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02/03/2012 05:00 AM / AMMA Mining Oil and Gas Jobs
Have you noticed how much conflicting information is available about how to get a job? Narrow your search for jobs in mining, oil industry jobs or energy jobs and opinions become wide-ranging. That’s why we decided to call on the AMMA membership to let us know exactly what resource industry hiring managers are thinking.
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28/02/2012 05:00 AM / AMMA Mining Oil and Gas Jobs
Start any conversation about the skills shortage and someone will quickly mention the glut of people wanting to enter the resources industry. The problem is how to get a willing Australian workforce skilled up for energy jobs, mining jobs and oil careers. The National Apprenticeships Program (NAP) is going a long way to solving that problem for jobseekers.
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26/02/2012 05:00 AM / AMMA Mining Oil and Gas Jobs
Last week we spoke with hundreds and hundreds of jobseekers at the AOG expo in Perth. In chatting with them, we realised we needed to clarify a few things about AMMA miningoilandgasjobs.com.
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25/02/2012 05:00 AM / AMMA Mining Oil and Gas Jobs
The big news this week was the next phase of the Rio Tinto autonomous haulage project with driverless trains soon to be in operation. OneSteel is diversifying from manufacturing into mining and creating new jobs in the process. Cashed-up miners from WA are snapping up property ahead of the mining boom in Queensland having seen firsthand what happens to housing prices around mining towns. Our personal favourite was the article in Australian Mining mentioning AMMA miningoilandgasjobs.com as a top resource for jobseekers.
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24/02/2012 05:00 AM / AMMA Mining Oil and Gas Jobs
We’ve spent the past two months needling industry hiring managers to share with us their best advice on any number of topics related to work in the resource industry. Today we’ve given our industry experts a chance to speak directly to the jobseeker and give them personal insight into the Australian resource industry.
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23/02/2012 05:00 AM / AMMA Mining Oil and Gas Jobs
If you’re looking for a mining job or thinking about starting an oil career, you should be aware of some of the drawbacks attached to a FIFO roster. It’s easy to get caught up in the lure of good salaries and long stretches of free time when you’re off roster but it’s not for everyone.
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22/02/2012 05:00 AM / AMMA Mining Oil and Gas Jobs
Research conducted by the Australian government into recruitment and skills shortages shows the resource sector filled just over half of its vacancies in 2011. Recruitment was most difficult in Western Australia, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory, where employers filled less than 60 per cent of vacancies.
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21/02/2012 05:00 AM / AMMA Mining Oil and Gas Jobs
A new form of the job scam has hit town targetting jobseekers wanting jobs in mining, energy or oil and gas. Companies pose as job search marketing firms, recruitment companies and even mining and contracting operations. In every case, a promise is made that investing your money in their service will enhance your ability to get a job.
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20/02/2012 05:00 AM / AMMA Mining Oil and Gas Jobs
Frustrated jobseekers finally have some answers for how Australia is going to upskill, reskill and train the existing Australian workforce. With no shortage of people wanting to work in the mines, it hasn't always been clear how to break into a mining jobs or find employment with oil companies.
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18/02/2012 05:00 AM / AMMA Mining Oil and Gas Jobs
We were back on familiar territory this week for anyone interested in oil and gas jobs or jobs in mining. The skill shortage is beginning to pinch. Jobseekers struggle to break into mining but apparently no one is willing to move to remote locations to get the jobs. Reports of new mines bringing in skilled migrants got everyone talking (and a little worried). One thing everyone agreed on is the resources boom is here for stay and it’s having positive effects on the whole country.
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