The international online job board for the oil and gas industry, OilCareers<http://www.oilcareers.com/> has opened its first office in North America and has embarked on an international candidate attraction programme, to increase its users from the current total of 640,000.

OilCareers’ new office in Houston, Texas will serve the USA and Canada, both of which are already strong markets for the company.

Building on its ten years of experience and position as the leading player in oil and gas jobs, the new marketing campaign reaches relevant oil and gas workers across multiple platforms to deliver the best candidates for OilCareers’ clients.

The ‘Oil and Gas Jobs Giant’ creative encourages candidates to register and leave their CV. In the UK, activity is centred around the oil hub of Aberdeen – with Houston being the focus of the US activity. Aberdeen benefits from promotion across roadside posters, airport/heliport branding, bus advertising, taxi livery and radio advertising. Candidate attraction in Houston is driven through search engine marketing, targeted online advertising on professional networks e.g. LinkedIn and Facebook, billboards and a radio campaign.

OilCareers presence at major industry conferences and exhibitions around the globe will also ensure the website is top of mind for oil and gas job seekers. By powering the online jobs channels of international trade magazines WorldOil and Petroleum Economist, OilCareers also reaches potential candidates as they search for industry news.

Mark Guest, MD of OilCareers.com, comments: “Given the nature of the oil and gas industry, OilCareers has always been a global brand. However, the launch of our international candidate attraction campaign will go even further to cement our position as the leading site for oil and gas jobs. Our highly targeted, multi-channel approach ensures we’ll reach oil and gas workers throughout the day and drive the most relevant candidates to OilCareers for our clients. Last month saw us break the record for unique visitors to OilCareers, a 14% increase on the previous highest month. This latest activity, including our new office in Houston, is not a one-off but is part of our long term commitment to making our leading service even better.”

A Leading recruitment site for the oil and gas industry has today announced a new feature that is sure to benefit candidates and recruiters alike. In a move that is a first for any industry specific job site, www.oilandgaspeople.com will allow each of its registered candidates to make their profiles live on the web. Candidate’s profiles will in effect become an online virtual CV, which can be linked to from other sites and social networks and also used when applying for jobs elsewhere online. All profiles will be fully optimised to appear in search engine results and candidates can choose to make all or part of their profile visible.

Managing Director of Oil and Gas People, Kevin Forbes said, ‘The idea behind Oil and Gas People from the start has been to offer a better service to recruiters and candidates in the oil and gas industry. The web is evolving at a great pace and traditional job sites are now being left behind. We follow a new model that is already offering candidates and recruiters a better service. This announcement will set us even further ahead of the competition and hopefully give candidates another tool they can use in their quest for employment. Our oil and gas social networking site, www.oilandgascommunity.com already gives anyone in the industry a place to network, share information and keep in touch with colleagues and friends. We hope the two sites will now compliment each other more.’

oilandgaspeople.com was launched to candidates in September 2009 at Offshore Europe and is due to go live to recruiters in January 2010. The site does away with traditional job posts and the normal application process. Instead candidates build detailed profiles which recruiters positions are then automatically matched to. No longer do candidates have to constantly search for their next position, jobs will literally find them. Recruiters instead of getting an inbox full of hundreds of CV’s get instant matches to suitable and available candidates. With a more efficient service and cost savings of up to 75% over other job sites recruiters have a right to be excited.

More information on Oil and Gas People for candidates can be found here http://www.oilandgaspeople.com/candidates/ and recruiters can click here http://www.oilandgaspeople.com/recruiters/ where a sample profile is also available.

The TipTopJob Group has now launched theOILandGASjob.com as one of their 35 specialist jobsites due to the demand from existing clients.

The site which caters for Oil, Gas, Utility and Service related jobs has taken over from theUTILITYjob.com and will have jobs from all levels of employment registered online.

One of the main benefits from using The TipTopJob Group comes through the ability to be able to use all of the relevant, available specialist sites. Clients can post jobs into theOILandGASjob.com but can also post jobs onto theENGINEERINGjob.com or any one of the other sites as well. The beauty of our network is the ability to use these multiple jobsites all from one account.

Likewise, many Clients in the Oil and Gas industry will be recruiting overseas so The TipTopJob Group can also offer International recruitment as well. There are sites for localised recruitment within a Country (e.g. ae.tiptopjob.com) but also global domains for fully International advertising.

Mike Dauncey comments, “This has been on the cards for a few months now so we are pleased to announce the launch. We hope to be able to attract specialist clients who only deal in the Oil and Gas industry whether they are recruiting within the UK or Internationally.”

A new website is set to change the way oil companies and agencies recruit employees. Launched to candidates at Offshore Europe and due to go live to recruiters soon! www.oilandgaspeople.com raises the bar to new levels with their bold and very unconventional recruitment model that is the cause of much concern to existing oil and gas job sites.

Designed from the very offset to offer a better solution for recruiters and candidates, www.oilandgaspeople.com will minimize a recruiter’s work load whilst speeding up the process of finding suitable candidates. No longer will recruiters need to advertise positions online, wait for candidates to respond and then have to spend days sorting through masses of CV’s often received. Oilandgaspeople will instantly match suitable candidates to positions uploaded by recruiters.

Candidate matches will be instant and very accurate, due to the vast amount of information held on each candidate. We can match candidates based on their experience, qualifications, training, location, personal requirements, visas held, salary expectations, previous companies worked for, job title, availability, project experience, industry experience and more… Recruiters can even prioritise each requirement to get supper accurate matches.

Candidates no longer have to continuously search job sites, they are safe in the knowledge that if a suitable position is posted that meets their requirements then they will be automatically put forward. Candidates will maintain complete control over their contact details by having to confirm their interest in each position, before the recruiter receives their contact details. This process means candidates no longer receive cold calls about irrelevant positions and recruiters can instantly find suitable candidates.

What makes oilandgaspeople.com really different is that the above process is completely free! Recruiters no longer have to pay thousands per year to access a data base of candidates, nor do they have to pay hundreds of pounds per time just to advertise a position. Oilandgaspeople.com will only ever charge a fee when a candidate is placed in a position or accepted for an interview.

Recruiters can confirm a candidates interest and carry out pre screening through the site before receiving their edited CV for FREE. If the candidate is accepted for the position then recruiters pay a small fee for that persons contact details at the final stage. For convenience candidates can also upload all their certification, qualifications and employment documents to their profile, these will automatically be sent to the recruiter once a match is confirmed.

Oilandgaspeople.com also aims to go beyond the services of other job sites. We hope to be announcing some key partnership agreements in the near future that will allow us to offer contractors and consultants in the industry, a complete solution for their business management. LTD company insurance will be provided through the site at very competitive rates and exclusive offers will be available from accountancy and pay role firms.

To show our commitment to the industry we have recently launched www.oilandgascommunity.com which is a social networking site aimed at improving networking and communication between oil and gas people worldwide. The site will allow the sharing and free exchange of lessons learned, incident alerts, lateral learning and safety bulletins. A safety document library will soon be offered along with lots of information pages for new starts to the industry.

More information on www.oilandgaspeople.com and why we are better for recruiters and candidates can be found here

With the current down turn in the oil industry and a recent trend for pay cuts and pay offs, a record number of people in the industry are now seeking employment. The decline in oil prices has lead to projects being put on hold and some projects being cancelled altogether. Major oil companies are looking to reduce costs, and in doing so are cutting their work force.

This has an immediate impact on the recruitment industry, with some recruitment companies reporting half the amount of positions and double the amount of available candidates, compared to this time last year. With the market even more competitive than ever before recruitment companies are also looking to cut costs. Unfortunately this isn’t so easy as in a down turn, recruitment agencies work loads actually increase, as more people seek employment.

Most recruitment companies covering the oil and gas sector use sites like oilcareers and oilandgasjobsearch to find candidates and advertise positions. These sites are so well established that they are a must have resource for recruitment companies. They charge extortionate rates and do nothing to help recruiters cut costs. They know there model works and they know recruiters have to use them, as there is no alternative! Until now…

www.oilandgaspeople.com is a new recruitment site developed by Kevin Forbes, a contractor who works in the Oil Industry. Kevin seen the problems faced by recruiters and also the frustration faced by candidates seeking work. He says: “Oilandgaspeople fills a gap in the market and offers a solution that is genuinely better for recruiters and candidates”.

No longer do recruiters have to pay for job postings and access to a database. Candidates benefit by being automatically matched to positions that they meet the requirements for. Candidates don’t have to browse for new jobs every day and they will never miss out on suitable positions. Recruiters don’t need to wait for candidates to reply to job postings and no longer have to sort through hundreds of irrelevant CV’s often received in response to job ads.

The best thing is the above process is totally free, with recruiters only ever paying a fee when they have a candidate match. There are no hidden fees and the site includes many features that other job sites charge for, for free!

Oilandgaspeople has been created from a clean slate; the site follows a new model and has been designed to offer a better solution for candidates and recruiters. We aim to be the largest oil and gas job site, which we will achieve by working with recruiters and candidates, listening to feedback received and building a site that works for Oil and Gas People and not for the media companies profiting vastly from other sites!

To prove our commitment to the industry we have also launched a community site that will allow oil and gas people the world over to network and exchange information. www.oilandgascommunity.com aims to create safer work environments by allowing oil and gas people world wide to learn from each others experiences, mistakes, lessons learned and to share advances in technology and improved work methods.

www.oilandgaspeople is live to candidates now and will be live to recruiters soon.

More information on how the site benefits recruiters and candidates can be found here http://www.oilandgaspeople.com/about.asp

Social networking is growing more popular every day, LinkedIn, Facebook, Bebo, Twitter and others, have fast became a part of our every day lives. The ability to network and connect with like minded people all over the world is not only a great way to socialise and keep in touch with friends; it is also a very powerful business and marketing tool.

Lots of small companies and even some larger ones are releasing the power of the web and using it as a way of generating interest in their business. Lots of companies now recruit on social networking sites and the chances are if you don’t have an online presence you are probably missing out.

All of the above are reasons why people join such sites. www.oilandgaspeople.com hopes to take it a step further. We believe social networking could be used to improve safety within the oil and gas industry. In terms of safety, some countries are much further ahead than others, some companies have strict policies in place, and others have next to none. The standard varies from country to country and from individual to individual.

It comes down to training, knowledge and education. We see the same accidents occurring time and time again. Often those involved will say they ‘didn’t know’ or ‘weren’t aware’ Accidents and incidents that probably would have been avoided, if only we had managed to learn from other peoples lessons and mistakes.

Let’s use the powers of social networking to share lessons learned and to educate others in the industry. Wouldn’t it be great to have a massive resource of people from all aspects of the industry? A bank of knowledge and information that can be tapped at any time! From every day tasks to huge projects, you can bet someone has done it before. They may know a better way, a product you wasn’t aware of or a procedure that could save you time, money and improve safety.

The industry is ever changing, ever developing and pushing the barriers of new technology every day. It’s impossible to keep track with everything. Let’s use social networking to expand our knowledge, share our experiences and to improve safety across the board.

www.oilandgaspeople.com is not just another oil and gas job site. It has been created by oil and gas people, for oil and gas people! As part of the site and to prove our commitment to the industry, we are proud to announce the launch of www.oilandgascommunity.com a brand new social networking site for anyone working in oil and gas.

It doesn’t matter where you work or what you do, we are confident you will have something to bring to the table. We are going to be developing the site over the coming months and hope to include lots of pages with information, lessons learned, new technology, industry news etc, etc…

People can post requests for help and information on the forums. Join groups of like minded people, create events, chat instantly with other members, share information through blogs and build a profile advertising their company.

If you work in health and safety our sister site www.hsepeople.com will also be very relevant to you. HSE people is a well established community site that will give people an insight into the potential of www.oilandgascommunity.com

Hope to see you all there soon.

Kevin Forbes

www.oilandgaspeople.com

www.oilandgascommunity.com

www.hsepeople.com