Sally Simpson

If neither of you has a secure job offer in Aus, now is probably not the best time to come. Emigrating, starting again, is stressful & expensive at the best of times but if you add in the stress of job hunting in unfamiliar territory, with no contacts, Aus refs or experience......validate your visa & wait & see is my advice at the mo!

framac67

The local rags job section has dried up and companys who were advertising for staff on illuminated billboards outside their factories have stopped this practice just lately. This is in the mining industry in Mackay, North Qld. Hope this helps. Good luck.

dinner-dash

bloody hard !

Been working with a 55 year old australian painter today, his 1st day in work for 10 weeks, and he has more local contacts than i can shake a stick at.

Weebie

Don't come mate....you'll be going home after a few weeks

Kassy

Good advice - am trying to convince my other half to stay put [in very high paid jobs] until our visa runs out in Feb'2011 or both of us lose our jobs, whichever is earlier.

No brainer as far as I'm concerned really - in Oz we are guaranteed to have no jobs (age - he is 44, zilch 'Aussie' experience, economy...blah) in the forseeable future.

The Bloke

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This statement applies only to politicians?

Darren-Debbie

Melbourne population 3.8 million

london population 7.5 million plus a further 25 million within 60 minutes travel

who's better off?

lastere

but think of all the beaches! and the vegetables! the fckin vegetables. they taste so much better when unemployed.

Sunshine7

Can I just ask, for those who think it would be madness to give up secure jobs in the UK to live in Oz, what about if there was a job waiting in Oz, with the same salary as the job in UK?

Would would you still hang on in the UK or would you go? Just curious.

bcworld

Well according to your numbers......there's 8.5 times as many people competing for 45 times as many jobs.......so.........still London!

Sally Simpson

Is that job guaranteed & safe? Do you have the offer in writing? Is it just you that will be working or is there another half who will be job hunting?

We moved last November & I am a nurse so had a solid job offer. My OH however, is still job hunting & it is very hard on him. Fortunately we are able to manage on my salary although only just! At the moment, we have no regrets but that may change if his employment status does not!

Dorothy

I'm really confused. Didn't you ask this same question here? I was pretty sure lots of people said yes, it was hard to find a job here at the moment.

Sally Simpson

Perhaps he is having some difficulty in accepting the horrible truth of the current job market in Aus

Dorothy

Perhaps. Did I tell you that after your karma I got offered a job? You have the magic touch, Sally. So...After 38 days, almost 100 applications and 13 interviews I am finally almost employed again. Of course, being government there is an appeal period of at least 10 working days, so I can't start until the second week of April. I did manage to pull in one day of typing for a geriatrics specialist last week, though.

Now we're worried about the old man's job. He's trying to find things to do to look busy for the bosses. He said no lay-offs yet, but who knows.

Sally Simpson

Yes you did & it's great news, really pleased for you. Might get my OH to set up an account on here so I can send him some karma too!

Fingers crossed & karma sent for your hubby. It sure is unsettled times