Australia

I see adverts for jobs in Australia which are posted on the JobServe overnight. This is because I make a very broad search of IT jobs so as not to miss anything relevant.

I saw one job for an IT relocation project manager. Contract too. In Sydney, which I hear is rather nice.

In fact my last company had quite a few Aussies in it and were, in fact, setting up offices there.

Although I'd prefer to work in Europe I was tempted to apply. I'd also heard that if you're there for less than six months you don't need a work visa.

But I checked on the Australian government's web site and that doesn't seem to be the case. For a professional like me, there seems to be no way to take a contract.

Well, the only way would be:

1. meet an Aussie girl
2. talk to her for more than half-an-hour, in fact, probably a lot longer
3. marry her [there may be a few more steps required before this one]
4. convince the Australian immigration service that it isn't simply to get a six-month contract there. Kids might suffice as proof.

Looking around my bedroom there's a definite shortage of Aussie girls.

If you're an Aussie girl and would like to apply, please bear in mind that you'd need to be:

• cute
• non-smoking
• extremely non-vegetarian
• natural blonde would help, oh, so much
• pretty smart
  
• not want a dog
• not mind returning to the UK after six months.

Applications to the usual email address.

Meanwhile, back to looking for a job in Europe...