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Originally Posted by OrangeJuice
There are other intangibles to consider, including:
- Oil companies don't recruit much outside of northern Alberta
- You need a car and a full license, and many young people can't afford gas or insurance
- A lot of immigrant families are vehemently against their kid getting into the trades, they want them to get a degree in law/finance/medicine/engineering so they can brag to their friends
- Many of the less dangerous jobs require years of experience
And so on. Though, I don't know many people who work in the oilfields, so I'm just conjecturing. |
No offense but I have 5 good friends working in cold lake for Esso and I'd say almost all of those assumptions besides the cultural things aren't really correct.
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