Louisiana Job Search

Worried about the Gulf? So are we.

BP Oil Spill Hiring websites are in the hundreds based on our search using Google.

But are they really hiring with all these sites?

Local companies don't have the resources to pay employees the weeks it takes for BP to pay the hiring agencies.

This means for the most part only the largest franchised temporary employment agencies are able to hire for BP.

But it's not a matter of "What to Apply for" when it comes to BP Oil Spill Clean up. The problem is BP is only filling positions on a "As Needed" bases.

Hazmat jobs are still the best paying jobs.

Beach and Marsh clean up is slow due to BP only hiring Commercial Vessels.

But that statement made by operations isn't sound after we found 15 college interns working the Bayous.

Why is BP selective?

It's because they are an Oil company and profits come before anything else.

We have seen them drag out response to curb the impact of costs.

With all the unemployment workers could have been put to work quickly but reports of BP not knowing where to put workers is a story we feel is 100% a line of ....

We spent 30 days visiting different areas of the gulf and found under staffed operations.

Vessels where one of our first looks, boom crews are working long hours from all types of boats.

Boat hands are needed in just about every location we visited. In some places large boats are only 21ft while others have 52ft boats.

So why are jobs not being posted?

It's in the news each day. The politics and allowing BP to run the operations of clean up is like allowing your 3 year old the run of your home. Who's going to clean up after that?

We feel it's the local Parishes that need to take hold of this issue.

If each parish setup operations and billed BP by fines and invoicing more operations could start and more people placed in the areas that need people.

The Hazmat training is offered free in select areas. The problem is you need to be refered by a contractor that is working the clean up.

Our advice is each Parish needs to be listed as a supplier so the local DES of the parish can refer workers to get the training so they can get out working on the clean up.

Don't think for a minute that this is going to be a 1 year clean up process. From the looks of things and how slow the process is going it's going to be 10 years if not more just to remove the oil from the marshes.