May 2006

Network Migration May 2006 Newsletter

Welcome to the May newsletter.

We are excited to offer you some great airfares in our newsletter this month. Also we have information on job search and removals. Please also be aware that our international recruitment partners will be in South Africa in May and June and will be holding free seminars for our clients. Please visit our website for this information in early May. Seats will be limited so please book early.

TRAVEL NEWS

Please find below special airfares for Network Migration Clients to Australia and New Zealand. Please contact relocation@netmigration.co.zafor further information.

Special Airfares on Singapore Airlines: Maximum Stay of 2 Months

Singapore Airways JNB – PERTH – JNB R5990-00 Per Person

Singapore Airways JNB – SYDNEY – JNB R6990-00 Per Person

Singapore Airways JNB – ADELAIDE – JNB R6990-00 Per Person

Singapore Airways JNB – BRISBANE – JNB R6990-00 Per Person

Singapore Airways JNB – MELBOURNE – JNB R6990-00 Per Person

Singapore Airways JNB – AUCKLAND – JNB R7990-00 Per Person

Singapore Airways CPT – PERTH – CPT R6490-00 Per Person

Singapore Airways CPT – SYDNEY – CPT R7490-00 Per Person

Singapore Airways CPT – ADELAIDE – CPT R7490-00 Per Person

Singapore Airways CPT – BRISBANE – CPT R7490-00 Per Person

Singapore Airways CPT – MELBOURNE – CPT R7490-00 Per Person

Singapore Airways CPT – AUCKLAND – CPT R8490-00 Per Person

Special One Way Immigration Airfares on Qantas Airways:

Qantas Airways JNB – PERTH R6990-00 Per Person

Qantas Airways JNB – SYDNEY R7860-00 Per Person

Qantas Airways JNB – BRISBANE R7860-00 Per Person

Qantas Airways JNB – MELBOURNE R7860-00 Per Person

Qantas Airways JNB – ADELAIDE R7860-00 Per Person

Qantas Airways JNB – AUCKLAND R9100-00 Per Person

Special Airfares on Emirates Airways: Maximum Stay of 6 Months

Emirates Airline JNB – AUCKLAND – JNB R7200-00 Per Person

Emirates Airline JNB – BRISBANE – JNB R6000-00 Per Person

Emirates Airline JNB – SYDNEY – JNB R6000-00 Per Person

Emirates Airline JNB – MELBOURNE – JNB R6000-00 Per Person

Special Airfares on Air Mauritius: Maximum Stay of 6 Months

Air Mauritius JNB – PERTH – JNB R5600-00 Per Person

Air Mauritius JNB – MELBOURNE – JNB R7200-00 Per Person

Air Mauritius JNB – SYDNEY – JNB R7200-00 Per Person

Special Airfares on South African Airways: Maximum Stay of 1 Month

SAA JNB – PERTH – JNB R6810-00 Per Person

**Return Airfares are subject to availability and currency fluctuations. Excluding visas, airport and security taxes and professional fees. Terms and Conditions Apply. E&EO

JOB NEWS: OVERSEAS HUNT FOR AUTOMOTIVE TRADES WORKERS
By CRAIG BILDSTIEN (The Advertiser – Adelaide, South Australia – 17Apr06)

SOUTH Australia's $8 billion-a-year retail motor industry has been forced to look overseas for skilled workers. Facing critical shortages of motor mechanics, auto electricians, spray painters and panel beaters, the Motor Trade Association has asked the Immigration Department to send skilled migration experts to Adelaide to help employers recruit offshore. There are vacancies across the industry, which services and maintains the state's 1.1 million registered motor vehicles.
MTA executive director John Chapman says the association sponsored more than 550 apprentices and trainees and channelled them "full-pelt" into the workforce, but it was not enough.
"We could place 50 qualified tradespeople tomorrow," a frustrated Mr Chapman told The Advertiser yesterday.
Eighty-five per cent of MTA members last May reported a shortage of tradespeople in a state-wide survey, and most were not confident the position would improve in the short term. The association is conducting another survey this month, and Mr Chapman predicts staff shortages will have worsened over the past year. "I think we will get a higher number this year based on the feedback from members,"he said. Finding sufficient workers was a "significant challenge" given SA's low population growth rate, ageing population, low unemployment and strong economic growth, Mr Chapman said.
"People are worried about the future, so we have to look overseas when demand is outstripping our ability to supply labour," he said.
Mr Chapman, however, said the industry was mindful other countries were doing likewise. Global competition for skilled workers was intense.
He said the MTA initially would send delegations to Britain in the hope of encouraging interest in jobs in Adelaide and regional SA.
Vice-president Colin Clarke, who runs Traction Tyre Services, recently recruited a tyre fitter from Britain after he could not find suitably-qualified candidates locally.
He said there still was a "tendency" among vocational advisers to push tertiary education ahead of a trades career.
He did not believe publicity about the long-term viability of motor vehicle manufacturing in the state, however, was having a negative impact. "With more than a million cars on the road, that's not an issue," he said.
The MTA would run a seminar on how to recruit overseas skilled labour at its Greenhill Rd offices from noon on Thursday. The Federal Government announced it would expand its skilled migration intake to 120,000 people a year. Mr Chapman said the challenge for SA was to ensure it got its share.
A workforce seminar in Adelaide this month heard Australia faced a shortfall of 195,000 skilled workers over the next five years. That affected all major occupations.
Workforce Participation Minister Sharman Stone told the seminar employers would need to become far more innovative in attracting and retaining staff.She suggested one potential source of untapped labour was the welfare sector, with 159,000 working-age people on benefits in Adelaide.

Please visit our website for a fully updated list of jobs going with our partners in Australia and New Zealand. Click onto the 'Hot Jobs' link.

IMPORTING LIQUOR INTO NEW ZEALAND

Wine and spirits may be imported into New Zealand free of Duty provided it is not for resale and it is an acceptable quantity.

If you have large quantities to include in your shipment, your removal company would recommend they be of varied labels and you bring with you a Cellar Book, showing when, where at cost of purchase. Customs generally treat the importation of wines and spirits with leniency, provided they have proof that the wine will not be sold on arrival. For further information on importing liquor, or any other relocations queries please contact you Network Relocations Consultant.

HOT TIP: OPENING A EMAIL ADDRESS BEFORE YOU LEAVE

We recommend that you open up a general, free email address before you leave South Africa. Yahoo and Hotmail offer free accounts.

To set up an email address:

Hotmail: www.hotmail.com. On the left hand there is a sign up link. Click onto this button and go through the process, read the terms and conditions and if you accept you have your email address set up.

Yahoo:To get a New Zealand or Australian Yahoo address, depending on which country you are relocating to go to www.yahoo.com.auor www.yahoo.co.nz, click on the mail link. Then on this page click on the sign up now link. You need to go through the process, read and accept the terms and conditions and your email address will be activated.

If your contact details have changed or you do not wish to receive our newsletter in the future please email relocation@netmigration.co.za .