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1. daleledford698 says:

   September 10, 2011 at 10:15 pm

   job resource ….careerstart.info….

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2. jalwebagency says:

   September 10, 2011 at 11:01 pm

   ….continuing from below. When we used to run our seminars we gave people this sort of information to explain that getting into mining is no easy but it is possible. I have little respect however for recruiting companies who are more interested in lining their own pockets with gold that providing real services.

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3. jalwebagency says:

   September 10, 2011 at 11:33 pm

   ….continuing from below. It is better for you to re-think your strategy, (if you have one) and try and get a job with a contractor who provides services to the mines. In addition you may need to be more flexible and take on other work to get your foot in the door. That is what I did. At the age of 46 I became a ‘drillers offsider’ on a RC Rig in the Northern Territory and from there I eventually got on the trucks.

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4. jalwebagency says:

   September 10, 2011 at 11:41 pm

   HI. prospective employees are not usually sponsored and it is extra difficult if you have not have previous mining experience. Of course you would argue (as I did) that ‘how do I get the experience with a getting a job’ Naive people can say you have to suck up to someone to be noticed, but how does that make sense when you would have to be given a chance in the first place in order to be in a position to suck up to anyone.

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5. ogwalsimon says:

   September 11, 2011 at 12:33 am

   i have been tyring to get a job as a dump truck driver almost for three years but to no avail, is there anybody or company who can sponser me? please to asure you am a proffessional driver you wont regreat if you have me there.

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6. nicktubara says:

   September 11, 2011 at 1:03 am

   @staffy58 that sucks man, how did you go about getting into the mining sector? where did they get you to work?

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7. staffy58 says:

   September 11, 2011 at 1:06 am

   Mate,the perfect ones are called arse licking wood ducks or grubs!!

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8. staffy58 says:

   September 11, 2011 at 1:55 am

   you got that right mate..its all bullshit in wa..i will never go there again
   i asked for portable smoko hut with air con at the morning tool box meeting.the piss head supervisor laughed at me and told me if i dont like it piss off……so i did and 4 others followed me back to vic………what a fucking joke this mining industry is.

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9. TCFan25 says:

   September 11, 2011 at 2:30 am

   Also too like most industries, I wouldn’t fall into the trap of spending ridiculous amounts of money on related courses as such in which you ultimately put yourself in the situation where the training organisations are the ones making the mint out of you and your not getting ahead and no work. Probably to find out that other undertrained bozos are getting jobs l,r & centre through word of mouth, while you are nothing but another shadow… That shits me to fucken tears!!!

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10. brentbutcher says:

    September 11, 2011 at 2:44 am

    Your quite right. trouble is getting someones mouth and eyes to notice you exist and that you have the ability, potential or otherwize, to do the job. One good way to crack it, is to locate the companies which are usualy contractors, who are conducting civil works on a minesite. In this way you often get to operate the very same type of equipment that you have had experience on, ie articulated dump trucks. I have done this myself and know many who have succeeded this way. But yep, ur right

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11. TCFan25 says:

    September 11, 2011 at 3:31 am

    It’s even worse when they put these labour hire recruitment agencies in between as well. Alot of the times they are sifting through alot of potentially good applications and just keeping the so called perfect ones. Dealing with too many fucken jockeys and not the horses

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12. TCFan25 says:

    September 11, 2011 at 4:03 am

    From my personal experience, DO NOT bother fucking around and wasting time with the labour hire recruitment agencies. They tend to be closed minded and operate within the box as far as sifting through numerous job applications, and only seek the ‘perfect’ candidates who match the job. Afterward they collect their tab and don’t give a shit. Alot of people I know are employed in the dump truck/unskilled jobs at the mine tend to get it through internal networking and general word of mouth.

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13. daveyork0 says:

    September 11, 2011 at 4:11 am

    I’ve been to one of his seminars (in Sydney, mid-2008).

    He’s a nice guy. Much more upbeat about the prospect of ‘getting in’ that some of the people who attend and who have experienced a lot of knockbacks from the employers.

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14. Oilcareercom says:

    September 11, 2011 at 4:21 am

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    September 11, 2011 at 5:09 am

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16. brandonemails4 says:

    September 11, 2011 at 5:44 am

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