as most hotels are probably full. It sounds like ND is going through what Fort McMurray did 5-7 years ago, when we had guys sleeping in winnebago campers and tents all over the place.
Of course, most of the available jobs in a place like Williston, ND are of the hard labour variety; working on an oil rig, driving a vac truck, etc. However, all industrial job sites require office staff such as: project managers, logistics coordinators, scheduler/planners, human resources, IT, quality control and other various administrative and office support jobs.
Also, there would be many opportunities for university graduates in technical fields such as geology, engineering (petroleum, chemical, civil, mechanical, materials,etc), health and safety, chemistry, etc.
Guys there are several major players in the international oil industry that are very active in North Dakota right now, Baker Hughes and Schlumber, just to name a couple. I actually met a guy at a pub in Parque 93 in Bogota who works a regular office job here for Schlumberger, he's worked in many Latin American countries over the past few years. Both of those companies are also very active where I work, up in the Alberta oil sands.
Before any of you do make a move to ND, I would suggest you do your homework first and don't recommend going up there with little money and no experience, you may end up homeless as most hotels are probably full. It sounds like ND is going through what Fort McMurray did 5-7 years ago, when we had guys sleeping in winnebago campers and tents all over the place.