Australia Job hunting Experiences

smartbrat · November 2012

I'm in WA- regional area. That maybe the reason why. Konti lang job opportunities, unless you are skilled. Anyway, I will update you guys... God is good I know. God bless us all!

bmc_cpu · November 2012

@kenkoy yep, di ko ksi ininclude irrelevant experience sa resume so may 2 year gap between grad and first IT job. Anyway nagreply naman ako in detail kung ano mga ginawa. Hopefully, maging positive yung effect.

021607 · November 2012

@smartbrat yan mahirap sa accounting..dapat kasi you are a registered accountant in australia. if you apply for like grocery worker or kahit anong job..they tell you din na overqualified ka. that's being caught between a rock and a hard place. pero keep looking.. good luck!

hi, i am an accountant as well. The good thing is that some companies are not very particular about their accountants' licensure. In my case, my Philippine CPA license was good enough. For most companies, more weight is put on the breadth of experience and how experience fits their requirements. On the other hand, i've heard that there are certain companies who only hire Australian CAs and CPAs.

LokiJr · November 2012

Best time to come here for a job is around January.Usually tapos na ang budget season during Ber months.Some companies do shutdown by December 14-January 6.

Shutdown sa hiring or trabaho? Antagal a :O Ansarap magtrabaho sa Australia haha

Metaform · November 2012

SO far ni-follow ko yung mga headhunters sa linkedin (mukhang mali yata ginawa ko). Anong IT groups ba ang dapat salihan? Australia-based ba dapat?

aldousnow · November 2012

Best time to come here for a job is around January.Usually tapos na ang budget season during Ber months.Some companies do shutdown by December 14-January 6.
Shutdown sa hiring or trabaho? Antagal a :O Ansarap magtrabaho sa Australia haha

hehehe. force leave yan. :P so kung wala ka nang leave, mag negative ka or no pay leave din sa ibang company. :P

hotshot · November 2012

Best time to come here for a job is around January.Usually tapos na ang budget season during Ber months.Some companies do shutdown by December 14-January 6.
Shutdown sa hiring or trabaho? Antagal a :O Ansarap magtrabaho sa Australia haha
hehehe. force leave yan. :P so kung wala ka nang leave, mag negative ka or no pay leave din sa ibang company. :P

good sa mga taong may natitira pang VL's na di nagagamit. bad sa mga taong wala nang VL's. hehehe

sydneyblued · November 2012

Need din ba ng medical certificate dyan sa OZ kapag nag sick leave kahit isang araw lang?

aldousnow · November 2012

Need din ba ng medical certificate dyan sa OZ kapag nag sick leave kahit isang araw lang?

Sa company ko now pag isang araw hindi na kelangan ng medical certificate. pero pag 2 days or more.. kelangan na medical cert. baka sa iba company iba policy nila.

JClem · November 2012

Pareho. Walang masyadong hiring pagdating ng December to early January. Ayaw muna nila mag-hire kasi magbabakasyon sila. Very unfortunate for someone like me who is on a job hunting mode but I keep praying for an early Christmas gift.

Shutdown sa hiring or trabaho? Antagal a :O Ansarap magtrabaho sa Australia haha

JClem · November 2012

Hindi uso dito leave encashments pero I think depende pa din sa company yun. And meron dito tinatawag na carer's leave to attend to your immediate family member who is sick. Then I've heard there's a pet carer's leave bill they want to pass.

--edited post nasagot na pala ni @aldousnow

add ko lang, not sure kung applicable sa lahat or mandated by the govt. nagaaccumulate ang sick leave / personal leave dito pero hindi ata naeencash at pwede ka mag personal leave kahit hindi ikaw ung nagkasakit (wife / child)

PogingNoypi · November 2012

uy @bmc_cpu, congrats, bagong visa grant ka pala

nagiging uso na yung headhunter (may ilan na rin sa forum na nakinabang sa mga ganun)...puwede rin kayo magsimula dun, mas malaki success rate nun kesa umasa sa seek hehe

Saan po ba may magagandang headhunter po? Nagpa plan na din me mag-apply apply.

li_i_ren · November 2012

just with leave..don't know sa private as i work for nsw health which is govt. we don't get the sick leave until 3 months in the job. so if i get sick prior to the 3 months period..unpaid sick leave po yun.

maternity leave is 3 months paid generally..for PR you can leave for 6 months pero paid is 3 months then unpaid yung remaining 3 but job is secured for the total of 6 months.
kaya nga yung problem with business class visas/ work visas, may provisions po dun if the primary applicant is unable to work for 2-3 months you can actually lose the visa for the entire family i know a nurse who actually lost their visas because she got pregnant and may complications and had to leave for more than the maternity leave period.

and also there's a forumer who separated with her hubby who is the primary applicant but won't be coming to aus anymore.. stand ko dun is that they will still lose their visas kasi nga sa provision na the primary applicant must not leave or be out of work for more the 2-3 months or the family loses the visa.
but since separated sila.. there might be a solution to their problem.

annual leave is accumulative, sa nsw health po is you can cash it IF only you leave nsw. but if you just move to another workplace within nsw health then it just get transferred to that other hospital. if you leave the country you can cash it also and will be paid on your last pay cheque.

sick leave is not accumulative. if you don't use it..you lose it.

meron po bereavement leave pero 3 days lang naman. paid po yan.

meron mental health day.. for stress and depression. 3 days lang din i think.

meron din personal leave..pero that's actually part and parcel of sick leave like if my child or hubby gets sick. so it's not a separate number of days po sa amin.

to make most of salary and cut back on tax.. most govt institutions have salary packaging. may certain amount per year na you can salary package..usually 9000aud plus per year then divided po yan to number of pay cheques in a year. that's money you get back instead of ALL your salary being taxed, they give you back a portion from the salary packaged amount. paki google na lang po..kasi hirap to explain kasi walang ganito sa pinas.

lock_code2004 · November 2012

@li_i_ren - nice explanation..

pinakagusto ko ito "meron mental health day.. for stress and depression."..
hahaha...

killerbee · November 2012

@li_i_ren thanks po sa pagshare

hotshot · November 2012

@li_i_ren : thanks! very informative.

LittleBoyBlue · December 2012

na-experience ko skype interview, so may mga recruiters din talaga na willing mag-skype interview. Sinabi ko January pako makakapunta ng Sydney, sabi naman ok lang kasi within the timeline naman daw. Typical Q&A lang tapos mga questions sa work. Hindi ko sure kung move ako next round or ano, pero at least alam nyo merong nag-skype interview so gawa na kayo account sa skype kung wala pa kayo.

LokiJr · December 2012

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li_i_ren · December 2012

http://www.skynews.com.au/businessnews/article.aspx?id=822606

http://www.skynews.com.au/businessnews/article.aspx?id=822732&vId=3679332

LokiJr · December 2012

Naku po puros hindi magagandang balita yan a hehe...hopefully hindi naman lahat ng industries apektado ng pagbagal ng employment rate.

LittleBoyBlue · December 2012

http://www.skynews.com.au/businessnews/article.aspx?id=822606

http://www.skynews.com.au/businessnews/article.aspx?id=822732&vId=3679332

yan din sinasabi nung Tita ko sakin dun, mdyo affected din AU ng recession, naligtas lang sila ng Mining nung 2007/2008 dahil sa demand ng China. Anyhow, point of no return na, mdyo worried at scared din kami, lalo na ngayon may pamilya pako na kasama dyan. Hopefully, mag-start mag-pick-up by January.

LokiJr · December 2012

hehe nothing to worry naman! Job market might slow down pero ganun din naman nangyayari sa lahat ng developed countries.

It just so happens that some countries (such as ours in the Philippines) are doing very well right now because investment money has no where else to go but to other developing countries hehe.

I've read the recent speech of Wayne Swan, compared to other countries in Europe or in the States, in very good condition pa ang Australia sa lagay na yan hehe

LittleBoyBlue · December 2012

Effective yung skype #, kumuha ako ng skype # and nakaka-receive ako ng tawag. Ang ginawa ko, bumili ako ng skype #, tapos bumili ako ng credit sa skype para pwde ko ma-activate yung call forwarding. Na-foforward ngayon yung tawag sa skype sa phone ko dito sa SG. Although from my experience, mukhang worth it lang yung skype # 1-2 months before ka dumating ng Australia to look for a job.

killerbee · December 2012

Effective yung skype #, kumuha ako ng skype # and nakaka-receive ako ng tawag. Ang ginawa ko, bumili ako ng skype #, tapos bumili ako ng credit sa skype para pwde ko ma-activate yung call forwarding. Na-foforward ngayon yung tawag sa skype sa phone ko dito sa SG. Although from my experience, mukhang worth it lang yung skype # 1-2 months before ka dumating ng Australia to look for a job.

wow! salamat sir for this info. laking tulong to.

LokiJr · December 2012

Effective yung skype #, kumuha ako ng skype # and nakaka-receive ako ng tawag. Ang ginawa ko, bumili ako ng skype #, tapos bumili ako ng credit sa skype para pwde ko ma-activate yung call forwarding. Na-foforward ngayon yung tawag sa skype sa phone ko dito sa SG. Although from my experience, mukhang worth it lang yung skype # 1-2 months before ka dumating ng Australia to look for a job.

How does that work sir? Kano ang monthly?

LittleBoyBlue · December 2012

Ganito ginawa ko
1) Skype account (kung wala ka pa, pwde na gamitin Hotmail or FB account)
2) Under Skype Menu, click mo account. Pakita nya sayo ano currently available sayo. Piliin mo lang yung Buy Skype#, syempre dapat for Australia piliin mo. $24 ata to for 3 months.

Ang mangyari bali, yung mga taga-AU, local charge lang ang cost sa kanila ng pag-tawag sayo, pero sa skype mo lang makikita yung tawag so kung wala ka sa PC mo or smartphone, bali wala. Sa iPhone, pag-hindi active yung Skype mo (i.e. in background lang) hindi mo rin makikita yung tawag eh, which leads me to the next step.

3) Bili ka Skype Credit, minimum cost is $16. Ngayon, pag may credit ka na, pwde mo na activate yung CallForwarding, specify mo lang yung phone number kung saan i-forward. Kada tawag sa skype # mo at ma-forward sa phone mo, babawasan credit mo, which is around 10 cents lang ata kada-minute.

Update nyo CV and account kung saan mang job seeker sites with your new Australia No. Sinasabi ko lang sa mga tumatawag sakin na papunta nako Sydney by January, so far wala pa namang nag-decline immediately, sabi lang sakin ok lang, kasi mga ganung time frame din tinitingnan nila. Sabi ko pag-dating ko pwde nako makipag-face to face meeting.

Sana makatulong to sa inyo.

hotshot · December 2012

@LittleBoyBlue : thanks for sharing! pwede din kaya bumili ng postal address para may mailagay na OZ address sa resume? hehehehe

kidding aside...thanks po talaga...ayos to!

stolich18 · December 2012

Another suggestion, pde nyo tawagan yung Australian contact number na nasa seek advertisement for a particular job posting to show interest dun sa recruiter. Or follow kayo mga recruiter sa linkedin. May mga kumontak skn sa phone ko nung nagemail ako sa knila about a job posting in linkedin. Although parang di ko ata gusto yung job specs hehee pero parang dapat di ata ako maging mapili.

Ang galing lang kse ung mga recruiters, bibigyan ka pa ng tips. Like sabi nya, very important for companies ang local experience, and sa una mukhang lower ung offer than the usual. Although ung lower offer na to, good na sya for me. hehehe Tapos nisuggest nya i-tailor fit ung resume ko depende sa job specs. Tapos umalis na lang daw sa work eventually for a higher paying job. hehehehehe Ang tagal namin nagusap, as in. Sa sobrang tagal nakalimutan ko na iba nyang tips. hehehe Important sa knila communication skills din, and nagtatanong sila about score sa IELTS... Tapos ittanong din how soon can you arrive in Australia. Very important un for very urgent positions...

hotshot · December 2012

Another suggestion, pde nyo tawagan yung Australian contact number na nasa seek advertisement for a particular job posting to show interest dun sa recruiter. Or follow kayo mga recruiter sa linkedin. May mga kumontak skn sa phone ko nung nagemail ako sa knila about a job posting in linkedin. Although parang di ko ata gusto yung job specs hehee pero parang dapat di ata ako maging mapili.

Ang galing lang kse ung mga recruiters, bibigyan ka pa ng tips. Like sabi nya, very important for companies ang local experience, and sa una mukhang lower ung offer than the usual. Although ung lower offer na to, good na sya for me. hehehe Tapos nisuggest nya i-tailor fit ung resume ko depende sa job specs. Tapos umalis na lang daw sa work eventually for a higher paying job. hehehehehe Ang tagal namin nagusap, as in. Sa sobrang tagal nakalimutan ko na iba nyang tips. hehehe Important sa knila communication skills din, and nagtatanong sila about score sa IELTS... Tapos ittanong din how soon can you arrive in Australia. Very important un for very urgent positions...

thanks for sharing the tips! so ano po ending? did you get the job?

killerbee · December 2012

question po pala, how long is the standard time that they can wait if for example nag-job offer na sila? add to the fact na wala ka pa sa oz.

kasi medyo baka mahirap kung 1 month lang ang ibigay kung sakali kasi daming kailangan pang isettle d2 sg.

anyway, i'll cross the bridge when i get there. hehe.