Unemployed
#1
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Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 215
Unemployed
Wondering how many others out there are looking for work and like me spend the day trawling Seek, Mycareer etc with the occasional break to see who's been posting on this site?
Maybe I'm the only one..............
Maybe I'm the only one..............
#2
Re: Unemployed
Probably not the only one...
It's more about who you know in Aus, so you gotta get out there and "network" (I hate that word...)
It's more about who you know in Aus, so you gotta get out there and "network" (I hate that word...)
#4
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Joined: Oct 2006
Location: Perth, SOR
Posts: 64
Re: Unemployed
my hubby's in the same boat, he's a plasterer and everyone says the same thing "got nothing at the moment mate, it's gone quiet" , trying to keep positive thou..
#5
aka DORIS
Joined: Sep 2006
Location: qld
Posts: 1,584
Re: Unemployed
us to hubby... out looking now while I try to sort out this licensing joke finally might be making some headway though.
#6
Auntie Fa
Joined: Nov 2006
Location: Seattle
Posts: 7,344
Re: Unemployed
Well I'm supposed to be but I certainly don't spend all day on those sites. Got half a dozen Job Alerts set up, run 'em and read 'em while I have my morning coffee.
Occasionally I actually save and print some of the jobs. Rarely, I actually apply for one or two. I've also booked myself on a few courses to try and wake up my brain.
I'm working my way up to networking, but I'm anti-social and not very good at that.
Occasionally I actually save and print some of the jobs. Rarely, I actually apply for one or two. I've also booked myself on a few courses to try and wake up my brain.
I'm working my way up to networking, but I'm anti-social and not very good at that.
#8
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Joined: Apr 2005
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 629
Re: Unemployed
Be careful - just recently I have discovered that not all relevant jobs are included in the alert so you may well be missing an opportunity. But then again maybe you didn't want to know that
#9
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Joined: Sep 2008
Location: North Beach
Posts: 279
Re: Unemployed
Hi, think I'm in the same boat, I trawl seek everyday and the jobs.gov.au
I'm gonna have to set a time limit because it's quite depressing really. I've applied for loads and only had 3 interviews. Decided against the first one and second one and the got short listed for the third one but no job offer
I've only been looking really for just over a month but it seems like an age.
I heard on the news tonight that job advertisements in WA are down, this comes as no surprise really.
I just hope to get a job before the money runs out! I hate being a kept woman but I suppose I'm lucky that at least the OH has a job, although there are rumours on the grapevine about that
Good luck to all you job hunters.
M
I'm gonna have to set a time limit because it's quite depressing really. I've applied for loads and only had 3 interviews. Decided against the first one and second one and the got short listed for the third one but no job offer
I've only been looking really for just over a month but it seems like an age.
I heard on the news tonight that job advertisements in WA are down, this comes as no surprise really.
I just hope to get a job before the money runs out! I hate being a kept woman but I suppose I'm lucky that at least the OH has a job, although there are rumours on the grapevine about that
Good luck to all you job hunters.
M
#10
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Thread Starter
Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 215
Re: Unemployed
Hi, think I'm in the same boat, I trawl seek everyday and the jobs.gov.au
I'm gonna have to set a time limit because it's quite depressing really. I've applied for loads and only had 3 interviews. Decided against the first one and second one and the got short listed for the third one but no job offer
I've only been looking really for just over a month but it seems like an age.
I heard on the news tonight that job advertisements in WA are down, this comes as no surprise really.
I just hope to get a job before the money runs out! I hate being a kept woman but I suppose I'm lucky that at least the OH has a job, although there are rumours on the grapevine about that
Good luck to all you job hunters.
M
I'm gonna have to set a time limit because it's quite depressing really. I've applied for loads and only had 3 interviews. Decided against the first one and second one and the got short listed for the third one but no job offer
I've only been looking really for just over a month but it seems like an age.
I heard on the news tonight that job advertisements in WA are down, this comes as no surprise really.
I just hope to get a job before the money runs out! I hate being a kept woman but I suppose I'm lucky that at least the OH has a job, although there are rumours on the grapevine about that
Good luck to all you job hunters.
M
#12
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 489
Re: Unemployed
As Centrelink prepares to dole out billions of dollars in one-off bonuses to families, data suggests that people fearing for their jobs won't be in a rush to spend it.
In a week that the unemployment rate is expected to hit five per cent for the first time in nearly three years, new figures show job advertising has slumped nearly 40 per cent in the past year.
"There's a diminishing pool of job opportunities out there," Nomura Australia chief economist Stephen Roberts said.
"Put that together with a rising unemployment rate and you can't see anything but households will be extremely cautious."
But the latest ANZ job advertisement report on Tuesday showed internet and newspaper ads tumbled 10.4 per cent in February, the largest monthly fall in its 10-year history.
It was the 10th consecutive monthly decline.
At the same time, business conditions in February plummeted to depths last seen just after the recession of the early 1990s, according to National Australia Bank's (NAB's) monthly business survey.
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In a week that the unemployment rate is expected to hit five per cent for the first time in nearly three years, new figures show job advertising has slumped nearly 40 per cent in the past year.
"There's a diminishing pool of job opportunities out there," Nomura Australia chief economist Stephen Roberts said.
"Put that together with a rising unemployment rate and you can't see anything but households will be extremely cautious."
But the latest ANZ job advertisement report on Tuesday showed internet and newspaper ads tumbled 10.4 per cent in February, the largest monthly fall in its 10-year history.
It was the 10th consecutive monthly decline.
At the same time, business conditions in February plummeted to depths last seen just after the recession of the early 1990s, according to National Australia Bank's (NAB's) monthly business survey.
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#13
Re: Unemployed
Me... but I do have a 10 hr week job and have been helping out at HO who offered me a FT post but the money wasnt enough so I had to turn it down... I had an interview on Monday and references have been checked today and I've been asked in for a medical so it sounds like i have this job which is MUCH better paid - like $20000 more than the job i was offered where i am currently working.
#14
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Joined: Sep 2008
Location: North Beach
Posts: 279
Re: Unemployed
Hi, just a quick update, unfortunately my OH's boss called last night and his company has gone into liquidation, so that's both of us without a job.
Sleepless night
The darkest hour is just before dawn.
M
Sleepless night
The darkest hour is just before dawn.
M