What KIND of work?
Apr 11th 2007, 7:33 pm
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What KIND of work?
Sorry if this has been asked before but I've spent around 30 mins hunting through the forum and can't find this particular question. 
My wife and I are hoping to come over on a skills visa. She's the one getting the visa as she's in a "required" position (Siebel Professional).
We're both in IT and have been for over 10 years now.
The question I have is: IF we cannot find the work we'd like in our fields, are we allowed to do other work to make a living in the meantime? I mean like ANY kind of work. I've driven vans, factory supervision, all kinds. I LIKE to work.
Is it allowed?
Thanks in advance for any help!
Mick
My wife and I are hoping to come over on a skills visa. She's the one getting the visa as she's in a "required" position (Siebel Professional).
We're both in IT and have been for over 10 years now.
The question I have is: IF we cannot find the work we'd like in our fields, are we allowed to do other work to make a living in the meantime? I mean like ANY kind of work. I've driven vans, factory supervision, all kinds. I LIKE to work.
Is it allowed?
Thanks in advance for any help!
Mick
Apr 11th 2007, 7:37 pm
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Re: What KIND of work?
Sorry if this has been asked before but I've spent around 30 mins hunting through the forum and can't find this particular question.
My wife and I are hoping to come over on a skills visa. She's the one getting the visa as she's in a "required" position (Siebel Professional).
We're both in IT and have been for over 10 years now.
The question I have is: IF we cannot find the work we'd like in our fields, are we allowed to do other work to make a living in the meantime? I mean like ANY kind of work. I've driven vans, factory supervision, all kinds. I LIKE to work.
Is it allowed?
Thanks in advance for any help!
Mick
My wife and I are hoping to come over on a skills visa. She's the one getting the visa as she's in a "required" position (Siebel Professional).
We're both in IT and have been for over 10 years now.
The question I have is: IF we cannot find the work we'd like in our fields, are we allowed to do other work to make a living in the meantime? I mean like ANY kind of work. I've driven vans, factory supervision, all kinds. I LIKE to work.
Is it allowed?
Thanks in advance for any help!
Mick
Apr 11th 2007, 7:41 pm
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Apr 12th 2007, 6:33 pm
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Re: What KIND of work?
Sorry if this has been asked before but I've spent around 30 mins hunting through the forum and can't find this particular question.
My wife and I are hoping to come over on a skills visa. She's the one getting the visa as she's in a "required" position (Siebel Professional).
We're both in IT and have been for over 10 years now.
The question I have is: IF we cannot find the work we'd like in our fields, are we allowed to do other work to make a living in the meantime? I mean like ANY kind of work. I've driven vans, factory supervision, all kinds. I LIKE to work.
Is it allowed?
Thanks in advance for any help!
Mick
My wife and I are hoping to come over on a skills visa. She's the one getting the visa as she's in a "required" position (Siebel Professional).
We're both in IT and have been for over 10 years now.
The question I have is: IF we cannot find the work we'd like in our fields, are we allowed to do other work to make a living in the meantime? I mean like ANY kind of work. I've driven vans, factory supervision, all kinds. I LIKE to work.
Is it allowed?
Thanks in advance for any help!
Mick
I know what Siebel is (i hate it )
Apr 12th 2007, 7:08 pm
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Re: What KIND of work?
I've run a Siebel admin team in the same company, but moved on about 18 months ago. Doh!
I didn't HATE it as such. But then I didn't have to use it from an end user perspective.
Apr 13th 2007, 2:51 am
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Re: What KIND of work?
She's a technical helpdesk manager. Has been for about 3 years. She works for a multi-national UK based company looking after a user base of over 15000 sales/marketing/engineering/support people.
I've run a Siebel admin team in the same company, but moved on about 18 months ago. Doh!
I didn't HATE it as such. But then I didn't have to use it from an end user perspective.
I've run a Siebel admin team in the same company, but moved on about 18 months ago. Doh!
I didn't HATE it as such. But then I didn't have to use it from an end user perspective.
Apr 13th 2007, 5:03 am
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Re: What KIND of work?
Sorry if this has been asked before but I've spent around 30 mins hunting through the forum and can't find this particular question.
My wife and I are hoping to come over on a skills visa. She's the one getting the visa as she's in a "required" position (Siebel Professional).
We're both in IT and have been for over 10 years now.
The question I have is: IF we cannot find the work we'd like in our fields, are we allowed to do other work to make a living in the meantime? I mean like ANY kind of work. I've driven vans, factory supervision, all kinds. I LIKE to work.
Is it allowed?
Thanks in advance for any help!
Mick
My wife and I are hoping to come over on a skills visa. She's the one getting the visa as she's in a "required" position (Siebel Professional).
We're both in IT and have been for over 10 years now.
The question I have is: IF we cannot find the work we'd like in our fields, are we allowed to do other work to make a living in the meantime? I mean like ANY kind of work. I've driven vans, factory supervision, all kinds. I LIKE to work.
Is it allowed?
Thanks in advance for any help!
Mick
And yes, you can work in whatever profession you like once you are in Oz on a PR visa.
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Apr 13th 2007, 9:36 pm
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Re: What KIND of work?
Just to let you know there're plenty of Siebel jobs in Canberra, Sydney and Melbourne at the moment - mostly development and contract work, for government or banks mostly. Rates are roughly $75-120/hour, depending on experience. Oh there might be one or two jobs in Brissy as well if you're thinking of heading this way. Is you wife Siebel certified?
And yes, you can work in whatever profession you like once you are in Oz on a PR visa.
Mrs JTL
And yes, you can work in whatever profession you like once you are in Oz on a PR visa.
Mrs JTL
) and a few years specific Siebel support experience. We're definitely looking at Brisbane at the moment.
Many thanks for the info!
Apr 13th 2007, 10:21 pm
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Re: What KIND of work?
She's not Siebel Certified yet. May happen before we come out there. She has customer service certificates (helps when you're an application support helpdesk manager! ) and a few years specific Siebel support experience.
We're definitely looking at Brisbane at the moment.
Many thanks for the info!
) and a few years specific Siebel support experience. We're definitely looking at Brisbane at the moment.
Many thanks for the info!
Mrs JTL
Apr 13th 2007, 10:41 pm
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Re: What KIND of work?
Mrs JTL, what about an experienced oracle developer/designer for Brisbane ?... And how long(time)/packed is the train from birkdale to CDB for commuters ?
Apr 14th 2007, 6:00 am
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Re: What KIND of work?
The train from Birkdale to CBD is 35 to 45 minutes, depending on if you get an express (they skip stations between Manly and Park Road). The benefit of Birkdale is its two stops before Manly, so never any problem getting a seat in the morning. People who get on at Manly may have a problem, if its one of the morning express trains. In the evening on the return, again it depends which station you use. If you get on at Central, no problems, if you get on at Roma Street or South Brisbane, its hit and miss whether you get a seat. But by the time they get to Manly they are half empty, so worst case you have to stand for 25 minutes.
JTL
