This showed up in my inbox today. What's your impression of it? Does it look legitimate?

Question

Having looked at your resume in Hotjobs, you are invited to apply:

Field Engineer in Oil and Gas Services Industry

"not your 9-5, inside job"

A global oil and gas drilling services company is seeking field engineers
with 0-3 years of experience. The work would be at oil and gas drilling
sites in the Southern, Mid-West, and Western USA. It is exciting work
that gives one the opportunity for hands on engineering. The work is
almost totally outdoors—hard hat, steel toed boots, and coveralls. The
company provides excellent, extensive training; a defined career path at a
"grow from within" company; and opportunities for leadership
roles within the first year. This company is in a growth mode, with a
bright future and a
"positive attitude" culture.

First year salary: $58,500.00. Opportunity for bonuses after training
complete. With bonuses, $62,000 is potential for first year.

Requirements:
•Engineering Bachelor’s degree (mechanical, electrical, petroleum,
chemical, civil, geological, aeronautical, materials, environmental,
industrial etc) or Physics or Geosciences (geology, geophysics) with a 2.8
GPA or higher from an USA ABET accredited program.
•Zero to three (3) years of work experience
•Right to work in the US for two years without sponsorship
•High energy, self-motivated individuals seeking challenges are
encouraged to apply
•Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, problem solving
skills, team leaders and self-starters. A sense of adventure and ambition
are a must in this outdoors, 24-hour, 365-day work environment.
•Willing to relocate

Company Description:
A leading supplier of services and technology to the international
petroleum industry providing virtually every type of service to the
upstream exploration and production industry, with presence in over 100
countries.

Positions are available with our service segments in:
Reservoir Evaluation and Development – Wireline, Seismic, Well Services,
Drilling and Measurements, Well Completions and Productivity, and
Integrated Project Management.

Job Responsibilities:
You will work directly with the customer/client while providing services
vital to the energy industry. The success of the job is in your hands. The
job is both physically and mentally challenging.

You will enter an intense training program in preparation for this
challenge. The training program encompasses safety, driving, equipment
operation and maintenance, troubleshooting, materials chemistry, technical
procedures and computer applications, personnel management and interfacing
with customers. You will then be developed through a Structured Career
Development Path to progress into management, technical, personnel or
marketing roles. You will be rewarded with training, excellent benefits,
salary & incentives, and a challenging career.

For your questions or to apply:

Email your resume to [e-mail]


The Nicholas Charles Company, a staffing company,

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Yeah, it was almost 2 years ago when I might have put a resume on hotjobs.
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Answer 1

They are headhunters looking for field engineers for Schlumberger Well Services.

I worked for Schlumberger when I first graduated. It's decent starting pay for an engineer fresh out of school. The work is not technically demanding, but the hours can be a killer, as you will be on-call 24/7 for 14 days at-a-time (then you get 4 days off (at least that's how it was back in the early 80's).

The training will be 6 weeks in a training facility (was in Oklahoma City in early 80's), where most of your living expenses will be paid.

The side benefits are excellent.

I also benefitted from the training in radiation (radioactivity theory) in my next 2 jobs after Schlumberger.

If you have any other questions about them -- e-mail me.

PS I know nothing of Nicholas Charles (other than they *have* to be a headhunter company). Schlumberger should pay their hiring fee. If they don't, try contacting Schlumberger directly.

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Answer 2

While reading the job description, my first thought was this could be a legit mud logging or wireline job. Sure enough further down I saw this
"Positions are available with our service segments in:
Reservoir Evaluation and Development – Wireline, Seismic, Well Services, Drilling and Measurements, Well Completions and Productivity, and Integrated Project Management"

It strikes me as probably legit as it matches what I know of a lot of the oilfield service industry (I'm a chemical engineer myself but have only passing knowledge of upstream work). Be warned, those jobs require long/strange hours and lots of travel. The compensation can be good though.

Answer 3

Personally I'd pitch it, seeing it has been at least 2 years since you think you posted a resume. Besides it is a staffing Co. sending you the info. My guess would be they did a search on Hotjobs and your old resume came up.

Answer 4

i got the same one several times recently after posting my resume on various online job sites.

first of all its a recuriter that gets a kickback for filling positions for other companies, they aren't offering you a job, they want you to sign up so they can try to match you with a company,

Second, I think its fraud because they ask for way too much personal info, You shouldn't give your social security number to an employer until they have given you a written offer which would only be after an in-person interview.

Be careful with these types of things.

One thing I found to be incredibly useful in my job search was sending hard copies of my resume to companies via snail mail. An email or internet subitted resume is easy to loose and ignore. When a secretary gets a hard copy of a resume it looks important so they pass it on to their supervisor, then they have a physical piece of paper that they have to look at before they can loose it in their inbox.

In my job search I got a response from every single company that I sent a hard copy of my resume to. Some companies sent me an application, others called to schedule interviews, I had a much better response rate than with online/email submissions.

My other piece of advice is to customize your cover letter for each job, make a standard genaric one but then edit it for each company. Do a little research online about the company (usually just on their website) and add enough personalized touch to make it look like you have had your eye on this company for a while.

Good Luck with the Job search and be carefull of anyone who asks for personal information up front, its probably a scam.
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Answer 5

Well, checking on Nicholas Charles Company, they are a real recruitment firm, i.e. "head hunters". I'm guessing you have your resume posted with one of those job hunting sites, and a recruiter at that company noticed it while scanning the site. So, it's probably a real job offer, although, of course, that doesn't you have a decent chance to get it.

Answer 6

Email or call HotJobs or the company to verify.

If you haven't done business with HotJobs then its spam. If you have then look into it.

Answer 7

This is a fairly common form of phishing. If this agency is not within driving distance, ignore them. If they are, ask to visit the office before you give them any information.

Answer 8

It might be legitimate. It looks more like head hunters trying to find people to fill positions for clients. It's the ol'; shot gun approach to finding recruits.

Answer 9

I found the following and it does sound legit. You might want to do some more checking around before you do anything rash. Good luck.

Answer 10

Did you post your resume on Hotjobs? If so, it might be real. if not, pitch it. Spam.