Richard Prosser wrote:


>Carlos.
>I'd seriously consider Australia, not because I've anything against
>Canada, but because I know more about it. You could also look at NZ
>(where I live) also.

My  wife and I are a little biased for Australia, mostly because of
the weather being similar to our country.

>I wouldn't expect you'd have too much difficulty getting a job related
>to your training in Aust although you may have to settle for something
>a bit lower paid  initially. as it can take months to sort out.

I believe that is real too.

>Healthcare and education are rated pretty well comparable to NZ
>although house prices etc. can be high - depending on the location of
>course. Again I don't know how it compares with Canada. But wages are
>higher (than NZ) to compensate.

Ok.

>I know that in NZ there is something of a shortage of power
>transmission (etc). engineers but I'm not sure if that relates to the
>situation in Australia. Here in NZ 80% of the power is generated by
>hydro so there could well be opportunities here also.

I am very much concerned with the fact that my area of expertise is a
little too narrow so it could be far more difficult to find suitable
jobs. Also, it is a known issue that working in hydro projects
ussually mean living in remote areas which limits the possibilities of
the family of the worker (education, healt, enterteinment, etc). We
have that problem right now. I work in a company managed camp, about 1
hour from the next city, through a less than optimal road. Living here
really limits the possibility to offer our child and ourselves
=93normal=94 family development activities.  Anyway, I know that this will
be a problem anywhere I go so maybe it is something we will always
have to live with .

>You could check out <www.seek.com.au> (or <www,seek.co.nz>) for the
>situations available or contact an agency directly - they would be
>able to assist & would have info packs for prospective immigrants.

Thanks for the links. What do you mean by agency? Job agency? As in Manpowe=
r?

>Best wishes

Thanks Richard, same to you.



Regards,

Carlos.

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