Anyone can share their experience finding a job moving from the US to Sydney or Melbourne? I understand that it depends on experience, type of work, etc, but wanted to hear anecdotes of how people navigated.

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I've met secondees at from the US offices and most of the times they were encouraged to stay on longer / convert to a full time role. Have you considered that?

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