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Best time to travel to Australia for contracting

  • 09-07-2010 09:53AM
    #1
    snapdraw
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭


    Hi all,

    I'm thinking of travelling to Sydney to do IT contracting and was wondering what would be the best time of year to head?
    Is the demand for contracting the same year round or does it dip during their summer time (nov, dec, jan)?


Comments

  • #2
    hussey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,240 ✭✭✭hussey


    In my experience not really, most times are the same, although July->Sept they could be hiring more people as July is the start of financial year, so a lot of companies will have their new funding then etc

    Dec/Jan are not as bad as ireland for freezes due to xmas and new year, I know my company can get very quiet in Dec but picks up massively in Jan(end)


  • #3
    snapdraw
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭snapdraw


    Thanks very much for the info. I was planning on heading towards the end of January so it should be a fine time to head.


  • #4
    FreeAnd..
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,150 ✭✭✭FreeAnd..


    snapdraw wrote: »
    Thanks very much for the info. I was planning on heading towards the end of January so it should be a fine time to head.

    100% the best time to head...end of Jan/start of Feb is by far the best time...Dec and Jan can be very quiet as it is the middle of school holidays and thats alot of Australians take holidays and alot of the gov departments basically close up until the last week of Jan


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