Help, husband is giving up!!
May 30th 2009, 11:29 am
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Re: Help, husband is giving up!!
No, they can't stop people from resigning but our HOD said he wouldn't accept them until after the moretoreum was lifted. I'm sure it was his way of saying we were indispensible. 
Either way, WAHealth is not hiring anyone except medical or nursing staff right now. Lucky me...I was one of the first to not have a contract renewed under the new scheme and one of the few to be hired for permanent positions since February.
Either way, WAHealth is not hiring anyone except medical or nursing staff right now. Lucky me...I was one of the first to not have a contract renewed under the new scheme and one of the few to be hired for permanent positions since February.
May 30th 2009, 11:36 am
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Re: Help, husband is giving up!!
No, they can't stop people from resigning but our HOD said he wouldn't accept them until after the moretoreum was lifted. I'm sure it was his way of saying we were indispensible. Either way, WAHealth is not hiring anyone except medical or nursing staff right now. Lucky me...I was one of the first to not have a contract renewed under the new scheme and one of the few to be hired for permanent positions since February.
Either way, WAHealth is not hiring anyone except medical or nursing staff right now. Lucky me...I was one of the first to not have a contract renewed under the new scheme and one of the few to be hired for permanent positions since February.
May 30th 2009, 12:03 pm
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Have sent you a PM.
May 30th 2009, 2:10 pm
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Haven't read the whole thread but just wanted to let the OP know that my experience RE emailing about volunteer work was the same- I eventually had to phone and insist on coming straight over to sign up. It's mental really as I volunteer for an in-schools programme working with refugee kids and there's so much need and yet I first saw the post advertised on SEEK and went through 4 agencies to get to who was actually responsible for getting me into the classroom and it took 7 weeks and only happened because I phoned and harrassed every step of the way. Email is useless for getting a reply when you're not top priority- you need a more 'present' approach.
May 31st 2009, 8:25 am
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Re: Help, husband is giving up!!
We arrived to Perth just over a month ago and my husband is struggling to find a job. He sent endless of applications through SEEK and the government jobsearch website and nobody is getting back to him. That is the problem really that he gets no reply at all from anyone, they don't even bother to say no to him. He even tried volunteer jobs to get to know people and get some experience and even they don't reply! He worked for Royal Mail in the UK and already tried AusPost but they wouldn't employ him either because he hasn't got motorcycle licence and they have appearently no other vacancies in other departments. He is now really fed up and wants to go home and I find it difficult to try to encourage him to give it longer and keep trying.
And before anybody says that what did we expect especially in these times of recession, we are aware of all that, but what worries me is that nobody replying any of his e-mails, not even the volounteer organisations. Is this the norm? Would he be better off if he called people instead of e-mailing them? Has anybody else been through similar experiences and felt that just hitting a brick wall?
He is really hard working and a lovely person and seems to me nobody wants to give him a chance. And it really upsets me seeing him like this, and I really want to avoid going back to England.
Can anybody give me some advice please as to what is the best way to approach employers and secure some kind of employment.
And before anybody says that what did we expect especially in these times of recession, we are aware of all that, but what worries me is that nobody replying any of his e-mails, not even the volounteer organisations. Is this the norm? Would he be better off if he called people instead of e-mailing them? Has anybody else been through similar experiences and felt that just hitting a brick wall?
He is really hard working and a lovely person and seems to me nobody wants to give him a chance. And it really upsets me seeing him like this, and I really want to avoid going back to England.
Can anybody give me some advice please as to what is the best way to approach employers and secure some kind of employment.
fingers crossed for you.
best regards
Charlotte
May 31st 2009, 11:29 am
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Re: Help, husband is giving up!!
Just wanted to wish you luck and tell you to keep plugging away 
I got to Aus in Feb 2004 as a fully skilled gas fitter / plumber and it took 6 months to get a job...... over 200 emails and only 30 odd replies, so stick with it
I got to Aus in Feb 2004 as a fully skilled gas fitter / plumber and it took 6 months to get a job...... over 200 emails and only 30 odd replies, so stick with it
May 31st 2009, 12:06 pm
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May 31st 2009, 11:43 pm
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Our postie delivers on a bicycle (Melbourne inner suburb)
Jun 1st 2009, 6:30 am
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Hi sallyclaire, thanks for advice.
Ive been following your posts even before we moved out. How are you getting on especially at work, do you like it? Hows your hubby getting on with his job?
We've been to the Redlynch area before and absolutely loved it! You made a good choice with the location, it's paradise.
Vicki
Ive been following your posts even before we moved out. How are you getting on especially at work, do you like it? Hows your hubby getting on with his job?
We've been to the Redlynch area before and absolutely loved it! You made a good choice with the location, it's paradise.
Vicki
Work for me is going well Out of interest, why did you settle on WA?
Jun 1st 2009, 7:46 am
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Beautiful and easily accessible beaches, national parks, little population, still very untouched and not as built up as the the Eastern Coast.
And we can always watch as the sun sets behind the ocean.
It wasn't an easy decision, we didn't want to go to Melbourne or Sydney (too built up) so it was either Perth, Adalaide, Brisbane or Cairns.
Cairns will always be a special place for me, it is still in the cards, so we might move there one day.
Jun 1st 2009, 8:50 am
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Not sure if this helps but Universities (an some Gov depts) have "temp pools" where the pay is pretty good and you can pick and choose (within reason!) what you want do, I would contact them direct and not go through agencies too much (that is only from my experience)
We arrived to Perth just over a month ago and my husband is struggling to find a job. He sent endless of applications through SEEK and the government jobsearch website and nobody is getting back to him. That is the problem really that he gets no reply at all from anyone, they don't even bother to say no to him. He even tried volunteer jobs to get to know people and get some experience and even they don't reply! He worked for Royal Mail in the UK and already tried AusPost but they wouldn't employ him either because he hasn't got motorcycle licence and they have appearently no other vacancies in other departments. He is now really fed up and wants to go home and I find it difficult to try to encourage him to give it longer and keep trying.
And before anybody says that what did we expect especially in these times of recession, we are aware of all that, but what worries me is that nobody replying any of his e-mails, not even the volounteer organisations. Is this the norm? Would he be better off if he called people instead of e-mailing them? Has anybody else been through similar experiences and felt that just hitting a brick wall?
He is really hard working and a lovely person and seems to me nobody wants to give him a chance. And it really upsets me seeing him like this, and I really want to avoid going back to England.
Can anybody give me some advice please as to what is the best way to approach employers and secure some kind of employment.
And before anybody says that what did we expect especially in these times of recession, we are aware of all that, but what worries me is that nobody replying any of his e-mails, not even the volounteer organisations. Is this the norm? Would he be better off if he called people instead of e-mailing them? Has anybody else been through similar experiences and felt that just hitting a brick wall?
He is really hard working and a lovely person and seems to me nobody wants to give him a chance. And it really upsets me seeing him like this, and I really want to avoid going back to England.
Can anybody give me some advice please as to what is the best way to approach employers and secure some kind of employment.
Jun 2nd 2009, 3:19 am
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Perth is a beautiful city, very clean, no crowds.
Beautiful and easily accessible beaches, national parks, little population, still very untouched and not as built up as the the Eastern Coast.
And we can always watch as the sun sets behind the ocean.
It wasn't an easy decision, we didn't want to go to Melbourne or Sydney (too built up) so it was either Perth, Adalaide, Brisbane or Cairns.
Cairns will always be a special place for me, it is still in the cards, so we might move there one day.
Beautiful and easily accessible beaches, national parks, little population, still very untouched and not as built up as the the Eastern Coast.
And we can always watch as the sun sets behind the ocean.
It wasn't an easy decision, we didn't want to go to Melbourne or Sydney (too built up) so it was either Perth, Adalaide, Brisbane or Cairns.
Cairns will always be a special place for me, it is still in the cards, so we might move there one day.
How is your job going?
Jun 2nd 2009, 4:32 am
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We arrived to Perth just over a month ago and my husband is struggling to find a job. He sent endless of applications through SEEK and the government jobsearch website and nobody is getting back to him. That is the problem really that he gets no reply at all from anyone, they don't even bother to say no to him. He even tried volunteer jobs to get to know people and get some experience and even they don't reply! He worked for Royal Mail in the UK and already tried AusPost but they wouldn't employ him either because he hasn't got motorcycle licence and they have appearently no other vacancies in other departments. He is now really fed up and wants to go home and I find it difficult to try to encourage him to give it longer and keep trying.
And before anybody says that what did we expect especially in these times of recession, we are aware of all that, but what worries me is that nobody replying any of his e-mails, not even the volounteer organisations. Is this the norm? Would he be better off if he called people instead of e-mailing them? Has anybody else been through similar experiences and felt that just hitting a brick wall?
He is really hard working and a lovely person and seems to me nobody wants to give him a chance. And it really upsets me seeing him like this, and I really want to avoid going back to England.
Can anybody give me some advice please as to what is the best way to approach employers and secure some kind of employment.
And before anybody says that what did we expect especially in these times of recession, we are aware of all that, but what worries me is that nobody replying any of his e-mails, not even the volounteer organisations. Is this the norm? Would he be better off if he called people instead of e-mailing them? Has anybody else been through similar experiences and felt that just hitting a brick wall?
He is really hard working and a lovely person and seems to me nobody wants to give him a chance. And it really upsets me seeing him like this, and I really want to avoid going back to England.
Can anybody give me some advice please as to what is the best way to approach employers and secure some kind of employment.
I have since had five interviews in the past two weeks - they all went very well, and it's now a waiting game to see if I get any offers.
Jun 2nd 2009, 9:34 am
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I'm still looking though and applying for various other nursing jobs and just see what happens.
Vicki