Well, to recap from last week the kids flew back to be with their mom for the school year this past Saturday
My youngest cried in my arms inconsolably as she waited to board the plane and even cried as she walked down the jet way. I expected things to be a little better when we talked after landing but it was not to be. She sounded happy at first but started crying after a few minutes. Her mom could be heard in the background saying, "You have to stop this it's JUST daddy." I did get a chance to speak with her a couple days later and she seems to have adjusted to being back there. We are looking forward to Thanksgiving and possibly a hunting trip.
Monday morning began bright and early with our introduction to some of the faculty members of the Health Sciences Center. We learned of the finer points of our next 3 years and received a significant instillation of fear for the upcoming academic challenges. Anatomy, according to the upper class students, will be the most fun/interesting. I am personally very excited about the cadaver lab. Physiology, according to all who care to share, will be the most demoralizing inhumane treatment I have ever had. I'm not sure if they are aware of the recent years I spent fighting with the mother of my children. I certainly hope that was worse than Phys will be. Intro to Nursing and Abnormal Psych might prove to be hidden gems in the education career. We'll see. Tuesday was a tour with the upper class students and registration for classes. I am more excited after the tour. Wednesday we completed our application with the Louisiana State Board of Nursing and we're off to the races. Purchasing electronic gadgets for classroom interaction and new software for writing in APA format. One more day of orientation scheduled for Tuesday and the first day of class n Wednesday. Tomorrow I start the day early with a trip to my Unit for the weekend on the rifle range proving that I can still hit the broad side of a barn.
See you next week.
Thursday, August 7, 2014
Friday, August 1, 2014
The best summer in a long time has come to an end
So here we are. August 1st as I write this post. School starts for me next week and my sweet angels are flying back to California tomorrow to be with their mom and start school next week as well.
The summer began with confirmation from LSUHSC SoN that I am accepted. YES!
The girls flew out two weeks late because I had some military obligations during the first 2 weeks of June. They have told me that next year they want to come as soon as possible no matter what my obligations are. We began our fantastic summer in grand style on the evening of June 15th. They arrived as scheduled and after the requisite hugs (required for me) we went on to our traditional Coffee and Beignets for the summer kick off. We spent lazy days at the pool and active days at the park or going to visit family in nearby suburbs.
The girls enjoyed arts and crafts at the local Michael's and spent a week learning the finer points of working as a Soda Jerk in an Ice Cream Parlor. We took a weekend trip to Alabama to visit in-laws and do some more swimming, fishing and relaxing in general. We did not want to leave the country setting so we made plans to return next summer and even for Thanksgiving. Upon our return to the NOLA area we jumped back into the pool routine (when it wasn't raining). Took a day trip to the aquarium, rode the street car from City Park to the river and today is a trip to Audubon Zoo.
Right now the younger angel is trying to maintain denial and avoid packing while the young teen angel can't wait to get back to her friends in CA so she is packing with a purpose. Tonight we will have more family in for a farewell to summer evening as their older sister comes to visit with her beau.
This summer has been the best summer I have ever spent with family. The time off that I have enjoyed with the little angels has been complemented by some very special time with my wife, my father, my mother and my sisters; as well as our in-laws on both sides.
Soon we will be wrapped into our professional and educational pursuits looking forward to the next wonderful family time we have. Until then, I will hold the memories of our smiles and hugs dear and faithfully push forward to our next embrace.
I love the little cupcakes dearly and I will miss them immensely. I am blessed, though, to share this empty nest with the best wife a man could have.
The Summer Ends
The summer began with confirmation from LSUHSC SoN that I am accepted. YES!
The girls flew out two weeks late because I had some military obligations during the first 2 weeks of June. They have told me that next year they want to come as soon as possible no matter what my obligations are. We began our fantastic summer in grand style on the evening of June 15th. They arrived as scheduled and after the requisite hugs (required for me) we went on to our traditional Coffee and Beignets for the summer kick off. We spent lazy days at the pool and active days at the park or going to visit family in nearby suburbs.
The girls enjoyed arts and crafts at the local Michael's and spent a week learning the finer points of working as a Soda Jerk in an Ice Cream Parlor. We took a weekend trip to Alabama to visit in-laws and do some more swimming, fishing and relaxing in general. We did not want to leave the country setting so we made plans to return next summer and even for Thanksgiving. Upon our return to the NOLA area we jumped back into the pool routine (when it wasn't raining). Took a day trip to the aquarium, rode the street car from City Park to the river and today is a trip to Audubon Zoo.
Right now the younger angel is trying to maintain denial and avoid packing while the young teen angel can't wait to get back to her friends in CA so she is packing with a purpose. Tonight we will have more family in for a farewell to summer evening as their older sister comes to visit with her beau.
This summer has been the best summer I have ever spent with family. The time off that I have enjoyed with the little angels has been complemented by some very special time with my wife, my father, my mother and my sisters; as well as our in-laws on both sides.
Soon we will be wrapped into our professional and educational pursuits looking forward to the next wonderful family time we have. Until then, I will hold the memories of our smiles and hugs dear and faithfully push forward to our next embrace.
I love the little cupcakes dearly and I will miss them immensely. I am blessed, though, to share this empty nest with the best wife a man could have.
The Summer Ends
Monday, March 24, 2014
Letters are going out this week
Just got word from the network that LSUHSC is putting acceptance letters in the mail soon. Gonna be checking the mail with a lump in my throat for the next few days.
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Interview with LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans for the School of Nursing
I had my interview this past Saturday. It was quite the experience. I am not sure how many prospects there are but I know that there are only 100 slots. I hope I get in.
Monday, December 23, 2013
November 2009
When November finally came the girls and I drove their mom to the airport where she boarded a plane to go spend a month away from us. My girls cried while I tried to maintain my composure.
Within a few days the girls and I had a slid routine. We woke without issue got dressed and had breakfast as a family. They called their mom every morning though she did not always answer and when she did it was usually in the fog of a hang-over if not plain drunk. She was considerably vague with them and me but ultimately I still thought she would come to realize what she was destroying was more valuable than what she was seeking.
None the less as a family of three we were a great team and we did well with the absence of their mom. We shared Thanksgiving with my mom and sisters and had a wonderful time. Their mom was scheduled to return the next day and true to her waffling form she called seeking my approval for her to stay longer. In hindsight I should have just said fine and filed for divorce on the grounds of abandonment. What I did was read her the riot act and tell her that if she did not return the next day then she should never return. My girls were having a slumber party and waiting up for the return of their mother. I could only imagine how heartbroken they would have been. She returned and told me how horrible I was for placing her children above her friends. All of her friends hated me for being such an ogre. She spent the next day on the phone trying to ignore the world around her. When she wasn't on the phone she had her ipod blaring in her ears and did her best to ignore or annoy anyone who cared to pay attention.
This November was different. The day after Thanksgiving my daughters celebrated with me and my new bride a start of something wonderful. I remarried and all I can say is thank you to the woman who left me for setting me free to create a better home for them. There is still a struggle for my kids but now when they come here I have the blessing from God to be able to show them what love is, how a man should treat a woman, and how a woman should treat a man. We are forever here a family even when they are far away.
Check back soon for what can only be described as "A Long December"
Within a few days the girls and I had a slid routine. We woke without issue got dressed and had breakfast as a family. They called their mom every morning though she did not always answer and when she did it was usually in the fog of a hang-over if not plain drunk. She was considerably vague with them and me but ultimately I still thought she would come to realize what she was destroying was more valuable than what she was seeking.
None the less as a family of three we were a great team and we did well with the absence of their mom. We shared Thanksgiving with my mom and sisters and had a wonderful time. Their mom was scheduled to return the next day and true to her waffling form she called seeking my approval for her to stay longer. In hindsight I should have just said fine and filed for divorce on the grounds of abandonment. What I did was read her the riot act and tell her that if she did not return the next day then she should never return. My girls were having a slumber party and waiting up for the return of their mother. I could only imagine how heartbroken they would have been. She returned and told me how horrible I was for placing her children above her friends. All of her friends hated me for being such an ogre. She spent the next day on the phone trying to ignore the world around her. When she wasn't on the phone she had her ipod blaring in her ears and did her best to ignore or annoy anyone who cared to pay attention.
This November was different. The day after Thanksgiving my daughters celebrated with me and my new bride a start of something wonderful. I remarried and all I can say is thank you to the woman who left me for setting me free to create a better home for them. There is still a struggle for my kids but now when they come here I have the blessing from God to be able to show them what love is, how a man should treat a woman, and how a woman should treat a man. We are forever here a family even when they are far away.
Check back soon for what can only be described as "A Long December"
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Wow! That was a bit negative...
I just read last weeks post and I can't get myself emotionally back to that point. I'll simply say I am happy about that...
When all of this first started I didn't understand what was going on. As a husband and a father in the home I worked hard to attempt to ensure that my wife and children did not want for anything. I woke early every morning and made it into my downtown New Orleans office to start the day at 7:00 AM. I would work a regular day most times but at least one day a week I trudged on through lunch to get an extra hour in. I left at 4:30 PM every day in order to be home for dinner and to help with the kids homework. All of this would be fine if it were enough to keep the cash flowing. Any recruiter will tell you that it isn't. I often had calls at night to work with candidates and to manage new changes to the process that inevitably came up. The lifestyle we lived could not be supported on a 9-5 job and it always seemed that there was never enough. I have to take equal responsibility for always wanting more.
In retrospect we were not happy with each other so we looked for other things to fill the void of our dissatisfaction.
In September 2009 I was in position to launch into orbit in my career. I was working several high profile searches to include a CEO and a CFO for two separate small cap E&P companies. I had just completed my CPC certification and attended the NAPS convention in Vegas with my then boss and our team. It was a rough trip on the home front. I took my truck keys with me not even thinking that there was any need for it at home while I was gone. It turned out that there was car trouble and the truck was needed. My minor oversight became a huge point of contention but there was unfortunately nothing I could do. My boss and I agreed to cut the trip short and we left a day early before the rest of the team. I got home around midnight on a Friday and woke up on Saturday to a request for a divorce. At first she said that she wanted to move to CA. I responded with the exact same response as every other time we moved. "I'll quit my job and we'll move." I was serious and sincere. She said, "No. I'm leaving." We went back forth over issues and I tried every tactic I could think of to stop the destruction of our family. Our daughters were 6 and 8 at the time and I kept hearing her voice from just 3 years before. She said, "I want the girls to graduate with the same friends they make in elementary school." I worked ridiculously hard to get the home in the best neighborhood and to begin planting roots in the community. All of this was to no avail and felt like a first class waste of time for the entire effort I had made. All I ever wanted to do is satisfy my wife and as it turns out she was simply insatiable and I had failed her.
There are many more colorful ways to make that statement and she is pretty good at putting them together.
For the month of October she planned a trip away from me and the girls to CA. She moved into another room in our place and began roaming everywhere with ear buds and music blasting in her ears. The girls began to notice that she was unavailable to them and it simply broke my heart to watch them struggle with this. I started working from home in order to make sure that the kids got to school on time and get meals prepared for them. Their mom was nowhere to be found. The body that she once inhabited walked around and stirred emotions but had nothing to offer to anyone except verbal announcements of her discontent. She spent time with my friends wife. Spewing her negativity about anything and everything that was me.
I had convinced her to marry me and have kids against her will.
She never loved me.
I was a horrible husband and inattentive father
The thought of kissing me repulsed her
These were just a few of the things often heard by my friends wife and by my daughters. She was still insistent on spending for the things she desired. She did not want to eat what we had at home and she had quit her part time job so she had no money to spend. She was very free with going to the bank and removing money. She purchased a ticket to go to CA for the month of November. I quickly secured another bank account to protect the remaining funds and had my paycheck moved to that account. The account would not receive a check until the middle of November. I was at least able to get the rent paid for November before she spent it all.
I remember thinking at the time that she would come to her senses soon and that we would get through this time. That wasn't to be... I'll tell you about November next week.
When all of this first started I didn't understand what was going on. As a husband and a father in the home I worked hard to attempt to ensure that my wife and children did not want for anything. I woke early every morning and made it into my downtown New Orleans office to start the day at 7:00 AM. I would work a regular day most times but at least one day a week I trudged on through lunch to get an extra hour in. I left at 4:30 PM every day in order to be home for dinner and to help with the kids homework. All of this would be fine if it were enough to keep the cash flowing. Any recruiter will tell you that it isn't. I often had calls at night to work with candidates and to manage new changes to the process that inevitably came up. The lifestyle we lived could not be supported on a 9-5 job and it always seemed that there was never enough. I have to take equal responsibility for always wanting more.
In retrospect we were not happy with each other so we looked for other things to fill the void of our dissatisfaction.
In September 2009 I was in position to launch into orbit in my career. I was working several high profile searches to include a CEO and a CFO for two separate small cap E&P companies. I had just completed my CPC certification and attended the NAPS convention in Vegas with my then boss and our team. It was a rough trip on the home front. I took my truck keys with me not even thinking that there was any need for it at home while I was gone. It turned out that there was car trouble and the truck was needed. My minor oversight became a huge point of contention but there was unfortunately nothing I could do. My boss and I agreed to cut the trip short and we left a day early before the rest of the team. I got home around midnight on a Friday and woke up on Saturday to a request for a divorce. At first she said that she wanted to move to CA. I responded with the exact same response as every other time we moved. "I'll quit my job and we'll move." I was serious and sincere. She said, "No. I'm leaving." We went back forth over issues and I tried every tactic I could think of to stop the destruction of our family. Our daughters were 6 and 8 at the time and I kept hearing her voice from just 3 years before. She said, "I want the girls to graduate with the same friends they make in elementary school." I worked ridiculously hard to get the home in the best neighborhood and to begin planting roots in the community. All of this was to no avail and felt like a first class waste of time for the entire effort I had made. All I ever wanted to do is satisfy my wife and as it turns out she was simply insatiable and I had failed her.
There are many more colorful ways to make that statement and she is pretty good at putting them together.
For the month of October she planned a trip away from me and the girls to CA. She moved into another room in our place and began roaming everywhere with ear buds and music blasting in her ears. The girls began to notice that she was unavailable to them and it simply broke my heart to watch them struggle with this. I started working from home in order to make sure that the kids got to school on time and get meals prepared for them. Their mom was nowhere to be found. The body that she once inhabited walked around and stirred emotions but had nothing to offer to anyone except verbal announcements of her discontent. She spent time with my friends wife. Spewing her negativity about anything and everything that was me.
I had convinced her to marry me and have kids against her will.
She never loved me.
I was a horrible husband and inattentive father
The thought of kissing me repulsed her
These were just a few of the things often heard by my friends wife and by my daughters. She was still insistent on spending for the things she desired. She did not want to eat what we had at home and she had quit her part time job so she had no money to spend. She was very free with going to the bank and removing money. She purchased a ticket to go to CA for the month of November. I quickly secured another bank account to protect the remaining funds and had my paycheck moved to that account. The account would not receive a check until the middle of November. I was at least able to get the rent paid for November before she spent it all.
I remember thinking at the time that she would come to her senses soon and that we would get through this time. That wasn't to be... I'll tell you about November next week.
Monday, December 2, 2013
It's been a while...
Well I have had quite a run since the last post...
No longer working as a headhunter and taking a break from the oil & gas industry I am currently a full time student with plans to start at LSU Health Sciences next fall for the Nursing program.
Years of trying to satisfy the insatiable appetite of my now ex-wife drove me into bankruptcy and a total loss of everything that I thought I was working for. As times got tough she picked up and left and I did what I thought my save a relationship but only served to sacrifice my rights as a father to keep my kids in this state with me. I eventually found a great position with some old school friends and I had a lot of fun selling lightning protection to the oil & gas industry but ultimately I just did not feel fulfilled. I had joined the National Guard to secure some health care benefits for my children and in 2012 the time came to pay the debt for that health care. I trained as a medic and took a trip to Afghanistan to support our nation's war on terror. I got some exposure to both the good and the bad of healthcare and trauma and I found an opportunity to get back on track.
Now with 12 years active duty served in our armed forces I have an opportunity to earn a nursing degree and an active commission as a nurse in the military. I'll be able to retire from the military and still get a great post service career. You will not find much of the oil & gas industry here anymore. I may some day return to the industry as a plant or offshore medical provider but until then this is the sight that I will begin the chronological account of events leading up to this moment.
Today my children live in California with their mother.
I am remarried to the most amazing woman I have ever known.
My future is professionally very bright.
AND
I pray for the day that my children come to live with me in Louisiana.
4 years ago today their mother, having spent the entire month of November in CA, contacted an outpatient women's clinic to have a procedure performed. She had told me at the beginning of October 2009 that she wanted a divorce; she was moving to CA and if I did not let the kids go with her she would never see them again. I should have seen the wisdom in allowing them to have a life without her instead of trying to make sure she was a part of their life. That's my opinion. Perhaps in time you'll agree; perhaps not. I don't care what you think though; this blog, story and life is mine. I'm living it and the only thing you are reading is the manifestation of my best attempt at coping with missing the only good that ever came from my relationship with a woman to whom I was married for over 10 years.
More to come...
No longer working as a headhunter and taking a break from the oil & gas industry I am currently a full time student with plans to start at LSU Health Sciences next fall for the Nursing program.
Years of trying to satisfy the insatiable appetite of my now ex-wife drove me into bankruptcy and a total loss of everything that I thought I was working for. As times got tough she picked up and left and I did what I thought my save a relationship but only served to sacrifice my rights as a father to keep my kids in this state with me. I eventually found a great position with some old school friends and I had a lot of fun selling lightning protection to the oil & gas industry but ultimately I just did not feel fulfilled. I had joined the National Guard to secure some health care benefits for my children and in 2012 the time came to pay the debt for that health care. I trained as a medic and took a trip to Afghanistan to support our nation's war on terror. I got some exposure to both the good and the bad of healthcare and trauma and I found an opportunity to get back on track.
Now with 12 years active duty served in our armed forces I have an opportunity to earn a nursing degree and an active commission as a nurse in the military. I'll be able to retire from the military and still get a great post service career. You will not find much of the oil & gas industry here anymore. I may some day return to the industry as a plant or offshore medical provider but until then this is the sight that I will begin the chronological account of events leading up to this moment.
Today my children live in California with their mother.
I am remarried to the most amazing woman I have ever known.
My future is professionally very bright.
AND
I pray for the day that my children come to live with me in Louisiana.
4 years ago today their mother, having spent the entire month of November in CA, contacted an outpatient women's clinic to have a procedure performed. She had told me at the beginning of October 2009 that she wanted a divorce; she was moving to CA and if I did not let the kids go with her she would never see them again. I should have seen the wisdom in allowing them to have a life without her instead of trying to make sure she was a part of their life. That's my opinion. Perhaps in time you'll agree; perhaps not. I don't care what you think though; this blog, story and life is mine. I'm living it and the only thing you are reading is the manifestation of my best attempt at coping with missing the only good that ever came from my relationship with a woman to whom I was married for over 10 years.
More to come...
Thursday, May 5, 2011
It's Gotta Be The Speculators
In Defense of Greedy Oil Companies and Speculators - FoxNews.com
I found this article even with the failure of a spell check to at least be completely on point. I like bringing to light the fact that everything is affected by the actions taken in advance of an event. In other words; what we see in real time today has been carefully orchestrated by the reactions to previous events. So if you are told by your spouse that they no longer want to be with you then after a time of mourning you will replace them in your life. By that very truth the value of other members of the opposite sex goes up upon hearing the news that you will have a vacancy in that place in your life. Someone you might have only given passing conversation to in the past will no doubt be the object of affection in the new reality.
Much is the case with the value of anything else!
When supply goes down the future value goes up meaning that the cost for goods today is lower than the cost of goods tomorrow so long as the number of goods available continues to fall.
The art is in moving the goods in such a way that you can make a profit.
Why then would we be upset at the fact that someone is able to make money? Isn't that how we levy taxes?
Why would we be upset that the price of oil goes up with civil unrest in an oil producing nation? That would be like getting angry at the moon for reflecting the sun's light.
So in my opinion if the current administration would really like to reduce the cost of fuel there is something that they are in direct control over that can change the price of fuel immediately...
The taxes they levy on me for filling my tank with gas. The real speculator decided to increase the price of fuel and take a little off the top for themselves every time I go to the pump.
Something to think about I guess.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Subsidies or Deductions?
Repeal Oil Subsidies?
So there is news running about right now that the current administration is targeting some Oil & Gas industry specific subsidies but it would seem that the target is much more broad or that they are going to try to re-write the tax code in an effort to target a select few companies.
In this video snippet from Yahoo News you can see a clear statement that the tax deductions targeted are actually sweeping across all industries without that tax code revision and you can clearly hear the opponent having a tough time doing some simple math.
Apparently the industry pays about $100 Million per day in taxes to the US Government against profit of $200 Million per day. I think that if a company is forced to give 50% of it's profit in taxes then it is likely covering it's fair share of the load.
But that's just my opinion...
Monday, April 25, 2011
Must be the speculators! Why are fuel prices rising?
Energy in America: EPA Rules Force Shell to Abandon Oil Drilling Plans - FoxNews.com
So our President claims that there are "speculators" driving up the price of fuel in America. Sure that could be right? I mean a bunch of people in some from of Ponzi scheme mindset could buy up a bunch of futures and cause the prices of futures to go up maybe only to sell later and cause the last few people in to purchase wildly over priced and undervalued commodities right?
Doesn't that sound like the sort of business model you are in everyday in your current profession? Well sure if your selling some miracle cure for everything in the latest network marketing model...
YO!!! PRES!!! Gasoline ain't a Ponzi Scheme!
When supply goes down... and it is at your request.
Price goes up... just as you have stated you would like it too.
The only thing left is for an enterprising young capitalist to come in and still make money on the coat-tails of yet another abysmal decision made by the policy makers in this country who are allowing for our own domestic production to fall. We want our domestic hydrocarbon production to go up as well as our use of OTHER Natural Resources (Wind and Solar). We want the use of foreign hydrocarbons to go down. ALWAYS! For some reason I have been witness for my entire life to the propaganda of reducing our dependence on foreign oil while watching the decisions made which only prove to increase our dependence on foreign oil.
When actions are not consistent with the words we hear the only natural conclusion is deception. I no longer care why I am being lied to. I just want it to stop. There is every reason in the world to continue domestic production of hydrocarbons and as a country we are making decisions that jeopardize us in ways that, unfortunately, most can't even comprehend.
This has been a soap box editorial rant from the Hedhntr.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
7 Things Not to Say During a Job Interview - FoxBusiness.com
I read through the list quickly and overall it seems like common sense.
But is it?
Just because I deal with these things every day certainly doesn't mean anyone else does so here is a link for you.
What not to do in the interview...
It really is so much easier to tell someone what not to do than it is to tell them how to nail it!
If you want to know a secret to never walking out of an interview wondering what they think then be my candidate.
I am looking for Petroleum Engineers and Petroleum Geologists with 5 or more years of experience for several roles across the country.
Call now! Operators are standing by.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
BACKHANDED REPORTING ~ Can't the industry get a fair shake!
Take a moment to click the following link and read the extremely short article which ties Shell, of one of the worlds largest Oil Companies with a significant presence right here in my home town to a horrific photograph of the Deep Water Horizon. We all know that the rig had nothing to do with Shell and that in fact Trans-ocean BP and several other organizations had primary responsibility for the issues and resulting disaster but the fact that a photograph as large as the article itself is being used and that it ultimately is unrelated to the article applauding the approval of an environmental impact study is an egregious misrepresentation of the issue being reported on.
I expect "Fair & Balanced" not a null sum total!
So the good news!
1. Shell has run a hurdle for the process and they are one step closer to a new drilling permit for deep water exploration in the Gulf of Mexico.
Now the rest of the story...
2. Shell must now get the exploration plan approved in order to drill 3 new exploratory wells in roughly 2900 feet deep water about 130 miles from the Louisiana Coast
3. Finally our red-tape wielding bureaucrats need to get off their butts and issue a drilling permit
Hopefully we will see more approvals in the coming months as companies move to meet the new standards set and continue to maintain operations here in our region.
Even more hopeful that we will see the first NEW drilling permit issued before the summer ends.
Monday, March 7, 2011
Age Discrimination - Isn't that Illegal?
Yes folks; age discrimination is against the law. More specifically you can not decide not to hire someone over 40 simply because they are over 40. There is no Bona Fide Occupational Qualification that prevents someone over 40 from being CAPABLE of doing a job.
Does that change the fact that a resume that makes you look old causes someone to look less favorably on it and you as a candidate. Unfortunately not! There is some good information here to help you update that resume. You likely did a little spring cleaning around the last house you sold if not a full update of the kitchen and bath. What makes you think the same old font and format is still good 15 or 20 years later?
This article has some good tips for our Oil & Gas job seekers who by the way are among the oldest of any industry with an average age of 49.
I argue with this article in 2 or 3 areas....
#7 State when you got your degree - I will ask you if you did not state it so I will find out. Do not hide who you are.
#8 So what if your earliest job experience is most relevant. If you aren't hiding when you graduated you sure better not hide what you did between graduation and 1995
#10 Hobbies and activities belong on your Facebook page PERIOD! While it might be fun to discuss how you race vintage British Mini's on the weekends or the training you are doing for the next triathlon; let's save that for the interview. You can use it as a secret weapon when you are sitting in the interviewer's office and you notice the photo of a 1978 Spitfire on the wall or after you have seen the manager pull up with a 70.2 sticker on his window.
I argue with this article in 2 or 3 areas....
#7 State when you got your degree - I will ask you if you did not state it so I will find out. Do not hide who you are.
#8 So what if your earliest job experience is most relevant. If you aren't hiding when you graduated you sure better not hide what you did between graduation and 1995
#10 Hobbies and activities belong on your Facebook page PERIOD! While it might be fun to discuss how you race vintage British Mini's on the weekends or the training you are doing for the next triathlon; let's save that for the interview. You can use it as a secret weapon when you are sitting in the interviewer's office and you notice the photo of a 1978 Spitfire on the wall or after you have seen the manager pull up with a 70.2 sticker on his window.
Bullish on the Black Gold - Only a matter of time
Okay, so we have known that the predicted prices of oil above $100 a barrel would eventually get here again. Heck it's a normal course of action for a global debt driven economy; prices will rise in order to pay last weeks interest rates. Now let's just hope we can squeeze a little margin out of the inflation and get a little income and new jobs for some of us. Good luck at the pumps.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
March Engineering and Geology Outlook
~ GRAY MATTERS ~
From the desk of Thomas Gray
My how time flies… It seems just a moment ago we were trying to disposition the remains of the Thanksgiving Feast I have looked up and realized that we have now gone through three major holidays and the close of football season. It’s already March!
In that brief time we have seen some activity begin again in the Gulf, well that happened yesterday. We have seen a lot of movement in our industry as companies continue to hire and grow the Engineering Staff in order to support their expanding growth. We are getting more requests to support offshore deepwater work and one clear sign of significant growth is a need for health and safety professionals to manage the on-boarding process of a growing employee base.
I have listed below 5 significant opportunities. Please take a look at the Universal Personnel website for a complete list of our open positions.
VP Operations – Houston, TX
• Posted on Tue, 2/1/2011
• Position Type: Direct Hire
• Education: Petroleum Engineering Degree
• Experience: 10+ Years with preferred specific experience in the Permian Basin, secondary recovery experience is a plus
VP Exploration – Corpus Christie, TX
• Posted on Tue, 2/8/2011
• Position Type: Direct Hire
• Education: Geology Degree
• Experience: 10+ Years with a focus on South TX SE TX and the TX Gulf Coast
Sr. Facilities Engineer – Offshore – International Rotation based from Houston
• Posted on Tue, 2/15/2011
• Position Type: Direct Hire
• Education: Engineering Degree
• Experience: 15+ Years with 5 years in deepwater facilities engineering role. Experience supporting FPSO and Platform reliability and performance.
HSE Advisor – Houston, TX
• Posted on Tue, 2/8/2011
• Position Type: Direct Hire
• Education: 4 Year Degree
• Experience: 10+ Years with significant experience in multi floor support of Health, Safety and Environmental risk mitigation for a large company
Sr Acquisitions Advisor – Houston, TX
• Posted on Tue, 3/1/2011
• Position Type: Direct Hire
• Education: Petroleum Engineering Degree
• Experience: 10+ Years with significant experience evaluating acquisitions of 100 Million or more in dollar value. This is an engineering role in support of large acquisitions
From the desk of Thomas Gray
My how time flies… It seems just a moment ago we were trying to disposition the remains of the Thanksgiving Feast I have looked up and realized that we have now gone through three major holidays and the close of football season. It’s already March!
In that brief time we have seen some activity begin again in the Gulf, well that happened yesterday. We have seen a lot of movement in our industry as companies continue to hire and grow the Engineering Staff in order to support their expanding growth. We are getting more requests to support offshore deepwater work and one clear sign of significant growth is a need for health and safety professionals to manage the on-boarding process of a growing employee base.
I have listed below 5 significant opportunities. Please take a look at the Universal Personnel website for a complete list of our open positions.
VP Operations – Houston, TX
• Posted on Tue, 2/1/2011
• Position Type: Direct Hire
• Education: Petroleum Engineering Degree
• Experience: 10+ Years with preferred specific experience in the Permian Basin, secondary recovery experience is a plus
VP Exploration – Corpus Christie, TX
• Posted on Tue, 2/8/2011
• Position Type: Direct Hire
• Education: Geology Degree
• Experience: 10+ Years with a focus on South TX SE TX and the TX Gulf Coast
Sr. Facilities Engineer – Offshore – International Rotation based from Houston
• Posted on Tue, 2/15/2011
• Position Type: Direct Hire
• Education: Engineering Degree
• Experience: 15+ Years with 5 years in deepwater facilities engineering role. Experience supporting FPSO and Platform reliability and performance.
HSE Advisor – Houston, TX
• Posted on Tue, 2/8/2011
• Position Type: Direct Hire
• Education: 4 Year Degree
• Experience: 10+ Years with significant experience in multi floor support of Health, Safety and Environmental risk mitigation for a large company
Sr Acquisitions Advisor – Houston, TX
• Posted on Tue, 3/1/2011
• Position Type: Direct Hire
• Education: Petroleum Engineering Degree
• Experience: 10+ Years with significant experience evaluating acquisitions of 100 Million or more in dollar value. This is an engineering role in support of large acquisitions
The Noble Nod - Or is it?
So the news is that the present administration has approved a deepwater drilling project in the Gulf of Mexico, the first permit approved since the ban was lifted in October last year. The good news is that the project does not have to comply with new strict regulations that are being imposed on the new projects waiting for approval.
What?
The NEW project doesn't have to abide by the rules of NEW projects?
NO!!!
This is not a new project!
Noble Energy was already doing this work and they were forced to stop when the current administration jerked a knee and put our economy against the ropes with OPEC in the opposing corner.
Don't get me wrong it's great that this project is resumed and it will bring a few needed jobs; maybe. It will bring some more oil to the surface; eventually; maybe.
Just don't go running around saying that The White House is doing us any favors because they honestly have yet to approve a real new project to create real private jobs and a real organic boost to the economy.
I'll say it again. Drill deep! Drill now! Take action to relieve our dependency on foreign oil AND work on new energy initiatives to augment our hydrocarbon consumption requirements.
As I type this there is a project waiting for a green light in the Gulf of Mexico that would be a true boost. The largest offshore wind generating project in the world would be off the coast of Houston and already underway if the action matched the rhetoric from our current administration.
We need all of the energy sources running in order to power our wireless blogging efforts from the local coffee shop.
It is nice to know that something is moving again today that wasn't two days ago though.
Oil and Gas News | Lousiana Oil and Gas Association
What?
The NEW project doesn't have to abide by the rules of NEW projects?
NO!!!
This is not a new project!
Noble Energy was already doing this work and they were forced to stop when the current administration jerked a knee and put our economy against the ropes with OPEC in the opposing corner.
Don't get me wrong it's great that this project is resumed and it will bring a few needed jobs; maybe. It will bring some more oil to the surface; eventually; maybe.
Just don't go running around saying that The White House is doing us any favors because they honestly have yet to approve a real new project to create real private jobs and a real organic boost to the economy.
I'll say it again. Drill deep! Drill now! Take action to relieve our dependency on foreign oil AND work on new energy initiatives to augment our hydrocarbon consumption requirements.
As I type this there is a project waiting for a green light in the Gulf of Mexico that would be a true boost. The largest offshore wind generating project in the world would be off the coast of Houston and already underway if the action matched the rhetoric from our current administration.
We need all of the energy sources running in order to power our wireless blogging efforts from the local coffee shop.
It is nice to know that something is moving again today that wasn't two days ago though.
Oil and Gas News | Lousiana Oil and Gas Association
Thursday, February 24, 2011
A little news that is nice to hear - Something to warm the heart and make you smile.
Help for the Looming Energy Workforce ShortageFrom an Unexpected Source — Colorado Energy News
I always like to hear about people who manage to get their Philantropreneurial venture rolling. It sounds like this is one group that is on the ball to make an impact in a couple of areas.
GoodWill Industries of Denver is making a difference in the exploration and production of Oil and Gas as well as the lives of the young students who are able to achieve success in their program.
Two Thumbs Up!
I always like to hear about people who manage to get their Philantropreneurial venture rolling. It sounds like this is one group that is on the ball to make an impact in a couple of areas.
GoodWill Industries of Denver is making a difference in the exploration and production of Oil and Gas as well as the lives of the young students who are able to achieve success in their program.
Two Thumbs Up!
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Global oil drilling in deepwater surges while the U.S. goes stale
Oil drilling in deepwater surges despite BP disaster - Jan. 11, 2011
As the article states, the U.S. long a pioneer in so many things has been the single largest producer of oil from deep water operations in the world. We currently produce over 1.5 million barrels a day in our deep water gulf operations and that is with no new permits allowed in nearly a year.
Our administration has a choice to allow us to continue to grow our economic position or to hamstring us back from "Pioneer to Pilgrim". We should be well beyond "Pilgrim" status. We know what our resources are and we know how to get to them and exploit them. We have long been "Pioneers" in so many areas of technology and here we are in the lead on global deep water production and we are about to slide backwards if we aren't careful.
That giant sucking sound you hear when you remove the gas cap from your empty fuel tank will simply be a symptom and nothing more than a blip compared to the vacuum of talent as engineers, geologists and other professionals export their talents to the producing fields around the world.
Tread lightly Obama? NO! Tread deeply! As in 500' or below to keep your country in business. The ponzi scheme of government jobs is soon going to fall apart without some tax revenue generating jobs to back it up. I once thought, "You can't export Oil & Gas production." I never considered that we would even think about quitting in this country.
As the article states, the U.S. long a pioneer in so many things has been the single largest producer of oil from deep water operations in the world. We currently produce over 1.5 million barrels a day in our deep water gulf operations and that is with no new permits allowed in nearly a year.
Our administration has a choice to allow us to continue to grow our economic position or to hamstring us back from "Pioneer to Pilgrim". We should be well beyond "Pilgrim" status. We know what our resources are and we know how to get to them and exploit them. We have long been "Pioneers" in so many areas of technology and here we are in the lead on global deep water production and we are about to slide backwards if we aren't careful.
That giant sucking sound you hear when you remove the gas cap from your empty fuel tank will simply be a symptom and nothing more than a blip compared to the vacuum of talent as engineers, geologists and other professionals export their talents to the producing fields around the world.
Tread lightly Obama? NO! Tread deeply! As in 500' or below to keep your country in business. The ponzi scheme of government jobs is soon going to fall apart without some tax revenue generating jobs to back it up. I once thought, "You can't export Oil & Gas production." I never considered that we would even think about quitting in this country.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Chevron's $1.4 billion expansion means more jobs - WLOX-TV and WLOX.com - The News for South Mississippi
From an article by Doug Walker, ABC News; a little expansion in our US Production capability means 20 permanent full time jobs in Mississippi.
Chevron's $1.4 billion expansion means more jobs - WLOX-TV and WLOX.com - The News for South Mississippi
This is nice but... In my opinion we still need to get out of the way of the expansion of domestic exploration efforts if we are really going to get away from foreign oil dependency.
Chevron's $1.4 billion expansion means more jobs - WLOX-TV and WLOX.com - The News for South Mississippi
This is nice but... In my opinion we still need to get out of the way of the expansion of domestic exploration efforts if we are really going to get away from foreign oil dependency.
The Pendulum Swings
A little report about jobless claims and turnover in the workplace. We have been hearing about the glut of talent out there looking for jobs but quite frankly, I have not seen the numbers of qualified unemployed that the media reports. In fact I have warned a few of my clients that the exact opposite is true and that in order to attract the talent they want they must look at a recruiting mechanism to bring people from their competitors to them.
Now the article is out and apparently the data is in...
Alan Farnham ABC News
For the fourth straight month more people are leaving one company to join another than are being laid off in America.
That not so large talent pool just got a little smaller...
Now the article is out and apparently the data is in...
Numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that in November, the last month for which data are available, more workers voluntarily left their jobs than were laid off. Some 1.849 million people quit, compared to 1.657 million who were laid off.
Alan Farnham ABC News
For the fourth straight month more people are leaving one company to join another than are being laid off in America.
That not so large talent pool just got a little smaller...
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