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As what has been mentioned there are upwards of 200 applications for most HSE positions in W.A. now, so I would say out of that two hundred your going to see a few with masters backed up with Cert IV, Diploma, Advanced Diploma (Aussie OHS Quals) and strong W.A resources experience. Even if you have NEBOSH its not recognised in OZ. If I go back to OZ it wont be to work in HSE. I dont really use Seek as a gauge of what is available, its not regulated any way I am aware of, recruiters can post jobs without there being a job. Years ago you could get the Saturday Western Australian Newspaper and there would be page after page of jobs and you could gauge the job market better, because newspaper adverts always cost a fair bit of money, especially half a page adverts, recruiters only placed adverts their candidates paid for. But over the years companies stopped advertising in the paper and last time I looked there was a couple of pages of jobs. Seek is cheap to run an advert and recruitment companies have accounts where they have x amount of adverts to place a month so they just use them up on nothing rather than waste them. If your a recruiter its your job to constantly see what talent is looking for work in the area and then float them to potential clients who may or may not have work..

14/7 One thing i noticed on seek is you have multiple agencies advertising the same job. I think a lot of the recruitment agencies are struggling as well, a lot of the adverts placed are to improve their in-house databases for upcoming possible roles. The safest bet is to find the jobs advertised by the direct employer. A trick I use is - sloppy recruiters sometimes place adverts on seek where they copy and paste company slogans or company info i.e ASX listed, employer specialises in, employs x amount, if you stick that info into google it sometimes brings up the employer and you can make a direct application. HR departments are looking at cutting recruiter costs and direct entries stand more of a chance.

The info in this thread has really thrown a new perspective onto my thoughts about moving back. I was just have a look at share prices on companies like Monadelphous, their shares have dropped from $30 to $6 and there not the only ones, not really a great sign.. On a plus note I had a look on Seek and it looks like theres more work in Brisbane than WA. Does it happen a lot just in the oil/gas/iron ore industries? Not that often but a lot of it is to do with Saudi and China for various reasons and it will have a knock effect.. I remember six years ago I had just arrived in Perth and a guy i met on a FLT training course said to me (he was a Brit) to have a happy live in Perth you need $120k household income. The best I managed to achieve was $200k, working FIFO on Gorgon. Gorgon always paid a bit more because its a Class A nature reserve. I never managed to get the 120k in Perth came close but it was a one year contract.

Yeah I noticed 600 BP staff got made redundant the other day in the North Sea, if you were at Karatha gas plant were you working for Monadelphous, I think they carry out maintenance work on there? If I go back I think I will try and get into something else anyway.. Having seen a lot of the comments on this thread its kinda made me think a lot. OZ a great place when your making ok cash, but not so great without a big income. Maintenance roles didn't pay that great prior to this down turn. WA Oil Barrow Island were paying around 100k for 2/2 roster. Great if you love fishing surfing on Barrow but if you have a big mortgage.. Karatha Gas Plant I thought they wanted you to live there.

Well its all sounding a bit grim..... Yes I have friends in WA and family but they don't work in HR/Recruitment. I would never rent my house to anyone whether in the UK or OZ.

Maybe they will build the new trains at Gorgon and that will fire it up again. Yeah I have Level 4 and Diploma OHS but 15 months ago it was near impossible getting a role. There must be some jobs in Perth I no that my old rate will not be achievable but 60k - 85k jobs I could consider.

Perth is in a transition period the boom is over I personally think when I went to Perth six years it, that I caught the tail of the boom. Too many people headed to Perth for FIFO. Rentals, house prices went too high, competition for jobs was tough. Perth has a two speed economy, there was the construction workers on FIFO, the miners and then the people working in Perth, (not all i.e St Georges Terrace where people were and probably still are on 350k pay, Contract, Commercial Managers/Lawyers), but a lot of people in Perth are on 45k - 75k. I was told Perth was a lot nicer place prior to the boom so maybe it will go back to being like that. LOL when I was on Gorgon the pool cleaner was on 300k, had to work night shift and was on a 26/9 roster.. Thats not really the way things should be. 15 months ago with the exchange rate that was amazing cash, still is with the bad rate now.

I live at the moment in North East England and the job market here is pretty grim. Yeah might be a good idea to do what you say, not sell up but leave my house here when I come over, I dont want to rent it as I renovated it to a high standard when I moved back here and I don't want people trashing it. I know the resource game is pretty grim at the moment in WA, especially the construction of sites, but there is still operations. What I was thinking was, to try and get a job with ESS/Compass as a Camp Attendant, basically do anything cleaning, bar, pool, peggy ect just to get back on site and see what comes up. I noticed they are running adverts on Seek. Was also thinking of just getting a job in Perth, training people in something i.e Management or something.. Ideally I plan to get back on the housing market in Perth but I don't want to rush because there looks like a good chance they may go down further. When I sold my house twelve months ago I got out at just the right time, Ive seen houses drop further since I left. They put the hold on government jobs about 16 months ago and then it started up again. Its tough everywhere I think these days. But Perth is better place to bring up a family in my opinion. Perth was tough six years ago, it was a bitch of place to get work then. I started of in asbestos demolition and had a range of crappy jobs. UK experience was not that sought after, having said that I don't see UK employers rushing to take me on with Aussie construction experience. I am an Aussie Citizen and I don't plan to comeback and fail by not getting work but there is support mechanisms there for Citizens i.e CentreLink. Not the plan but nice to have something rather than nothing like when I originally went out there on a PR.

Hi New Jez, thats good to hear, I worked in the Oil and Gas field,worked on Barrow Island on the Gorgon Project. It was a FIFO role Health and Safety and Training. When I was leaving Perth last year it was getting quieter for that kind of work. So not sure if those kind of opportunities are still there.

I moved back to the UK after living in Perth for for five years one year ago but having been in the UK for twelve months God what a mistake to comeback here, low pay, zero hour contracts, not much work about unless you live in London and the weather.... I currently have my house for sale in the UK with the plan of moving back to Perth as soon as it sells. I have noticed Perth seems to have changed a fair bit in 12 months, the amount of rentals seems a lot. When I went over five years ago it was a nightmare renting a house, ten families would turn up to view a property.. Is it still a nightmare driving down the Mitchel Freeway in the morning? Could anyone tell me what the job market is like?