Hi there KH
I'm new to this site but was relieved (sorry
) to read your experiences of trying to find work. I'm not in education (like many of these posts are) but have found it equally difficult to find good well paid work in the energy/environmental area. Agencies never call me back. I have a UK honours degree and a Masters and 15 years of working experience and how much is it worth here? very little it seems. I must say I'm surprised about the teaching sector - I would have thought that it would have been straightforward to get something in teaching. Have you thought about hiring an agent to work with you to help you secure something?
I recall reading an article on the stuff web-page a while ago about a very experienced IT guy who had to return to the US I think because he couldn't secure a job. We are told daily that there is low unemployment and employers are competing for staff. I don't get it at all. Where are all these jobs?
The work experience has further clouded my view of New Zealand. There are a number of good things about living in New Zealand sure but it certainly isn't paradise. Add to the workforce disappointment, the poor and insulting salaries, the child bashing that goes on, the endemic drunk driving and the hooning drivers cutting up the roads each night in our residential areas......hmmm....somehow the nice scenary just doesn't cut the mustard. This is where my family and I are for the moment but like I said it simply is not paradise. Its a disappointing experience and such a long way to come to find that out. I sure as hell don't want to stay here for ever.