ITas

No, I didn't see such links. My bad to conclude without searching the internet. It seems there is quite some progress is being made in Tas's startup environment. On top of securing funding, I think the state gov could do more, for example in the news "Tasmanian startup The Yield raised $2.5 million from European tech conglomerate Bosch; ", I would rather the gov to lure Bosch to transfer a bunch of junior jobs to Tas (lower cost, tax incentives etc.). I know some Europe tech conglomerates are moving some jobs from its Singapore branch to Malaysia to cut cost further.

Thankful to your sharing. Yes, on-site and face to face interview is the ultimate weapon for one to obtain any serious job. On the other hand, phone or Skype interviews are nowadays extensively used by employers to pre-screen job candidates, which way however is subject to quite a few flaws. In my experience, I use earphone with mic for phone interview and laptop and its built in mic for Skype interview, and in more than 50% cases, the interviewer complained there were some echo and background noise sometimes, which really affected the two way communication. I also saw a few roles re-posted on seek shortly after I participated such interviews. I fully agree on the significance of a stepping stone even the salary drop is big, as it eliminates the need to live with no income for uncertain periods, and equally importantly makes one more ready to find next job being local and having local reference check. That's why I also started looking into the state gov job website. I have considered the ICT support officer position, which is not fit for me as it requires starting ASAP and finishing end of Feb 17. I guess my best bet for state gov job will be a fixed term role (6 months+ hopefully). Unlike most forum participants here who are from UK, I am actually from Singapore and I admit that I am a bit disadvantaged language wise especially when searching jobs off shore. You seem to be more IT and I am more on developer...My searching results so far actually directed me to Mel and Adelaide, followed by Sydney, Qld, Perth...

Good suggestion. Your husband must be valuable and non-replaceable to the company for him to secure home office arrangement. I have tried a similar route and the dot-line supervisor supports me but the local manager is not serious about my request, unless I guess until the moment when I can show them a solid job offer from Australia.

Thanks, it's going to be tough.

right. But IT (especially studio type) is supposedly the easier industry for TAS to catch up, compared to manufacturing etc. Look at NZ which has lots of aspects alike TAS and already leads over Au in its ICT industries. I am also surprised that I didn't find any concentrated site launched by gov and dedicated for ICT startups/incubators in Hobart/TAS.

Background: Offshore. PR Visa+ 10 yrs of experience (c/c++, sql etc. on windows/embedded systems/Linux) Target: Any programmer/developer role in Tas, low in salary expectation. Have applied but only got a few positions advertised at seek Have got a few interviews for positions from mainland, but telephone/Skype interviews mostly resulted negatively by far. Only managed to secure one job at Melbourne but didn't proceed due to significant salary drop! Hope I will find more opportunities from local newspaper and be given some interview chances if I am physically there.

It helps if you can show there are quite a bit of job advertisements related to your job role and you are already very experienced in your field.