Thread: Are people really finding it hard to get work?

Not sure what people want from employment now....

SWMBO just employed a guy to fill a multimedia/IT position @ $90k advertised.

10 applicants. The winner is Indian not that that is really relevant but he was the best interviewed according to my keeper.

is $90k a good salary? City fringe , nice modern offices.....I thought it was and thought it would have attracted more applicants. Crazy world.....he had fulfilled a contract and could not reapply.

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

Not sure what people want from employment now....

SWMBO just employed a guy to fill a multimedia/IT position @ $90k advertised.

10 applicants. The winner is Indian not that that is really relevant but he was the best interviewed according to my keeper.

is $90k a good salary? City fringe , nice modern offices.....I thought it was and thought it would have attracted more applicants. Crazy world.....he had fulfilled a contract and could not reapply.

A mid level skills virtualisation/infrastructure tech in Canberra is worth between $150-180 per hour to them in the hand, the pimps usually put about 15% on top taking the cost to business up to about $180 - $200 per hour. Thats with an NV2 clearance that adds a little more to their rate.

Regards,
Tote

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

This problem of most people wanting to cling to the coast is not new.
Look how country kids rush to the cities after leaving school.
FIFO workers leave their families behind in the cities, with schools, unis and jobs, rather than moving them to near their work sites.
Country towns can't get doctors to head for the bush, often because their partners don't want to go.
Farmers can't get workers to harvest their crops.
We're an urban nation. The opportunities are in the cities. Poverty, health problems and suicides are higher in the bush.
Sad but true.

Yeah, that's something I've never really understood - when opportunities present themselves and I'm interested I'll move to where that opportunity is. When I was young I had a short stint on the dole and they asked me if I'd travel 90 minutes each way for a job - I ticked 'NO" to that question and they said I needed to tick 'YES' to it - I said if I found a job 90 minutes away, I'd move there no dramas - which seemed to perplex them. I moved 2 hours away shortly after that for a job so never did find out what that meant.

Originally Posted by Homestar

Yeah, that's something I've never really understood - when opportunities present themselves and I'm interested I'll move to where that opportunity is. When I was young I had a short stint on the dole and they asked me if I'd travel 90 minutes each way for a job - I ticked 'NO" to that question and they said I needed to tick 'YES' to it - I said if I found a job 90 minutes away, I'd move there no dramas - which seemed to perplex them. I moved 2 hours away shortly after that for a job so never did find out what that meant.

People seem to ‘nest’ - live their lives close to where they were raised.

Only a few move around and experience other facets of life and experience. Our move 15 years ago was one of the best things I’ve done.

Personally, I’ll go where the work is - FIFO / DIDO opens up plenty of opportunities in my current vocation.

Originally Posted by Tombie

People seem to ‘nest’ - live their lives close to where they were raised.

apparently 80% of people die 50km or less from where they were born.

Originally Posted by Eevo

apparently 80% of people die 50km or less from where they were born.

My sister and much of Mums side of the family all live/lived within 10km of each other.
Mum & Sister are 1km away from each other.

I’m 400km away now, have lived in 4 of the big major cities in my life and have a property in Hua Hin, Thailand I will retire to.

Originally Posted by Eevo

apparently 80% of people die 50km or less from where they were born.

Another good reason to move away from the nest!

Originally Posted by Homestar

Yeah, that's something I've never really understood - when opportunities present themselves and I'm interested I'll move to where that opportunity is. When I was young I had a short stint on the dole and they asked me if I'd travel 90 minutes each way for a job - I ticked 'NO" to that question and they said I needed to tick 'YES' to it - I said if I found a job 90 minutes away, I'd move there no dramas - which seemed to perplex them. I moved 2 hours away shortly after that for a job so never did find out what that meant.

That is still part of the mutual obligations explained to Newstart applicants.

Apply for all sorts of employment - casual, part-time, full time.

Apply for work in a wide range of occupations and industries.

Accept any "suitable work" offered to you.

Be prepared to travel up to 1 1/2 hours each way to and from a job. ( quite normal practice in Sydney and Melbourne).