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Looking
for a job as a Paraplanner, find them online at the following websites:
Job
Websites
Jobs
This is a new job website that is starting to show promise.
Seek.com.au
Many
employers actually post jobs directly with Seek. Seek is owned in part
by PBL (Ninemsn etc).
MyCareer.com.au
This
is owned by Fairfax and contains jobs listed in their newspapers.
Careerone.com.au
This
is owned by News Corp and contains jobs listed in their newspapers.
Sign
up at these websites and they will send you the latest job listings as
they get posted by email. You can specify what sort of job (ie Paraplanner),
which area (ie Brisbane or NSW other etc).
Employment
Agencies
These
sites will have most jobs posted by either the employer or the job
agencies.
Specialist
job agencies include:
Hays.com.au
eJobs.com.au
Bait
advertising; some unscrupulous agencies will post jobs that do not exist
in order to attract candidates. Don't get your hopes up if it sounds too
good to be true.
Also
be aware that the agencies make their money from the employers.
Typically they get paid a commission in the range 10 - 15% of the gross
wage of the position they fill (ie 15% of $50,000 = $7,500) and you get
zip. Hmmm that's got to change. Employers typically try to get you to
take a pay cut for the first 3 months. They also typically want a 3
month trial period.
With
industrial relations laws getting nasty it's time you took stock and
started to act in your own best interests. If you don't know what to
negotiate get help. You should for starters ask for:
-
education
costs (if not they may be tax deductible if related to your primary
role),
-
paid
study leave (1 day for each exam),
-
pay
increments for achieving educational goals (ie CFP etc),
-
10
sick days pa,
-
4
weeks paid holidays,
-
compulsory
overtime to be compensated if not by money then time in lieu,
-
public
holidays, and
-
automatic
CPI increases.
Some
agents work very hard to get you across the line, employers can have
very strange ideas about what they can get for the minimum wage. Some
employers think that because they hired someone great 15 years ago who
was happy to work for $25,000 pa they should be able to get someone else
for the same money now (inflation seems to be a foreign concept).
How
much are you worth? Take a look at the recent salary survey by Hays.com.au
Going
Direct
Support
staff in financial planning firms have a very high turnover with some
stats saying the average length of time in one job being just over 12
months. Most employers hate paying employment agency fees and welcome
applications from job seekers out of the blue. Three methods of
approaching employers direct include, letters, email and by phone. Or
you could use them all.
Do
a bit of research before hand, work out what sort of company you want to
work for. Find your targets by doing a search on the FPA website
using their Find
a Planner facility. Then gather more info by doing a search on their
website, most companies have their own website. |