SteveW
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Hi all 
I have lately been looking at working in the motherland.. NewZealand.
There are loads of jobs out there (www.seekit.co.nz)
I have emailed the company expressing interest in working in NZ. But TBH i dont know how you go about something like this ?
I was born out there so a work visa isnt an issue
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Jambo
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Depends on their immigration laws to be frank.
If u were born there i doubt youll have much of a problem 
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SteveW
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im thinking more about how would they accept you. Its not like i can "pop over" for an interview 
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Tom
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Mate of mine who's working in dubai managed it by linking interviews in with a wedding trip he was on. Pretty good job though, not sure if you could do over phone or via video conference or something?
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SteveW
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well i do have family out there still.. but the flights arent exactly cheap if i dont get any jobs
i emailed the agency asking them about interviews etc...
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Tom
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If you do it, make sure you get as many interviews as possible. If your cv is upto scratch and you come across ok, most will take you seriously given the fact you have travelled a pretty long for interviews 
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SteveW
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yeah my CV is real good.
and im... well im ME
im spesh
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Tom
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quote:
Originally posted by SteveW
yeah my CV is real good.
and im... well im ME
im spesh
Yes... heyyyyyyyyyyy you guys  sorry only joking
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SteveW
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you seen the movie too ??
They told me that it wouldnt be very popular. They paid me in cotton candy 
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liamC
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quote:
Originally posted by SteveW
Hi all
I have lately been looking at working in the motherland.. NewZealand.
There are loads of jobs out there (www.seekit.co.nz)
I have emailed the company expressing interest in working in NZ. But TBH i dont know how you go about something like this ?
I was born out there so a work visa isnt an issue
I've just came back from the UAE mate and I'll give you the following bits of advice from both my own experiences and my mates'.
Be sure to have a package sorted before you go. By this I mean a signed contract with what you get for working for the company. Most expats leave for pastures new with a housing allowance and/or already paid for accomodation and possible a car on top of your salary. Possible even a few weeks/months paid hotel accomodation til you find your own place.
Sign the contract and make sure once you get there you get what you have signed for.
As far as Interviews go, if you're not simply transferring within the same company they might have people from their company in or around the UK, and may meet you for an Interview in (possibly) London. If not, then phone or video interview.
Also make sure you sign for money, or an allowance for shipping to get all your stuff over to the other side of the globe.
[Edited on 11-10-2006 by liamC]
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willay
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how come you want to work over there Steve?
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Jules S
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quote:
Originally posted by SteveW
Hi all
I have lately been looking at working in the motherland.. NewZealand.
There are loads of jobs out there (www.seekit.co.nz)
I have emailed the company expressing interest in working in NZ. But TBH i dont know how you go about something like this ?
I was born out there so a work visa isnt an issue
Ive often fancied this....that website doesn't seem to work though
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SteveW
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Willay - just a little bored of the UK. Its just all the same rubbish day in day out (not just with work but with just all things)
Liam - cheers mate. i will wait to hear from them if they even allow people from UK to work out there.
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willay
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I only ask cause I know alot of kiwi's come over here to take advantage of the exchange rate. For example a normal contractors job will net them in 40k whatever a year, they then take this money and go home and buy a house.
For exampel at the moment 40k GBP would get you 112,500 New zealand dollas.
So you could gathered aload of money here then fuck off there and live like a king for awhile. But it wont work on the way back.
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SteveW
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oh no im on about getting a job out there and thats it... not even thinking about comming back to UK
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Tom
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My mate hasn't looked back, he pretty much swindled his job aswell. He's on about £35k tax free plus he gets car and housing allowance but he forgot to sign out of the uk and has a big tax bill iirc.
I might look into it
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Tom
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Some of the wages are like £6000 per month in qatar or bahrain for my job over here where I don't get that much
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Jambo
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Tom why are you still typing Book the flight FFS
[Edited on 11-10-2006 by Jambo]
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ed
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I want to work abroad when I graduate. The thing that did it for me was when I walked past House of Fraiser, the have put thier Christmas decorations up already 
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SteveW
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Harrods Xmas world opened in August
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mwg
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I love it when my boss has a meeting gets a buffet laid on.
But the past couple of times the fat bastards in the meeting have near enough eaten the lot so only been a few scraggly left overs for us!
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ed
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Oh shit, yea, my sisters fiance works in Harrods and was showing me pictures of when Satan (Santa) turned up riding a Zebra. Crackheads.
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SteveW
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quote:
Originally posted by Matty G
I love it when my boss has a meeting gets a buffet laid on.
But the past couple of times the fat bastards in the meeting have near enough eaten the lot so only been a few scraggly left overs for us!
wrong post dude
but good try PMSL
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mwg
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PMSL
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TNM
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I was trying to work out why mattys post didnt quite fit in with the thread
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