I wasn’t sure if I should post this in the ‘danger zone’ or here.
Anyway… A friend of mine is trying to get a job somewhere as a rig worker (drill crew). He registered at one of the many websites around for those positions and also at rigworker.com. They have a newsletter… this is the newsletter they send him with advise to secure a position:
Getting Promoted.
After a trip or two you can ask for a promotion or move to another company.
Choosing to move companies can be very effective.
You can exaggerate the number of trips you have done a little in your Resume / CV. When you get out to the new rig, you can exaggerate that number even more. That way you will have a higher chance of getting a promotion quicker.
There may be other guys there that have slightly longer experience than you, but if no one knows exactly when you started, you have a high chance of jumping the que.
On a rig, you do not know who is friends with who. You should try to get on well with everyone. That way no one will speak bad of you to a potential boss.
Management have the final say on who gets what job promotion. However, the head of each department or team will always pick who they want in their team and management will almost always go with their decision. Be friends with everybody.
Makes you think of a Rolling Stones song called Sad, sad, sad…
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