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hmm, better tap up the inlaws for when they next come over. Not sure what they they should put on the passenger card thou

Makes me hungry for a packet of Skips, or even some scampi fries, do they even make them anymore?!!?

No troubles I've spoken to the Resource manger this morning - and forwarded on the details - i've pm'd you with more specifics. Good Luck!

Hi - whats your timeline and preferred destination? I work as a Senior PM based out of melbourne, but we are always looking for networking techs at all levels, and i work closely with the hiring manager for South Pac. My current project goes until the end of the year and i have 4 network techs on my project so the rest of the group is a bit overrun - PM me with more details, if your timelines Feb 2019 its probably a bit early for us, but i can take a look.

I thought that job offers were only required for 489 visas not 190. See this list - https://liveinmelbourne.vic.gov.au/migrate/visa-nomination-occupation-lists/visa-nomination-occupation-list-for-victoria no special requirements by the look of it for dietician I obtained a 190 in Victoria. I didnt have a job offer at the time.

A lot will depend on your budget, and potentially school preferences. I live in Langwarrin (options of suburbia or larger plots of land if that's your preference), which we like - its mainly green and leafy, and with enough space to get your fix. Its also 10-15 minutes drive to the beach at Seaford, and the same for the train. the express is then a 50 minute journey to flinders street.

yep - if you want proper greenery, you'll need the outer burbs, but that will at least double the commute time.

Holiday let is the way to go - plan for 3-4 weeks that gives you time to get your bearings, and get to long term rental viewings. I'd suggest a holiday let close to the suburb(s) you have your eye on as it will give you more of a feel for the place and you are geographically closer to potential rentals when you have to drive from viewing to viewing on a saturday. We started in Carrum, and then had a rental in seaford before buying in Langwarrin which is the suburb behind frankston. No regrets other than it would be nice to be closer to the beach, but its only a 10minute car ride anyway. Its pretty easy to get to the CBD about an hour in the car (depending on the time you leave) and about the same on the train. Bear in mind that they have started the level crossing removals at frankston and seaford plus the redevelopment of frankston station. So you might have to get the bus to carrum etc etc, which you'll need to take into account in the short term potentially depending on your arrival dates.

generally ok - it can be a bit of a free for all at peak rush hour, and largely depends if the doors open right in front of you!! but by the time you get to cheltenham, seats are freed up We love where we live, its close to the beach / mornington pennisula, although we would have loved to have bought within walking distance of the beach, but couldn't make the money work. Having said that, with the amount of crap the kids take to the beach, we take the car anyway and its only a 10 minute drive anyway!

Also worth checking out the moonlit sanctuary at Pearcedale - a bit smaller than heaslville but you can get up a lot closer with the animals. - our kids favourite is the Wallaby/Roo forest walk where you can feed the roos and wallabies!

We live in Langwarrin, which is just behind Seaford/Frankston. Its 10 minute drive to the station, i park at Seaford, loads of spaces before 7:30am and then get the express (usually the 7:03) which gets me into Flinders street just before 8. I wouldnt bother getting the slow and then switching as the express runs from frankston every 10 minutes, the slow train takes about 1:10 and goes via the loop, so if you want to get off at Parliament or melbourne central its easier. Its $8.60 return each day regardless, or you can get a month pass which works our at about $5 a day depending on what you buy. Driving can be 45mins to an hour on a good day, 2 hours on a bad. Its largely down to luck generally.

and on a 40 °C like today, i make the choice to drive rather than take the risk that there are delays, or the air con is broke in the carriage etc

Yep - express fills up by the time you get to Chelsea/aspendale, but if you get on before then you'll def get a seat. Coming back, depending on time and blind luck it can be like the circle line on a bad day, standing pretty much to Cheltenham. If its hot/rammed, i get the slow train, either all the way through to frankston or to mordialloc or Carrum and jump back on an express when it gets there, adds 10-15 mins to the travel time, but is a more pleasant experience.

Hi Depends on your budget and requirements. Frankston / Mount Eliza/ Mornington are great for kids and good for the beach etc. Frankston is significantly cheaper than other places above, is about 55 mins on the express train into flinders street (which run every 10 minutes or so ) Mount Eliza / Mornington mean a 20 minute drive to the station, on top of the train commute. I live in Langwarrin with 1 wife, 2 kids and a dog and we love it, v. green and great spaces. - I drive to seaford station (10 mins) then 50 mins into the city. Would have loved to live slightly closer to the beach, but couldnt make the finances stack up, and its only an 11 minute drive to the beach at frankston/seaford anyway. If i drive, i can get into the city in about 45 minutes, but that is largely dependent on traffic etc and then it can be expensive for parking. There are great schools locally including state and private. We send our kids to a church school which goes from Kinder to year 12 which is very popular

Agents will ignore you until you are onshore as they generally need people to fill immediate gaps. Its best to target companies directly, either look up someone in your area in those roles on linkedin or hr directly. As mentioned, banks are a reasonable bet. ANZ and NAB are spending big on IT projects at the moment, so you may have luck there. IBM have a large office in southbank, you could see if you could get something there in the short term, or even try some of the UNI's - RMIT are spending as well at the moment.

Nope. I have Ankylosing Spondylitis, a cousin of RA and have been managing for 10+ years. It was barely mentioned at my medical and nothing ever came of it. If its costly to manage now or ongoing is where there might be an issue

Agree with this. It was on the cards for us for a long time, having first visited in 2007 and having friends here that came over for 4 years. When we started getting serious we went to a migration roadshow ran by one of the agents and had speakers from Immigration, removals, NAB etc to give people an idea of what to expect. It was a joint NZ/AUS roadshow and probably close to 150 people there. A rep from tourism NZ asked the room how many people had been to NZ or OZ before? Me and the wife and another couple were the only 4 hands that went up. that was the scary part, that all these people were seemingly desperate to leave the UK for a better life without really knowing anything about it. I asked one guy why he was looking into it, the response - "it must be better than here"....

thats a pretty vague question. - what are you wanting to know? there is a still a market, people are still recruiting, projects are still ongoing etc etc.Its getting to EOFY so some put a freeze on recruitment (perm and contractor) others prefer spend their budget before the year is up, horse for courses. I've personally just finished a project for the state government where i was screaming out for resources across exchange, Skype, Win10, Oracle, networking, IDM, MDM amongst others.

Follow the frankston line down the bay and then you can just weigh up commute time vs rental cost. its about an hour into the cbd from seaford where i get on. Anywhere south of chelsea should come in your budget

Good Luck! Sometimes it will come down to the wire. Ours didnt look like the sale would complete in time, so left the keys with the in laws. Got the phone call that completion had happened just as we pulled into the car park at Heathrow....

UXC have been taken over by CSC so might have a freeze on recruiting until the dust has settled.

Agreed. Parking is ridiculous, even worse if you miss the early bird specials and come in later. Plus as well as parking there are the eastlink and citylink tolls which all add up (more than the trainfare alone) and the monash freeway is always choked. in the last year i've had to get off the train once at bonbeach due to a train fault but thats itm, and after 15 minutes it was fixed and we were on our way. delays can and do happen, but for me its a no brainer compared to driving. Oh - and the coffee & compliements kiosk at Seaford Station serves awesome coffee!

Yep - on the frankston line anywhere south of mentone at 7am you'll get a seat - not the best seats in the world and the older trains are a bit more cramped but good enough to work from. Cranbourne can be more crowded, but the further away you are from the city the more seats avaliable.

We live in Langwarrin which we love - and is still not as over developed as some areas. You'll find most of your housing requirements within your budget, just! - Its a 10minute drive to the beach which is great. I work in the CBD - i drive to Seaford station 15 minutes (as the parking is slightly better) and then its an hour into the city. (although the express trains have just started running again 45-50 minutes to Flinders street). Trains run every 5-10 minutes at rush hour. Anywhere around there, as ThePomQueen mentioned although Mornington onwards starts to get to be a bit of a drive to get to the station. Metro starts at Frankston, although parking there is a nightmare. You can go East to Cranbourne for the more new builds, but i found the rail journey to be a nightmare, for parking and overcrowding. I dont think the trains run as often as its a single track for part of the way

Apparently looking for a Workload and Cloud Architect based in Brisbane, and a Midmarket Business Development Manager (whatever the hell that is) But we also are always on the lookout for people. - It is easier for some roles if you are happy to travel interstate on occasion as most of the key work is in Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney. I've worked in Melbourne onsite , but currently have projects in Perth and Sydney and about to start a new one in Canberra. Didnt have to travel to Perth (yet), travelled to Sydney for an hours meeting! and Canberra might be a couple of days a week for a while. That kind of thing suits some people, not others. That being said, one of my colleagues worked in brisbane for 7 years either from the office or from home and has only just in the last month had to go to Sydney. I only met him face to face when we went on a work junket to Singapore in May. PM me with your CV and i'll happily pass it on.