Yes all the time. In my experience, especially with certain government and semi government departments in WA such as WAWA seem to delight in these kind of speculative job advertisements. Some companies when preparing tenders and get you to apply so they can forward your CV as part of a contract bid, with no guarantee that you will be employed even if the tender is successful. You need to ask questions. Damian Forlani-Brennan Tara Forge www.taraforge.com.au damian3@xxxxxxxxxxxx PO Box 111 Two Rocks Western Australia 6037 Phone / Fax (08) 9561 6304 ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelist.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************