Ways to find a job
e2e.net Employment Services
e2e.net helps prepare students for employment, and connects TAFE students and graduates with employers.
TAFE has partnered with GPA to assist students to get jobs and employers to get skilled staff.
TAFE students and graduates search for a vacant position and apply online. You can create your own personal profile, manage job applications, and be updated on key events and activities.
Use e2e.net modules to learn what employers really want and how to be more competitive when it comes to getting work.
Why e2e.net delivers results for you?
- employers in e2e.net are specifically looking for students or graduates
- vacancies advertised on e2e.net are targeted at students or graduates
- vacancy in e2e.net has been individually reviewed and approved
- vacancies are automatically matched against your profile
- there is no cost to you or for employers
Find out more about how to register at the e2e.net Employment Services
Group Training Organisations and Australian Apprenticeship Centres
If you are looking for an apprenticeship and need an employer, contact a Group Training Organisation or Australian Apprenticeship Centre who can provide you with information and, if eligible, opportunities for employment in an apprenticeship or traineeship. For contact details, contact our Client Service Centre.
Find group training organisations on the Department of Education and Training (DET) website.
There's never been a better time to do an Australian apprenticeship. Find out more at the Australian Apprenticeship Centres website.
Centrelink
Anyone who is looking for a job can use the self-help job search services provided at Centrelink offices. Go to your local Centrelink office and use the touch screens to view the database of local, state and interstate vacancies. You should also register your name with your local Centrelink office so that they can assess your eligibility for financial assistance and referral to an employment service.
Newspapers
Local, state and interstate newspapers publish job vacancies. In addition to looking through the 'Employment Section', you should look elsewhere, as vacancies may also be scattered throughout the rest of the newspaper.
Internet
The Internet has a number of sites that list job vacancies in Australia.
A significant list of Australian job search sites can be found on this site.
Advertisements in professional association publications
Many associations publish journals in which positions are advertised. These journals are usually available in large local libraries, college or university libraries or state libraries.
Government Gazettes
The Australian Public Service publishes a weekly Gazette with vacancy information. Most of the vacancies are open to people not already employed in the Australian Public Service. Copies of the Gazette are available at local libraries or available online at the Australian Public Service Gazette website. Queensland Government also publishes jobs online.
Self-advertisements
Many people who are looking for work place advertisements in the 'Situations Wanted' or 'Work Wanted' columns of newspapers. Some papers offer free space to unemployed people who wish to advertise under these headers. If you are going to do this, have a good look at some of the advertisements beforehand and be very careful of the wording of your advertisement. Not only do you have to impress an employer, who might be reading the newspaper, you also want to be sure that your advertisement does not encourage nuisance callers.
Radio and television
Ring your local TV and radio stations to see if they have a regular broadcast on local job vacancies.
Friends and relatives
Ask friends and relatives who work in companies and organisations in which you are interested to check with their personnel or recruiting officer to see if there is a suitable position for you. Tell them the type of occupation you are looking for and give them some information about yourself, your qualifications, and any work experience you have completed.
Employers
You may know of companies that you would like to work for. Telephone, write or call in person to ask if there are any suitable vacancies. Although you may not be offered a job immediately, the employer knows that you have initiative and are keen to work. The Yellow Pages telephone directory is useful for finding the names of firms specialising in particular services and products. Our careers and guidance counsellors may also help you with the names and addresses of suitable employers to contact.
Notices
Check the notices placed in shop windows, on community notice boards, on signs at the front entrance to a business, near on-site projects and outside factory gates.
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