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Hello all,
I have been reading this forum for a few weeks now and I would like to thank people for the picture of Brisbane 'Worts and all'.
My wife has been offered a job in Brisbane by her English employer and we are considering coming out for around three or four years. We still have a lot to think about but on the whole I think everyone seems quite positive.
She will get accomodation so we do not have to worry about that.
Are there any other things you can tell me about Brisbane?
Are things like getting a bank account, utilities etc. easy??
Do you get Marmite here? :wink:
Also how do the local people percieve expats?
I have been to Brisbane a couple of time before but things are always better on holiday
Any pointers would be useful to me.
You also have to get a job. Your wife cannot sponsor you unless she is in the meWakerleyal field. She will be a resident and you will have to pop in with a visitor visa and, during its validity, get a job too in order to become a resident.
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My wife is in the health sector but I do need a job.
To be honest that is probably the part I am most naive about.
I am currently an IT project manager for a French Investment bank and I have no idea what is out there that will suit me. I have heard many scare stories about the state of the IT job market in Brisbane - is there a good agency people know of? Or is it better to try and contact the companies directly?
I also need to know if I can change jobs when I want to or does my work permit tie me to an employer?
There are good agencies out the... Clarendon Parker for one.... You could contact comapnies directly but from my experience most companies go to recruitment agencies to fill their openings....
As per your other question, yes, your work visa (residence visa) is tied with your employer. If he lets you go, it is terminated. If you switch jobs make sure your current employer signs a consent form for residency transfer or you could find yourself banned from the country for 6 months...
PS - being banned from the country only means that you cannot get a residence visa during that time. Since your wife is there, you can step out of the country and then come back in the same day on a visit visa valid for 60 or 90 days (I forget) and it is renewable. Once it expires, step out for one day (go to Oman or something), come back and another one is issued. Then in no time your ban period ends and you can get a job and another residency...
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Thanks for the advice. Sounds like I need to start job hunting soon.
I suppose the part that is worrying is that (understandably) I will not be offered a job until I am in Brisbane - but I don't want to leave my job here and commit to moving there if I don't have a job.
It is risky no doubt.... I am in Canada right now but would like to move there... I am taking about 3.5 weeks off work (trust me that was hard to do because we can't do that in Canada easily) just to go down to Brisbane soon and hope to find something....
If that fails, I will try my luck later down the line....
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Well I'll try and contact some agancies just now and then arrange a visit.
Thanks for all the advice.
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yes, we have marmite :wink:
Push the envelope.
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Brisbane Wrote:Nik Wrote:Hehe are you talking about the job or the marmite there Brisbane? 
Anyways am pretty sure I've seen marmite in Woolworths
Yes, I am gonna come down next month to search for marmite.... Even though I don't really know what to look for since I dunno what it is.... 8)
No, I am coming down for a month (approx.) to find a job in my field. I am hoping that lady luck will be smiling down at me and I get something!!!! :oops:
What is marmite???
Marmite... well you have to see/try it to understand. You really can't "translate" marmite. :o
As for Lady Luck, I would recommend Brisbane that you schedule meeting with companies that are in your field. Let them know that you are going to be in town and are interested in moving here and interview them per say. You will be really surprised at how many companies are open to this as long as it is scheduled and you are meeting the right people in the company if done properly. There are literally tons of people that just walk in companies on visit visa providing there CV (resume) or asking to meet someone in HR or the department they are looking for. You should be able to reach most of those people before you get here and schedule a meeting with them... be upfront as to why you would like 15 minutes of there time.
Anyway, I am rambling on at this point and probably telling you stuff you already know, so I will shut up now...
Marmite.... ummmm
Stainless.
Average people talk about other people.
Above Average people talk about things.
Wise people talk about ideas.
What would you like to discuss?
Thanks Stainless... I will check up on this marmite thing when I come down to Brisbane because we don't have it in Canada....
As for the advice, I was going through the recruiters and never thought of going to the companies because my field is so large and vague and could be in any industry in the accounting/finance/treasury and/or project office...
Financial Accounting Analysis and Project Management/Coordination are my fortays!!!
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marmite is..um... this paste..that you put on toast...salty as hell..but yummy...can't really do it justice describing it :roll:
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Marmite, is a yeast, vegetable based paste, like the Ausie Vegimite or Bovril.
Marmite - you either love it! :hello1: or you hate it! :banghead:
I think I am gonna be the "hate it" type... But then again, I will reserve judgement until after I try but it doesn't sound too appealing to me :oops:
