The Adventure Starts Here
Starting the long journey through to becoming an aussie
Hi Im Mark,
My wife and I are both 33 (and our three kids 6 , 4 and 2) are desperate to move lock stock and barrel to aus and have researched a little about where and what we would like to do.
Little bit of background info. Im a Secondary school teacher (assistant headteacher, B.Ed (hons) in physical education, but have spent a lot of time teaching ICT and vocational subjcets over the past two years., as well as being a pastoral head of year. I am now at the stage of my career that im not too fussed about what i teach or what position i go in at i just really want to get to aus. I 'd probs do any job as long as we can afford to live. But ideally a pastoral job within school would be wonderfull.
My wife works part time (14 hours +) as a sonographer / radiographer at the local district hospital. As well as caring for the little ones fantastically.
We would like to move between Sydney and Cairns with Coffs harbour being ou Dream destination.
Really im looking for anyone in either of our fields of work who can chat to us through msn or on here about the process and prospects work wise over in the promised land. We aim to start the whole proces in about 6 months so really we are now at the final sort of research stage before we move forward again.
Thanks
mark
Markjosephprice@hotmail.com (add me to msn)
My wife and I are both 33 (and our three kids 6 , 4 and 2) are desperate to move lock stock and barrel to aus and have researched a little about where and what we would like to do.
Little bit of background info. Im a Secondary school teacher (assistant headteacher, B.Ed (hons) in physical education, but have spent a lot of time teaching ICT and vocational subjcets over the past two years., as well as being a pastoral head of year. I am now at the stage of my career that im not too fussed about what i teach or what position i go in at i just really want to get to aus. I 'd probs do any job as long as we can afford to live. But ideally a pastoral job within school would be wonderfull.
My wife works part time (14 hours +) as a sonographer / radiographer at the local district hospital. As well as caring for the little ones fantastically.
We would like to move between Sydney and Cairns with Coffs harbour being ou Dream destination.
Really im looking for anyone in either of our fields of work who can chat to us through msn or on here about the process and prospects work wise over in the promised land. We aim to start the whole proces in about 6 months so really we are now at the final sort of research stage before we move forward again.
Thanks
mark
Markjosephprice@hotmail.com (add me to msn)
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Comment by Nadine Myers on December 19, 2009 at 9:57pm -
Hey there Mark,
I might be able to assist with arranging employment for your wife and possibly for you as well. If you are interested, send your CVs to nadine@nabthatjob.com.
Cheers,
Nadine
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Comment by Kim and James on January 17, 2009 at 2:56pm -
Hi Mark
I am teaching Secondary French but trained in Primary ... To get a skilled visa as a teacher you need to have your qualifications assessed by 'Teaching Australia'. It is quite detailed but do-able. My biggest problem was getting course transcripts from my teaching college. It took about 6 months to get the paperwork together and even after that our Migration Agent didn't want to send them off because they were not detailed enough. If you are thinking about going in the same direction don't leave it too long because chasing the paperwork takes so long and then there is about a 6-8 week waiting time to see if your skills are ok.
Good luck in your research. If you have any questions we can help you with, just ask...
from Kim
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Comment by BJ on January 9, 2009 at 6:15am - Mark a good starting place would be seek.com.au to look for jobs. Who knows you may even get empler sponsorship. Good luck!
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