Guest guest Posted December 22, 2003 Report Share Posted December 22, 2003 Hiya to everyone on the list As you know on my intro to the list finished the oil rig medics course about one week ago. Im RGN/RMN, with 6 and a half years in Saudi with some remote work. Have done Occ Health and some Practice Nursing also. Am just at the stage of trying to get registered with what seems to be an endless list of agencies. Has anyone any experience with some the firms online who offer to put your CV arrround for you, obviously for a cost??? Also anyone any suggestions to speed things up or do you have to go through the laborious task of contacting each agency? Any useful currently recruiting adresses would be grateful Prior to nursing I served in the Royal Marine Commando's and briefly (one year) in the South African Army. Any help would be appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 22, 2003 Report Share Posted December 22, 2003 Dave, In my experience, getting your first gig offshore is often the most difficult. Nobody seems to want to employ someone who is unproven in the offshore environment, yet the only way you can get the experience is to get a gig...vicious circle. The only thing you can do is get your CV off to the various agencies (send them yourself with a copy of your certificates - if you can't be bothered to do your own admin in a job hunt, it doesn't bode well for the future!) My list includes Aon, OSMI, Oilfield Medics and Atlantic resourcing the other guys may know of other contacts. Follow up the CV with a call and get onto good speaking terms with the offshore coordinators there. You will just have to keep calling them and chasing the work. There is no secret formula, you just need to be the only bod available at the time that a rush job comes in. Keep phoning every day or two and make sure you are available to go within 24hrs notice. Good luck. What did you do as a Bootie, or did you mean that you worked with them? Magz Teague Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 22, 2003 Report Share Posted December 22, 2003 Ta for the advice Margaret. Yes I was in the Marine's, firstly 41 Commando and latterly 40 commando. Nothing to do with nursing at this time. Dave Boyle RE: From Boyle Dave, In my experience, getting your first gig offshore is often the most difficult. Nobody seems to want to employ someone who is unproven in the offshore environment, yet the only way you can get the experience is to get a gig...vicious circle. The only thing you can do is get your CV off to the various agencies (send them yourself with a copy of your certificates - if you can't be bothered to do your own admin in a job hunt, it doesn't bode well for the future!) My list includes Aon, OSMI, Oilfield Medics and Atlantic resourcing the other guys may know of other contacts. Follow up the CV with a call and get onto good speaking terms with the offshore coordinators there. You will just have to keep calling them and chasing the work. There is no secret formula, you just need to be the only bod available at the time that a rush job comes in. Keep phoning every day or two and make sure you are available to go within 24hrs notice. Good luck. What did you do as a Bootie, or did you mean that you worked with them? Magz Teague Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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