Guest mesmer Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 Hi there guys, my partner and I are just about to have our medicals and police checks are on their way, so, we should be in the Perth area in the near future, my question is this: my partner is a *highly* experienced website designer/online art director and I work as an IT tutor teaching the ICDL program for a voluntary sector charity working with people with addiction issues: could anyone shed any light as to the state of the job market in our respective skill areas? Any opinions and pointers will be most gratefully received. Many thanks Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newjez Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 Hi Alan - you could try searching job sites. I've found jobserve is pretty hopeless for Perth - don't know why. Try http://www.seek.com.au/ all I can suggest is that you put in your skills and see what comes back. You can get them to send you a regular e-mail - so you can get a feel for trends etc. Sorry I can't be more specific. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobynMargarat Posted June 1, 2011 Report Share Posted June 1, 2011 not sure if this will help anyone in the IT industry, but on the iinet page on facebook, they are looking for some specialist manager... iinet, the 2nd biggest ISP in Australia. This company was started ny a guy in his garden shed out near Wanneroo,/North beach road. last century.. They have offices, and work in New Zealand as they bought IHUG a few years ago. They also own/ share westnet, who also sell their services online around Australia. This morning when I rang their technical offices, I was answered by someone in South Africa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil Posted June 2, 2011 Report Share Posted June 2, 2011 If there's one thing WA needs, it's for companies to have better websites. They're nearly all totally shocking (it's like going back 10 years). Definitely have him check out seek.com.au. I can also recommend Hays recruitment. I'm in IT, but more of a technical role, and I idly started applying for jobs one afternoon whilst waiting for a server to update itself (currently am retained on a short term contract for my old UK employer) and had interviews arranged within an hour. Cost of living difference aside, got a sizeable rise too. My limited experience so far is they really need good IT people out here and there's plenty of roles available. It may well be worth signing up to job websites whilst still in the UK (along with all the other preparations you're no doubt doing!) and any interested employer could do initial interviews over Skype or phone - start the process early. There seems to be various advice on UK vs Oz CV format (or resume as they seem to prefer here). Feedback I had from the recruitment agency was to expand my 2 pager a little to highlight a couple of specific areas related to the kind of role I was looking to secure. That said, when asking for feedback on it from the interviewers I saw, they all said it was fine and that they understood UK CV's tended to be shorter. I've always viewed my CV as a 'teaser', something to make them want to get me in and question me on. I guess with website design, a CV/Resume may be more of a 'portfolio' to include examples of work etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newjez Posted June 2, 2011 Report Share Posted June 2, 2011 If there's one thing WA needs, it's for companies to have better websites. They're nearly all totally shocking (it's like going back 10 years). Definitely have him check out seek.com.au. I can also recommend Hays recruitment. I'm in IT, but more of a technical role, and I idly started applying for jobs one afternoon whilst waiting for a server to update itself (currently am retained on a short term contract for my old UK employer) and had interviews arranged within an hour. Cost of living difference aside, got a sizeable rise too.My limited experience so far is they really need good IT people out here and there's plenty of roles available. It may well be worth signing up to job websites whilst still in the UK (along with all the other preparations you're no doubt doing!) and any interested employer could do initial interviews over Skype or phone - start the process early. There seems to be various advice on UK vs Oz CV format (or resume as they seem to prefer here). Feedback I had from the recruitment agency was to expand my 2 pager a little to highlight a couple of specific areas related to the kind of role I was looking to secure. That said, when asking for feedback on it from the interviewers I saw, they all said it was fine and that they understood UK CV's tended to be shorter. I've always viewed my CV as a 'teaser', something to make them want to get me in and question me on. I guess with website design, a CV/Resume may be more of a 'portfolio' to include examples of work etc. Hi Phil - the CV's (or application package) are also different if you are applying for contract or permie, or private or govt. Govt usually stipulate exactly what they want. They often have guidelines for applications if you ask. As always its always good to get your CV out there. But if there is a position you are really interested in, make contact and find out exactly what they want in the application. Always call to follow up your e-mails with a phone call. Some agents never empty their in baskets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Har00n Posted June 2, 2011 Report Share Posted June 2, 2011 I'm coming over as a permie, but i've been contracting for over 10 years now, whats the contract market like in perth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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