Hi Ho Hi Ho, It's off to work I go....

After a number of interview with recruiting agencies (which is how most employers hire staff) I found a job with a medical practice (without a recruiter).  It is a husband and wife practice, she is a neurologist and he is an endocrinologist. It's a super flexible job, in fact I was able to pick my start and end times so that was nice. One of the nice things about working in Australia is the "benefits" of the job. I say "benefits" because everyone who works get the same benefits, so in the Australian sense not really benefits but in the US sense we would consider them benefits.  My work hours are 8 to 4pm...with a lunch break and tea breaks (so I see that as 7 hours of work a day), there is 4 weeks of annual leave, 10 sick days and 10 public holidays and if that were not benefit enough, employers are required to contribute 9% of your base salary to superannuation (like 401k)! In the office that I work in, they close for 1 month at Christmas so they prefer that I take 2 weeks of my annual leave at Christmas time (ahhhh..no problem) and they ask that I take 1/2 day off per week or 1 full day after 19 days worked! I think I'm going to like this job! 

I have been told that in Australia they work to live, where in the US we live to work...so it will be interesting to see the differences in the work culture. I will post more as I observe things.  For now...I have to get out of here and catch a tram to work!