Mudlogger : Employers and vacancy sources

The exploration and extraction business is worldwide and many of the jobs are based overseas. Major employers recruit internationally with many applicants coming from the United States and Europe, so UK graduates are competing with nationals of other countries. Smaller mudlogging companies may also recruit globally, although there is a tendency to recruit locally where possible.

When there is a demand for oil exploration, the demand for mudloggers is correspondingly high and you may be able to find work anywhere in the world. However, the oil industry is strongly affected by economic and political trends.

In the extraction phase, recruitment, training patterns and job titles will vary from company to company. In particular, some employers do not distinguish at entry level between petroleum, drilling and support engineering. Instead, they prefer to recruit people with wide potential and deploy them after training where individual preference and company need coincide.

Sources of vacancies

• Search graduate jobs on this site.
• Rigzone  
• Your Energy Jobs  
• InfoOil Careers  
• Oil and Gas 4U  
• Oil and Gas Job Search  
• Oil and Gas Jobs Online  
• Oil Careers  
• Oil Directory  
• The Daily Telegraph Jobs  
• Press and Journal , Aberdeen, Fridays.

Many companies, particularly the larger ones, welcome speculative applications as they do not always advertise their vacancies.

Recruitment agencies are not widely used in this area, but for information on specialist recruitment agencies handling vacancies in oil exploration services, visit the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) website.

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