Anyone move to Oz with a job already?
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Anyone move to Oz with a job already?
Hi there,
I'd love to hear from people who managed to get a job before moving to Australia. Is this a realistic goal? Did it take long to find the job? Did you have to go over for interviews, or was it all on the phone? How long between getting the job offer, and actually moving?
I find it quite daunting thinking about leaving 2 good jobs to go over to nothing!!
M
I'd love to hear from people who managed to get a job before moving to Australia. Is this a realistic goal? Did it take long to find the job? Did you have to go over for interviews, or was it all on the phone? How long between getting the job offer, and actually moving?
I find it quite daunting thinking about leaving 2 good jobs to go over to nothing!!
M
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Re: Anyone move to Oz with a job already?
Hi there,
I'd love to hear from people who managed to get a job before moving to Australia. Is this a realistic goal? Did it take long to find the job? Did you have to go over for interviews, or was it all on the phone? How long between getting the job offer, and actually moving?
I find it quite daunting thinking about leaving 2 good jobs to go over to nothing!!
M
I'd love to hear from people who managed to get a job before moving to Australia. Is this a realistic goal? Did it take long to find the job? Did you have to go over for interviews, or was it all on the phone? How long between getting the job offer, and actually moving?
I find it quite daunting thinking about leaving 2 good jobs to go over to nothing!!
M
I looked on seek.com and had an agency ring me within 2 hours but ended up emailing my current job direct and pestering until they gave in!!!!
Hubby was different - -he had to be here already before he could apply - -got in no problem though - -he's a paramedic.
Hope this helps.
xRachx
Good luck
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Re: Anyone move to Oz with a job already?
Hi there,
I'd love to hear from people who managed to get a job before moving to Australia. Is this a realistic goal? Did it take long to find the job? Did you have to go over for interviews, or was it all on the phone? How long between getting the job offer, and actually moving?
I find it quite daunting thinking about leaving 2 good jobs to go over to nothing!!
M
I'd love to hear from people who managed to get a job before moving to Australia. Is this a realistic goal? Did it take long to find the job? Did you have to go over for interviews, or was it all on the phone? How long between getting the job offer, and actually moving?
I find it quite daunting thinking about leaving 2 good jobs to go over to nothing!!
M
The key thing I think is to already have your visa, have a date when you'll be landing in OZ AND have jobs that are in demand.
I contacted technical job agencies initially to enquire about availability of work in my field (usually sourced off seek.com.au) and contacted firms in Cairns direct. I had 4 firms interested and had a phone interview with 2 of them. (both offered me the job). another firm couldn't commit so 9 mths before I arrived and the other wanted me to go to London for interview at their London office. As I had already been offered 2 positions I declined to go.
I'm a CAD drafter, wifey is MH nurse (newly qualified). We're going to Cairns and were worried about the work prospects up there so for us it was essential to find work prior to going.
Andy
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Re: Anyone move to Oz with a job already?
Hi,
My husband had lined his job up in the U.K. with a European company that also has an Australian arm. He met his Australian manager when he came over on business a number of months before we moved.
We had already arranged our visa and had a provisional move date.
My husband had lined his job up in the U.K. with a European company that also has an Australian arm. He met his Australian manager when he came over on business a number of months before we moved.
We had already arranged our visa and had a provisional move date.
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Re: Anyone move to Oz with a job already?
Hi there,
I'd love to hear from people who managed to get a job before moving to Australia. Is this a realistic goal? Did it take long to find the job? Did you have to go over for interviews, or was it all on the phone? How long between getting the job offer, and actually moving?
I find it quite daunting thinking about leaving 2 good jobs to go over to nothing!!
M
I'd love to hear from people who managed to get a job before moving to Australia. Is this a realistic goal? Did it take long to find the job? Did you have to go over for interviews, or was it all on the phone? How long between getting the job offer, and actually moving?
I find it quite daunting thinking about leaving 2 good jobs to go over to nothing!!
M
My husband is in IT and he got his job before we left the UK. Once we had validated our visas and had a provisional departure date for the move, he started looking out for possible employment opportunities (this was about 6 months before our intended departure date). He found his job on seek.com - first interviews were conducted by telephone and final interviews by video conferencing.
We moved to Oz about 3 months after he got the job offer and he started the job about a month after that.
Best of luck with your job hunting.
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Re: Anyone move to Oz with a job already?
Hi there,
I'd love to hear from people who managed to get a job before moving to Australia. Is this a realistic goal? Did it take long to find the job? Did you have to go over for interviews, or was it all on the phone? How long between getting the job offer, and actually moving?
I find it quite daunting thinking about leaving 2 good jobs to go over to nothing!!
M
I'd love to hear from people who managed to get a job before moving to Australia. Is this a realistic goal? Did it take long to find the job? Did you have to go over for interviews, or was it all on the phone? How long between getting the job offer, and actually moving?
I find it quite daunting thinking about leaving 2 good jobs to go over to nothing!!
M
hope this helps
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Re: Anyone move to Oz with a job already?
i got a job before the visa . just waiting for it to come through . i went to australia needs skills in manchester and got sorted . through the western australia government association. so it is possible . most firms who sponser also offer help with rempoval costs and sort the visa out. its a temp visa to start with you can apply for permament when you get there
hope this helps
hope this helps
I would also say that it depends on the industry you are in. IT is less comfortable with recruiting from overseas and phone interviews than oil & gas or construction.
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Re: Anyone move to Oz with a job already?
I posted my CV on the QLD health website.I was contacted by a nurse manager and offered a job after a telephone interview.I then applied for my visa.
Whole process took 6 months but my employers were happy to wait until I was ready to start and have held the job for me.
Good Luck
Andy
Whole process took 6 months but my employers were happy to wait until I was ready to start and have held the job for me.
Good Luck
Andy
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Re: Anyone move to Oz with a job already?
I posted my CV on the QLD health website.I was contacted by a nurse manager and offered a job after a telephone interview.I then applied for my visa.
Whole process took 6 months but my employers were happy to wait until I was ready to start and have held the job for me.
Good Luck
Andy
Whole process took 6 months but my employers were happy to wait until I was ready to start and have held the job for me.
Good Luck
Andy
Thanks.
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Re: Anyone move to Oz with a job already?
we came with job too and yes I completely with you, couldn't come with just a hope of finding work ... mind you I wouldn't have moved in UK to new area without a job there first either!
we're sponsored in (couldn't get enough points any other way)
we had telephone interviews, lots of emails, came for reccie and face to face in May, application all in in July, approval end of August, here October! Funny to think this time last year we'd not even got very far!
we're sponsored in (couldn't get enough points any other way)
we had telephone interviews, lots of emails, came for reccie and face to face in May, application all in in July, approval end of August, here October! Funny to think this time last year we'd not even got very far!
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Re: Anyone move to Oz with a job already?
Hi there,
I'd love to hear from people who managed to get a job before moving to Australia. Is this a realistic goal? Did it take long to find the job? Did you have to go over for interviews, or was it all on the phone? How long between getting the job offer, and actually moving?
I find it quite daunting thinking about leaving 2 good jobs to go over to nothing!!
M
I'd love to hear from people who managed to get a job before moving to Australia. Is this a realistic goal? Did it take long to find the job? Did you have to go over for interviews, or was it all on the phone? How long between getting the job offer, and actually moving?
I find it quite daunting thinking about leaving 2 good jobs to go over to nothing!!
M