Danielleoz

Nice positive comments but, interestingly, nobody with first-hand experience of Darwin. Is there anybody there? :err:

I hope its because they are all cooling down in their swimming pools. I am hoping to go to Darwin too, we were very eager then heard negatives, it put us off, but I feel we have heard many positives so we are going to hopefully see for ourselves :-). Good Luck with your move Callie Mum

Get some work experience under your belt and look at Australia in the future. Qualifications are rarely enough to get a work or occupation related visa into Australia.

Work experience is obviously good. my partner has 10years experience in civil design from the UK but from our experience the employers here want Australian experience.

As above. We employ civil engineers, and frankly there are so many on the market right now that I can get a senior with CPEng and many years local experience for the same rate we would have paid a junior a couple of years ago. From my point of view, I don't care if you are doing other stuff - I know how hard the market is, what I want to see is that you can jump in and be chargeable instantly so do courses, get drafting jobs, know the Standards inside out, whatever you can do to prove that to me.

 

In all likelihood you'll have to chase the work outside of where you want to be, so be prepared to move interstate or to regional areas

Hi, where are you based Eera? Do you like it if potential employees just drop by unannounced to drop in their CV?

Thanks Danielle

Thank you princessoz for job search site.

Thanks to all who have written their thoughts, you can probably see from mixed responses how we are unsure what is the best thing to do.

Thanks again

Hi,

Thanks Paul.

Yeah it seems to be that way, I hope this job comes quick. He has a job which is keeping him busy as a Removalist but we wonder if that reflects bad on his CV that he has moved away from engineering and now his experience will be dating.

It seems to be all 'ifs, buts and maybes' at the moment.

Glad it worked out for you.

Danielle

Hi all!

Myself and my partner moved out here February 2014 on a working holiday Visa as we were told it is easier to get a job if you are in the country...I guess not if you are on a WHV. In January 2015 we were granted our PR -We were clearly over the moon and thought this should help secure a job for my partner in Civil Engineering (designing structures such as roads, bridges).

He seems to be having no luck at all due to not having Australian experience. It is really starting to get us down! Is the job market really that bad at the moment or are we not doing the right things to gain employment.

CV's have been sent off to all agencies, they have been sent directly to the company and we have even made a Video CV. What do you suggest?? please only constructive criticism.

He is hard working and has extensive knowledge in structural design.

This is sooo tiring!

Any help greatly received. We live in Perth but we are willing to relocate to secure civil engineering position.

Thank you

Danielle