Job hunters in South Texas should head out to Beeville's Bee County Exposition Center for a job fair today. 25 employers will be on hand to fill Eagle Ford Shale related jobs. Those companies have more than 900 oilfield job openings across the area.

Job seekers take note, a major career fair is set to take place Tuesday in Beeville. Two dozen oil and gas companies are looking to fill close to 1,000 positions.

 

Despite a bad economy and high levels of unemployment, there are plenty of jobs available in South Texas. The job opportunities available at this fair range from entry level to management to CDL drivers.

All of these employment opportunities are the result of the Eagle Ford Shale. Drilling and Fracking for oil and natural gas in South Texas has proven to be extremely profitable over the past couple of years. Experts say the Eagle Ford Shale is one of, if not the biggest discoveries of oil and natural gas ever to be made in North American history. That has oil and gas industry companies looking to hire.

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