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Halliburton and Baker Hughes abandon $34.6bn Takeover

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Breaking NEWS for our industry!!

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US oil services companies Halliburton and Baker Hughes have called off their proposed merger after resistance from regulators in the US and Europe.

The deal, announced in 2014, would have seen a $34.6bn takeover by Halliburton of Baker Hughes, creating a powerful rival to global leader Schlumberger.

Halliburton and Baker Hughes are the second and third biggest oil services companies.

That raised concerns about higher prices and reduced competition.

Baker Hughes stands to receive a $3.5bn break-up fee as a result of the deal falling through.

Failure to satisfy regulatory concerns was not the only reason for abandoning the merger. Continue reading →

Role of Body Language for Oilfield Career Success

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From our informal exchanges with strangers to more formal exchanges with our associates, one can show what he/she is or is not to people with just little gestures and actions. For people who want to work in oilfield, body language is very important and it is one of getting hired by oilfield companies. There are a lot of people fail to this point.   This is can be applied to someone who has been in the oilfield but does not have any good progress in their career but their futures are not bright.

Positive body language is always a part of confident and successful people but a gentle reminder will be required for others. These are some important rules of body language that will help you progress in your job.

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4 signs that you are not doing very well for your oilfield interview – And how you can fix it

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You shake interviewer’s hand and head back home quite happily thinking that you have nailed the interview and you think you should be offered a job in oil and gas industry. One week later…. And still you haven’t received the call.

What did you do wrong?

The interview was quite smooth, wasn’t it?

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A survey was conducted by Career Builder in December 2014. It involved 2,100 HR and hiring managers. According to this survey about 50% of the hiring managers said that they knew enough about the candidate within the first 5 minutes of the interview to make the hiring decision. And within 15 minutes of the interview about 90% of the interviewers make their decision. So the smooth interview you had could mean that hiring manger from very beginning had decided that you were not a good fit. Continue reading →

5 Ways NOT to Get the Attention of Hiring Managers in Oil and Gas Jobs

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The increasingly competitive oil and gas career of today has made it quite difficult to stand out among large numbers of applicants all boosting same qualifications and skills. For this reason, the job applicants do everything in their capacity to attract the attention of hiring managers. It might sound great but as too much can be bad for anything.

All oilfield job candidates have same 3 goals: Capture the attention of a hiring manager, go good in interview, and land a job. But, in case you fail in first one, you will fail all of them.

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Following are 5 don’ts, why they did not work and lastly what one should do.

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Avoid These Deadly Resume Mistakes to Get Perfect Oilfield Resume

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With the current oil price environment today, it is very important that all oilfield job seekers are aware of the importance of writing quality oilfield resume.

By quality resume we mean those which are free of errors, illustrate ones accomplishments and they are targeted towards the oil and gas employers. Most of the job seekers tend to follow these guidelines. However, there are few mistakes which are overlooked easily while writing a resume.

In case you feel that you have written a perfect resume but you are still not receiving any interview calls, here are some deadly resume mistakes which you have probably made: Continue reading →