Finding a job in Sydney
There are a variety of jobs available in Sydney, and even in the wake of the financial crisis, the city’s market has remained afloat.
Government in Sydney is also doing its part to stimulate job creation by prioritising the action for the next ten years, and by recently approving legislation that awards job creators a tax break of 4000 AUD.
All in all though, while positive statistics are good and well, without information about where to find those job openings and how to get the position you want, you might as well be in some forgotten backwater with an 100 percent unemployment rate.
Well, here are some good tips and leads to keep in mind when planning your rise to the top in Australia.
Newspapers in Sydney
First of all, where can you find the available jobs? Actually, the main question here is when to find it. Every Wednesday and Saturday, especially the latter, all the newspapers (local, regional or national) have a big section of Job Classifieds.
The main publications in Sydney are:
• The Sydney Morning Herald
• Daily Telegraph
Also take a good look at the local ones, that’s your best shot to get a job close to your place of residence. Some of the best are:
• Blacktown Advocate
• Fairfield Advance
• The Glebe
• Hawkesbury Gazette
• Liverpool Leader
• Manly Daily
• North Shore Times
• Parramatta Advertiser
• Penrith Press
• Wentworth Courier
Internet in Sydney
Another common way to look for jobs is of course through the Internet. Looking for a job this way has many advantages: it’s free; you can find many ads every day, not only on Wednesdays and Saturdays; you can start job hunting even before you arrive in Australia; and you can filter your search by location, sector, salary, type etc.
The most popular job search engines are:
• My Career
• Seek
• Career One
• Gumtree
• Craig’s List
• Job Seeker
• Career Jet
• Jobstralia.com
Agencies in Sydney
If you already know what type of work you want, you can go to recruitment agencies. There are hundreds of them in Sydney. You can find agencies for all types of jobs: admin/office, hospitality, construction, industry (factories and warehouses), management, promotional and artistic, communications/media.
