Those who are actively in search mode should use all available streams to get hired.
That’s what Christopher Melillo, founder and managing partner of Dallas, Texas-based Kaye/Bassman Energy Practice, said in an exclusive interview with Rigzone when asked if oil and gas professionals should be using artificial intelligence (AI) to get hired.
But Melillo added that using AI in the fields of petroleum engineering and geological sciences has a low probability of success.
“This is mainly because AI has not previously had the exposure to industry-specific knowledge and learning,” he said.
“For example, a drilling engineer who worked in a basin but did not specify the type of formation and instead named the basin itself may not be eligible for service because he named it the Green River Basin without specifying the type of formation (shale, sand, granite, etc.),” he added.
“Unless a candidate has very specific formation experience, drilling type etc. they may be passed over as disqualified. It depends on the end user's qualification requirements/parameters,” he continued.
“You need someone who knows the industry and knows about major flooding to know if a candidate who has worked in another basin that needs flooding is a good fit. AI can't do that,” he continued.
Melillo told Rigzone that there is still a lot of technology to be done to match oil and gas industry professionals with roles and organizations.
“If the said engineer has written a detailed resume/CV detailing the formation, county, type of excavation as well as other details, he/she will have a better chance of being selected for an interview,” he said.
“But we're now entering a world where even veterans have 10-page resumes. AI is a great tool to find people you don't know, but if the user is lazy, you're going to miss out on a lot of great candidates because it requires a human to find the similarities between the candidate and the job,” he added.
In another exclusive interview, Gladney Darrow, energy search expert who developed and teaches the “Winning the Offer” interview methodology and has been ranked the number one technical and professional recruiter in Houston for 17 consecutive years by HAAPC, told Rigzone that if oil and gas industry professionals “feel that AI can help them more accurately and reliably convey the truth about their education, experience and capabilities, then they should use it.” Darrow has 47 years of experience.
But Darrow, founding partner and president of Houston, Texas-based Piper Morgan Associates human resources consultancy, warned that these professionals “should not use AI to create resumes that 'trick you.'”
Asked what he meant by this, Darrow told Rigzone: “What I'm saying is that AI shouldn't be used to inflate resumes by cleverly manipulating words to create a false image that leads the reader to believe that an applicant's education, professional qualifications, work history, job title and job description are greater than they actually are.”
“This is dangerous and this is how people will get killed. Unfortunately, AI makes it easier for bad actors to carry out successful scams. Companies really need to get better at spotting 'suspicious resumes,' because there are more people using AI fraudulently than you might think,” he added.
“I have no doubt that AI software will be developed to spot suspicious resumes and that companies will use it,” Gladney told Rigzone.
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