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17/05/2013 05:00 AM / Mining Oil and Gas Jobs
Australia's mining industry has undergone a number of changes in recent years with hope of attracting more female workers. Could jobs within the mining sector now provide perfect career opportunities for many female job seekers - especially those without family commitments?
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15/05/2013 05:00 AM / Mining Oil and Gas Jobs
As a parent, working in a FIFO role can be particularly challenging. However, there are a number of ways in which you can ensure that you remain very much a part of your children's lives, whilst also working in remote locations away from the family home.
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10/05/2013 05:00 AM / Mining Oil and Gas Jobs
With so much competition for job roles within the mining, oil and gas sectors, it is worth doing everything that you can to give your application an advantage. Choosing the right time to apply for a role can certainly help to give your application the edge over others who might be applying for the same position.
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08/05/2013 05:00 AM / Mining Oil and Gas Jobs
Many of those working within the mining, oil and gas industries make the decision to relocate for a new job role. However, there are a number of things which are worth bearing in mind in order to ensure that the move to a new location goes smoothly as possible for all those involved.
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02/05/2013 05:00 AM / Mining Oil and Gas Jobs
What’s the best information you’ve ever received? What sort of information is useful to your job search? What advice would help you land the dream job? Every day at Mining Oil and Gas Jobs we try to answer these questions for jobseekers. No matter how much we try, we can’t always predict what will make a successful post and what won’t.
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11/04/2013 05:00 AM / Mining Oil and Gas Jobs
If you’ve been reading the news about mining jobs, you’ll know the competition is getting tougher than ever. Australian Mining has reported twice in the past month about job openings where hundreds and even thousands of people have applied for a single opening. So what did the successful candidates have in common?
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09/04/2013 05:00 AM / Mining Oil and Gas Jobs
One of the hot jobs in the resources industry is for electrical engineers. It’s not just mining jobs - Every sector of the Australian resources industry requires electrical engineering skills and people with the right education and training are in high demand. In addition, the industry offers graduate programs in electrical engineering which is a good way for someone just out of university to get the necessary on-the-job training
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04/04/2013 05:00 AM / Mining Oil and Gas Jobs
A new study sponsored by the Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) and conducted by the highly respected National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) shows the mining industry has made a significant investment in training workers for mining jobs. In fact, the vast majority of mining training for financial year ending 30 June 2012 has been conducted by the industry with over $1.1 billion spent compared to a $26 million contribution by government training subsidies.
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02/04/2013 05:00 AM / Mining Oil and Gas Jobs
A new report from the Australian Industry Group found employers are experiencing difficulty finding employees with the appropriate skills. The Lifting our Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) skills report surveyed 500 businesses in across multiple sectors of the economy and found sobering evidence to suggest Australia will fall behind competitively because we won’t be able to meet production and innovation requirements.
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13/03/2013 05:00 AM / Mining Oil and Gas Jobs
Employers in the Australian resources industry have begun to advertise for graduate programs with work starting in 2014. While graduation may seem a long way off, if you plan on finishing your degree this year, you need to start thinking about where you’re going to work. Now is the time to start answering job advertisements for these positions.
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