For those of you who are keen to get into mining or oil industry jobs, please be very wary of sites offering individualised information, specifically created for you, or assistance to get a job in the mines.
Most of these sites offer information you can reasonably find yourself on the internet, is not personalised to your specific requirements, and is provided by people who have little understanding or experience in recruitment or mining.
The main websites I have located charge over $200 a time to provide this service, and the information received is poor at best, probably out of date by the time you receive it, and is generic – for example if you are looking at getting a cleaning job in the mines, you will receive information that covers every type of job you could get in the mines, from haul truck operator, to diesel fitter to electrician, to administration assistant. So while you might get 50 pages of information, only about a two pages of it is helpful for you.
They offer some general information about what it’s like to work in the mines, and a bunch of websites and email addresses you can send your resume to. That’s it. They will tell you in their email they have worked for hours to produce a report specifically for you, and try to convince you they are assisting you, when they are not.
Please be very wary of these websites – most of them are a ripoff, and you will find as one is closed down, another one will open under another name.
To check out the credentials of these websites:
* Verify that they have a street address and not just a serviced office/post box address – do a Google search on the address. Often if you Google the address listed, you will find a number of websites with the same address and generic phone number (1800...), and they offer similar services for the same amount of money, from similar websites.
* Search for their ABN number or business name at www.asic.gov.au or www.abr.business.gov.au
* Check if they have a phone number you can contact them on.
* Search for information posted by disgruntled customers on “ripoff” websites such as www.ozripoff.com
Before parting with your hard earned money, do your research, make sure of what you will be getting for your money, and ask yourself if it was that easy, wouldn’t everyone you know that is looking for work in the mines, already have a job there?
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