sunnypl

Hi Friends,

I am sunny and just got Australian PR recently.I will be panning to go next month.

I am IT postgradute and have 7 years of experience in Java/J2ee/ETL/Otacle stuff .
All my experience is in U.S and worked two years in Australia.

Anybody know , hows the IT job market in Australia and usually how long it takes normally to find job !

Thanks
sunny

RichS

subscribe to jobserve.com.au or jobnet.com.au or some such thing. Chuck in your job skills and see what comes back.

The market is better than it was. Your pay will be rubbish in comparison with US/UK/Europe, so if thats a consideration...unlucky.

Useless agents will decide when/if you can have an interview. That could take time.

MarkMyWords

I think that's a little unfair. Salaries in Oz are a bit lower than in the UK, but not *that* much lower, say around 10% less. Then of course you have to compare this with the relative costs of living, which is a very tricky calculation as it depends greatly on where you live and what you spend your money on.

I can't compare with US or Europe though.

Anyway, sunny, your skills are in demand so you should be ok. It's not as though you're trying to get a job writing COBOL (apologies to all the COBOL programmers here!)

gedge

Any COBOL programmers here?
I keep running in to bits of code written in the dark ages, and I'm expected to solve what's going wrong! If only there were a COBOL coder I could tap.
(Yes I know it's legible code, but still it takes a long time to grasp what's happening when I can't rely on instinct).

NickyC

I've been a COBOL programmer for over twenty years and I've never been out of work - it just keeps on coming.

Some little pipsqueak told me 15 years ago that COBOL would be dead within a couple of years. Ha ha ha.

MarkMyWords

COBOL++ now isn't it? Or COBOL#? How about a COBOL-bean? (Not taking the p*ss here, BTW. Just pointing out the old "adapt and survive".)

EssexNobby

I've been a COBOL Analyst/Programmer for 17 years now, although I've just taken it off of my CV because COBOL jobs are rarer than hens teeth these days and I'm trying to distance myself from skills that have become unmarketable

If anyone wants any COBOL consultancy then I would be pleased to advise you of my contracting rates

Nibbs

Nice to see there's still a few of us old Cobolers around.

Mind you managed to become an Oracle DBA so I'd probably be a bit rusty by now.

MarkMyWords

Interesting to see how many IT-ers in general there are on this forum (and I mean the implementers, not the users, i.e. people who could for the sake of argument apply for ACS membership). Are we perhaps the best-represented group? Maybe time for a poll?

walaj

Poll? did someone say a poll? where is it?
actually it is not me thats the IT bod , it's Mr W. I suppose he would count, currently MBCS CITP (BCS).

JackTheLad

Seriously though, whats the IT industry like in Oz at the moment.

I'm a C++ guy, 14 years experience, yeah I can do the Java thing if required. Whats the market like,

Am I going to working on a Helpdesk:scared:

Cheers,
JTL

HiddenPaw

not unless you're gonna relocate from Oz to India

MarkMyWords

I hope not, 'cos if you then I'm going to be sitting right next to you! You been peeking at my CV and lifting bits, have you?!

JackTheLad

No no no, you wouldn't want to do that... :scared:

I was sitting next to Mr JTL at work 3 years ago and ended up marrying him! LOL!!!

Mrs JTL