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Bobcat Sep 23rd 2007 1:30 pm

Re: bit down in down under
 

Originally Posted by Ozzidoc (Post 5343797)
You are brave putting your address on here :)

Not really.......... it's a 5 acre block and as well as it being our home; I also run our Real Estate Agency from an office on the premises.

Clients visit us on-site almost every day........ we are a bit out in the bush so they need to know where we are?

Thanks for your concern anyway.......... much appreciated; but as we say down-under............... no worries! :thumbup:

peterpamandryan Sep 23rd 2007 7:00 pm

Re: bit down in down under
 
once again thankyou so much folks especially all the advice About the licence,,you do get to hear tales about having to go to night school to gain more qualifications etc and you do tend to think ohh my god ,but thanks for giving me a slap and some sound advice,im being contacted tomorrow from the hia over how they can help push things on,i have took your advice over the abn also and within a day of advertising in one town i have 3 jobs to qoute for ,i wont be charging $20 an hour either:thumbsup: cant thankyou enough,as for my lad its all smoothed out,just wish he wasnt 16 going on 30 !!:curse: were gonna hang in here we can see light at the end of the tunnel unlike in england,keep smillin eh,ps the man u result really cheered me up:thumbsup:

peterpamandryan Sep 23rd 2007 7:06 pm

Re: bit down in down under
 
ps cheers haggis,sound advice,were brisie also we will get there a quick trip to redcliffe after work for a coffee or abeer does the trick for us,ta

Issie Sep 23rd 2007 7:12 pm

Re: bit down in down under
 
:)

Originally Posted by Bobcat (Post 5346819)
Not really.......... it's a 5 acre block and as well as it being our home; I also run our Real Estate Agency from an office on the premises.

Clients visit us on-site almost every day........ we are a bit out in the bush so they need to know where we are?

Thanks for your concern anyway.......... much appreciated; but as we say down-under............... no worries! :thumbup:

I'll be checking you out then BC when we arrive :)

Bobcat Sep 23rd 2007 7:14 pm

Re: bit down in down under
 

Originally Posted by Issie (Post 5347257)
:)

I'll be checking you out then BC when we arrive :)

By all means.......... no probs.

Issie Sep 23rd 2007 7:16 pm

Re: bit down in down under
 

Originally Posted by Bobcat (Post 5347260)
By all means.......... no probs.

Have you a link to your buisness ?

Bobcat Sep 23rd 2007 7:21 pm

Re: bit down in down under
 

Originally Posted by Issie (Post 5347263)
Have you a link to your buisness ?

It's in my profile. Not allowed to put it here apparently?

Issie Sep 23rd 2007 7:40 pm

Re: bit down in down under
 

Originally Posted by Bobcat (Post 5347276)
It's in my profile. Not allowed to put it here apparently?

Great....will check it out.

Thanks :thumbup:

Rhia27 Sep 28th 2007 3:03 am

Re: bit down in down under
 

Originally Posted by @boy (Post 5343787)
Very true. Aus is no different from any other country in that respect. You are just a product and need to market yourself accordingly, whatever your trade/profession happens to be.

Sometimes it can be quite a shock for people coming over realising that they have to take pretty drastic pay cuts to what they have been used to and that it can take quite some time (and maybe a couple of jobs) before they get back to the equivalent level of pay they were used to getting before they came here.

I know this certainly was the case for me. It took me a few years to get back to the earning power I had when I left Ireland.

A good experience though. What doesn't kill you only makes ya stronger as they say ;-)

So very true.

I was earning GBP40,000 in UK and when I came to Australia the only job I got offered was equivalent of GBP22,000. One year on and I got a new job offer which was equivalent to GBP 43,000. Two years later and my salary has gone up to the equivalent of GBP 55,000.

Sometimes you have to take a step backwards to move forwards.

Richard007 Sep 28th 2007 1:58 pm

Re: bit down in down under
 
Try retiring.....its the future :eek:


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