CharleneG

That's exactly the right attitude to go with!

Which part of Warrington are you in?
We both grew up there and our parents are still there (I do the daily trek to Warrington to work too).

Charlene

jo n craig

Right! Decision made... we'll be there too!
Best get my OH to update his cv for the aussie market!
Like the wise words have said - it's not too far (we live Oldham side of Manc) and it's a day out if nothing else... and I'm a sucker for free pens!!!
See you there!
Jo x

ponyrama

I'm going on sunday. Tickets bought. Will go shopping in Leeds if its pants!

Lee Family

Oh my god what a waste of money, we spent longer trying to find the pay machine at the car park on the way out than we did in the expo'

ponyrama

Really? Where there any DIAC staff there? What about employers? Is it not worth making the trip then?

scotty 71

I hope it's worth it, we are going tomorrow!

jorose

I'm afraid I agree. Came out totally deflated, so much so we are thinking of quitting our quest. Of course someone may find it useful but for us just a waste of time. Queued up at one stand and the girl on it was about as much use as a fart in a wet suit. Had absolutely no idea whatsoever.

Lee Family

I think the only Diac staff maybe/maybe not there are the ones doing the seminar at 15:00.
It looked like the jobs on offer were mainly from recruiting agencies.
I would say there were less than 20 stands there.

jo rizo

BEEN TODAY, SPENT A FORTUNE ON SANDWICHES, PARKING ETC, NOT A GREAT DEAL OF INFO, MORE ON THIS SITE ONE OF THE GOV. STANDS COULDN'T EVEN TELL US ABOUT DRIVING LICENCES!!! A FEW MOVERS, FEW RECRUITMENT STANDS, BANKS ETC SO UNLESS YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC QUESTION ITS A WASTE OF MONEY

ianbrown

We have been today, spent 10mins chatting with Woolworths who took CV and details, other than that got some new bank account forms from Aussie banks, and we couldnt get into the seminar when DIAC were speaking as it was full............best thing about it was the one armed digareedoo player in the reception (very good - the Jimi Hendrix of digeredoo players), I suppose it was good to confirm three things for us :

1) We wont be going to another Expo
2) We wished we had spent the £25 on a Tandoori Chicken Massala and alcohol tonight
3) Leeds City Centre is still a nightmare to drive around.

All in all we got to chat to some Australians who were all lovely people.

ponyrama

Well have already bought ticket so will go and try answer the question:-

Are there more bargains in TK Maxx Leeds than any of the TK Maxx's in the North West?

ianbrown

Good Luck tomorrow, Hope you get something out of it

hello kitty

Supposed to be going today, but not sure whether to bother. What are other people with tickets for today going to do?

CharleneG

We went yesterday and were not expecting much but thought nothing ventured...etc, anyway we got into the DIAC seminar and the Victoria Government one and I can honestly say didn't learn anything that we didn't already know.

It was pretty basic and tbh there is more info and good advice posted on here or at least the relevant links to websites.

All we got in each seminar was basic info and told if you need to know any more look on the website!

Having said that the Victoria one was better than the DIAC one.

The DIAC guy was hidden away on the victoria stand if you want to speak to him!!

You can pick up a few glossies and some free pens and keyrings if you really want them, apart from that if anyone has done even the most basic digging you won't learn anything new at this expo.

There were very few employers, the few were mainly engineering and construction, there was one hospital and about 3 or 4 agencies.

The queue at the "working in" stand was enormous all the time we were there and god only knows why when all the info is on their website.

HAVING SAID ALL THAT I was fortunate enough to be asked back for an interview this week, but I guess that's just good fortune that I have specific experience that one company are interested in.

So you will have to be very lucky to get something from it.

ianbrown

We was there too, and I second that!.....a very good accurate description Charlene, Good luck with the interview...... Hubby had a chat with Woolworths about their vehicle fleet and maintenance......After queing up to see their Transport guy for over half an hour only to find out that they outsource all their transport to sub-contractors and dont have their own vehicle fleet in Brisbane at all, nothing is done "In-House". apart from in Melbourne and Sydney........waste of time really, unless we moved to another city.