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TheCode: Pls is it frowned upon if an applicant uses a bit of colour on his/her resume? I mean modestly, not going overboard with it - lets say, using blue for section headings only. Is that ok? I have been pondering this for awhile now...
@xfire and any other knowledgeable person

xfire: Thanks for your understanding too. I appreciate.
I now refrain from answering questions concerning the oil and gas industry here. There are many oil and gas threads on the career section and such questions can be adequately treated in those threads. Or you may send a private mail to me. I will advise accordingly.

This thread is open to all that aspire to achieve a great career and live a life of fulfillment, irrespective of the industry they may be or aim to be. To ensure that we remain on track and maintain the purpose of this thread, I will rather focus on responding to general questions relating to jobs, careers, capacity enhancement, scholarships and education.

To God be the glory!

Cheers.....!

kilokeys: Masters streamlines... it depends on what ur priorities r. career vs being a biz owner.

nursery - 3 years
primary - 6 years
secondary - 6 years
jamb - 2 years
university - 5years
nysc - 1 year

thats 23 years dedicated to being a graduate.. making it 25 . is ur choice.

kilokeys: Masters streamlines... it depends on what ur priorities r. career vs being a biz owner.

nursery - 3 years
primary - 6 years
secondary - 6 years
[/b]jamb - 2 years
university - 5years
nysc - 1 year

thats 23 years dedicated to being a graduate.. making it 25 . is ur choice.

GodswillAJudins: Pls I need ur advice as I don't want to end up regretting my decision on the engineering path to follow, I would like a degree that can gv me great opportunity to penetrate the oil and gas industry and also give opportunity in other areas( broad field). I think I can feet in in any field of engineering cause am good technically and love working hard, that's why I dint do post ume on the medical line in other to go for were my passion lies(engineering) through Predegree.
So ur advice is greatly needed. Thanks

babystathopoulos: Extra things to do:
1. Be that patient student, this not the time to bother yourself about where you wish to work. finish your first degree and make sure you actually graduate with a 2.1
2. Be that patient reader, go back to page 0 and read every comments, there are so many useful contributions that has directly and indirectly addressed your question

@all asking questions on what to study,read if possible eat to work in an oil and gas company are just bunch of lazy people. The op took his time to research and came up with this list of demanding jobs in IOC. Google is your friend you can find out anything you need to know about how your course relate to jobs in IOC

N.B. To get a job in an IOC fairly, you must be highly intelligent to pass through the stages of the recruitment

Syenite: Y do u think they'll want to put u in an administrative position. Let me advice u, don't get carried away. First work hard to ensure u finish with ur first class. And note that the hard work does nt stop in school. There are numerous first class graduates out there still searching for job. A first class is nt a guarantee, u still have to compete mostly with 2:1 graduates who are almost equally smart. No complacency bro.

umaryusuf: You need to integrate ur code to the kivy.org framework.

Kivy runs on Linux, Windows, OS X, Android and iOS. You can run the same code on all supported platforms.

jahlove4jah: . Details please

winner01: Agric no fit in here? Agric no fit in here?

TheCode: xfire abeg treat my bro question o. I was also thinking of EOR (Enhanced Oil Recovery) as a viable masters programme that would put me at the fore. I have a passion for any engineering field that has a liaison with computing (simulation softwares, programming, etc), but I need a masters in field that would make me a premium target for the industry. I'm sorry if I am sounding a bit immodest with my aspirations but I'm being honest (and sometimes both are mutually exclusive) and I'm humbly requesting for guidance. I have a B.Eng in Chemical Engineering too.

Mcslize: xfire,
thanks for this thread, I want to know those related courses one can do for master's degree for someone that had a Bsc degree in chemical Engineering.
Like the above mentioned areas like Subsea Engineering and Drilling Engineering which is more suitable for a graduate of Chemical Engineering who wants to proceed to a master level?

Mcslize: xfire,
thanks for this thread, I want to know those related courses one can do for master's degree for someone that had a Bsc degree in chemical Engineering.
Like the above mentioned areas like Subsea Engineering and Drilling Engineering which is more suitable for a graduate of Chemical Engineering who wants to proceed to a master level?

gudrated: There are entry level positions in oil firms na. I came in as a procurement analyst fresh from school. Most reputable coys have graduate programs. People overrate the influence of connections, bro...

Chuxchudi: How do you get the required experience when you need the job to gather experience? At some point, one would require "oga @ d top" connectionz to get in.

TheCode: Pls, for a graduate with no 'real' work experience but with internship and nysc experience, is a 1.5- or 2-page cv frowned upon? Must it be restricted to one page as some online cv coaches preach?

TheCode: xfire back with another great thread... the world is becoming a better place. pls advice: I'm torn between petroleum engineering and petroleum geoscience for my M.Sc and I want the one that would make me much more indispensible in the Oil and Gas industry. I am presently a graduate of Chemical Engineering.

gudrated: Lol. Why will you want to make a drastic switch from engineering to geoscience? You won't be able to compete with people with Bsc geoscience + MSc petroleum geoscience. You don't even have the requisite qualifications. Better stick to your engineering.