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Try Australia man.

Western Australia is booming at the moment as we have the largest Iron Ore Industry in the world.

BHP and Rio Tinto are in the midst of multi billion dollar expansion plans.

Mining is huge in general over here (not Victoria or NSW) and it pays very well. You’ll make around 100k straight up.

We are also set to become the worlds largest LNG producer in the next few years.

Again, huge dollars and lots of expansion right now.

echo the last guys post about Fort McMurray; tar sands is big business.

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Check out Japan.

Lots of Irish Engineers working in Japan at the moment

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[quote]OOOHHH…YEAHHH wrote:

[quote]HoustonGuy wrote:

[quote]OOOHHH…YEAHHH wrote:

[quote]HoustonGuy wrote:

[quote]OOOHHH…YEAHHH wrote:
Hello,

I just recently graduated with a degree in engineering. At the moment the economy in Ireland is an absolute disaster with little hope of getting better. It’s very difficult for a graduate to get a job at the moment as I’ve applied for hundreds of positions but to no avail.
So I have to leave the place and find employment elsewhere.
My question is, where am I most likely to get a job? What countries are doing well at the moment? I do have a general idea, but there’s nothing like hearing it directly from people who are actually living in the country.
I would be looking at entry level positions that require minimum experience.
Thanks[/quote]
Houston, TX. Oil industry. [/quote]

I have had my eye on the Texas oil industry. What companies are best at the moment?
I have applied to some jobs over there but heard nothing back. Would I have to be living in Texas first before I get any replies?
Thanks for your help[/quote]
Pretty much all of them, big and small. Without knowing someone you will probably have to be here first. They won’t want to sponsor you otherwise. Good news is Texas is booming and placeholder jobs exist while you network and get your resume out. Mechanical engineering opens doors to both upstream and midstream sectors too. Lots of opportunity. Plus other industrial settings as well.[/quote]

The problem is, would I be competing against Mexicans for the low pay jobs?[/quote]

Only if you plan on doing yard work, picking fruit, tile or painting.

Dont believe everything you see on CNN or Fox.

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[quote]Sturat wrote:

[quote]OOOHHH…YEAHHH wrote:
Hello,

I just recently graduated with a degree in engineering. At the moment the economy in Ireland is an absolute disaster with little hope of getting better. It’s very difficult for a graduate to get a job at the moment as I’ve applied for hundreds of positions but to no avail.
So I have to leave the place and find employment elsewhere.

My question is, where am I most likely to get a job? What countries are doing well at the moment? I do have a general idea, but there’s nothing like hearing it directly from people who are actually living in the country.
I would be looking at entry level positions that require minimum experience.
Thanks[/quote]

Fort McMurray Alberta, seriously.

Also Edmonton Alberta.

Yeah those are both in Canada.
[/quote]

I have heard good things about working in Alberta. Lots of Irish there too apparantly.
Whats the cost of living like there?

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[quote]ThEmetrius wrote:
Try Australia man.

Western Australia is booming at the moment as we have the largest Iron Ore Industry in the world.

BHP and Rio Tinto are in the midst of multi billion dollar expansion plans.

Mining is huge in general over here (not Victoria or NSW) and it pays very well. You’ll make around 100k straight up.

We are also set to become the worlds largest LNG producer in the next few years.

Again, huge dollars and lots of expansion right now.

echo the last guys post about Fort McMurray; tar sands is big business.[/quote]

Jesus 100K? This would be for a graduate mechanical engineer with little experience?
I presume Perth is the best place to go, prospects wise?
Thanks, I appreciate it.

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[quote]PimpBot5000 wrote:
Check out Japan.

Lots of Irish Engineers working in Japan at the moment

[/quote]

I think I will probably avoid Japan due to the language barrier. Although I hear Japan is good for those with experience I am unsure as to what the story is with newbs.

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^lol troll?

I don’t know much about the economy and even less about engineering… but isn’t Germany’s economy pretty solid atm?

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[quote]Derek542 wrote:
[/quote]

OP - whatever you do, DO NOT go into Occupational Medicine. Nothing but a bunch of washed up gay porn actors bobbling geriatric cocks all day.

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[quote]SteelyD wrote:

[quote]Derek542 wrote:
[/quote]

OP - whatever you do, DO NOT go into Occupational Medicine. Nothing but a bunch of washed up gay porn actors bobbling geriatric cocks all day.[/quote]

Hahahahahaahahahaahahahaha

You know I have enough contacts in the Houston area to actually get him a job. :stuck_out_tongue:

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[quote]fr0IVIan wrote:
^lol troll?

I don’t know much about the economy and even less about engineering… but isn’t Germany’s economy pretty solid atm?[/quote]

It’s probably the best in Europe at the moment, although that’s not saying much. I would favour countries where english is the main language as I don’t speak a word of any other language unfortunately, I’m thinking Canada, Australia or the southern oil & gas regions of the USA right now. Very difficult to decide on which country, they all seem to be doing decent in this recession

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[quote]SteelyD wrote:

[quote]Derek542 wrote:
[/quote]

OP - whatever you do, DO NOT go into Occupational Medicine. Nothing but a bunch of washed up gay porn actors bobbling geriatric cocks all day.[/quote]

LOL! Fair enough. Sounds like reasonable advice!

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[quote]Derek542 wrote:

[quote]SteelyD wrote:

[quote]Derek542 wrote:
[/quote]

OP - whatever you do, DO NOT go into Occupational Medicine. Nothing but a bunch of washed up gay porn actors bobbling geriatric cocks all day.[/quote]

Hahahahahaahahahaahahahaha

You know I have enough contacts in the Houston area to actually get him a job. :P[/quote]

As long as it’s not occupational medicine then that would be great!

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[quote]OOOHHH…YEAHHH wrote:

[quote]Derek542 wrote:

[quote]SteelyD wrote:

[quote]Derek542 wrote:
[/quote]

OP - whatever you do, DO NOT go into Occupational Medicine. Nothing but a bunch of washed up gay porn actors bobbling geriatric cocks all day.[/quote]

Hahahahahaahahahaahahahaha

You know I have enough contacts in the Houston area to actually get him a job. :P[/quote]

As long as it’s not occupational medicine then that would be great![/quote]

Lol I do the Occupational medicine for all the company’s somebody has to make sure the engineers are not hooked on Cocaine and have one leg shorter than the other or are about to die from something.

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[quote]Derek542 wrote:

[quote]OOOHHH…YEAHHH wrote:

[quote]Derek542 wrote:

[quote]SteelyD wrote:

[quote]Derek542 wrote:
[/quote]

OP - whatever you do, DO NOT go into Occupational Medicine. Nothing but a bunch of washed up gay porn actors bobbling geriatric cocks all day.[/quote]

Hahahahahaahahahaahahahaha

You know I have enough contacts in the Houston area to actually get him a job. :P[/quote]

As long as it’s not occupational medicine then that would be great![/quote]

Lol I do the Occupational medicine for all the company’s somebody has to make sure the engineers are not hooked on Cocaine and have one leg shorter than the other or are about to die from something. [/quote]

Oh you do!?
So the engineers over there are hooked on cocaine with one leg shorter than the other? Sounds like fun to me!

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[quote]OOOHHH…YEAHHH wrote:

[quote]Derek542 wrote:

[quote]OOOHHH…YEAHHH wrote:

[quote]Derek542 wrote:

[quote]SteelyD wrote:

[quote]Derek542 wrote:
[/quote]

OP - whatever you do, DO NOT go into Occupational Medicine. Nothing but a bunch of washed up gay porn actors bobbling geriatric cocks all day.[/quote]

Hahahahahaahahahaahahahaha

You know I have enough contacts in the Houston area to actually get him a job. :P[/quote]

As long as it’s not occupational medicine then that would be great![/quote]

Lol I do the Occupational medicine for all the company’s somebody has to make sure the engineers are not hooked on Cocaine and have one leg shorter than the other or are about to die from something. [/quote]

Oh you do!?
So the engineers over there are hooked on cocaine with one leg shorter than the other? Sounds like fun to me![/quote]
Welcome to oil, bub. Also LBFMs.

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[quote]OOOHHH…YEAHHH wrote:
Hello,

I just recently graduated with a degree in engineering. At the moment the economy in Ireland is an absolute disaster with little hope of getting better. It’s very difficult for a graduate to get a job at the moment as I’ve applied for hundreds of positions but to no avail.
So I have to leave the place and find employment elsewhere.

My question is, where am I most likely to get a job? What countries are doing well at the moment? I do have a general idea, but there’s nothing like hearing it directly from people who are actually living in the country.
I would be looking at entry level positions that require minimum experience.
Thanks[/quote]

India as a programmer. They get like $5 buck an hour.

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[quote]OOOHHH…YEAHHH wrote:

[quote]Sturat wrote:

[quote]OOOHHH…YEAHHH wrote:
Hello,

I just recently graduated with a degree in engineering. At the moment the economy in Ireland is an absolute disaster with little hope of getting better. It’s very difficult for a graduate to get a job at the moment as I’ve applied for hundreds of positions but to no avail.
So I have to leave the place and find employment elsewhere.

My question is, where am I most likely to get a job? What countries are doing well at the moment? I do have a general idea, but there’s nothing like hearing it directly from people who are actually living in the country.
I would be looking at entry level positions that require minimum experience.
Thanks[/quote]

Fort McMurray Alberta, seriously.

Also Edmonton Alberta.

Yeah those are both in Canada.
[/quote]

I have heard good things about working in Alberta. Lots of Irish there too apparantly.
Whats the cost of living like there?[/quote]

The cost of living here is pretty decent overall, you’ll have no trouble having a pretty nice lifestyle doing what you do.

There’s lots of Irish in Edmonton, quite the community actually.

if you’re interested shoot me a pm and I’m happy to help.

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[quote]OOOHHH…YEAHHH wrote:

[quote]ThEmetrius wrote:
Try Australia man.

Western Australia is booming at the moment as we have the largest Iron Ore Industry in the world.

BHP and Rio Tinto are in the midst of multi billion dollar expansion plans.

Mining is huge in general over here (not Victoria or NSW) and it pays very well. You’ll make around 100k straight up.

We are also set to become the worlds largest LNG producer in the next few years.

Again, huge dollars and lots of expansion right now.

echo the last guys post about Fort McMurray; tar sands is big business.[/quote]

Jesus 100K? This would be for a graduate mechanical engineer with little experience?
I presume Perth is the best place to go, prospects wise?
Thanks, I appreciate it.[/quote]

Yeah man. Perth is the way to go if it’s along the lines you’re thinking.

Western Australia is holding up a significant part of the economy with resources.

If you work out on site you will be making that kind of money.

Mind you, these places get very hot in remote Australia and most are in locations you think of when you hear ‘the outback.’

At the VERY least I would expect 75k. Our exchange rate is pretty much same as US/CAD.

You work on a roster of usually 2 weeks on/ 1 week Off. Or 8 days/6 days. Oil and gas usually do equal time 4 weeks/4 weeks.

Tough for some, has never bothered me though. Live in a big camp with free food. You can save a ton of cash and party hard on your break.

Another thing to think about is that Perth has high living costs :frowning:

Similar deal to Alberta I guess except different commodities.

PM me if you wanna

Je

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[quote]OOOHHH…YEAHHH wrote:
“My job in Singapore took some 50 applications in two weeks, I moved here, stayed, applied for jobs and cold called maybe over 120 companies, basically saying I’m engineering qualified, i’m eager to work, i’m here for two weeks and can you meet me?” <-This is very inspiring and is basically exactly what I feel I need to do at this stage. It’s good to see someone has actually had sucess doing this.
“i’m here for two weeks and can you meet me?” Were these actual interviews or meetings that set you up for interviews?

I have had a few people look at my CV and it seems ok. I think where I was going wrong was during phone interviews. I messed up quite a few of them because I answered them truthfully instead of going online and looking for the answers that they want to hear (such as being a good drone and working with the company for your entire life!). Ah well, live and learn.
Thanks again for the help.[/quote]

Cold called 120, about 50+ CVs sent, 5 to 6 interviews, 1 job offer. Moved in three months, one way ticket, been here 10 years, married, house, 1 baby girl daughter :slight_smile:

In a CV you need to be truthful, but you can moderate how much you say and use better language. Be able to back up your CV with depth in the interview.