OMG I am filling in an application form for ........... [Archive] - SV650.org

Shellywoozle

19-10-08, 05:40 PM

Not recruiting at the minute but I will be in the pot when they do ! All experience, shame they have their training centres at Brum tho, an excuse to go over for job interview would be brill LOL

dunno bout the australia police but a m8s just joined the canadian police and hes going over there at the end of the month

Yeah a mate in the job is going to Canada, taken him years so far, can't be done with all that, they seem a bit long winded on their transferring. Want to be gone by end of next year :) or start of next.

Lozzo

19-10-08, 05:40 PM

I've been invited to attend an interview with a major engineering company out in Perth. I've already had an hour long phone nterview and now they say I can make final arrangements for a formal one closer to a date I know I'll be over there.

Shellywoozle

19-10-08, 05:41 PM

Lozzo

19-10-08, 05:43 PM

You following me hun LOL

I applied first :D

Shellywoozle

19-10-08, 05:44 PM

I applied first :D

No this is my 2nd time of filling out, I filled it out almost 2 yrs ago when I was with the ex and for some reason he thought I didnt want to be with him :p how right was he LOL

So my 2nd attempt as 1st one wasnt emailed off :(

rob13

19-10-08, 05:51 PM

Good luck with it Shell, something I have considered but Gem wont move away from her rents.

chasey

19-10-08, 05:56 PM

My Sister lives in Brisbane and loves it.

Good luck Shell.

Lozzo

19-10-08, 06:04 PM

My Sister lives in Brisbane and loves it.

Good luck Shell.

Brisie is a long long way from WA

missyburd

19-10-08, 06:06 PM

Know a friend's daughter out in Perth, she likes it so much she's married an Aussie and had a kid with him, she has absolutely no desire to come back to Blighty! Don't blame her though really.

Good luck though, hope you get it!

kwak zzr

19-10-08, 06:07 PM

same with the people we know, first the son, then the other son, then the parents followed lol, the one son was even homeless for a while and stayed in a tent! he still had no desire to return to the uk.

chasey

19-10-08, 06:09 PM

Brisie is a long long way from WA
I should learn to read :rolleyes:

Shellywoozle

19-10-08, 06:10 PM

My only thing stopping me last time was my ex and my Mum. Ex is just that and has not been replaced and my Mum is happy and settled now so I don't have to really worry about her.

My life is just the same old and I want a new challenge. I been pondering this w/e, for some reason I have been down and figured I need to build me a life. I am not young and need to sort myself out.

I wrote down what would keep me in the UK and I listed what I wanted out of life, and then I found myself looking on 'StepForward' website, so simply followed my fingers.

I must want to do something like this as it's twice I have filled in the form? Am I brave enough to send it back?

orose

19-10-08, 06:11 PM

Wasn't WA on the news not too long ago trying to attract British women over because theres some ridiculous ratio like 5:1 blokes to sheilas?

Lozzo

19-10-08, 06:14 PM

I must want to do something like this as it's twice I have filled in the form? Am I brave enough to send it back?

Shell, you've got nothing to lose my sending it, and everything to gain.

missyburd

19-10-08, 06:16 PM

I must want to do something like this as it's twice I have filled in the form? Am I brave enough to send it back?

If you don't enjoy it you can always come back, but I say go for it Shell if you've got the opportunity, do it now while you can i.e. before you find another bloke to tie you down :lol:

You know you want to!

Shellywoozle

19-10-08, 06:18 PM

http://www.stepforward.wa.gov.au/pdf/sample_questions.pdf

Like being at school LOL, I fogot I done all this once damn it

I am sitting here eating a pack of fruit pastilles (200g size) and looking at the fitness test, LOL best stop eating them me finks

"A psychological evaluation - All applicants will be required to undergo a standardised personality test comprised of a number of typed questions. Further follow up and interviews may be required." <------------ why wait til the end to do that, I fink I will failt that bit Ha ha ha ha (do you think they want ya to have a personality???)

Girth

19-10-08, 06:20 PM

Ive also aplied for a job in Oz, just waiting for the summer season to come up and them i'm there!

Shellywoozle

19-10-08, 06:22 PM

Ive also aplied for a job in Oz, just waiting for the summer season to come up and them i'm there!

You, me and Lozzo could have our own org meets LOL

Girth

19-10-08, 06:25 PM

You, me and Lozzo could have our own org meets LOL

She be in Perth for 12-18 months if they want me, but i've got a mate over there doing the same as i will be if i go.

Just waiting for their summer to start and then will hopefully hear from the employer over there. but if my mate got a job then i should be on the cards to go.

Lozzo

19-10-08, 06:34 PM

My ex lives in Perth and she's been hassling me to join her out there since she left. Why she didn't ask me to go at the time she went is anyone's guess.

Shellywoozle

19-10-08, 06:35 PM

My ex lives in Perth and she's been hassling me to join her out there since she left. Why she didn't ask me to go at the time she went is anyone's guess.

Is that why you and her are ex's hun?

Mr Speirs

19-10-08, 07:03 PM

I want to go and live in Oz but my job isn't one of the ones that Austrailia needs so I don't think I'd get a Visa.
Don't think the missus would be able to leave the country and be so far away from her Rents tho.

Lozzo

19-10-08, 07:14 PM

Is that why you and her are ex's hun?

Sadly, yes. She left in January this year, but she did leave me with her old Micra as a memento.

Shellywoozle

19-10-08, 07:14 PM

Sadly, yes. She left in January this year, but she did leave me with her old Micra as a memento.

LOL at the Micra, it is a good little car mate. Get yaself back to her, sounds like you want to.

husky03

19-10-08, 07:23 PM

one of the girls who worked with me got a transfer to the OZ police last month-as others have said wages are comparible but cost of living is cheaper-and if I remember correctly the aussie cops are armed.

husky

Shellywoozle

19-10-08, 07:24 PM

if I remember correctly the aussie cops are armed.

husky

OMG me and a gun LOL ha ha god help them ! They won't give me a taser gun here lol.

All the more reason, shell with a tool, I mean a shooter ! :smt068

Lozzo

19-10-08, 07:42 PM

LOL at the Micra, it is a good little car mate. Get yaself back to her, sounds like you want to.

I wouldn't mind going to Oz, but not sure about rekindling that relationship.

phil24_7

19-10-08, 09:25 PM

She be in Perth for 12-18 months if they want me

So you'd be girth in Perth! Would you change your forum name??!! LOL

19-10-08, 10:39 PM

Never been to Oz. But when I went to Washington last year I very nearly didn't come back. Didn't have a work permit but found a job, and found a place for us all (3 of us) to live, and a school for Sophie. Only I couldn't do it to Anne. Although when I got home she told me that she wouldn't have been surprised to get a call. And then life got in the way again. We're back to the USA next year...

BanannaMan

20-10-08, 02:16 AM

You, me and Lozzo could have our own org meets LOL

Don't forget LukeMillar, already in OZ.
You could have a regular OZ section on the forum...

Never been to Oz. But when I went to Washington last year I very nearly didn't come back. Didn't have a work permit but found a job, and found a place for us all (3 of us) to live, and a school for Sophie. Only I couldn't do it to Anne. Although when I got home she told me that she wouldn't have been surprised to get a call. And then life got in the way again. We're back to the USA next year...

Which Washington???
DC or state???

DC is not so far from me...we could ride!!! :cool:

lukemillar

20-10-08, 04:37 AM

Don't forget LukeMillar, already in OZ.
You could have a regular OZ section on the forum...

Which Washington???
DC or state???

DC is not so far from me...we could ride!!! :cool:

:lol: Perth > Sydney though is about the same as San Francisco > New York! It would be one hell of a trek for a rideout. I have never been to Perth/WA and even though I'm touring round Australia for the next 4 month, I'm still not going to make it to the West coast. It's a shame, because I have a load of friends here in Sydney who came from Perth and the West coast is supposed to be lovely. It is the most remote city in the world though!

I can only comment on the difference in lifestyle from London to Sydney as that is my experience, but I would say that neither city is a true reflection on the rest of each respective country in terms of cost of living!

I earn roughly half what I earned in London, though due to a combination of cheaper living and less monthly outgoings, I have ended up better off at the end of the month. The weather is awesome! :cool: Seriously, it is amazing what sun can do for your mood! Yes, it rains from time to time, but 80% of the time is sunny. There are some amazing roads and and places to go biking, though 2nd bike prices are generally more inflated than the UK and kit is generally more expensive. Petrol is cheap though as are trackdays :)

I miss family and have only been able to get back to the UK to visit once this year. Christmas in the middle of summer is just plain wrong, though a 3 week holiday in the summer for christmas is pretty nice!

Not sure what else to say; as others have mentioned, if you don't like it, you can always return, but I guess if you don't try, then you'll never know!

If you want to know anything else then just give me shout :D

muffles

20-10-08, 07:58 AM

Australia is brilliant. That is all :D

SoulKiss

20-10-08, 08:19 AM

Australia is brilliant. That is all :D

Maybe, but NZ is better - and I'm off there on Holiday @ the end of the week :)

Grinch

20-10-08, 08:22 AM

Is that where they wear the silly long socks with the shorts so you can just see knee?

lukemillar

20-10-08, 08:27 AM

Maybe, but NZ is better - and I'm off there on Holiday @ the end of the week :)

Cool - whereabouts?

20-10-08, 08:30 AM

Not oz, but I know someone that moved to NZ 6 months ago, they love it, he gets paid less but living is cheaper like others have said.

Edit - They joined the NZ police force

lukemillar

20-10-08, 08:43 AM

Not oz, but I know someone that moved to NZ 6 months ago, they love it, he gets paid less but living is cheaper like others have said.

I'm heading there as well in 4 months! :cool:

timwilky

20-10-08, 08:46 AM

Strange, I only know 2 people who have done the emigration thing. Both were failures in their lives in this country and assumed foreign parts were going to be the land of opportunity. How wrong they were. One went bust in South Africa then Australia and finally in New Zealand He was a printer who liked his pop too much.

The second was a mechanic, he worked for Lancs Police and got a job fettling cars/bikes etc for an Aussie force. Once his buy a bride from Manila dropped a sprog he suddenly decided health care, conditions, salary etc were crap and he couldn't afford to stay out there so came back with his tail between his legs.

I get the feeling that the lands of flowing milk and honey are ok if you have the gumption to grab the oppurtunities. But if you are the sort to sit back and wait for them to come looking for you. Well then you will be a failure wherever you go.

muffles

20-10-08, 08:46 AM

Maybe, but NZ is better - and I'm off there on Holiday @ the end of the week :)

Lucky b*gger :D

I've only ever been to Australia, to Melbourne/Cairns & Woomera if you know it (it was for work followed by a bit of a holiday :D).

I hear NZ is quieter, greener, not sure how I would get on with it but I should really try first ;)

blue curvy jester

20-10-08, 09:14 AM

Perth rocks ( freemantle cool too)

when i was ther found it comparable in prices, as in bit cheper to live ( 10-15%) but earned that much less so ces't la vie

one thing was the way it get s dark in WA one minute light next pitch black

Perth does get a bad rep in Aus generally for 2 reasons its the most anglised place still even though its the closeste to indonesia and it has a rep as its the place people seem to run away to if the rest of thier life down under is a bunch of **** , but i thought it was cool ( just a bit far from everything else )

Shellywoozle

20-10-08, 08:48 PM

Thanks for all the input guys, but I have decided that there is nothing like going to a place yaself to see if its for you, so ....... guess where I am going?

Not sure how I am going to fund it, may even sell the bike to do it (if I move i'd sell anyway and it's winter now so no great loss) but I have to bribe work into having 2 months off work while I am not operational. Got a meeting tomorrow so lets see if I can flutter my eyelashes enough!

My mate is going over there just prior to Xmas and she is visiting our mate who has gone to join the police and he is in Perth, may try and go with her for the first part, she was meant to take me with her on her last visit but she forgot me ..... wonder why LOL

kwak zzr

20-10-08, 08:49 PM

good luck shell with what ever you choose.

Shellywoozle

20-10-08, 08:58 PM

good luck shell with what ever you choose.

Thanks Daz xx

You know me tho knowing my luck it won't happen :( nothing has so far in the 34 years I been breathing lOL

ixlr8

21-10-08, 05:19 AM

Good luck. You'll get truckloads of AUD$ for your pounds. :) But not a lot of great bike roads round Perth; in no time, you're in the desert and straight roads except for southwest corner towards Margaret River and Cape Leeuwin.

Odin

21-10-08, 08:49 AM

I had a year working in Perth back in 1999 to 2000.
Absolutely loved the place. It will probably be the place I will end up in...few years from now.
Its the sun I tell you its the sun!!!. Most days are warm to hot and because of that the outdoor life is fantastic. I lived in South Perth (just over the river and next to a big park). Every day you saw people cycling, running and roller blading. Free BBQ's for the public to use (just give it a clean and bring your own food etc. The place really is set up for people to live there lives to the full.

Also Perth still has strong British links so you can still buy beer in a pint glass, non of this 1/3 or 1/2 glass measures. And the local health and safety lot randomly visit the bars 3 times a year and take random checks of the beer lines to ensure that they are clean. 2 Strikes and the owner will lose there license. Therefore they generally clean the lines every night.
Fremantle’s nice too. And on a weekend drive 1 hour north or south and you can have a full beach to yourself, with nobody around for miles.

Well that’s my rant, as you can tell I liked the place so if you get the chance my advise would be to give it a go.

Ohh and wor lass thinks that a few of the blokes were fit....not sure if that helps you any

Ohh and all the pigs/police get to have guns and alot are on horse back....preety cool me thinks
:cool:

Shellywoozle

21-10-08, 04:02 PM

Ohh and wor lass thinks that a few of the blokes were fit....not sure if that helps you any

:cool:

I AM THERE :smt004 Woozle in need of the love of a good 'blonde tanned muscle bound surfer'

http://drf1.homestead.com/red4.jpg

I wouldnt say no if he came out of the sea towards me !! Prefer blonde and bit younger but hey gotta practise on summat !

muffles

21-10-08, 04:05 PM

Thanks Daz xx

You know me tho knowing my luck it won't happen :( nothing has so far in the 34 years I been breathing lOL

No way you are 34 lol!! I thought you were 25 or thereabouts? I swear you said that somewhere ages ago, and you always looked it in your photos :confused::confused:

Shellywoozle

21-10-08, 04:08 PM

No way you are 34 lol!! I thought you were 25 or thereabouts? I swear you said that somewhere ages ago, and you always looked it in your photos :confused::confused:

No I am 34 :( oldie now hence the quick decision to do this while I don't need my zimmer frame!

Ahhh bless ya for thinking I am 25. Me likes you !!! (I may have wished I was 25)

muffles

21-10-08, 04:14 PM

Haha - right, I will start searching the 2,651 posts you've made to see where you said it :p

Hey I guess you have an advantage though, it is better to look younger than you are right? You still look 25, it seems! :D

muffles

21-10-08, 04:16 PM

Just checked your profile, so I am definitely not going mad, you don't look in your 30s to me! :confused: Good for you though!

missyburd

21-10-08, 04:35 PM

No way you are 34 lol!! I thought you were 25 or thereabouts? I swear you said that somewhere ages ago, and you always looked it in your photos :confused::confused:

like 5 or 10 years ago? :p:p:p

Shellywoozle

21-10-08, 04:45 PM

Just checked your profile, so I am definitely not going mad, you don't look in your 30s to me! :confused: Good for you though!

I feel in my 30's if that counts ! Mmmm I fink I look my age but thank you anyway you're a darling. You can go on the compliment thread now :)

http://photos-e.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v309/219/90/624342802/n624342802_1111668_5944.jpg (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=957442&id=624342802) <---------- don't act my age tho :)

kwak zzr

21-10-08, 08:19 PM

No I am 34 :( oldie now hence the quick decision to do this while

the woozle looks great for her age! young at heart gal young at heart!

Girth

21-10-08, 08:21 PM

So weird, i hadnt heard owt fromt he job i applied for so i emailed them sunday nite.

They called from Oz on monday morning and left a message!

Just awaiting an email now.......

chakraist

21-10-08, 08:26 PM

WA police are amazing.

muffles

21-10-08, 08:47 PM

I feel in my 30's if that counts ! Mmmm I fink I look my age but thank you anyway you're a darling. You can go on the compliment thread now :)

http://photos-e.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v309/219/90/624342802/n624342802_1111668_5944.jpg (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=957442&id=624342802) <---------- don't act my age tho :)

Haha nice...and, the compliment thread? ?