how to start the job hunt
Oct 5th 2004, 11:38 am
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how to start the job hunt
Hi,
Having arrived in Australia(Sydney),What is the best way to start the Job Hunt process, like which recruitment agents to apply etc.
Any tips in this regard will be highly appreciated.
Aussieboy
Having arrived in Australia(Sydney),What is the best way to start the Job Hunt process, like which recruitment agents to apply etc.
Any tips in this regard will be highly appreciated.
Aussieboy
Oct 5th 2004, 11:46 am
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Re: how to start the job hunt
Originally Posted by aussieboy
Hi,
Having arrived in Australia(Sydney),What is the best way to start the Job Hunt process, like which recruitment agents to apply etc.
Any tips in this regard will be highly appreciated.
Aussieboy
Having arrived in Australia(Sydney),What is the best way to start the Job Hunt process, like which recruitment agents to apply etc.
Any tips in this regard will be highly appreciated.
Aussieboy
I guess it all depends what your skill is! I have found the www.nsw.gov.au website recently, they have a great deal of gov. employment - eg. I am in tourism development and it seems really good. Job descriptions are great too, and i will definitly get inspired by them to write my cover letter! Definitly worth checking out a few job descriptions there.
Othersiwe i recomment careers.com.au or seek, and then some specialised agencies in your field!
good luck
fabie
Oct 5th 2004, 11:31 pm
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Re: how to start the job hunt
Originally Posted by aussieboy
Hi,
Having arrived in Australia(Sydney),What is the best way to start the Job Hunt process, like which recruitment agents to apply etc.
Any tips in this regard will be highly appreciated.
Aussieboy
Having arrived in Australia(Sydney),What is the best way to start the Job Hunt process, like which recruitment agents to apply etc.
Any tips in this regard will be highly appreciated.
Aussieboy
or
http://www.seek.com.au
Oct 6th 2004, 12:54 am
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Re: how to start the job hunt
Originally Posted by aussieboy
Hi,
Having arrived in Australia(Sydney),What is the best way to start the Job Hunt process, like which recruitment agents to apply etc.
Any tips in this regard will be highly appreciated.
Aussieboy
Having arrived in Australia(Sydney),What is the best way to start the Job Hunt process, like which recruitment agents to apply etc.
Any tips in this regard will be highly appreciated.
Aussieboy
What type of work do you want and in what field? If its IT or finance I'd go with a specialist agency. Otherwise seek.com.au as mentioned is quite good. Hays, Hudson and Adecco are all good agencys.
Oct 6th 2004, 2:13 am
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Re: how to start the job hunt
The Sydney Morning Herald, Australian and Daily Telegraph are all good sources. From memory I think Wednesday, Friday and Saturday's editions are best.
Oct 6th 2004, 4:15 am
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Re: how to start the job hunt
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Hi Aussieboy,
What type of work do you want and in what field? If its IT or finance I'd go with a specialist agency. Otherwise seek.com.au as mentioned is quite good. Hays, Hudson and Adecco are all good agencys.
What type of work do you want and in what field? If its IT or finance I'd go with a specialist agency. Otherwise seek.com.au as mentioned is quite good. Hays, Hudson and Adecco are all good agencys.
Iam in IT.
Aussieboy
Oct 6th 2004, 4:29 am
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Re: how to start the job hunt
Originally Posted by aussieboy
Hi,
Having arrived in Australia(Sydney),What is the best way to start the Job Hunt process, like which recruitment agents to apply etc.
Any tips in this regard will be highly appreciated.
Aussieboy
Having arrived in Australia(Sydney),What is the best way to start the Job Hunt process, like which recruitment agents to apply etc.
Any tips in this regard will be highly appreciated.
Aussieboy
When I arrived I was advised only to sign up with a couple of agencys- hayes & hudson (civils & IT) . Apparenly the smaller agencies may submit your cv to any job even if you havent expressed any interest in a career change ! (think that this was B***S**T but i didnt fancy spending hours on a train to attend an interview that wasnt suitable)
I also set up e-mail alerts with seek, carreerone & mycareer.com.au. It took a few weeks before I eventualy found something but it did save on not buying papers on a weekly basis to see the same old adverts !
ta
Smudgo
PS I think I dropped a clanger in not getting my experience in the highway/Asset industry (15 Years !) offically recongnised as I dont have a degree ! Vic roads wouldnt even interview me as I couldnt join the Inst of Aus engs
regardless of the fact that I was the cause of hours of traffic jams on the m25 !
