manage to find job in less than a months time is quite amazing.

the job market in aus will be quiet until about february I think.

who here works in sydney?

well, I thought if living in Aus, you actually get to enjoy yourself a cuppa, tho not on a daily basis

wow, really? a tax on electronic stuff?

i'd like to ask a general question here. How many of you got jobs from online websites like Seek? How bout those from recommendations?

Any other ways of job seeking? Any groups to join? Networks?

what kind of work being offered?

E&I? SMP? NDT? KJV? CKJV? erm, I'm in electronics engineering, and I never seen any of these..

I have seen E&I, SCMM. HA is referred to differently in Malaysia. Gonna try to remember all these tho.

NACAP and KORDIA I've really not seen before.

I'm actually moving to sydney in March.
That's scary to learn. Guess I'm really gonna have to start figuring out a career change?

I've considered that too. Will need to work from bottom up again. But I guess its a better move compared to moving to a technicians work.

you all are making it sound like its unadvisable to move there...

well i'm not really some high ranking person in my current role. I'm just a normal senior engineer and I have told myself to be ready to become a starting fresh engineer in any firm.

of course I've also considered switching to other trades and taking up courses offered by TAFE though that would be kind of hard as I will need to provide for my wife and kid.

What I'm wondering now is how my chances will stackup as someone with no australian experience versus the shrinking market for electronics engineers from australia.

Hi guys, just arrive in Oz since 12 march. Found a job with luck after being here 12 days. But I didn't find it using the job sites and all that. I went to the company website, then just emailed the contract person directly. No cover letter used. But I guess that's my luck. Won't say the job is of the same level or high pay but good enough to make it for now. I haven't started yet with Easter coming. I'll only be starting after Easter.

its a compliance body testing role. the name is Testing officer.
basically I'll be doing test and suggest corrections in a compliance lab.

a bit off topic. But anyone working in victoria ever had a baby here? know about the procedures of registering for birth cert and passport for baby at malaysian embassy?

Thanks man.

where do I get borang w? I don't see it in the ministry of foreign affairs website

centrelink, and birth registration form got.. borang w........

I tried that site.. only have borang D / E and passport registration. No borang w.