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Thanks for the advice:) I need to try check with HR without giving any hints that it would be me - I don't want to jepordise my current position with the company. I was thinking 2 months notice would be suffice. If I was leaving the company completely I would only have to give 4 weeks notice. At the moment in the company, if I was to leave they would probably replace me with someone on a 12 month fixed term contract (oil company and down turn in oil) Another reason why I think it wouldn't affect them so much anyway. I just don't know how to approach the situation, and how to put it forward to my managers...

Thanks for the advice The reason my friend suggested the 3 month tourist visa to begin with was so we could do the travelling first, and also incorporate Bali at the end, spend some time in Bali and get WHV from there. Then when we enter Australia we've already done the travelling and technically have an extra 3 months to play with (ie, instead of having 1 year it's 1 year 3 months)

Hello Wondering if someone can help me - I have few options for getting to Australia... My friend is going to a WHV in Feb/March time and i would LOVE to go with her. I'm 100% up for it however extremely nervous about giving up my job. Has anyone ever taken a sabbatical for 1 year? How did you go about asking your employer about it? I would be keen to have something in place in case I go to Oz and end up not liking it or it doesn't work out.* A friend who has done the whv has recommended that we apply for 3 month tourist visa, travel for that time, go to Bali and apply for whv whilst there then enter Oz with whv and get farm work out the way then you basically have 2 full years and already done the travelling bit first. Has anyone done it this way before?* Lastly, if I wasn't to go ahead with the above then I might have the option of this.. I currently work for a global company as a management accountant and there are always opportunities to transfer to another site in a different region or country. I have made my bosses aware of my keenness to discuss any job opportunities that come up for the offices in Australia. If a job came up and I wanted to go for it, how would it work visa wise? Although I work as a management accountant, I'm not fully qualified therefore don't think I'd qualify for the list even though accountant is on it.* Thanks Natalie* PS - I have always wanted to go to Australia but always put it off for one thing or the other. I'm a single 27 year old girl and think the time is right!

Hello Wondering if someone can help me - I have few options for getting to Australia... My friend is going to a WHV in Feb/March time and i would LOVE to go with her. I'm 100% up for it however extremely nervous about giving up my job. Has anyone ever taken a sabbatical for 1 year? How did you go about asking your employer about it? I would be keen to have something in place in case I go to Oz and end up not liking it or it doesn't work out. A friend who has done the whv has recommended that we apply for 3 month tourist visa, travel for that time, go to Bali and apply for whv whilst there then enter Oz with whv and get farm work out the way then you basically have 2 full years and already done the travelling bit first. Has anyone done it this way before? Lastly, if I wasn't to go ahead with the above then I might have the option of this.. I currently work for a global company as a management accountant and there are always opportunities to transfer to another site in a different region or country. I have made my bosses aware of my keenness to discuss any job opportunities that come up for the offices in Australia. If a job came up and I wanted to go for it, how would it work visa wise? Although I work as a management accountant, I'm not fully qualified therefore don't think I'd qualify for the list even though accountant is on it. Thanks Natalie PS - I have always wanted to go to Australia but always put it off for one thing or the other. I'm a single 27 year old girl and think the time is right!