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Hi all

sorry to hear things aren't so good at the moment TDQO, although I bet they will get better

Sounds like your having a fab time Doc, wish this house was sold and I was there. Would like to join you both for a drink.:p

Not long to go now ponyrama and hopalong, how exciting, hope I'm not too far behind you.

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Not long at all sunflower - 10 weeks 5 days and counting. I have just passed Anxiety, am about to approach Hysterical, swiftly followed by Despair, Disaster, Anxiety again, Hysterical, Really Hysterical and hopefully to arrive at final destination of $%*! it! by about mid November. :eek::blink::confused::thumbsup::p

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Lol, bet I'd be exactly the same. :)

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I'm a 37 year old, black British female, planning to move to Melbourne next year - on my own.!! Visa is sorted and validated, have been to Oz a few times and felt the most comfortable and at home in Melbourne. No family, no debts, no baggage and no more excuses. What am I letting myself in for? I'm scared and excited in equal measure - would really love some positive stories. :)

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Welcome Peppermint! Would love to tell you I'm there already and loving it - but still waiting.................:blink:

Anyhoo we are all very friendly here and we'll share it with you whatever the experience. :thumbsup:

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welcome all new loners,

not much to report back here from oz :thumbdown:

weather is goodish but im bored :eek:

so bored of looking for work and not getting anywhere!!

have had some feed back from some peeps and its always the same, so im hanging on at the mo.

some news for you all!

i passed a safety course today :thumbsup: peice of urine it was! oh and i enrol at college tomorrow for my electrical licence :eek::eek:

anywho will love you and leave you for now, but i will be back

docaroo x

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Pepermint hi , I am in the same position as you and bound for the same place but I am leaving close family behind who keep on having minor disasters so at the moment am feeling very very guilty its been a very difficult decision , even thought its not for ever, and for ma a big risk at least you have been there so you are one up on me. What did you like about it

j

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Bump!!

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Haven't posted for a bit so wanted to say hi - esp to all the newbies.

Not too much to report as yet but in sydney the sun is shining the weather is sweet yaah...

Getting a little frustrated/bored looking for a job - haven't actually had a single proper interview since I've been looking - almost 2 months!

For all you guys & gals looking to move over...think most people seem to be on temp visa's so guess you already have jobs lined up. For those coming on PR I'd really recommend doing everything possible to try organising a role before you arrive.

Not at all trying to be negative, just would rather other's don't go through the same frustrations - the info you're given my friends/recruiters and even firms here before you arrive isn't totally true re, the job situation. I did a lot of research & spoke to a lot of people but reality is quite different.

I should add as a caveat that I worked in financial markets in london. That area was already getting a a little tricky - and pretty much blew up re. recruitment last week - so please take anything I say with a pinch of salt.

Your area/experience may be completely different. Just that without a job makes it harder to get to know people, feel integrated, commit to longer-term rental awkward - which in turn knocks on to the whole 'feeling at home' experience.

Anyway, hope everyone's doing really well. Sorry if I do sound at all negative - that's not the intention - just pragmatic. Have met quite a few cool people. City is great, weather getting better every week...

Jason

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Have you tried going for jobs that aren't too similar to what you used to do? If that area is rocky there's plenty of other work around...

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Hi Jason

Sorry to hear that, can you try transferring your skills to another industry?
Meanwhile can you try / can you afford to join some clubs / do some evening courses just to meet people? I am hoping to do some saiiing once there, also thought about a NLP course, salsa dancing, golf lessons, mountain biking (I have seen one group that does that). Not sure what your thing is or even if it isn't your thing, anything may help just to get some structure to your life and to meet people. What about diving, surfiing, triathalons, swimming, cookery, drama.......? Can you maybe even get bar work, just to get that structure, outside contact and a little bit of money?

Your post really hit at the right time, so thank you for posting, I didn't see it as negative, but informative. I resigned three weeks ago, and to be frank have been a complete mess since. At work I am fine, but at home I am incapable of making the slightest decisions (can't even decide what to eat for supper!) I am a bag of nerves and can't settle to do anything useful and I used to be so foccused and driven. The less I do, the more I panic, the more jittery I get and the more I wake up in the night, I often feel physically sick, a knot in my stomach. Even started taking beta blockers last week (perscription, nothing illegal!) to calm nerves but I don't want to make that a habit.

Anyhow last night, after speaking to a friend, I decided to take back my resignation, at least until I have more concrete plans. My company has an office in Sydney, so I am going to ask them if I can work out there. Suffice to say I didn't do a lot of sleeping last night (saturday), once I had made that decision I just wanted to tell my manager and see what he said. There is a good chance he will say it is too late and also say that it won't work from Sydney when the rest of my team is here, the manager has only been there a couple of months, so I haven't really got a strong relationship with him and he may just say he doesn't need the hassle....why oh why did I resign with no plans? I was just trying to force my own hand, to be brave and it has backfired horribly. If I can't stay on then that means leaving next Friday (5 days time) and I am just not ready for that.

It wasn't just a question of nerves, it was really the whole current job market / economic situation that made me try to decide to rescind the resignation. I am an accountant, currently working for a travel company. Age 42, so senior manager, not FD yet and of course the higher up the tree you go, the less jobs there are to be had and if people stop moving the vacancies stop appearing. Not to mention the fact that with no jobs in London there will probably be a lot of aussies here deciding it is time to go home. An aussie temp accountant colleague says a lot of his friends just can't get jobs here, and he isn't that senior. My old FD resigned here and it took him 6 months to get a new job in London and he said the market had dried up over here, but he got something eventually.

Do PM me if you want to chat more. I'd be interested to hear what you do, where you live, do you know people there, why you went? We have good indian summer at the moment, but maybe once it is miserable I can tell you how lucky you are to be out there!

I don't think not getting a job in two months is that unusual, but as you say it is the lack of interviews that is more concerning. Hang on in there, what do the recruitment companies say? Maybe the job market is quiet in July / August like it is here and will pick up? As I say, it took my FD 6 months, but eventually something came along.

Loads of luck, I truly feel for you and really appreciate the update, and just keep applying and keep ringing those agencies, an element is a numbers game.

Sarah

PS: if the worst comes to the worst (and I don't think at two months it has) then what about retraining - my brother went from being a mechanical engineer to training as a plumber and wants to get into green energy, plumbing is supposed to pay quite well. Or there are even some intensive sailing courses that last a few months such as "flying fish".

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TDQO - Cheers for the msg. I've been looking outside my industry but within similar roles. What I was doing was quite niche so you're probably right in that I need to look further afield. Just to be completely honest, if a bit naive - I spent a long time planning the move and that wasn't part of the plan so guess I know I need to learn to be more flexible. Just a little concerned about the recent economic/market events as that totally stuffs up prospects. Could be worse though I know...

hopalong - I've sent you a pm. Not that it's particularly private, just too long to post here.

Jason

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At long last the day has come when I am to lodge my visa application. How excited am I?
:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

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Hey cool. Good stuff. Hope it goes through quickly.

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Just don't lose the paperwork on the way.... :D