How long did it take you to get a job?

johnvangie

Exactly!

Lalo ka na your still young :-)

Wala talaga kadeha dehado.

Mas OK talaga kun wait nyo muna ang mga bonus sa December :-) Na maging financially ready. Di pa naman kayo resigned sa job nyo kaya wala dapat ipanghinayang.

Kasi pagdating nyo naman dito, you have all the time :-)

wizardofOz

@johnvangie parehas pa naman tayong mukhang “young” pa tingnan hehe

Kidding aside, talaga namang nakaka-demoralize yung walang work… at unti-unti mong nakikita na bumababa yung inipon mo..

Pero i-manage lang talaga yung stress, aside from tatanda agad, baka it may take a toll sa health natin, both physically and emotionally… especially doon sa mga Single or nasa isolated na mga lugar na walang Pinoy na support group, baka ma-depress pa tayo.. Imbes na ma-enjoy natin yung bagong buhay sa Oz, yun pa maging cause ng problema.

johnvangie

@wizardofOz

Hahaha

Pagdating nyo naman dito, PR tayo, we can stay indefinitely.

Kaya i ready ang malaking baon muna hehehe

Ralph_090688

Share ko lang experience ko sa job hunting sa australia.. Ang masasabi ko lang dapat talaga aggressive sa paghahanap ng work. Ako it took me 45 days to land a job tho it's an odd job, a pick packer/forklift driver sa isang flower warehouse sa west melbi.. I took a 2 day training sa forklift school to increase my chances of getting a job and sa awa naman ng diyos 2 days later after ng forklift course ko may tumawag sakin na agency to work as a casual 30-40 working hrs/wk. Nakatulong siya sakin ng sobra naka ipon ako ng enough funds ko para mag prepare na ako sa nursing bridging program ko this coming last qtr of the year, since nurse talaga ako sa pinas and yun talaga ang intention ko maging career dito. Plus nababayadan ko yun bills and onting luho na gusto ko dito hehe. So ayun lang patience, prayers at budgeting ang naging formula ko para maka survive ako dito sa aussie.. I am finally going to work for my last week sa trabaho ko para maka move towards ko sa goal ko 🙂.

Mackoy1012

ako 6 months. talagang matagal..

and 1st job is not ung pinapangarap ko na job dito.

and after a year from there, ok and nakakuha na din ng Job na match sa previous experience ko.. 3 years and counting. Happy and Satisfied so far (And mahirap din maghanap ng ibang worj outside with current Economic Environment).

Advice ko lang sa mga naghahanap ng work.. Prayers and Perseverance.. Dadating din yan

bluemist

Hello, hubby ko IT background AS400 background nahihirapan makakuha ng work na related sa line niya. Any tips sa pag aapply? Thanks in advance.

IslanderndCity

quite touching (few are alarming) mga shared experiences dito. huhuhu

yraymaego

hello mga ka mates.. pwede po bang humingi ng sample ng resume at cover letter? kaka grant lang ng visa namin. try muna namin mag submit through online kasi next year Jan pa big move namin , wala naman siguro mawawala kung e try natin.. salamat in advance mga ka mates! Pagpalain po tayong lahaT!

Birhen_ng_Guadalupe

I got a job offer prior to moving to Oz

But it took me 2 years to find a job!

Futures

@nice_guy

Di ko nasundan lahat ng post mo but just want to share about retirement especially if you have retirement benefit upon resignation. The best time to retire is February or March. Sa study ko, I receive about 120K more when I will retire in February than when I will do it very late of the year. Kasi at the start of the year, yung mga exemptions ay hindi pa exhausted... if later part of the year na, more than 500K na yung taxable income kaya yung retirement ay taxable by 32% agad... if meron mga accountant dyan, kindly verify if this is correct.

<blockquote rel="nice_guy">These past few days I was caught up in this dilemma also: should we move now, or stay until december to be more financially prepared?

If we decide to move now, meron naman kaming pocket money which might be good for 5-6 months na walang work. It's quite tempting, and had come to the point where I already printed my resignation letter. Pero napag isip-isip ko, pag nag-resign ako kelangan ko pa din mag stay ng 3 months as per notice period agreement sa company ko ngayon. After 3 months (September), only 3 months nalang ulet e December na! 🙂

Besides, walang nag-aantay na work kaya medyo mataas ang risk.

Now kung makakapaghintay kami hanggang december, I calculated na magiging double ang aming magiging baon. Pwedeng kahit mag kuyakoy muna ng ilang months kahit walang work. 😃

Yun nga lang, sayang ang mga job opportunities na lalagpas.

In the end, we decided to stay put muna. I-maximize ang pag-iipon at hintayin ang mga malulutong na bonus sa december, para mas lalong maging financially prepared at ma lessen ang risk. Mahirap makipagsapalaran lalo at may anak, at walang masyadong kakilala sa Au.</blockquote>

IslanderndCity

<blockquote rel="Birhen_ng_Guadalupe">I got a job offer prior to moving to Oz

But it took me 2 years to find a job!

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2 years? serious po?

yosh10

halos sabay na pala ang big move natin sir... nakibasa na din kasi same dilemma tayo.. kailangan mag-ipon to survive. =)

<blockquote rel="nice_guy">@wizardofOz Hehehe.. Kahit yung initial entry na plan namin this july sa Perth, cancel na din namin. Sayang din yung magagastos na _P120k. Madi-defeat yung purpose na kaya nga kami mag stay pa muna e para madagdagan ipon. hehe. Anyway March 2016 pa naman IED namin.

Mabilis lang ang takbo ng araw. Akalain mo parang kelan lang nag-pasko, e ngayun June na. Hindi mamamalayan maya-maya december na. Pa minsan2 nakakainip, pero ganun talaga e. hehe

Siguro naman madami pa job opportunities na magsusulputan by next year. Lagi ko nababasa sa mga experience ng mga nandun na, na dapat physically, emotionally, at financially prepared sa pag move. Well eto na nga ginagawa natin, mag prepare financially.

Good luck sa decision natin. hehe

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nice_guy

Kelan Big move sir? At saang state?

<blockquote rel="yosh10">halos sabay na pala ang big move natin sir... nakibasa na din kasi same dilemma tayo.. kailangan mag-ipon to survive. =)

J_Oz

Kamusta ang paghahanap ng trabaho mga kakosa 🙂

jkk32w

<blockquote rel="rylynn">just want to share it took 3 months before i got the job related in engineering field.

i am test product engineer in singapore for 6 yrs then migrate dito.

for the first 3 months madami tawag puro head hunter but it did not push through.

so seek ng seek and i attended engineers australia seminar related to my field.

since wala akong "local" experience I used this seminar as my "integration" path with Australian culture etc...

I was asked like what am I doing? Sabi ko I'm a member Engineers Australia (nagpamember po ako discounted if new migrant) ... I attended technical seminar and symposium ...

Doon din sa inattend ko seminar ng engineers australia tips resume writing, networking is very important, linkedin is the thing here and local experience does not mean work it could mean "integration " with their culture so pwede trabaho,seminar,short courses etc.

Wala po akong kakilala sa company ko now , nagpasa lang ako online .

Pero it works but during my interview phase check ko linkedn who are my 2nd connection , colleague of former colleagues ayun add ko sa linkedn etc and that's networking comes in.

Syempre dasal madaming dasal. Nasa line of work pa din engineering position permanent role. Lahat inapplyan ko dati pati technician role .

I want to give credit sa asawa ko kasi sya nagsabi na wag na ako maglocal work , hanap diretso kasi pag naging busy na ako sa odd job I might miss yung opportunity.

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thank u for taking time sa pagsulat ng tips. ang laking bagay tlaga mag basa basa ng forums like this. like other threads/forums they also advised na attaining a local experience there in au does not necessarily mean mag work ka , it could be in any other form as u mentioned above. I also plan to be a member of EA and attend seminars when i get there, indi lg pra mka land ng job but i am always a fan of any type of seminars. Investing in knowledge always pay d best interest.

and i strongly agree sa majority ng comments ng thread nato na wag padadala sa excitment, dpat financially ready pag mag big move kc indi biro ang maghnap ng work lalo nat may dependents like baby/kids. what me and hubby plans is mauuna muna cia, tiis2 muna ng ilang months. kc one of us has to be stable all d time. as for us, we dont wana zero off our savings/investments pra sa big move. so better na he finds work muna while m stil okay sa overseas job din..then visit2 muna ako sa au n case or apply ng work while abroad. i know na mahirap mag apply while overseas, but like anything else, everything is possible. umabot ako sa isang final interview ng very big comp dyan sa au na indi pako resident. i wud have had a better chance of nailing dt job kung resident cguro ako but im also a believer of fate other than hardwork. whats not for u will not be for u 🙂

on that experience i realized na everyone stands a chance namn in nailing a job.. other than believing in fate u need to bank on ur skills talaga. and siguro it pays na rin if u come from a big company (known globally) kc madali cguro ma shortlist.

most imprtantly as u mentioned. Dasal wd hardwork of course :0

Godbless and More power to all of us 🙂

IslanderndCity

<blockquote rel="jkk32w"><blockquote rel="rylynn">just want to share it took 3 months before i got the job related in engineering field.