bu1lder

Hi, we are heading for the Perth area (isnt every one? lol) thought about the east coast and wont rule it out yet, just have to get there first. Leaving uk in August. What about you?

this charming man

If you were a male who worked in the adult film industry and got told you were "over qualified",would you treat it as a compliment?

bananalana

"Housing's at the bottom of the cycle"

I don't quite think we are there yet.

Hutch

Depends where you are. They're on their way back up round here.

Sally Simpson

I think that a lot will depend on what the Govt do about the FHOG tbh!

Damson

Can't believe someone mentions the adult film industry and it doesn't get commented on - come on chaps, you are slipping!

PoppetUK

Sorry I've not read all the thread and don't know what line of work you are in but make sure you keep asking why you weren't accepted.

For my hubby it turned out that he didn't have xy or z. Mental Health field certainly didn't accept qualifications like for like and to retrain would be too many years for rather crap pay at the end of it.

For now he's doing a job in a field he hates but happens to pay ok. He's left sore, unhappy and frustrated but we keep saying how grateful we should be that he has work and your experience does back this up. We will have to think about our future now.

I hope something comes up. Keep plugging away. Do go back and ask questions. The number of times hubby has done this or told friends to and it has opened up more opportunities than just a rejection letter or call.

Good luck.

PoppetUK

And there is only one ENT currently covering the Perth hospitals because one is on study leave, the others all work privately and even their waiting lists a few weeks ago were June.

I do believe funding has something to do with the problems. I was told they wouldn't give the funding for another ENT yet they bloody need it. Cancer patients having to wait.

Not convinced about the medical system here in WA. I am grateful that I've now had to use it so many times I am starting to understand work arounds and luckily have a few contacts!

dinner-dash

yes, but what happens when the end comes after the money has run out. how are these people going to survive with no assistance from the government.

has anyone checked the occupation in demand list.........what a joke

http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/gener...-in-demand.htm

dinner-dash

can you back this up with facts.

we have friends who live in south nsw merimbula, they dont think so, house on market now for over 12 months, not a sniff and dropped price again last week........dont believe the "green shoots" theory. a uk government junior minister had the sack earlier in the year for spouting the same comments as you have.

Catch

cant believe brickie was on that list,i think it was taken off recently a kid i know was struggling to get a start as a brickie this time last year before all this finnancial shit hit the fan,he had lived here for 4 years

dinner-dash

Painter and Decorator 4421-11

A painter placed an ad for part time painter in todays local paper for 4 hours a day doing shit jobs he did not want and had over 100 telephone calls, poor sod could not use his phone today.

http://jobs.byron.com.au/QLD-Gold-Co...-13775209.html

Vash the Stampede

That list is dated May 2008; surely they're supposed to have updated it by now?

dinner-dash

The MODL is reviewed twice a year to take into consideration existing and emerging skills shortages. This does not mean the list is changed twice a year. Changes only occur if there has been a significant change in labour market trends.

Maybe Mr Wayne Swan wrote this list out, he is the original ostrich

Vash the Stampede

Righto.

Just as well the MODL doesn't apply to me, then.