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Originally Posted by missymon
Hi all,
When we visited Oz last year we asked around about finding work for us older young ones. We were told that Oz is crying out for and asking for people to come out of retirement and go back to work. Has anyone out there got a take on this? I am a Marie Curie nurse (Palliative and not a RN) with 14 years experience of nursing terminal cancer patients. My hubby is an IT consultant and also an electrician. What are our chances of finding decent jobs?
Many thanks for any help on this.
Monica
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Certainly the age thing isn't as big an issue in aus as it was in the UK in the 90's - but today I wouldn't know if the gap has narrowed?.
The gov is pushing the thing about employing older people but employers do still prefer younger people in my opinion (cheaper headless chickens). Why else would the gov need to run a campaign? :)
If you can convince employers that you've got plenty of 'petrol in the tank' and are flexible then someone will give you a go.
