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Old Nov 18th 2008, 9:02 am
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Hi there

I am new here and have been reading through a lot of the forums. I know I am not a british expat but I have found a lot of the information I have read also applys to me here. I have actually found quite a lot of useful information and alot of things that I didnt know.

My hubby is in the process of going through job interviews and so far has had positive feedback from Brisbane, Perth and Hervey Bay. We are now just waiting for a formal job offer to come about. Does anyone know how long it could take for a formal job offer to come through. He is in the proffesional job market and dont want to make the big move to Australia unless he has a job to come to.

I do home based childcare so any where that there is children I can work. Has anyone had experience with home based child care and is it easy to get into in Australia.

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Hi there. I can't help with any of that, but wanted to welcome you to the board
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Old Nov 18th 2008, 10:57 am
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Hi there

I am new here and have been reading through a lot of the forums. I know I am not a british expat but I have found a lot of the information I have read also applys to me here. I have actually found quite a lot of useful information and alot of things that I didnt know.

My hubby is in the process of going through job interviews and so far has had positive feedback from Brisbane, Perth and Hervey Bay. We are now just waiting for a formal job offer to come about. Does anyone know how long it could take for a formal job offer to come through. He is in the proffesional job market and dont want to make the big move to Australia unless he has a job to come to.
How long is a piece of string? there is no set timeframe as it can depend on what type of job, who with, how good the other interviewees were, how long the panel decide to mull over the selection process etc. Could be a day, could be a week, a month or never - positive feedback is no guarantee that they are going to make an offer. It is also a possibility that they could decide withdraw the vacancy altogether and not to fill it.

As for the childcare, here's some information from Communities dept in Qld:
http://www.communities.qld.gov.au/ch...ccservice.html
http://www.communities.qld.gov.au/ch...lopers-kit.pdf

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Old Nov 18th 2008, 11:51 pm
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Hi there. Whereabouts in NZ are you? We are British expats but have lived in NZ for much of our lives and we were looking at the same places as you. We went over for a look at Perth, Brisbane and HB in June and had contacted a few prospective employers beforehand. I think it depends on the nature of your husband's work and qualifications and how sought after he is. Mine has lots of experience in lots of areas, but we found that although people rang him and seemed to like him they wanted him to be living there before they were prepared to offer a firm job, even though he stressed that he would move over to start work and leave us behind. I'd say if he doesn't hear from them ring them up and be a nuisance. I hope you get something.

As it happens I'm kind of glad my OH didn't get a job as our house prices have dropped and we can't afford to go just now, but hopefully in the future. Still love Hervey Bay.
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Hi just wanted to say welcome to BE xx
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Originally Posted by kids carer
Hi there

I am new here and have been reading through a lot of the forums. I know I am not a british expat but I have found a lot of the information I have read also applys to me here. I have actually found quite a lot of useful information and alot of things that I didnt know.

My hubby is in the process of going through job interviews and so far has had positive feedback from Brisbane, Perth and Hervey Bay. We are now just waiting for a formal job offer to come about. Does anyone know how long it could take for a formal job offer to come through. He is in the proffesional job market and dont want to make the big move to Australia unless he has a job to come to.

I do home based childcare so any where that there is children I can work. Has anyone had experience with home based child care and is it easy to get into in Australia.

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G'day. Of course you are welcome. I am not a BE either

Hervey Bay - what kind of work does he do ? There is not much around there you know that right ?
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Old Nov 19th 2008, 3:05 am
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Hi there. Whereabouts in NZ are you? We are British expats but have lived in NZ for much of our lives and we were looking at the same places as you. We went over for a look at Perth, Brisbane and HB in June and had contacted a few prospective employers beforehand. I think it depends on the nature of your husband's work and qualifications and how sought after he is. Mine has lots of experience in lots of areas, but we found that although people rang him and seemed to like him they wanted him to be living there before they were prepared to offer a firm job, even though he stressed that he would move over to start work and leave us behind. I'd say if he doesn't hear from them ring them up and be a nuisance. I hope you get something.

As it happens I'm kind of glad my OH didn't get a job as our house prices have dropped and we can't afford to go just now, but hopefully in the future. Still love Hervey Bay.
We are in Christchurch and our house prices have dropped a lot here too which is a bit of a worry especially when we change it into the $Aus.

Hubby is a Quantity Surveyor and has also heard from different companies who have given him interviews. They have also done reference checks and one has done a medical so we took that as they were fairly interested. I guess it is now a wait and see to see if he does get offered something. He will be emailing them all again this week to see where they are at.
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G'day. Of course you are welcome. I am not a BE either

Hervey Bay - what kind of work does he do ? There is not much around there you know that right ?

We didnt originally look at Hervey Bay, we are now looking at it because there was a job there that he could do and so applied for. I think Hervey Bay would actually be a nice way for us to be introduced to Australia, that is if he gets offered a job there. (fingers crossed)
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We didnt originally look at Hervey Bay, we are now looking at it because there was a job there that he could do and so applied for. I think Hervey Bay would actually be a nice way for us to be introduced to Australia, that is if he gets offered a job there. (fingers crossed)
Are you New Zealand citizens?
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Old Nov 20th 2008, 8:17 am
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Are you New Zealand citizens?
Yes we are NZ citizens, both born and raised here.
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