Perth - will somebody please cheer me up!

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Nov 16th 2007, 10:14 am

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Originally Posted by vickyandrob

BristolBeary - you are starting to worry me as i'm in IT and waiting for our Visa to move to Perth next year.
Do you have any skills from before you became a Java programmer that you could freshen up on?

Do you happen to know what the prospects are like for Oracle PL/SQL developers with some VB & VBA and Oracle Apex skills?

I've looked on Seek and there are jobs but not as many as last time I looked - is it just a bad time for recruitment in Perth season-wise as it's the worst time in the UK for recruitment due to coming up to the new year?
EDIT: Just seen Hoofie's post about the time of year, seems to be the same as the UK then in terms of pre-xmas recruitment.

Rob

My previous experience was with some ancient legacy system so thats a no goer. OH may get a temp job to pay the bills while I do some certification and look after our 2 year old.

3-4 agents have spoken to me about oracle work so I wouldn't worry to much it seems more poplar then java, come to think of it I think Oracle the company has an office here so that could be your 1st port of call?

Also its the school holidays soon so that will make it a bit more difficult what with key people being out.

Nov 16th 2007, 10:20 am

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The time of year doesn't help you - it gets quiet towards xmas unfortunately. You seem to have done everything required to get started. There was a large project at BankWest for the last year or two that was hoovering up people but that has ramped down now.

Out of curiosity, have you spoken to these agents : Robert Walters, Talent and PIC ?

Yes I reckon I've spoke to every agent in WA. I've come to thinking that its just not a good time for my particular skill set so just to hang in and be patient.

Nov 16th 2007, 11:49 am

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That's a bit of a relief then (well sort of), just trying to pick up extra skills now ahead of our move.
Good luck on the job front - i'm sure you will get sorted.
BTW - have you looked at contract work too?

Nov 16th 2007, 2:06 pm

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Yes I've asked about contracting which I'd prefer as I was contracting back in the UK (in Cardiff) and there's stuff around but I think companies prefer perm staff. The difference between money from perm to contract isn't that great over here.

Working 46 weeks a year your looking at an extra $30K which will all be in the higher tax band so take home would be around $20K more (£9K). Which is a lot but might not be worth the hassle and not having the security of a perm job.

Back in the UK a java developer would get maybe £38K perm but on a contract I was on £80K so you can see your not coming here for the money. Actually in the end that will probably be the reason I go back. But in the mean time I'm gonna have a reaxed couple of years