Oh god... today slb just reply me a mail... like below...

[Thank you for your interest regarding employment with Schlumberger. After carefully considering your background,qualifications and our current requirements, we feel that at the present time we do not have a position available that would satisfy both our needs.]

If not mistaken, I applied slb on last Dec. I did not received any acknowledgement email that stating whether they have received my online application or not... until today... I'm informed that I did not succeed for my application...

Does it mean I will have to wait for another 1 1/2 year to reapply or forever I have lost my chance...

fyi... I got a degree in Mechanical but have 2 years of sales and marketing experience in semicon industry... is it that hard for me to switch into oil and gas industry...?

haha... you got some point there, but i would say that O&G is certainly far more better than lots of other industry outside.

For other companies:
1. fresh grads' avg salary 2k
2. no allowance
3. stick in the lab/factory/ office as well
4. doing same thing over and over again--->boring & no life
5. Some job need u to work more than 10hours per day but only get half og the pay given by O&G companies
6. risk in some jobs, eg: chemist--> exposed to chemical stuffs. if explode accidently, also die--> life's a fate, if destinied to die, sure will die regardless of how, where and why.
7. After 30 years, pension, not even enough for the rest of the life, think about goin travelling? better dreams when sleeping

NO MONEY---> DUN EVER SICK, if sick, better die directly than suffer
              ---> No dreams, no big houses, no fancy cars, nth to enjoy, imagine, born into this world eg: for 70years, doin nth but study, work,
                      nth to enjoy, no money for travelling etc
              ---> Wan to own a business after working for 10years? think again and plan. money? experience in business?
              ---> dun even think of want to give family a better life, no money no talk

There are certainly many industry which u could earn a lot, eg
1.network marketing, but too many ppl have negative view on it, pandek kata, coward malaysians, especially, dun even dare to know what it is.. some even say tat its a scam, cheat ppl's money etc.. sorry, system=dead, onlp ppl cheat ppl. so nth's wrong
2. Insurance, need to find customers, some ppl dun even know how to talk
3. Financial planner, more or less need to find customers also
4. business, no money no talk
5. etc

Life is not only about urself. how about ur family? ur parents? your future kids? Its about responsibility. Sometimes u need to sacrifice in order to get sth better in your life. Like kevinling said, no pain, no gain. This is one of the industries which makes u really tough, both mentally and physically, at least you're paid with all the 'pain' u gain through out the process. i believe if one could survive in this industry, he or she will be able to survive in other industries as well. Hence, why complain when O&G trainu to be better and gives u money, thus, dreams and better life etc.? and not all ppl work for rest of their life in O&G. It is also a stepping stone and financial foundation source for your other future planning.

thanks for the compliment. hmm... if u look back on my previous posts, i've mentioned about the office life be4. Yea, the office life in O&G companies is pretty much the same as in other companies. there are times when u'll be really really busy, especially when u're required to pass up a report in the given time frame and there are also times when u;ll be really free, ie when you finish your assignment. However you still can do the routine with your loved ones anytime u want especially when u're working in O&G companies as most of the O&G companies allow you to access their system at home. i'm based in malaysia, and i dont think there's any office in penang. About the salary increment, it is usually given to those who have more experiences and for certain companies, passing exams are required. For slb, i heard the recruiter said that exam will be held every year. Hence, u'll get a chance to upgrade urself once a year. Im not sure about automatic increment. for other companies, the salary is approximately:
Dugeo:2.5K, i think got plus allowance
Shell: 2.7k, plus allowance which makes the total=5k
Petronas: 2.6k, i dunno got plus allowance or not but bonus quite high depending on the performance.
Talisman: 3k, plus some allowance
CGG&Veritas: ~2.5k also...
some companies give allowance and some dont...

pc123, i talked to a couple of senior senior people in the field  .. they started out offshore, now in the office. . after you complete your training and climb up the ladder you can move back to the office (either management or different field) .. but you should bare in mind that its a substantial pay cut from offshore to office cos you dont get offshore bonus and additional allowance in the office
bare in mind that it will take a while till you do complete training lar  ..

You dint even enter Uni yet?!  And you want to talk about offshore work, want to jump here and there? I would prefer you think about your foundation year first, and finish off your 5 years of degree study, then only think about working world and money. No point to discuss about it, as you are not able to understand or to realize the toughness and determination needed that we are talking about here. It was like talking about you want to be a racing driver and win the first placing, but you dont even know what is car at the first place.

Yes, there are some opportunities for geophysicist to work in Singapore but not much, I guess. To what I knew, CGGVeritas has an office there. Try this http://www.cggveritas.com/Contact.aspx?cid=266

Why do you think that working in Singapore is better than working in Malaysia? Just looking at that currency? Malaysia has more Oil and Gas Company compared to Singapore, and hence more opportunities to get yourself in Oil and Gas Company. How much you earn and spend in Singapore, and how much you earn and spend in Malaysia, I would say that there is not much in difference (correct me if that is wrong).

Before you step into University, please do more research on what you like to do in the future, just don't follow the majority. If you do not like the job that you are not interested in, no matter how much the company pay for you, you won't stay long in that field. Just my advice. But if you have decided to get into yourself in Oil and Gas Company, don't regret on what you have done. And, don't compare among the people, you will get nothing.

im not sure about the companies in S'pore but i do heard that Exxon got an office there... Job opportunity for geophysicist is vast everywhere cause without clean data, its very hard to determine the location of oil. To get a good data, geophysicists are needed. hence, they are needed in many places.