From AM630 CHED Calgary’s unemployment rate has now hit double digits. Statistics Canada says the city’s jobless rate rose from 9.5 to 10.2 per cent in October, easily the highest rate of any of the major cities in Canada. ATB Financial’s Todd Hirsch tells News Talk 770 it’s not that we’re seeing many more layoffs in the oil and gas
Where are the new jobs that accompany a robust economy? According to the U.S. government’s Bureau of Labor Statistics’ job numbers released today, in September 7.9 million people were unemployed, which is 5% of 158 million people with jobs in the U.S. workforce. Digging a little bit into the government’s employment/unemployment numbers adds color to the report. U-3: the official unemployment
From CBC News Severance is gone, EI has run out, and still no job on the horizon Andy Williams lost his job in September. Not this September, or the year before; Williams was laid off from his job as a geoscientist at StatOil in September 2014. With 25 years in the industry, he was one of many scientists and other professionals who created
Oil & Gas Companies, Mines STEM Students Discuss Careers The Ben Parker student center at the Colorado School of Mines was a sea of engineers in suits Tuesday morning as hundreds turned out for the school’s fall Career Fair. The event featured more than 230 companies and organizations looking for new talent. One recent master’s graduate said the event was
Trump Energy Policy at Top of Oil & Gas Industry’s Mind Presidential candidate Donald J. Trump will headline the seventh annual Western Conservative Summit Friday morning in Denver, giving an address at 10:30 a.m. at the Colorado Convention Center, the candidate’s first public appearance in Colorado. Jeff Hunt, producer of the event and Director of the Centennial Institute at Colorado Christian University—the
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the June report on unemployment today. Unemployment fell from 5.0% to 4.7% and the economy added only 38,000 jobs in May. The job gain was the lowest since 2010. In the last few years, the market has averaged gains of 200,000 jobs per month. April’s gains of 123,000 jobs and the May gain of
From USA Today Looking for a new job is no easy task. The process is fraught with sterile rejection emails, awkward interview experiences, and tricky conversations. Sometimes you may even go months without getting a single interview. At some point during your search, you might hit a road block that is so devastating, you begin to question whether or not
Remember this Number: #78 Hydraulic Fracturing Effectively Shuts Down in Colorado if Initiative #78 Passes: COGCC Report Roughly 90% of Colorado – 60 Million Acres – would be Taken Out of Play by Proposed Mandatory Setback As a record 38 million Americans took to the nation’s highways for a Memorial Day weekend trip fueled by cheap $2.28 gasoline, the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
88,000 Wind Jobs and Hiring It may not be anywhere close to the size of the oil and gas industry, but the wind industry has been on a hiring binge of late. The wind sector supported 88,000 jobs at the start of 2016, according to the U.S. Wind Industry Annual Market Report Year Ending 2015, from the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA)
60 Natural Gas Pipeline Inspectors Needed Energy Experts International is currently seeking to fill multiple job openings for Natural Gas Pipeline Inspectors with journeyman experience. The work location will be in Northern and Central California and is expected to start in June 2016 time period. Applications will CLOSE by Thursday, April 14, 2016. The project is expected to be at least
Getting Certified The American Petroleum Institute (API) has launched a program to certify pipeline inspectors. Oil & Gas 360® spoke with an API media spokesperson who answered questions about the program. OAG360®: What is the specific prerequisite education and/or experience/job title a person needs to achieve this certification? API: The qualification requirements for the API 1169 Pipeline Inspector Certification Program
