My experience on Job search
Jul 28th 2004, 5:34 pm
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My experience on Job search
Hi,
Thought I will put down what I faced while looking for a Job in Australia from outside the country. I am Australian PR living in USA and planning to move to Sydney in early September.
I am in IT with 9 years of commercial experience (6 years in the USA). I been applying for Jobs in Australia for the last couple of weeks via the following job search sites
www.seek.com.au
www.jobnet.com.au
www.mycareer.com.au
www.careerone.com.au
Responses are good both from Recruiters and Employers but they want to see me in person for a Interview before they commit anything. Most of them asked me to phone them as soon as I arrive in Australia.
Tip: Having a local Aussie number is of a huge help. I got one by signing for a voicemail service from the following site www.mbox.com.au. By paying AU$8 a month u get a local Australian phone number with a built in answering machine where you can record your own greeting message. Whoever calls that number can leave a message and the message is emailed to you as a .wav attachment. Really cool!!!
Summary: Seems like lots of IT jobs are out there and I am moving to Sydney assuming I will get one in 2 months time. In jobnet.com.au alone there are about 300+ IT jobs advertised daily. I assume the recruiters get lots of application and so do not expect recruiters to respond unless you qualify.
Good luck to all who are leaving soon and do not forget ot post your experience
Cheers
Thought I will put down what I faced while looking for a Job in Australia from outside the country. I am Australian PR living in USA and planning to move to Sydney in early September.
I am in IT with 9 years of commercial experience (6 years in the USA). I been applying for Jobs in Australia for the last couple of weeks via the following job search sites
www.seek.com.au
www.jobnet.com.au
www.mycareer.com.au
www.careerone.com.au
Responses are good both from Recruiters and Employers but they want to see me in person for a Interview before they commit anything. Most of them asked me to phone them as soon as I arrive in Australia.
Tip: Having a local Aussie number is of a huge help. I got one by signing for a voicemail service from the following site www.mbox.com.au. By paying AU$8 a month u get a local Australian phone number with a built in answering machine where you can record your own greeting message. Whoever calls that number can leave a message and the message is emailed to you as a .wav attachment. Really cool!!!
Summary: Seems like lots of IT jobs are out there and I am moving to Sydney assuming I will get one in 2 months time. In jobnet.com.au alone there are about 300+ IT jobs advertised daily. I assume the recruiters get lots of application and so do not expect recruiters to respond unless you qualify.
Good luck to all who are leaving soon and do not forget ot post your experience
Cheers
Last edited by rajarajaraja; Jul 28th 2004 at 8:32 pm.
Jul 28th 2004, 7:31 pm
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Re: My experience on Job search
Originally posted by rajarajaraja
Hint: Having a local Aussie number is of a huge help. I got one by signing for a voicemail service from the following site www.mbox.xom.au. By paying AU$8 a month u get a local Australian phone number with a built in answering machine where you can record your own greeting message. Whoever calls that number can leave a message and the message is emailed to you as a .wav attachment. Really cool!!!
Hint: Having a local Aussie number is of a huge help. I got one by signing for a voicemail service from the following site www.mbox.xom.au. By paying AU$8 a month u get a local Australian phone number with a built in answering machine where you can record your own greeting message. Whoever calls that number can leave a message and the message is emailed to you as a .wav attachment. Really cool!!!
For anybody who may be interested (probably in the wrong forum), you can get a similar thing in the UK from www.yac.com.
Jul 28th 2004, 8:36 pm
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Re: My experience on Job search
Question: Since you have put an Aussie number on your CV / Resume, did you also put down your US address or leave the address blank?
I've just signed up for an MBOX voice-mail-box. Thanks again for the pointer.
I've just signed up for an MBOX voice-mail-box. Thanks again for the pointer.
Jul 28th 2004, 9:34 pm
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Re: My experience on Job search
Originally posted by rajarajaraja
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Jul 28th 2004, 10:07 pm
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Re: My experience on Job search
Originally posted by rajarajaraja
Responses are good both from Recruiters and Employers but they want to see me in person for a Interview before they commit anything. Most of them asked me to phone them as soon as I arrive in Australia.
Tip: Having a local Aussie number is of a huge help. I got one by signing for a voicemail service from the following site www.mbox.com.au. By paying AU$8 a month u get a local Australian phone number with a built in answering machine where you can record your own greeting message. Whoever calls that number can leave a message and the message is emailed to you as a .wav attachment. Really cool!!!
Cheers
Responses are good both from Recruiters and Employers but they want to see me in person for a Interview before they commit anything. Most of them asked me to phone them as soon as I arrive in Australia.
Tip: Having a local Aussie number is of a huge help. I got one by signing for a voicemail service from the following site www.mbox.com.au. By paying AU$8 a month u get a local Australian phone number with a built in answering machine where you can record your own greeting message. Whoever calls that number can leave a message and the message is emailed to you as a .wav attachment. Really cool!!!
Cheers
Many thanks for the MBOX tip! That one is great!
Mike
Jul 28th 2004, 10:40 pm
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Re: My experience on Job search
I removed the US address completely from my CV as it seemed weird having a US address with a local telephone number.
Don't be surprised with the puzzled response from recruiters
Good luck
Don't be surprised with the puzzled response from recruiters
Good luck
Originally posted by wmoore
Question: Since you have put an Aussie number on your CV / Resume, did you also put down your US address or leave the address blank?
I've just signed up for an MBOX voice-mail-box. Thanks again for the pointer.
Question: Since you have put an Aussie number on your CV / Resume, did you also put down your US address or leave the address blank?
I've just signed up for an MBOX voice-mail-box. Thanks again for the pointer.
Jul 28th 2004, 11:10 pm
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Re: My experience on Job search
Originally posted by rajarajaraja
I removed the US address completely from my CV as it seemed weird having a US address with a local telephone number.
Don't be surprised with the puzzled response from recruiters
Good luck
I removed the US address completely from my CV as it seemed weird having a US address with a local telephone number.
Don't be surprised with the puzzled response from recruiters
Good luck
Cheers
Mike
