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Day in the Life: Alex - Fluid Services Manager, Magnum Cementing Services

When Alex was young, he experienced first-hand the seasonality of his father’s construction business and knew a job with the family company wasn’t for him. “Too many ups and downs,” he says. “You’d work as hard as you could all summer long and have nothing to do in the winter.” For a while, Alex planned to be a welder. But after graduating from high school in 2002, he landed a job in Canada’s energy industry—an industry also kn...

New Hiring Resources Available for Energy Sector Employers!

As an employer you are competing for the best and brightest. The traditional labour pool is shrinking. New technologies and innovation are changing the occupations, skills and knowledge needed to be successful in the energy sector.

Day in the Life: Jesse - Site Coordinator, Comec Energy Services

After more than two decades working for Canadian oil and gas companies, Jesse has gained a wealth of “hard” skills such as operating heavy equipment. But it’s the “soft” skills he’s amassed that he appreciates most. “The biggest thing for my development in this position has been the soft skills that I’ve learned to incorporate into my daily interactions,” Jesse says. In 2017, he joined Comec Energy Services as an equipment operator. Ow...

Day in the Life: Samantha - Senior Quality Control Technician, Element Technical Services

Samantha has experienced many unique opportunities and discoveries while working in Canada’s oil and gas services sector, and one of the most memorable was her time spent in Moab. A desert town in Utah, it has some of the most incredible and striking scenery she’s ever seen – sunset-coloured rock formations, deep green vegetation and, of course, the vast desert landscape. “My job has taken me all over Alberta, Utah and Wyoming,” says t...

Not Your Grandpa's Energy Industry - Working in the Oil and Gas Services Sector: Samantha, Episode 21

Balancing your home and social life when your role involves travelling across western Canada – and even down into the United States – can be a challenge. Samantha loves that her job with a hydraulic fracturing and coiled tubing company gets her out of the office, makes each day different, and gives her the opportunity to see a lot of unique places. Hear what it’s like to work in the field with 300 adopted older brothers,...

Not Your Grandpa's Energy Industry - Working in the Oil and Gas Services Sector: Jesse, Episode 20

Jesse has built a rewarding career in Canada’s oil and gas services sub-sector. After working in operator roles for several years, Jesse made the shift to a management role and has found developing his soft-skills has enabled him to make an effective career transition and has made him a better leader. He and his family live and work in a rural northern Alberta community that is largely dependent on oil and gas services....

Not Your Grandpa's Energy Industry - Working in the Oil and Gas Services Sector: Alex, Episode 19

Alex has worked his way up through the ranks of the oil and gas services sector. Starting at the bottom as a swamper – the “grunt” role on the worksite - Alex has worked his way up to his current role as a fluid services manager – overseeing a large team and equipment fleet. The key to Alex’s career evolution is simple in theory – start at the bottom, be willing to dig in and do the work, be open to learn and try new rol...

New survey aims to explore the current climate of diversity, equity and inclusion in Alberta’s energy sector

Do you work in Alberta’s energy sector? We want to hear from you!

Alberta’s energy services job vacancy rate reaches an all-time high

Attracting and retaining more youth is necessary – but a challenge for the sector

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Looking for a career change? Assess how your skills fit into other sectors in Canada’s energy industry.

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Plan Your Future in Energy

Our Energy Industry is on the Move

Do you work in Alberta’s energy sector? We want to hear from you!

Attracting and retaining more youth is necessary – but a challenge for the sector

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