Hi Terry, Thanks a ton for your advice. I do have a timeframe in mind, before actually relocating, till my son finishes his playschool. Hopefully, the gas situation and housing problems are resolved by then. Hope to get a good career opportunity and work experience in Australia. Thanks again for your inputs. Best Regards, Siri On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 2:33 PM, <tpdhome@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Another good web-based job finder is CareerOne. > > I've had two calls today about jobs I'm not interested in, so there's =20 > heaps of work around. > > After Ambit tried to give me a contract with a one-hour "no reason" =20 > termination clause, and then tell me they couldn't change the =20 > individual contract "without changing everyone's", I'd be putting them =20 > at the bottom of the list. > > The other issue with housing is that it is very expensive, =20 > particularly here in the west (and in Sydney). I believe we have close =20 > to the least affordable housing in the world at the moment. Before =20 > coming to WA, wait a few months and see how the gas shortage affects =20 > business here and how that then affects housing. The news this week is =20 > that 10% of businesses may have to close due to the gas problems. (If =20 > you don't know what I'm talking about, look up Varanus Island, Apache =20 > Energy and gas explosion.) > > Cheers, > Terry > > Quoting siri sood <sirisood@xxxxxxxxx>: > > > Hello! Judith, > > Thank you so much for the info. It is great to hear you have two kids and > > that West Australia is a great place to be with great career > opportunities= > . > > > > We do have some friends in Australia. I will definitely try to get some > in= > fo > > about housing as well. > > > > I will make sure I register at seek.com, and hopefully we will be able > to > > find ourselves a good job and be a part of your country! > > > > I will keep in touch with you. Thanks again for all the help. > > > > Thanks and Regards, > > Siri > > > > > > ************************************************** > To view the austechwriter archives, go to > www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter > > To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > "unsubscribe" in the Subject field (without quotes). > > To manage your subscription (e.g., set and unset DIGEST and VACATION modes) > go to www.freelists.org/list/austechwriter > > To contact the list administrator, send a message to > austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ************************************************** > ************************************************** To view the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field (without quotes). To manage your subscription (e.g., set and unset DIGEST and VACATION modes) go to www.freelists.org/list/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************