IT opportunities
Jan 15th 2008 | 5:46 am
#16
Fortunate Member
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 24
From: Manly, Sydney
Re: IT opportunities
I'm heading over to Sydney in April (4yr 457 approved, flights booked and we're ready to go). I'm fortunate in that my wife is the one being sponsored by her current company to set up new offices in CBD - this means I can work for anyone.... problem is I don't know anyone and could really do with some expat IT people networking to assist in looking for a new position. I don't want to wait until I get there to start looking and prefer not to rely on the agencies. I'm a Service Delivery Manager with 10+ yrs experience, got a computing degree (but almost back when the babbage machine was still in use :-) so haven't pressed buttons for some time).
Any IT bods out there in Sydney who can give me contact names at decent companies or better still who recruiting?
Any IT bods out there in Sydney who can give me contact names at decent companies or better still who recruiting?
Jan 15th 2008 | 7:50 am
#17
BE Enthusiast
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 355
From: hampshire UK
Re: IT opportunities
Hi dandn
I am not there yet but am hoping some of the local folks inputting to BE forums (and on IT in particular) volunteer their opinions. When I get there I would be happy to provide any reasonable support I can - we hope to be there later this summer if all things go to plan (paperwork/visa all sorted)
When do you get out there once your visas come through?
I am not there yet but am hoping some of the local folks inputting to BE forums (and on IT in particular) volunteer their opinions. When I get there I would be happy to provide any reasonable support I can - we hope to be there later this summer if all things go to plan (paperwork/visa all sorted)
When do you get out there once your visas come through?
We are heading to either Brisbane or Adelaide although the IT industry as a whole seems to be based in either Sydney or Melbourne.
Good luck with your move !
Jan 15th 2008 | 3:15 pm
#18
BE Forum Addict
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 1,380
From: Perth, WA
Re: IT opportunities
Interesting - I thought IT generally was maturing as a discipline globally due to demands of Business-IT alignment, costs etc!
I am based in/coming from Southeast region in UK (London and surrounding areas) and did expect IT to be less mature in Oz to an extent - but at same time am concerned if my experience will be in demand or am I "over-experienced" and/or do I have to pigeon-hole myself into one of the titles mentioned above to get a job. Additionally from an employers perspective, would they perceive my varied background as an advantage or disadvantage ie say if I applied for a Development or Project Manager role?
Having visited Oz before, we have knowingly decided to move to WA for the lifestyle, opportunities for kids etc - with this in mind, and knowledge of WA IT being a small market, I am not clear however on what all the options are going forward wrt to finding a suitable job eg take lower scale job & try and move up over the coming years, contracting for x months to get a better feel for the market & make contacts, etc.
I am based in/coming from Southeast region in UK (London and surrounding areas) and did expect IT to be less mature in Oz to an extent - but at same time am concerned if my experience will be in demand or am I "over-experienced" and/or do I have to pigeon-hole myself into one of the titles mentioned above to get a job. Additionally from an employers perspective, would they perceive my varied background as an advantage or disadvantage ie say if I applied for a Development or Project Manager role?
Having visited Oz before, we have knowingly decided to move to WA for the lifestyle, opportunities for kids etc - with this in mind, and knowledge of WA IT being a small market, I am not clear however on what all the options are going forward wrt to finding a suitable job eg take lower scale job & try and move up over the coming years, contracting for x months to get a better feel for the market & make contacts, etc.
As other posters have said, you may have to step down a notch or two until you get 'runs on the board' as it were, but after that it will get much easier.
Contracting would be the best way to start as you can get a feel for things without being too committed.
