Centrelink Payment ?????
Sep 13th 2010, 1:12 am
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Re: Centrelink Payment ?????
When I came here in 1983 (yes, I know things have changed since then) on a PR visa I could ( and did) claim unemployment benefit after the first 2-3 months. I had 6 weeks work in the first 7 months before landing a full-time temporary position from which I moved into a permanent job.
In the last 27 years I have repaid any benefits many times over in income tax, GST, fuel excise, etc and feel no guilt about having received support from the government whilst getting established here.
In the last 27 years I have repaid any benefits many times over in income tax, GST, fuel excise, etc and feel no guilt about having received support from the government whilst getting established here.
Sep 13th 2010, 4:34 am
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Sep 13th 2010, 6:21 am
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Sep 13th 2010, 10:22 am
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My son works at Macca's. He waited for about 2 months for an interview, then eventually got one. They told him he had the job but had to do something online - a bit like a health and hygiene cert - then they would call him with details of his first shift. His first shift was 4 weeks later
They're certainly not in a hurry
Gotta say though, he loves working there. Mind you apart from the manager he's probably the oldest there...he's 17
Sep 13th 2010, 10:59 am
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Mate, to be fair english is his second language. If any of us can speak and write his language as good as he does ours, then maybe we can criticize.
geting a job in Aus during a recession aint easy, and less so if english is not your first language. You just need to keep trying and sometimes start from the bottom. Good luck to the OP and anyone else looking
geting a job in Aus during a recession aint easy, and less so if english is not your first language. You just need to keep trying and sometimes start from the bottom. Good luck to the OP and anyone else looking
I have recently gone through a period of unemployment and had to deal with the struggle to get work again, fighting through all the agencies nonsense.
If you want work there is always some around though. If you are as desperate as the OP made it sound, that he has to sign on and is going to struggle to feed his kids. He could walk into Bunnings and get a job straight away, with a reasonable wage and the only requirements being that you turn up and do some work.
Sep 13th 2010, 11:14 am
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Regardless if English is your second language, if your applying in an English speaking country you need to have a good standard of it. I wouldn’t travel to France or Russia and expect them to put up with me not being able to speak or write their languages very well. I wouldn’t expect to get a job there if my applications made little sense.
I have recently gone through a period of unemployment and had to deal with the struggle to get work again, fighting through all the agencies nonsense.
If you want work there is always some around though. If you are as desperate as the OP made it sound, that he has to sign on and is going to struggle to feed his kids. He could walk into Bunnings and get a job straight away, with a reasonable wage and the only requirements being that you turn up and do some work.
I have recently gone through a period of unemployment and had to deal with the struggle to get work again, fighting through all the agencies nonsense.
If you want work there is always some around though. If you are as desperate as the OP made it sound, that he has to sign on and is going to struggle to feed his kids. He could walk into Bunnings and get a job straight away, with a reasonable wage and the only requirements being that you turn up and do some work.
Sep 13th 2010, 11:20 am
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That's a start, hope he gets it
My son works at Macca's. He waited for about 2 months for an interview, then eventually got one. They told him he had the job but had to do something online - a bit like a health and hygiene cert - then they would call him with details of his first shift. His first shift was 4 weeks later
They're certainly not in a hurry
Gotta say though, he loves working there. Mind you apart from the manager he's probably the oldest there...he's 17
My son works at Macca's. He waited for about 2 months for an interview, then eventually got one. They told him he had the job but had to do something online - a bit like a health and hygiene cert - then they would call him with details of his first shift. His first shift was 4 weeks later
They're certainly not in a hurry
Gotta say though, he loves working there. Mind you apart from the manager he's probably the oldest there...he's 17
Yeah Macca's took months and 2 interviews to tell me they couldn't employ me on a temp visa ...
Sep 13th 2010, 11:25 am
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Regardless if English is your second language, if your applying in an English speaking country you need to have a good standard of it. I wouldn’t travel to France or Russia and expect them to put up with me not being able to speak or write their languages very well. I wouldn’t expect to get a job there if my applications made little sense.
I have recently gone through a period of unemployment and had to deal with the struggle to get work again, fighting through all the agencies nonsense.
If you want work there is always some around though. If you are as desperate as the OP made it sound, that he has to sign on and is going to struggle to feed his kids. He could walk into Bunnings and get a job straight away, with a reasonable wage and the only requirements being that you turn up and do some work.
I have recently gone through a period of unemployment and had to deal with the struggle to get work again, fighting through all the agencies nonsense.
If you want work there is always some around though. If you are as desperate as the OP made it sound, that he has to sign on and is going to struggle to feed his kids. He could walk into Bunnings and get a job straight away, with a reasonable wage and the only requirements being that you turn up and do some work.
Sep 13th 2010, 11:32 am
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Exactly, Bunnings is a bit like Coles, Woolies, BiLo etc - they want the youngsters cos they are cheaper to employ. Not the same as back home where supermarkets, B&Q etc were always good standbys for work. I tried all of them when I first came here but the kids were their preference.
Sep 13th 2010, 11:41 am
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Exactly, Bunnings is a bit like Coles, Woolies, BiLo etc - they want the youngsters cos they are cheaper to employ. Not the same as back home where supermarkets, B&Q etc were always good standbys for work. I tried all of them when I first came here but the kids were their preference.
It took me 2 years to find work, and I'm only in accounts! Hardly rocket science
I had to temp for over 12 months. Luckily I impressed my current boss enough that he head hunted me. Took a while to get through the 'employment process' with the company though. They would have rather kept me as a temp and not had to pay holidays etc.
Sep 13th 2010, 12:11 pm
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Exactly.
It took me 2 years to find work, and I'm only in accounts! Hardly rocket science
I had to temp for over 12 months. Luckily I impressed my current boss enough that he head hunted me. Took a while to get through the 'employment process' with the company though. They would have rather kept me as a temp and not had to pay holidays etc.
It took me 2 years to find work, and I'm only in accounts! Hardly rocket science
I had to temp for over 12 months. Luckily I impressed my current boss enough that he head hunted me. Took a while to get through the 'employment process' with the company though. They would have rather kept me as a temp and not had to pay holidays etc.
Sep 13th 2010, 12:16 pm
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Yeah, I met Clare when she was up here. She's so lovely. How are you anyway? it's been such a long time since I spoke with you last? (maybe you should either PM me or post on my thread in the Barbie - I don't want to get shouted at
)Chris is loving he job too. He wanted to finish school and work there full time
he's only got 8 weeks of school left silly boy he is lol I obviously told him NO!
Sep 13th 2010, 12:19 pm
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Hello stranger
Yeah, I met Clare when she was up here. She's so lovely. How are you anyway? it's been such a long time since I spoke with you last? (maybe you should either PM me or post on my thread in the Barbie - I don't want to get shouted at)
Chris is loving he job too. He wanted to finish school and work there full time he's only got 8 weeks of school left silly boy he is lol
I obviously told him NO!
Yeah, I met Clare when she was up here. She's so lovely. How are you anyway? it's been such a long time since I spoke with you last? (maybe you should either PM me or post on my thread in the Barbie - I don't want to get shouted at
)Chris is loving he job too. He wanted to finish school and work there full time
he's only got 8 weeks of school left silly boy he is lol I obviously told him NO!