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Insubordination
Joined: 07 Nov 2007
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Location: Sydney
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Sydney: Things are perhaps picking up for summer (Oct, Nov, Dec seem to be popular times to study), but will drop off again later. Competition is fierce among teachers and people who have had secure jobs for years are getting days shaved off. New people are dropped, even if they are brilliant teachers. It's supply and demand. A few of my colleagues have left for the UAE, China or Indonesia over the past year.
I have two part-time jobs at the moment. One well-paying one and one private school. If you don't have a relationship with a school spanning many years, you need to be different to attract work. For example, if you are a good teacher on a low pay step or have IELTS/EAP/Cambridge experience or if you are prepared to work at night and do relief at the drop of a hat, you have a better chance of getting a job. |
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kinshachi
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Location: Sydney
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| Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 5:40 am Post subject: |
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| True enough. It's become a complete dead zone again. I was lucky enough to pick up some steady work in the meantime, but it was close, and I haven't seen a thing since. If it wasn't for that, I'd probably be back overseas again by now... |
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Insubordination
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Location: Sydney
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The 7.30 Report had a story the other night on the dramatic drop in international student numbers and the myriad reasons for it. The focus is the on the situation in Victoria, but there is some interesting content about English language teaching too. The drop in teaching positions is not imaginary. The (video) story is on their website and have pasted the direct link below. Stay employed!
http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2011/04/13/3190817.htm |
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djtwinkles
Joined: 04 Apr 2011
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Thanks for that link Insubordination.
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Insubordination
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Location: Sydney
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| Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 11:37 am Post subject: |
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| Well I am doing a bit of extra study as a bit of insurance in case the downturn continues. Maybe local or international schools after that. However, I'd prefer to stay exactly where I am if possible. |
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Johnflowers
Joined: 03 Mar 2011
Posts: 13
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| Posted: Mon May 16, 2011 6:51 am Post subject: Update on Employment |
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I agree strongly with your four points.
1. fierce competition from other countries;
Our dollar is on par with the US. Australia is only a preference when it's half-price.
2. the new immigration rules;
This is the worst thing. The government doesn't seem to be taking the industry seriously. They're just using anti-immigrant sentiments to retain their popularity, ripping them off on all the hairdressing/chef courses was criminal.
3. the fact that you need to deposit $150,000 in the bank;
What a joke. Also we take months to issue a visa. The US and Canada do it a lot quicker.
4. the perception that Australia discriminates against international students.
That could genuinely be argued.
We have grown fat on them for too long and have taken them for granted. Now they're voting with their feet. Off to countries which actually want them. I would also add that all the private college closures haven't help. Agents aren't recommending Australia anymore. |
I couldn't agree more on all those matters. What's worse is that the Government has introduced measures for welfare recipients that will compel unemployed Australian nationals to work for welfare. That is such a farce though; I have been looking for work in ESL for the whole 2010 year and had no luck.
Since the beginning of the 2011 year I have been looking for work in other areas, bar construction and mining, in the form of data entry or any paper shuffling job and I am still having no luck.
I would like to know where all this work is that the Labour Government states it is creating. There is none and I have also been looking in to volunteering. Where are the jobs? It's great if you are a teenager as you will get paid the minimum wage and the employer can shape you or terminate your employment very easily. That is the best part of being an employer.
If it weren't for the welfare state and the rights of individuals welfare I don't know where I would be at the moment.
On the issue of ELICOS. Certainly international students are not coming here anymore. If they are, they are not studying ESL, but have taken up study in areas where there is a shortage of skilled labour. Immigrants bring greater employment opportunities to Australia and create competition in the workforce through various means. They also bring new ideas into the country and invigorate the economy with the import of themselves as manpower and make up for what is missing in the form of import of goods or export of goods. Australia it is a better place for it, but the government should also mandate improval of English if they want to work here. In conjunction with studying in areas where skilled labour is required, for example in mining, cooking, hairdressing, aged care, mechanical engineering etc the Government should lift the quality of English communication of immigrants, and not just endorse programs or subjects that make provision for labour needs. After all these people will be living in the community and they need English communication skills. But I am merely a teacher without any jurisdiction to make policy suggestions because I am not a Public Servant Square Head. |
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Johnflowers
Joined: 03 Mar 2011
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| Posted: Tue May 31, 2011 6:35 am Post subject: |
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New Jobs in Australia:
Mining and administration. There are a plethora of jobs in these two categories. Maybe the Employment and Industrial Relations minister would like to combine these two jobs in to one for the sake of efficiency: ''Adminingstration".
A man dressed as a woman can do both jobs. Even if he is 7'' foot tall he can be presentable for both the public and the outback. A BBQ can be placed in the office along with the coffee machine. Then again Occupational Health and Saftey officers might reject that, we don't want exploding cattle parts pasted on the walls of an office do we.
Considering this is the country of the BBQ is it of any surprise that when ever you need to contact someone in the office they are never there? They are either cooking snags or shrimps on the barby in the laneway, or on the roof top garden of the CBD offices.
Situation:
Mr Pink: ''Hello, can I please speak to Kester Blake?''
Adminingstrator: Ok I will see if she is at her desk. (We all know she is at her desk but she is putting a shrimp on the barby or a Brannans snag). Sorry Mr pink she is not at her desk. Would you like to leave a message?
Mr Pink: I have left three messages already for her and she hasn't replied to my calls. Is she ever in the office?
Adminingstrator: She is, but only when she feels like working because she is too busy changing costumes as a miner and administrator. (In reality she is never in the office, she is too busy putting shrimps and snags on the barby while drinking that white crap known as chardonnay)
Sorrrry Mr Pink! I will let her know you called.
2 months later. Phone call.
Adminingstrator: Ring Ring, ring Ring.
Mr Pink: Hello (rather despondently)
Adminingstrator: Hello is this Mr pink?
Mr Pink: yeah...(despondently again)(Who else could it F#cking be?)
Adminingstrator: Sorry, it took so long to get back to you...
Mr Pink: ok (the k tails off in to the distance)
Admininstrator: But I am calling on behalf of Ms Blake, she asked me to tell you that you didn't get the job...
Mr Pink: 
Adminingstrator: Hello mr pink, are you there?
Mr Pink: (holding back and ready to fulminate) Here (in dry monotone) then hangs up.
Come to Australia, there is plenty of work in Adminingstration! Or if you absolutely have no luck. Join the army. If that idea fails, smoke bongs and drink beer all day. She'll be right mate! |
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