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New talent · June 2, 2025

Early-career petroleum hiring is a network problem

Campus season is not the only door

Operators miss people who interned on a cold-lake pad, a Wyoming lab, or a well-test crew and then graduated into a quiet hiring year. Those histories are legible if someone bothers to read them.

Energy Recruiting's early consulting work treated that gap as the job: counsel, introductions, and a community, not a promise of a placement rate.

Ask for one project

A good early-career conversation is one calculation, one field day, and a clear answer about relocation. A twelve-page résumé is optional.