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Having worked in HP/Agilent/Siemens for almost 10yrs, I had enjoyed good & happy working relationships with American, British, German...I thought I will have no problem mingling into oz society. I am wrong....

thanks for all the replies & advice. Well, Kensi is a nice suburb & we have friendly, helpful neighbours. Wrong guess..My son is not in Marryatville PS. I was volunteering in my son's school, that was when I encountered some racism. I am not referring the incident about my son is rejected from Naplan. As NicF mentioned, that was snobbishness rather than racism.

thanks so much for the info

overseas experience+overseas reference= won't work:sad: overseas experience+local reference= still hv hope:unsure: unfortunately, it will only works: local experience + local reference =

nope, he wasn't given any tests. I am not at a loss. I can't put him in private school coz fees is too costly. We both r jobless...aimless...feel hopeless... our boxes still left unopened everywhere at the hse. We plan to go back if still couldn't find any job for the next 6months. Adelaide is nice place...too bad... After reading some posts here, we lost our hopes completely. After all, we r Asian, I believe our job applications shld be threw right at the bottom or ended up in dustbin. I faced racism being volunteer in my son primacy school, I can foresee what kinda problem I would face in workforce.

Does Singapore really sound like backward country?

hi all, thanks so much for your replies and advice. We have spoken to his teacher cum vice principal. He said he would discuss with the principal. No reply so far. Yes, we are indeed not happy with them, but not planning to switch school for him until we both find jobs. I am not sure, is it true that private school is better than public?

hi, I would appreciate some comment or opinion on our situation. My son is a local public primary school located near Kensington area. We were told that he will be exempted from NAPLAN, the reason they gave was he is from non English speaking country. We are surprised that the school did not make any effort to find out from the parents, to seek more clarification about our country's education & simply made an assumption and conclusion. The teachers know my son's standard very well, in fact, one of the teachers is vice principal. We had explained to them that English is our first language and medium of teaching in Singapore. Well, despite they might have granted him to take the exam, we are disappointed in the way they handled the matter. In fact, my son finds it bored to attend the lessons in school as he has learnt most of the topics in Singapore. Can I check if there is any other better public or private primary school which is able to offer a curriculum which suits his level? Do schools normally provide assessment tests to gauge a new foreign student's standard before placing him in a level which better suits his ability?

any reply?

Hi, I am staying around Kensington. I do not mind travel far for any casual or part time job. Yes, I have tried approaching the shops directly few times...seeking some clarification on the jobs, went home, did some researches on the shops before handing in the cover letter & resume to them. Again, the problem is I do not have the relevant experience nor specific skills which they r looking for, although I feel some of these r transferable skills fr my previous jobs. I also not have any local experience, except doing some volunteering works in my boy's school. I am contemplated to pursue a relevant trainings as pharmacy assistant. Did some researches & found out that the only course I could do is cert II in community pharmacy, as the rest of the courses, S2S3 or dispensary tech, need one to be currently employed in pharmacy. Cert II in comm pharmacy is very costly, abt $1K. Again, it does not guarantee if I could get the job after obtaining the cert. Furthermore, there r lots more experienced & qualified pharmacists or retail salespersons or undergraduates, competing for such posts. Well, I have seen some spent quite an amount of $$ in getting themselves equipped with all the trainings/cert, yet, they r still waiting to be employed.

hi, I arrived at Adelaide on Jan1,2015 & have been looking for admin/logistics related jobs intensively for the past 4months through Seek.com, careerone.com, indeed.com,jobseeker.com...but no response.I have 10yrs working experience as logistics/project coordinator role in HP/Agilent. I understand I have no local experience,thus, re-adjusting my expectation & hopefully I could land onto any job (cashier, shop assistant,etc) which comes by. I try to understand how the local recruiting process works. Whenever I pass by Chemist warehouse or any greengrocer or baker delights wondering how does one manage to get the job whereby I am not even seeing the job is advertised in any their companies website or through any employment website. I always see the different cashiers at Chemist warehouse. Do they hire the cashier or sales persons through their dedicated employment agencies or word of mouth?? Anyone in this job, pls enlighten me. thanks:smile: