I'm having difficulty finding a job.

Cy_Valenzuela · June 2014

Gandang umaga. Baka may interested dyan, meron career expo happening today until tomorrow sa Melbourne
http://www.reinventyourcareer.com.au/career-expos/visitors/

johnvangie · June 2014

@Cy_Valenzuela Thanks very much for sharing the info. God Bless.

chasingsunshine · June 2014

Like most of us here, I'm one of those aspiring to head down under and start anew. I am currently in the Philippines and trying to job hunt and apply online since the start of June. So far, puro rejection emails pa lang but I'm not yet giving up. I'm giving myself until the end of the year to look for a company that would be willing to sponsor me. Employer-sponsorship lang kasi ang option ko since magastos na yung iba eh.

Ano po mga tips niyo for linking and contacting with recruiters sa Linkedin? Minsan naman sa mga job portals, di ka na maka-move on since may prompt na agad kung OZ resident ka ba or hindi.

Haayyy. Super hirap. But tiwala lang. If it is for us, it will come in God's perfect time. I'm giving myself a year to apply.

Okay pa naman ang work dito sa Pilipinas pero ang habol ko talaga ay quality of life and change of environment so fingers-crossed for Australia!

johnvangie · June 2014

@chasingsunshine Hello, welcome sa forum. Di nyo po i-consider ang Skilled Migration path? Actually kun mag DIY lang kayo sa application yun visa fee lang ang pinaka mabigat na gastos. Minsan kasi we need to take a risk talaga to achieve our dream. God Bless.

kremitz · June 2014

Yeah i agree with @johnvangie. Bka mshirapsn po kyo maghanap ng magsponsor sa inyo unless in demand tlga skills nyo. Ano po b worknyo @chasingsunshine?

johnvangie · June 2014

@chasingsunshine Makakatipid ka sa agent fee pag dito ka sa forum mag ask, marami ng natulungan ang pinoyau diba @kremitz... Marami ng master dito na pwede mo mapagtanungan like @lock_code2004, Xiaomau82, marami pa :-) Pwede din kami makatulong sa abot ng makakaya namin... God Bless po.

kremitz · June 2014

Oonga @chasingsunshine.tama c @johnvangie. Kmi research lng at tanong2 lng dito sa forum

feel free to ask. Marami kmi dito willing to help

IslanderndCity · June 2014

Oonga @chasingsunshine.tama c @johnvangie. Kmi research lng at tanong2 lng dito sa forum feel free to ask. Marami kmi dito willing to help

tama

cind3r3lla · July 2014

Para sa mga taga melbourne

http://m.seek.com.au/job/26809973?savedSearchID=9506682&tracking=JMC-0000784j&etcid=7565&etrid=dbcac05a-f16b-e211-b593-1cc1de6c79d8

gin05 · July 2014

hello @stolich18..pwede pahingi din ako ng sample CV and resume mo, please? :-) Thanks in advance... heto pala email ko: [email protected]

lester_lugtu · July 2014

After more than 3 months, hindi pa din ako sinuswerte makakita ng trabahong related sa skill ko.

Ni isang tawag wala na!!!

Masyadong mataas lang siguro standard d2 at hindi tlga nila recognise ang skill natin Pinas.

Nakakamiss lang ang trabaho sa pinas.

Gusto ko na lang sumuko at umuwi pero iniisip ko ang sasabihin ng magulang ko skn...

IslanderndCity · July 2014

@lester_lugtu which state and what's your occupation? that's the concern also of most of us na planning to go there pa. thanks for sharing pala para mas makaprepare din kami

tangerine44 · July 2014

@lester_lugtu don't lose hope...some people take more than a year to get the job that they really want. It took me over a year din to get a permanent job. I'm sure the time will come na makukuha mo din yung job na matched sa skills and interest mo. If you don't mind me asking, what's your profession po?

IslanderndCity · July 2014

@tangerine44 if you don't mind, ano po diskarti niyo sa within a year na wala ka permanent job diyan? ikaw lang din mag-isa?

lester_lugtu · July 2014

@ islanderndcity
@ tangerine44,

Building maintenance work ko sa pinas for more than 5yrs. Mainly handling airconditioning and refrigeration systems ng building. I used to work in malls and supermarkets and dept stores.

Mahirap lng tlga d2 kc ang hvac system d2 hindi parehas satin. Plus masyadong specific cla masyado s skills.

Registered mech engr ako sa pinas unfortunately napunta ako sa building management. Masyadong mataas ang skill ng mga engr d2, mostly sa design.

Kung maintenance man papasukin ko, usually tradespeople ang hnhnap nila, may specific skills.

Kahit sana simpleng tagapalit lng ng ilaw o tagakumpuni ng sirang gripo, kaya lang walang maniwala...

And i knw i am more than that. Pero ni isa wlang maniwala.

Pero im not losing hope.

bonjagerns · July 2014

Hello Guys,

I am also a testament of how difficult it is to find job here in AU. I and my wife are both IT professionals (Technical Support Engineers), so before we moved here, we have decided that she will look for odd-jobs first while I will focus on finding an IT one. Medyo limited lang din po kasi yung baon naming pera. We have to rent right of the bat ng isang room on a flat-sharing, dahil hindi po kami ma-aaccomodate ng pinsan ko dahil sa liit ng inuupahan nilang house.

I chose a place that is busy and maraming establishments like malls and markets. So si misis nagwalk-in sa lahat ng grocery store asking if they need additional staff and sabay bigay ng cv (customized for odd-jobs). She did all of the walk-ins while also busy in gumtree calling all possible odd-job employers. I think kung odd-job yung target sa gumtree, its better to submit the cv asap and CALL the number of the employer right away, dahil marami po kasing nagpapasa ng cv thru e-mail and minsan hindi na po talaga napapansin, unless kayo po yung nauna. Thank God at saktong first week namin may tumanggap agad na fruit grocery sa kanya sa loob ng westfield mall. Then after that may kumuha din sa kanyang Filipino restaurant as a part-time waitress, then meron then po syang once a week 8 hr job as a sandwich assistant sa isang weekly food stall malapit sa amin (take note lahat po ng part-time job niya ay all walking distance para tipid po sa pamasahe).

Before we go here, I e-mailed my boss who is our client about my plans of moving to Sydney and if ever there is a chance, I am still willing to work for them (meron kasi silang branch dito). So technically, in my case po, meron po talaga akong hinihintay na job from our previous client. However umabot na po ng almost 6 months waiting (combined both in PH and AU) and wala po ako talgang assurance from them. On my part I kept on adjusting my CV and Cover letter, answering phone interviews and karamihan po talaga is from agency or recruiters. I finally got one interview from Commvault as storage engineer, however hindi po ako pumasa sa technical interview. Another company (Storagecraft) scheduled me for interview as storage specialist this coming Tuesday. On the day na tinawagan ako ng agency about the Commvault result, nag-email na sakin yung previous client ko back in PH about the job offer. We are really thankful to the Lord because without His mercy and grace we could have ended as loosers.

Pasensya na po kung medyo mahaba yung kewnto ko, but this is the only way I know how I can repay this forum for the all help and information I got from it.

johnvangie · July 2014

@bonjagerns Thanks for sharing your experience. Let us KEEP the FAITH at all times :-) God Bless.

johnvangie · July 2014

@lester_lugtu Yes don't lose hope, one day you will find a rewarding job. Just completely TRUST Him! :-)

bonjagerns · July 2014

@johnvangie Welcome po! I hope na makapagbigay encouragement pa po sa iba and salamat din po...

dhey_almighty · July 2014

@lester_lugtu dont lose hope kapatid! ME din ako pero power plant ang nalinyahan kong work sa saudi...9 years rin ako nakapagwork sa power plant...facilities and operations..

dito pa ako sa pinas at first week of august pa ang dating ko...right now e puro apply rin ako thru seek baka sakaling makahanap ng job bago dumating ng oz...

i have tons of rejection already...pero hinde ako nawawalan ng pagasa at very optimistic pa rin papunta ng oz..

ME tayo brad...wag ka mawalan ng pagasa...dadating rin ang para sa atin... :-)

kremitz · July 2014

@bonjagerns saang suburb po kayo?usually talaga pag odd job lam ko gusto ng employer malapit lang din house mo eh

bonjagerns · July 2014

@kremitz chatswood po, very strategic po yung place kasi po para siyang mini city. Medyo mahal lang po ang rent dito. For a couple po, nasa 250-350AUD per week po and isang room, fully furnished na po siya usually, so wala na pong bibilhing na gamit.

jepoy527 · July 2014

@bonjagerns Boss kung halimbawa pareho ang trabaho nyo ng misis mo na puro odd jobs lang, tingin mo sapat na ba yung sasahurin nyo para ma-cover ang lahat ng expenses nyo dyan?

bonjagerns · July 2014

@jepoy527 It depends on your situation, but for our expenses yes. Let say each of us will have 20 working hours per week(meaning part-time only) at a 15AUD/hr. I would say yes. If you do the math:

40hr x $15 = $600 a week
$600 x 4 weeks = $2400 a month (enough already for us)

Given na full-time (meaning 40 working hrs. each per week) kami sa odd-job, so just multiply it by 2, so we have roughly combined $4,800 a month. I believe that it is more than enough to cover all the expenses of any married couple with no kids yet. Huge chunk of our expenses goes to rent, which is around $1200 a month. We are just so blessed po dahil nagoffer po yung previous client ko sa akin ng senior level salary rate, so hindi na ko na po personally naranasan mag-oddjob. Again this is base from our situation.

bonjagerns · July 2014

Maisahre ko lang po lalo na doon sa mga PRs to give encouragement, most of the Filipino na nameet namin who have been here for like 3-13 years, who does odd-jobs here and there, they somehow look up to us even though bago pa lang po kami. Why? Halos lahat po sila ay non-PR, meaning others are on tourist visa or student visa (which really cost a lot of investment). Ang biro nga po nila sa isa't-isa is nagpi-PHD na daw po yung iba sa tagal ng pagiging on student visa nila. On the otherhand a lot of them are doing great, most of them have their own small businesses already back in PH, which is really admiring. Kaya ang lagi nilang sinasabi sa misis ko, huwag mag-alala dahil makakuha ka pa ng marming hours of part-time dahil PR ka and eventually makakakuha ka ng IT job. Please don't get me wrong po if I promote po doing odd-jobs even though we are IT professionals back in PH. At the back of our minds these are just temporary and sooner or later we will land a job base on our professional work experience. Napakalaki po talga ng difference dito compared sa PH, for example if you work as a full-time waiter in PH, I believe you will just get by barely, pero dito po, you can live a decent life.

dhey_almighty · July 2014

@bonjagerns sa MGA ka rin pala...si joan ang nagasikaso sa inyo? :-)

sir, totoo ba na natulong din daw ang centrelink makakuha ng job sa mga PR?! :-)

dhey_almighty · July 2014

@bonjagerns sa MGA ka rin pala...si joan ang nagasikaso sa inyo? :-)

sir, totoo ba na natulong din daw ang centrelink makakuha ng job sa mga PR?! :-)

bonjagerns · July 2014

@dhey_almighty Opo, MGA din po kami, pero hindi ko na lang po ididisclose yung agent po namin.

Regarding po sa Centerlink, nung nagenquire po kami regarding sa job vacancy for new PRs, 2 years residency po yung requirement para matulungan ng Centerlink unfortunately.

dhey_almighty · July 2014

@bonjagerns ay ganun...well, sana makahanap agad ng job related to my profession (crossing my fingers tightly!) hehe

jepoy527 · July 2014

@bonjagerns, salamat sa info boss.at least may idea ako na kahit matagalan pa akong makakuha ng trabaho na in-line sa profession ko, di naman pala kami mamamatay sa gutom ng mag-ina ko basta may odd job kami na at least 40 hours ang combined working hours namin/week.hehe

hindi ba mas mahirap nang makakuha ng odd jobs dyan ngayon kasi madami nang companies ang nagsasara at pati mga Oz citizens kalaban na natin ngayon sa paghahanap ng odd jobs? sabi sa balita tumataas na daw ang unemployment rate ngayon.

@jepoy527 It depends on your situation, but for our expenses yes. Let say each of us will have 20 working hours per week(meaning part-time only) at a 15AUD/hr. I would say yes. If you do the math:

40hr x $15 = $600 a week
$600 x 4 weeks = $2400 a month (enough already for us)

Given na full-time (meaning 40 working hrs. each per week) kami sa odd-job, so just multiply it by 2, so we have roughly combined $4,800 a month. I believe that it is more than enough to cover all the expenses of any married couple with no kids yet. Huge chunk of our expenses goes to rent, which is around $1200 a month. We are just so blessed po dahil nagoffer po yung previous client ko sa akin ng senior level salary rate, so hindi na ko na po personally naranasan mag-oddjob. Again this is base from our situation.