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by ubugger » Tue Jul 15, 2008 2:18 pm
Sorry vnvijay, please start a new thread rather than hijacking this one. (but as a side note, you can't just have worked 'one' finance project, there's plenty of people here with YEARS and YEARS in specific systems, so unless you have that, then jobs will be harder to find)
Australia is OK, but realistically, not very good either. It's following the UK market (going down)... Although there's quite a few jobs available, the rate isn't good compared to the cost of living, Sydney is quite expensive to live in and the rates are OK, but not good enough in my opinion (I am australian, came to live in the UK). Most people who leave roles in Australia find it hard to get a new role. If you do go to Australia the best place to look would be a 'software testing consulting' type company. Pay will be quite low and you'll be up against a lot of other people in a similar position to you.
The financial markets are quite uncertain and the problem is that finance skills can be used to telco, but people who haven't worked in finance rarely get finance roles.
There's LOTS of experienced testers in australia, lots come from the UK! You probably have more chance of getting a role in australia than here in the UK, but there is lots of outsourcing going on now as companies try and cut costs, therefore lots of work is being moved to India.
Aaron
