Bradburns

Hi all,

Wandering if anyone can help me, do you know ;

1) how hard it is to find work on the Sunshine Coast?
2) What type of work is available?
3) Is it difficult to find work for 20 hrs per week?
What's the best area on Sunshine Coast for work?

Thanks, Lisa.

maccy124

Good Question, i have been thinking the exact same thing. As much as i love the sunshine coast, think i'm gonna have to go to Brissie to get IT work. Guess i can always weekend there! lol.

keijei

Check out this website for Sunny Coast Employment Agencies.

http://employment.mysunshinecoast.co...isplay_all.php

Personally I've had 3 jobs through IPA in the last alomost 6 years years. The first was a temporary job for a month, then 3 and a half years and I've been in this job for just over 2 years.

Also check out seek.com.au on

http://www.seek.com.au/jobsearch/ind...archfrom=quick

kevinbloomfield

what sort of work?

themerlin

Good jobs on the coast are like rocking horse shit.

Not really any commerce/industry up that way just tourism and maybe a little construction.

Urno

Ok, i've been offered a good position (in IT) on the Sunshine Coast, for 45k (+ super), but am holding out for at least the 52k we scrape by on in Brisbane.

The position requires more advanced skills than my current position so i think holding out is justified. The job would be better for me.

Any thoughts?

kevinbloomfield

Who's it with if you don't mind me asking? I worked for 1 particular company and I wouldn't want you working for them as they are a bunch of idiots!!

Urno

Forgive the paranoid cageyness, but i'd rather keep that under my hat for now....

What line were these dodgy people in then?

Timber Floor Au

Lisa its not like croc dundee you know, Australia has moved on a tad, since the old skippy films.


If you look you will find !

Bradburns

Anything really. We can only work 20 hrs per week each. Hubby would prefer to do either labouring or ground works, brick work but 20 hrs a week, would they have this type of work for those hours?

Bradburns

I don't think for one minute that it is like croc dundee (whatever that means), the reason i ask these questions is because there have been so many negative posts that i've read about work being so hard to come by, i just wanted other peoples opinions, some may have personal experiences that they might share, giving me more insight into something i've been dreaming of. Everyones different, i know that me and my hubby will try really hard, but if rumours are true and it is exceptionally hard to find work there then it's probably twice as hard to find just 20 hrs a week.

kevinbloomfield

IT company, send me a PM and say who it is - don't worry, I'm not looking for a job as I know the only way to make decent money is to be self employed. I'll never work for an employer again (especially not for $40 - $50,000 a year)

Timber Floor Au

Well try and be a tad more specific.

Asking a general question, will get a general answer.

What kind of work do you do?

No one is trying to demean your ambition, we all have it or have had it.. thats not in question, we can only help given the info provided, so help us help you !

kevinbloomfield

Plenty of building work around so I would have thought labouring would be easy enough to get. Also there's plenty of supermarkets dotted around and plenty of fast food joints.
Unemployment is very low on the coast, it's only lazy people that don't work (I wont mention Aussies - oops :-))

Timber Floor Au

Tell him to Contact Jimboomba Turf, and ask if they have any vacancies. They are possibly biggest supplier of turf in qld.

I know of many poms, on site who work as labourers, especially doing ground work ( lawn laying etc )

The uk type of groundwork, ie digging with a spade or shovel, isnt that popular here.. hence Dingo and Bobcat

He could be earning 1k a week, as a offsider for a reasonably busy company.

Alternatively he could buy a Jim Franchise... and work his own hours.