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Western Australia officially entered recession today. We may have some projects up North etc but building in Perth is f**ked and jobs are very tough to come by.

aston

1 job in the paper this saturday,,,,

Amazulu

Part of an email I recieved today from an agent that I know very well:

As mentioned, I am currently seeking Electrical Design people at Senior level (10+ years) experience.

Clients are for:

Amec Minproc
FAST JV
Sedgman (Burswood)
WorleyParsons
Fluor

Let me know if you are interested in any of the above clients of if you know of anyone.

Thanks very much

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Engineering Recruitment Consultant
Execom Personnel... Excellence in Recruitment
Level 3, 105 St Georges Terrace, Perth WA 6000
PO Box Z5166, Perth WA 6831
Phone: +61 (0)8 *******
Fax: +61 (0)8 *******
Mobile: +61 (0)********
E-Mail:
Internet: http://www.execom.com.au

bcworld

Or maybe the WA chamber of commerce is just playing politics?

hoofie2002

Depends on your area - senior IT people are in demand and hard to find.

geordiebloke

Was speaking to a self employed decorator the other day, he said he found it
near impossible to find anybody to work as brush hands, even though he pays $30 ph.
If jobs in Perth were that hard to come by, I'd have thought people would be snapping his arm off for unskilled work at that hourly rate???????

Japonica

Is this by area? I thought, "Wow, it must be bad," and did a Seek search in hubby's occupation and found 249 jobs listed for Perth.

Right now, he's working 50 hour weeks, we barely see him, and he's constantly being head hunted by other companies...

And I did a search for mine as well...where one new posting a week is lucky and I found two (woo hoo!).

pomtastic

WA in recession ties in with what I've been banging on about on this forum for a while. Most people are in debt up to their eyeballs because they have been told by the media that the next 'big boom' is coming and that houses prices will double in no time. The muppets have bought into this fabricated story and over extended. A couple of interest rate rises and upward cost of living has squeezed the last drop of blood out of these people. As I said before, people are now buying 1 or 2 tomatoes in Coles, thinking twice before chucking a packet of steak in their shopping trollies. Shops are empty in WA unless a sale is on, shops are going bust left right and centre and more to come.

Remember folks, the media here is run by business and mining vested interests. Gina Reinhart owns 10% of the Ten network and Fairfax media, so all you are going to get shoved down your throats is the mining boom to attract investment and no negative stories about the economy going down the crapper. It's all about perceived confidence so people empty their wallets and pay for overpriced housing as these businesses could give a damn in 5 years time when they are retired in luxury.

As for mining, what I understand is that the actual infrastucture for these mines employs the most workers - as in NOW. Once the mine is up and running the employee count is relatively small to the profits made. Numbers of 10,000 employees for setting up Gorgon versus 3,000 employees for the actual running of the mine. Unfortunately, most of the steel fabrication has been made abroad, steel fabricators in Perth are working at 30% capacity only when they should be in boom mode.

Most people I speak to think the next 'boom' is just around the corner - they will be left high and dry IMO.

pomtastic

Yep, trades are suffereing now the school building is over and housing starts have collapsed. Boom time wages for boom times, unfortunately it never lasts. Sure, there are certain skills that command top dollar, always has been, always will but it never lasts - so make the dosh while you can.

pomtastic

Make the most of it - save your dosh as these imbalances always revert back to the norm over a period.

Amazulu

Probably. The point of having an official definition of recession - 2 quarters of negative growth as called by the ABS - is to prevent any Tom, Dick and Harry from making their own call, as has happened in this case.

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EvannTel

[QUOTE=pomtastic;9288695
As for mining, what I understand is that the actual infrastucture for these mines employs the most workers - as in NOW. Once the mine is up and running the employee count is relatively small to the profits made. Numbers of 10,000 employees for setting up Gorgon versus 3,000 employees for the actual running of the mine. Unfortunately, most of the steel fabrication has been made abroad, steel fabricators in Perth are working at 30% capacity only when they should be in boom mode.
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Errr Gorgon isn't a mine.

EvannTel

So in summary, the housing market and construction is going through a lull.
Hardly the whole of WA down the shitter is it?

Vegemite Kids

only 181 jobs on offer with my company - down from 192 last week.

yep, must be a recession.

aston

easily said if you aint a bricky mate...