How to Apply to the Oil Industry!

For those of you who think that it is possible to contact these places while still out-of-province and set a job up before you make the voyage out here to get the job, reconsider you options. This is most likely not going to happen unless you posses a trades or technical diploma that is extremely in-demand in Alberta. So your best bet is to make the voyage out, see this beautiful part of the country and either find a relative, friend or a really nice guy named "Howard Johnson" to stay with while you are searching for this perfect job.
Another neccesity for those of you who are interested in persuing this "dream job" is a vehicle, especially during the summer months. During the winter there are normally some job openings for camp jobs, where the company will fly you to and from your work location and as well pay for your living accomodations and transportation while you are there. However during the summer months these placements are few and far between, so a vehicle is a must in order to be able to comute to and from the rig and hotel.
As for your Resume, honesty is not always your best option. If you are looking for a position on a drilling or servicing rig in Alberta then say that you worked doing either roofing or construction on your resume, even if you haven't! Do not worry about that stupid section on a resume where you have to write "References Available Upon Request" because of all the places I have worked and applied, there has yet to be a "request".
Once you have prepared a list of places to send your resume and cover letter to. (How to compile this list will be posted in "Where to apply in the Oil Industry") Then call these places and request to speak with somebody in Human Resources, when you are on the phone with someone from that department, ask if they are currently hiring any rig hand positions. They might ask if you are "green" (for those of you who don't know, it means you have no experience) then they might ask if you have your H2S and whatnot, then they will likely request you to send a copy of your resume to them via Fax, if ou do not have a fax machine, you best bet is to go to Staples Business Depot and use there's for next to nothing.
Once you have sent your fax to there attention, wait one day or so and if you have not heard a response then call them back and request to speak to somebody in Human Resources again, and just explain that you have sent off your resume through fax and you were just wondering if they have had any time to review it.