Reinvent your Career Expo Outcomes

As reported last week in InSummary, tasmanianjobs.com exhibited at the Reinvent Your Career Expo in Sydney on the 25th and 26th of October. While still awaiting the final report from the event organisers, tasmanianjobs.com can report that of the 320 (approximate) people that visited the Tasmanian stand during the exhibition, 96 have completed an expression of interest (EOI) for further assistance in finding employment in Tasmania and 42 have registered as job seekers with www.tasmanianjobs.com. Expression of interest forms continue to be completed on a daily basis and job seekers from NSW continue to register on the website.

Of those 96 people who have completed the EOI, the predominant occupations include:

- IT professionals
- Accounting professionals
- HR professionals
- A range of trades, including engineers

Primary reasons for considering relocation to Tasmania include:

- Sea change (getting out of Sydney)
- Housing affordability
- Cost of living
- Employment opportunities

All job seekers advised that they would need to secure employment prior to relocating to Tasmania, or one of the people within a relationship would need to.

The next process for tasmanianjobs.com will be the development of a resource document for Tasmanian employers. This document will profile each of the job seekers, their skill sets, their employment history, educational attainment, preferred location in Tasmania and other professional and personal information. Employers will then be able to request a copy of their complete CV and personal details to follow up with them directly. It is anticipated that this document will be available in late November. Please contact Lisa Taylor for further information, or to register interest in a particular skill set.

The final report from the event organisers will be provided once it is made available to tasmanianjobs.com.

The next Reinvent Your Career Expo will be held in Brisbane in March 2009. If your organisation is interested in further information or participating in future events, please contact tasmanianjobs.com.