msmith1199
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Can you drive long distances? The one thing I see a lot of help wanted ads for is truck drivers. If you don't already have a CDL there are plenty of truck driving schools around. You can probably get some type of loan or grant to attend one and get your CDL. And the one nice thing about doing that is as long as you keep your license current it's always something to fall back on if you move into some different career.
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Dave E
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The jobs in the North Dakota area are there for a while (4 to 5 years or longer) unless the price of oil dips dramatically, the only problem is as you know from your cousin is the lack of housing and the cost of it. The jobs are plentiful, it is sometimes dangerous work and if you are away from your family it gets lonely. The Midland Odessa Texas area is also in an oil boom, when we were out there 3-4 weeks a go, jobs were plentiful, again not much housing my son had a job in 4 days, he moved from the North Dakota oil area (preferred a warmer climate). So if you are uncertain stay where you are and be thankful you have the part time jobs you have since your area seems to be economicly depressed or move to an area that is not. It is a hard decision and I wish you luck however you decide
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Dave E
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msmith1199 wrote:SRT wrote:
North Dakota can be really cold and windy during the winter. There's nothing to stop the wind blowing. Even the farmers plant trees to shield fields from the wind (these trees also help create snow drifts which turn to water for the soil in the spring). I lived in North central Montana for a number of years and I can tell you it can get damn cold some winters. Plus the wind never seemed to stop blowing.
The man is looking for a job, not a vacation on the beach. People work the oil fields in Northern Alaska too. It may be cold but it's a job.
I think this is to what you are referring not my post also. I deleted it form this post
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Dave E wrote:The jobs in the North Dakota area are there for a while (4 to 5 years or longer) unless the price of oil dips dramatically, the only problem is as you know from your cousin is the lack of housing and the cost of it. The jobs are plentiful, it is sometimes dangerous work and if you are away from your family it gets lonely. The Midland Odessa Texas area is also in an oil boom, when we were out there 3-4 weeks a go, jobs were plentiful, again not much housing my son had a job in 4 days, he moved from the North Dakota oil area (preferred a warmer climate). So if you are uncertain stay where you are and be thankful you have the part time jobs you have since your area seems to be economicly depressed or move to an area that is not. It is a hard decision and I wish you luck however you decide
North Dakota can be really cold and windy during the winter. There's nothing to stop the wind blowing. Even the farmers plant trees to shield fields from the wind (these trees also help create snow drifts which turn to water for the soil in the spring). I lived in North central Montana for a number of years and I can tell you it can get damn cold some winters. Plus the wind never seemed to stop blowing.
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msmith1199
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SRT wrote:Dave E wrote:The jobs in the North Dakota area are there for a while (4 to 5 years or longer) unless the price of oil dips dramatically, the only problem is as you know from your cousin is the lack of housing and the cost of it. The jobs are plentiful, it is sometimes dangerous work and if you are away from your family it gets lonely. The Midland Odessa Texas area is also in an oil boom, when we were out there 3-4 weeks a go, jobs were plentiful, again not much housing my son had a job in 4 days, he moved from the North Dakota oil area (preferred a warmer climate). So if you are uncertain stay where you are and be thankful you have the part time jobs you have since your area seems to be economicly depressed or move to an area that is not. It is a hard decision and I wish you luck however you decide
North Dakota can be really cold and windy during the winter. There's nothing to stop the wind blowing. Even the farmers plant trees to shield fields from the wind (these trees also help create snow drifts which turn to water for the soil in the spring). I lived in North central Montana for a number of years and I can tell you it can get damn cold some winters. Plus the wind never seemed to stop blowing.
The man is looking for a job, not a vacation on the beach. People work the oil fields in Northern Alaska too. It may be cold but it's a job.
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Not sure if you're willing to move or not but the company I work for is having a hard time finding good workers. The pay is okay, benefits are acceptable and its long term. It is hard to find housing here right now because of the gas well workers but if you look hard enough you can find something.
I live in northcentral Pennsylvania.
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FunnyCamper
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t-train wrote:the realization that I'll probably never find a full time job with benefits again. For now I will keep working my part time jobs.
I know there's a lot of people who are not as lucky as me.
it is ok if your part time jobs are stable. your wife has the benefits. you are super lucky for that.
times are horrible out there in many locations. many are in this boat right now.
and, you never know what the future holds. a full time job could be 1 week away, 1 month away or 3 years away or never. YOU just don't know.
Hang in there! Don't make life all about having a full time job. Make life about living a good life in whatever situations are thrown at you!
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msmith1199
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t-train wrote:My wife has a full time job with benefits. Has state retirement. So far she has not complained too me about me working my part time jobs.
I'm not sure I really want to uproot my family and move to another state. Both sets of our parents live near by. I just wish something would break for all the unemployed, underemployed and laid off workers.
Maybe with me working my part time jobs this will be the closet I get to being self employed.
That eliminates North Dakota. If your wife has a decent job you can't change that to take a chance in North Dakota. I'm actually in your same position. I don't work and my wife does. Only difference is I'm retired so I'm not looking for a job. She still has five years to go to retire.
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The oilfield has gotten technical in the last few years. The jobs are not all manual labor. If you have IT experience there are a lot of opportunities. If not, and you don't mind working outdoors summer and winter there are any number of specialties that you can focus on and rise quickly through the ranks if you are intelligent.
Intelligence and common sense are pathways to success in the oil business.
If you just have a CDL and only want to drive a truck you'll get laid off early in the next down cycle.
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t-train
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My wife has a full time job with benefits. Has state retirement. So far she has not complained too me about me working my part time jobs.
I'm not sure I really want to uproot my family and move to another state. Both sets of our parents live near by. I just wish something would break for all the unemployed, underemployed and laid off workers.
Maybe with me working my part time jobs this will be the closet I get to being self employed.
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