My Job Hunting Thread

Hi

Just thought I would post this for all coming over & looking for office/admin work. Someone asked me last night if there were loads of admin jobs and after having a good look today I would say yes loads.

Many of you knew that I started an Assistant Managers job in Coles supermarket 6 weeks ago. Well I walked out on monday I have had enough of the 5am starts & not knowing your shifts more than 3 days in advance as you had a different start time every day . I have done retail work for many years but for the last 13 years I have worked in admin or banking.

So its back to admin for me. With a straight 8-4 or 9-5 mon-fri working week Bliss.
Today I have applied for 14 jobs all through Jobs, Employment & Careers @ My Career. I haven't even ventured onto the many other recruitment websites as of yet.

I have a interview tomorrow with a recruitment agency for administration officer in Bunnings (B&Q). So I will keep you posted if anyone is interested in this line of work. Just thought it might be useful to some peeps.

Janette

[diesellisle]

Thanks for starting this thread, Janette. We are headed to Perth in March 2009, all being well. OH already has a job waiting for him but I will eventually be looking for something in admin. It would be good to hear everyone's experiences and who the best/worst agencies and employers are.

Good luck with all your applications,

Lisa X

[leanneandmark]

Do you have any Qualifications Janette?
Could you recommend a course or cert i shud get, i've done various jobs but no Qualifications to show for it!!

Hi Leanne

I don't have any qualifications appart from the ones I left school with many many moons ago maths, english & secretarial. I did do a refresher course 2 years ago on microsoft word, powerpoint, excel & access & have certificates for that but have never been asked for them & hopefully wont as they are packed away in a box somewhere lol.

Hi Lisa thanks for that just thought it would interest some people.

Janette

[leanneandmark]

Ok thats cool then!!

[Taz01]

If anyone is moving to Tassie, I am now working as a recruitment specialist with Jet Recruitment, which specialises in business support and executive recruitment. If anyone is moving to Hobart then please contact me as I may be able to help out, even if its just to give advice on what is around or help with resumes etc and the local market.

Eva

Originally Posted by Taz01

If anyone is moving to Tassie, I am now working as a recruitment specialist with Jet Recruitment, which specialises in business support and executive recruitment. If anyone is moving to Hobart then please contact me as I may be able to help out, even if its just to give advice on what is around or help with resumes etc and the local market.

Eva

Sounds good Eva. Shame I aint in Hobart

Janette

[cantwait]

Originally Posted by leanneandmark

Do you have any Qualifications Janette?
Could you recommend a course or cert i shud get, i've done various jobs but no Qualifications to show for it!!

Hi
I've just taken an Australian qualification from the UK. I did it on-line with a great company called Orion. They are based in Queensland and all the work was submitted online. I have 20 years experience but no qualifications so I did it all by RPL (recognition of prior learning). All the work submitted was work i had done in employment and it only took me 2-3 weeks to gather all the work together. I got a Diploma (AQF) in Business Admin. If you want any further details please let me know.
Regards
Karen

..Hi Janette..this is an excellent thread and i'm sure of a lot of interest to many..good luck with your interview..all the best..
Tessor Pingpong

Originally Posted by cantwait

Hi
I've just taken an Australian qualification from the UK. I did it on-line with a great company called Orion. They are based in Queensland and all the work was submitted online. I have 20 years experience but no qualifications so I did it all by RPL (recognition of prior learning). All the work submitted was work i had done in employment and it only took me 2-3 weeks to gather all the work together. I got a Diploma (AQF) in Business Admin. If you want any further details please let me know.
Regards
Karen

Hi Karen

Sounds good can you pm me the details. I wonder if they will have something similar in Perth.

Janette