Tamachan87

I'm not trying to sound aggressive or anything, but what do you expect from reading the Daily Mail? It's essentially printed YouTube comments. "Frustrated" isn't the word I would use. "Hungry" seems more appropriate.

I have lived in Japan and New Zealand for the past few years. Never had any issues with PR/citizenship, at least not as openly as this. I am quite comfortable with the idea of being the foreigner. I've had tons of job interviews before coming here and it is only her I have had more than one person cut me off mid-sentence to inform me that it's only for PR/C.

I have never, and will never, said that there are 'too many foreigners taking all our jobs'. I voted Labour, not BNP. If a person has the right experience, qualifications, language skills, and has the legal right to work then what's the problem? I'm sorry but I don't buy that as a legitimate reason. Why not limit the search criteria to people who have never moved house and have never had a promotion or transfer? Don't want these people to move on with their lives now, we might have to retrain them! People move on with their lives, it's a fact. I can't think of a single person in my life that has stayed in the exact same job in the exact same place for more than 2-3 years.

There is legislation for badly worded product advertisements. I don't see why job advertisements is any less serious.

Could you give an example? When I called the immigration office before applying they recommended the 461.

I would if I could. Honestly, all the interviews I've ever had are ones where there is no recruitment agency in the middle. Unfortunately, all that information is "confidential" and the only thing in the job description is "my client is a leader in its market blah blah blah situated somewhere in the region of the Milky Way yak yak yak". I have mailed off a few resumes to companies directly with no job in particular advertised but never heard anything back.

Is it possible to emigrate with permanent residence right off the bat?

The right to work is understandable. I have the right to work. But for a lot entry-level, 6-month temp jobs I've seen have required permanent residence or citizenship, whether they're mentioned or unmentioned in the job description. If there's no legislation on the citizen/PR thing, then is there anything on witholding requirements? If I place a job ad but a requirement is "10 years experience in hula hooping minimum" and I don't mention it, is there anything that can be held against me?

I think this thread can go here...oh well. I've been applying for jobs like crazy, both in England and in Melbourne since arriving, but I've been shot down quite a lot for the sole reason that I'm not a permanent resident nor a citizen. I have a fully valid work visa; my wife is a Kiwi and so I've got a subclass 461 which is good until 2018. I made a follow up call to an recruitment agency (not my favourite thing to do, but thems the rules) and the woman I spoke to took a very snooty tone with me when I asked whether people have been shortlisted for a spot yet and asked if I'm a PR. I said I had a a work visa and she cut me off saying that the company only wants to hire citizens or PRs. Since this was not mentioned at all under the requirements for the position I politely mentioned that maybe she should have placed it on the ad. She scoffed and said: "I don't have to do that." I guess my question is: what is the legality of saying "only citizens and permanent residents" on job ads? I certainly didn't see anything like that in my time in England (though I never spent this much time applying for jobs). If it's a criteria, surely it should be mentioned in the criteria, right?

Thanks for the help Matjones. We've been in contact with an old friend and now have a place in Preston! Does anyone have any recommendations for pay-as-you-go sim deals? Something with a lot of talking to landlines would also be good.

We're trying to keep things as low as possible until we can both get some decent work. Anything under $300 a week (ideally $250 or less). In other news, my 461 visa came today. Woot!

Flinders Street seem to be the cheapest. The other areas I've found are all advertised as student accommodations near the unis.

I think PR is something I will be looking at a few more years down the line. At the moment we're just focusing on arriving. Web design is my dream job. I'm relatively new to the whole thing, though. I am glad to see a lot of Ruby on Rails jobs going in Melbourne so I'm happy with my decision haha. I made a little homepage today, actually. Wifey doesn't have a job lined up, she's in the same boat as me at the moment. We have enough savings to last a few months, though. We're not going to be that picky with jobs when we get there as it's just a question of getting a steady income before anything else. The job market looks pretty good in Melbourne, at least compared to Northern England and Auckland.

I'm starting out in the IT industry. I want to be a web designer in the future but I'm happy using my IT Support history to get an entry-level support job. I wouldn't exactly call it high demand. In fact, a lot of the jobs I find ask for permanent residence or citizenship. :confused:

Nope, wife's a Kiwi so I'm coming on a temp subclass 461 visa. I have been applying for a while but no replies as yet. I've heard from friends living in Melbourne that few will consider you unless you are living there. Are there any specialist sites for applying for work before arriving? Thanks, I'll keep that in mind. Wife is more into the Japanese community than I am, but still good to know in case I get a ramen craving.