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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / January 2005PING: Job seekers
Have you considered Australia? According to the latest news, our unemployment rate is the lowest its been since 1973 and we are suffering from an acute skills shortage which goes all the way up the management tree - we are even short of executives. I know many of you can barely afford the rent, let alone packing up and moving here, but depending on what your skills actually are, there may well be jobs that will subsidise or even cover your relocation costs. I would imagine that the cost of living is probably equivalent or cheaper here than many of the places in the USA, especially if you find work outside Sydney or Melbourne. Your masters can also come into Australia after vet checks and a period in quarantine. www.seek.com.au www.careerone.com.au www.monster.com.au www.mycareer.com.au www.jobsearch.gov.au http://employment.byron.com.au/agencies/ (list of recruitment agencies by state) Hope that helps in some small way, Yowie > Have you considered Australia? > [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > Yowie New Zealand unemployment is at its lowest ever too. Sorry I don't have any sites to give but I'm sure a search would unearth a few. We are suffering from acute skills shortage as well. We are clean, green and also a nice place for your masters to live. Bev  SignatureCats aren't clean, they're just covered with cat spit. > New Zealand unemployment is at its lowest ever too. Sorry I don't have any > sites to give but I'm sure a search would unearth a few. We are suffering > from acute skills shortage as well. We are clean, green and also a nice > place for your masters to live. > > Bev Hrmmmm. There's good mountain biking there, too, right? Signaturemonique, roommate of Oscar the (female) grouch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eros was adopted! Eros has a home now! *cheer!* My son is working in NZ on a 2 year contract, he is in IT customer support. He is a keen mountain biker and has joined a club in Wellington . It is very hilly there. Marie in OZ >> New Zealand unemployment is at its lowest ever too. Sorry I don't have >> any [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Hrmmmm. There's good mountain biking there, too, right? > New Zealand unemployment is at its lowest ever too. Sorry I don't have > any sites to give but I'm sure a search would unearth a few. We are > suffering from acute skills shortage as well. We are clean, green and > also a nice place for your masters to live. > > Bev Unfortunately (fortunately for New Zealanders) New Zealand's immigration policies are very stringent. I've long thought that I'd like to work in New Zealand, but it's very unlikely that I'll ever be able to get clearance to immigrate there. Dan > Your masters can also come into Australia after vet checks and a period in > quarantine. That would be enough reason to prevent me from going there... :) Do they have a quarantine in New Zealand? SignatureVictor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com > > Your masters can also come into Australia after vet checks and a period in > > quarantine. > > That would be enough reason to prevent me from going there... :) > Do they have a quarantine in New Zealand? I'd imagine so. Both NZ and Oz are rabies free - and lots of other diseases free because of our geographic isolation from the rest of the world. Yowie > That would be enough reason to prevent me from going there... :) > Do they have a quarantine in New Zealand? Providing you did all the paperwork 6 months in advance, Australia is signatory to the Pet Passport scheme. :) They'd be able to fly in with passports. HRFL Tiger is an expert - he's happy to advise! :) Helen M > > That would be enough reason to prevent me from going there... :) > > Do they have a quarantine in New Zealand? [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > HRFL Tiger is an expert - he's happy to advise! :) I'm going to need HRFL Tiger's advice soon. If all goes well with our visa, we will be moving in a little over a year. I'll ping you when the time comes :-) -- Britta Sandpaper kisses, a cuddle and a purr. I have an alarm clock that's covered in fur! Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album > I'm going to need HRFL Tiger's advice soon. If all goes well with our > visa, we will be moving in a little over a year. I'll ping you when > the time comes :-) > -- > Britta Britta, be aware that Thailand is not in the passport for Pets Scheme. :o( Vino will have to go via Canada for 6 months to qualify - that's how I got my guys out of Belize and qualified to come into the UK on pet passport scheme. They flew up to the USA, stayed there for over 6 months without leaving, and then flew home. But sure, as soon as you want info, yell. HRFL Tiger loves to tell everyone what a seasoned traveller he is! ;) Helen M > > I'm going to need HRFL Tiger's advice soon. If all goes well with our > > visa, we will be moving in a little over a year. I'll ping you when [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > But sure, as soon as you want info, yell. HRFL Tiger loves to tell > everyone what a seasoned traveller he is! ;) Yes, I am aware of that. He can also go via Malaysia. We already have plans and backup plans for how to do it ;-) -- Britta Sandpaper kisses, a cuddle and a purr. I have an alarm clock that's covered in fur! Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album > Have you considered Australia? > [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > Yowie You don't know how much I wish I could! John and I were speculating where we'd like to live (no, it's not Florida). He can paint anywhere ;) And I've always wanted to live in a place where parrots fly around to backyard feeders :) Jill Yowie, it is entirely unfair to post this in mid-January when the Northern Hemisphere is in the midst of glum to freezing cold weather etc. (I'd consider Australia right now and I don't need a job. We are in the middle of the either fog or rain season.) I swear the only thing stopping me is the length of the flight. Jo > Have you considered Australia? > [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > Yowie I can't believe the length of the flight would stop you from coming to Australia to work.! Of course Australians accept that we must take long flights to get overseas, but surely it is not too much to endure for security and good wages. I have been reading all the posts about job losses and the problems with Social Security in USA, it is much better here. Marie in OZ > Yowie, it is entirely unfair to post this in mid-January when the Northern > Hemisphere is in the midst of glum to freezing cold weather etc. [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] >> >> Yowie >I can't believe the length of the flight would stop you from coming to >Australia to work.! Of course Australians accept that we must take long [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Marie in OZ That's just it. I'm retired. Don't need a job. And while the long flight sounds like a wimps excuse, it is one reason I hated living in Alaska and could not live in Hawaii. I just could not be that far from my loved ones. Jo >>I can't believe the length of the flight would stop you from coming to >>Australia to work.! Of course Australians accept that we must take long [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Jo I dunno. I have knee problems (specifically misaligned kneecaps, along with arthritis and probably a few other things thrown into the mix). A three hour plane flight is painful. The eight hour flight to Germany is torture, even though I get up and stretch as often as possible. I can imagine that the flight to Australia would literally reduce me to tears. Signaturemonique, roommate of Oscar the (female) grouch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eros was adopted! Eros has a home now! *cheer!* > I can't believe the length of the flight would stop you from coming to > Australia to work.! Of course Australians accept that we must take long > flights to get overseas, but surely it is not too much to endure for > security and good wages. I have been reading all the posts about job losses > and the problems with Social Security in USA, it is much better here. > Marie in OZ Well, it doesn't *look* much different. December unemployment rates were 5.1% for Australia and 5.4% for the US; a difference that doesn't look like it would be worthwhile to move to Australia on a wing and a prayer. And the same arguments about the unemployment rate being inaccurate are made in Australia as in the US (umemployment being underreported; lots of people working part time being counted as employed, jobs that people are working pay low wages, etc.), so who knows. Of course, if you *knew* you could get a job in your field there, it might be worthwhile; but of course you have to be let in first, which is itself partially dependent upon whether your skills are in demand. Interesting to note Australia's 5.1% is a low for Australia since the late 70's; it's been lower than that in the US fairly recently (late 90's-2000). Lots of factors impact on whether moving there would be a good idea. At if you're from the US you don't have to learn a new language; only a new dialect. :-) > > Yowie, it is entirely unfair to post this in mid-January when the Northern > > Hemisphere is in the midst of glum to freezing cold weather etc. [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > >> > >> Yowie >Well, it doesn't *look* much different. December unemployment rates >were 5.1% for Australia and 5.4% for the US; a difference that doesn't [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >employed, jobs that people are working pay low wages, etc.), so who >knows. I know that while I was getting unemployment benefits I was being counted in the statistics as being unemployed. When the benefits ran out, I was no longer counted as unemployed in the statistics, even though I still didn't have a job, because I was no longer getting unemployment benefits. "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and statistics." - Benjamin Disraeli, as reported by Mark Twain Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha ============ http://www.jhedge.com It is over 40C here where I live on the outskirts of Sydney - cold is uncomfortable, but at least you can rug up! Today is so bloody hot that there is nowhere to hide! Admittedly, though, such days are relatively uncommon in Sydney. Tish >Yowie, it is entirely unfair to post this in mid-January when the Northern >Hemisphere is in the midst of glum to freezing cold weather etc. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >Jo > Have you considered Australia? > [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > Yowie When I fill out all of the paper work may I write in "Yowie invited me" when I get to the section that asks why I want to come? :-) Actually we are very fortunate that we don't have job woes like so many others but I have always wanted to visit both Oz and NZ and probably will one day when I don't have a older dog I can't leave. SignatureMargaret Fine mefine@mindspring.com It is very difficult to get into Australia. Believe me, I know. We're in the process of getting our visa right now. It is not fun. And it's expensive. The application itself is $1800. That's if you do it all yourself. But the chances of getting in that way are almost zero. You have to hire a migration consultancy to handle it for you and they charge $3600. Then you have to pay for medicals (hundreds of dollars), police clearances, notarization of all your documents, courier fees, etc. Mind you, if a company decided they really, really want you, they might pay for that stuff and sponsor you. But it still takes over a year of BS. Also, it's very difficult if you are over 40. They have a point system and you lose a lot of points if you're over 40. Dennis is 37 and he's already lost 5 points because he's over 35. So now we have to put $100,000 in the bank for a year to make up for those points. Good thing we've been saving for 9 years and sold our condo in Vancouver for a profit. I think Canada is much easier to get into. And I hear they have a shortage of strippers and it's really easy to get in right now if you are one. Anyone interested in stripping in the Great White North??? ;-) -- Britta Sandpaper kisses, a cuddle and a purr. I have an alarm clock that's covered in fur! Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album > Have you considered Australia? > [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > Yowie > I think Canada is much easier to get into. And I hear they have a > shortage of strippers and it's really easy to get in right now if you > are one. Anyone interested in stripping in the Great White North??? > ;-) LOL are they interested in very cold 40-something strippers? heheh Jill Bugger - I didn't know it was that difficult. How ridiculous, when so many people on the radio and TV are crying out for skilled labour, and the PM is desperately trying to get people to have more than the 1.4 babies per family because we'll have a population crisis in 20 years if we don't keep the population balanced. Bring people in, I say! Yowie > It is very difficult to get into Australia. Believe me, I know. > We're in the process of getting our visa right now. It is not fun. [quoted text clipped - 60 lines] > > > > Yowie Yeah, I totally agree. When we were there in July we heard a lot of stuff on TV about how they are paying people some kind of baby bonus for having more kids. And at the same time they are making it so difficult for us to live there. I really don't get it. Dennis already has a job in a Canadian company, he wouldn't even be taking away any work from Australians. He makes great money and I'd only want to work part time. We have money and we want to build a nice house, spending money on the local economy. Instead, they are now making me take an all day English exam. Ok, so I was born in Germany and moved to Canada when I was 10. But I really think that 22 years is enough time to learn English properly. Especially since I graduated from a Canadian high school and have diplomas from 2 different Canadian colleges!!! I have one hour testing on each of reading, writing, listening and speaking. It's totally ridiculous! And I have to pay almost $200 for the honour :-( -- Britta Sandpaper kisses, a cuddle and a purr. I have an alarm clock that's covered in fur! Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album > Bugger - I didn't know it was that difficult. How ridiculous, when so many > people on the radio and TV are crying out for skilled labour, and the PM is [quoted text clipped - 70 lines] > > > > > > Yowie > I think Canada is much easier to get into. And I hear they have a > shortage of strippers and it's really easy to get in right now if you > are one. Anyone interested in stripping in the Great White North??? > ;-) No, no, no; the minister who was involved in that visas for strippers thing, and who had a stripper working on her campaign, has just resigned over accusations she reneged on some kind of visas for pizzas agreement! And even before that, her Ministry apparently decided that the special list of occupations that desperately need workers no longer has 'stripping' on it; therefore, no more easy access for strippers. I think you can still get in as a farm worker, but that program only allows temporary residence. And the nanny program restricts you to the sponsoring employer, at least initially. A lot of the professions are being criticized for not allowing immigrants to work unless they re-train. Well, there's still that business class immigrant - isn't there something about how you can immigrate fairly easy if you bring a lot of money and start a business that hires Canadians? SignatureCheryl |
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