Holy Macaronis,,, thats alot of venting... I hope I can help a bit... it could be the area, maybe you will have to start out somewhere else before reaching ChCh... the well educated cab driver that had great reggae music informed me of starting in Invercargill, housing was cheap, jobs may be plentiful... but I have my heart set on Lyttelton Harbour, which I havent seen any employment advertised, but all the books state "not all jobs are advertised".
JOBS
Speaking of overseas advertisement...its funny...Ive seen the same Boilermaker/ welding jobs advertised for 3+years..yep the same exact job...like it was never filled. Ive been contacted by Crown recruitment and a union representative in Auckland.. very helpful...and pretty much what I get out of it may be considered a free for all...but you got to find it, so maybe knowing more people would help. I also invested $200 into Skillznz or alas 'Newjobz' and I felt confident w/ the investment,,, the communication was A-1... well,, sad news..... the site has disappeared from
www.. Its a shame because we did visit thier office on our trip.. Im thinking if I go through with this experience, I will make sure I will be importing a diesel welding machine... sounds like in my opinion the work in nz is less demanding than the states.( the best job i saw in NZ was one man mending guardrails on the foothills in the middle of paradise,,, I envyed him)..plus he was working out of his van,,,which takes the place of the full size truck in america.
TEACH
I know in rural Ohio, it is the same in the teaching biz...(my mother in law is the president of her union, but is republican and loves GWBush...sorry I will not go any farther into that....sigh)...I lived and grew up in small town USA my whole life so far...and I know that unless you went to that school or involved yourself 99% into the community...your pretty much unheard of... maybe the same goes for NZ...the small towns were great,,, we got alot of thumbs up towards our Escape rental van (the smoking banana drinking a martini)...
I hope the experiences turn for more positives..its Christmas.... go to the south pacific ocean and take a deep breath, pull up the green grass and smell it, take a ride on a bike up to Godley Pt.... go eat a kiwi burger, relax and keep the dream alive
