bobajob

Hi Everyone

We're moving to the Sunshine Coast at the end of June, so I thought I'd start looking around for a job. I'm actually Australian, and an accountant (supposedly on the demand list) but can't find anything. Well, unless I wanted to be a public practice tax return guru, which isn't my preference (and I haven't done Aussie tax since 1999!!) I have been doing management accounting (Finance Manager stuff) since then.

I have been looking on the usual places - seek, careerone and mycareer, but everything is just tax, tax, tax - or the very least, business services.

I'd really like to hear how anyone on the Sunshine Coast found a job - even if not as an accountant? I have spoken to one recruitment agent, who also tried to sell me a tax/business services job - which of course I will take if it gets to that, but would prefer not to.

I'm guessing it's going to be a hit-the-pavement thing when we land, or wait for jobs to appear in the paper, but would prefer to work as soon as we get there ??

Any ideas out there ?

Kat

Brizbound

Try the Saturday edition of the Sunshine Coast Daily - online jobs site is worksearch.com.au.

Carrianne

Try

www.seek.com.au

www.mycareer.com.au

www.newstaff.com.au (they have a couple on their at the moment)

www.mysunshinecoast.com.au

Hope this helps

C

sunshinesarah

Hitting the pavement worked for us but I did get through to a second round interview via Seek but ended up taking another job.

I have found the The Sunshine Coast to be very much about local business and local people so I agree the Sunshine Coast Daily's your best paper to get.

Both my partner and I walked in off the street to places. He left CV's with lots of companies. The company he works for now had nothing at the time but obviously kept his CV on file and did call him around 6 months down the track.

Whilst you'll be wanting to do what you can from that end, it'll all be a lot easier when you're here.

Best of luck
Sunshine Sarah

joeyballantyne

agree with all of the above advice and sites bobajob, but can also add you should not have a problem getting accounting work from what i've seen and agree with sunshinesarah you need to get some contacts going with local companies and agencies - you can do a search for accountancy firms using this:
http://www.mysunshinecoast.com.au/

good luck mate

bobajob

Thanks everyone. Good advice. I have signed up with East Coast Recruitment for now, as I figure I may as well put 1 iron in the fire. But I can't say I was too impressed with the smarmy sounding guy at the other end of the phone! I much prefer to present myself in person, and in a good suit so perhaps it will be just the area for me.

Bob says that perhaps I can now stop chewing his ear off every night about not finding a job....

Kat

sunshinesarah

Check about the 'what to wear for interview' etiquette for your field of work. We were told we'd be laughed at if we turned up for an interview all suited and booted as you would in the UK.

For blokes, very often a pair of nice trousers (even chino types) and shirt (no tie) is acceptable. I wore smart trousers and shirt for mine and I still felt overdressed. It's Queensland!!!

Sunshine Sarah

jdt3000

Don't turn your nose up, but MISSION Australia have a 5 star reputation as a job seeker organisation on the Sunshine Coast. If you have a hard time getting work, which may be the case seeing as the Sunshine Coast has high unemployment rates, try them!