moneypenny20

No he's in IT!

bru

I wonder whether the situation is same for Accountants!

shorrock

This was in 1999, 18 months after I left UNI. At the time in the UK the wage was high for a grad position in an IT consulting company.


Now I earn significantly more than AU$100k. The figures are correct

I still look back on that Job in Switzerland and think "What if"

I have a belief in life that as long as your happy thats all that counts. I find money make things easier, but brings other problems. Therefore As long as I have a roof over my head, food in my belly and a job I enjoy. Doesn't matter how much they are paying me

KS

Shellfish

Don't think so, there seems to be a lot of accounting work - I know 4 ... and they are all gainfully employed and have been since arriving

Budgie

My experience is that it depends what skills you have. I'm a Project Manager (12 years) and found it VERY difficult to find work over here (Sydney). I registered with 140 agencies and spent 4 months looking for work. The agencies were all totally useless - they never called back and just were'nt interested. Finally I found work at a company who advertised for positions directly, and so I bypassed the agencies completely.

fnord

The Skills In Demand section shows occupations that apply for STNI in Victoria. AFAIK, without a skills set that matches one of those jobs, you won't get Victorian state sponsorship.

I was wrong about the MODL list for the additional points for a standard skills visa, though. There are a few IT areas on that list (see previous post).

galloping gaijin

That was the advice given to me, go to the companies direct - by and large most recruitment companies are useless...I've gone to companies direct myself and now after a couple of months of nothing, the interviews are coming along like "london buses".

Also the process here is so dragged out. Some companies will take over a month culling, organising interviews etc. They're definitely a laid back lot in this respect.


But one final gripe ---- I received the PFO letter by email, 1 month after I applied for a job (direct to the company) and on the CC email list, there is the email of every other unsuccessful applicant - Rank F'in Amateurs

Not overly excited about having my personal email banded about to complete strangers - esp ones who have addy's like westsidemassive@*******

JackTheLad

Oy! I'm in IT too... But hold on, I can't do multiplication either... In fact I can't read numbers. For some reason "2" looks like "4" in the northern atmosphere...

Mrs JTL

DunRoaminTheUK

Hemisphere?

fajita

Can only suggest the OP get someone to review their cv; I do CV screening in the UK and routinely throw out a large percentage because their cvs are vague and hard to decipher. I registered my cv with seek.com.au and had 4 agencies approach me to submit applications for positions, a friend is out there at the moment on a working holiday visa and has had no problems finding contract .net development work in Sydney.
Actually seek is a good gauge as you can see how many 'hits' your cv has had, to those considering going out, I'd recommend putting your cv on their first to see how much interest there is in your skills. Good luck to the Op , hope you get something soon.

DunRoaminTheUK

Oooh...Naughty.....

JackTheLad

yeah yeah yeah, I was thinking hemisphere but typed atmosphere... what's wrong with me today? Can't count, can't multiply, can't write... I think I should join Coffee Bean in bed now... Night night.

Mrs JTL

fajita

Three month contracts with each (different) employer - where's the naughtiness??

DunRoaminTheUK

I always thought that it was only unskilled work that people on a WHV were allowed to do?

fajita

Don't think so as long as you only work for one employer for a max of 3 months. That's only on the old 12 month WHV though; the new 2 year one is , as you say, only for unskilled work.