Surviving the Downturn Thursday 19 March 2009

Golden Nugget Room, Gloucester Park Nelson Parade, East Perth

Time Topic Details Speaker

8.00 Registration 8.40 Welcome Welcome AIGWA Chairman 8.45 Official Opening Speech by VIP To be confirmed 8.55 Overview What the seminar covers and why Bill Hewitt, AIGWA 9.00 When will the good

times return? Overview of the mining industry, the global economy and some predictions

Prof Alan Trench

9.25 What to do when retrenched

Phases we go through, future options, planning, taking action, networks, resumes, interviews, follow up, support, the new job.

Paul Martin

9.50 Centrelink benefits Centrelink benefits (unemployment, retirement) Nicole Della, Centrelink 10.20 Morning tea 10.50 Personal financial

planning for unemployment

Financial aspects of retrenchment and unemployment, including tax, personal budgeting, superannuation, etc

Brenton Siviour, Business Symmetry

11.15 Selecting a recruitment agency; criteria & process, including interviews & psychometric testing; be positive

Vic Bullo, Beilby

11.30 Agencies, candidates, permanent vs contract, specialisation vs versatility

Max Frew, The Workpac Group

11.45

Finding your next job

Overseas assignments; international projects hotspots; issues involved

Penny Stapleton, Scotford & Fennessy

12.00 Corporate deals Setting up own companyy, IPOs, insurance, marketing, tax, reporting compliance costs, etc

Brenton Siviour, Business Symmetry

12.30 Lunch 1.30 An Explorer’s Life – how my employment

opportunities came about, and lessons learned Mike Young, BC Iron

1.40 Sole Consultant Bill Robertson, Value Added Geophysics

1.50 A survival case study Rupert Crowe 2.10

Case histories

Crises Brad Gordon, Intrepid Mines Ltd 2.20 Further study UWA and others; available courses; full-time, part-

time or on-line; any financial support Wayne Betts, UWA

2.50 Creating and using a blogsite to find a job Lai Ho Seet 3.00

Using the internet Using the web for promotion, networking, education

and job-search Carl Knox-Robinson, D8a Pty Ltd

3.20 Afternoon tea 3.50 3.56 4.02 4.08

Other things to consider

“Fringe dwellers” Writing a book Floating a company Finance and the sole trader

Ian Robertson Jacqui Coombes, Coombs Capability John Williams, A1 Minerals Ray Carey

4.15 Pulling it all together Overview of what geoscientists can do to keep, find or create a job or other source of income

Don Ash, Revolution Ash Consulting

4.35 Panel Discussion Panel Discussion and questions from floor Don Ash and panel 5.15 Concluding remarks AIGWA Chairman

5.20 Networking drinks

The Australian Institute of Geoscientists WA Branch

Cost (GST Included)

Unemployed Members: $55.00 Non-Members: $275.00 Members: $187.00 Non-member Students: $55.00 Student Members: $49.50

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