Use my working holiday visa or stay here working

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ladysarah

It is really upto you. just a thought do they know you are going abroad? Are they holding back on the permenant job because they know your plans. I personally would hold onto my job and go travelling at a later date,

sashafierce

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Lenmeister

I'd go. So far you've only given reasons to go and not to stay. Sounds like you're not really happy in that job and that you're not all that bothered about it. I'm going to presume you're going to Canada or Australia, plenty of jobs so they say. Plus what if you do get that contract. Your job is still going to be quite boring and you know that you don't want to stay in it. If you go abroad you might get to work in the field you want to work in. You already said you're very determined to go, excited, have money... I think you should go and have a great time. You've been waiting on this contract for a year and they seem to be messing you about. "It's a waiting game" - what kind of response is that? Sounds like they're just making excuses not to give you a contract. Honestly I'd head off. Good luck if you do, have an awesome time.

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ongarboy

I would say go. If you don't do this while you are young, you'll most likely never do it later on once you settle into your chosen career and meet a partner/have kids. Unless you had financial responsibilities (debts to pay off etc) or dependents, leaving a job that you are not overly mad about or suited to is not a bad thing. I quit my job when I was 23 to go off to Oz for a year - one of the best years of my life. I came back to Ireland to a completely different industry and career and have never looked back and still reminisce for those good times back in Oz/New Zealand. You may never have that much free/leisure time in one go again until retirement!

In fact, having travellling/working abroad for a year on your CV enhances your appeal as when you come back, employers won't suspect that you'll do a runner for Oz after 18 months saving up as it'll be viewed that you got the travel bug out of your system already.

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judgefudge

How long since you were granted the working visa? Just asking because I had one before and I didn't end up going on it for a while, I'm pretty sure they have quite a while before they expire? For some reason I'm thinking you just have to use it within 12 months of receiving it... But I could well be wrong.

It's worth checkin up on. If you only got it recently and it doesn't expire for another 6 months then that gives you a bit of space to make the decision.

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judgefudge

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Yes I have until he new year to go, I guess I'm just thinking worst case senario that I don't get a contract by then.

Well if you've already been waiting a year and in a years time they still haven't made you permanent then I'd absolutely go. You can't put your life off forever. But maybe try put a little pressure on them at the mo? Like keep asking

dearg lady

Are you eve sure they will grant a career break when you are made permanant? A lot of places have very strict guidelines that need to be met before they'll approve one.

Diziet

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Are you eve sure they will grant a career break when you are made permanant? A lot of places have very strict guidelines that need to be met before they'll approve one.

That was my thought, too, it is quite a big assumption to make, And even if a career break is granted, there is no guarantee that you will come back on your terms.

Podgers

a few years ago i had the option of going to Canada but i had the security of a job here, and always thought i would get promoted in the company, but 4 years later im still doing the same job doing the same thing. my friends have came back and telling me how such a great time they had and the things they were doing and have got I good jobs since they returned. I think sometimes its better to regret something you have done than something you haven't done. I plan on heading after this summer

Fear is a terrible thing but if you have no responsibilities here why not? you can do anything, feel the fear and do it anyway. From your post you seem to have very little satisfaction from your job, can you see yourself being in it in 10 years time and being happy?

Lenmeister

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Then imagine what it's going to be like in 3 or 4 years time. Even if you get the contract, imo it will be even worse because at that stage you will be tied down with no chance of getting away. If they have been screwing abut with your contract for this long, I would imagine that if they did offer you a contract, they would try to tie you down as much as they could and not give you any chance for a break such as the one you are looking for.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=69467454 - a snippet of my experience in Canada for 1 year. It was the best year of my life and probably always will be. Are you really afraid of not getting a contract or are you afraid to let go of everything holding you back. Please don't stay because you want to hold out for that contract. It's like sitting on a big pile of money watching the interest you make go up. There's no point if by the time you decide to spend it you're nearly dead

sashafierce

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Lenmeister

Do NOT be afraid of something you've never experienced. Compare the amount of good stories to bad ones. Everyones experience is different but you must weigh up what you want. What if by the time you get that contract and even promotion you've lost the appetite to go? I think you will only become more depressed and angry at your situation if you don't change it yourself. That's the way I was before I went away. You might be offered a job in something you want and like, you might make great money, lots of new friends, etc etc. There's only one way to find out amigo. Have to take chances in life, it's the only way to move forward. I'm not trying to encourage you to leave your job specifically, but rather to go and have an experience like no other. Because that's what I had and would want everyone else that goes away to have the as much fun as I did.

sashafierce

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Lenmeister

Well at the end of the day only you know what's best and only you can make that decision, all we can do is give you the advice we think appropriate to your situation.

sashafierce

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a posse ad esse

My husband and I left Ireland with our children and we both had stable jobs. We moved over to Canada because the university offered me a wonderful research opportunity. My husband was very supportive and thought, why not take the leap? Our families told us we were mad to leave. I understand their reasoning as no one wants to leave a good job and venture out to the unknown. In the end, it was the best decision we’ve made. We are doing much better here than we’d thought and we’ve decided to permanently settle here. My husband found a better job and works fewer hours which means he spends more time with the kids. I enjoy the work and flexibility but most of all, our children love it here. When we were over in Ireland for the Christmas hols, the kids asked us when we were going back home.

What I also suggest, where ever you decide to go if you do is to please integrate properly. I find that some that go abroad and only associate with their own remove the whole experience of being in another country. Yes, take a little of Ireland with you but do not expect the country you are going to go to be exactly like home.

You don’t know how things turn out until you try it first. You are young, and have no children, take this opportunity because you may never have it again in the future.

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