Oil and gas companies searching for workers

Wanted: Career-minded individuals to work for dozens of Northern Colorado companies. Must love to work outdoors. Long hours but guaranteed overtime pay. Good benefits packages. Salaries $40,000-$70,000.

This could be a want-ad for the entire oil and gas industry in Northern Colorado. The combination of a boom in oil and gas development and an aging workforce has created a labor shortage across the industry.

There’s a need at the professional level for geologists and petroleum engineers as well as in the field for hourly workers

The labor shortage was one reason for the recent arrival of crews and rigs from…