Many people dream of going to live and work in Australia. And many
people live the dream. In the year ending on 30th June 2011, net
overseas migration into Australia was calculated by the Australian
government at about 170,000 people.
Today, the best way for an
economic migrant to be able to emigrate to Australia is as a skilled
worker. You may be able to go to Australia as a permanent migrant, if
you have the right training and experience and fulfil various other
criteria (such as gaining enough points under age and language skills).
To do this you will probably have to qualify under the Australian
points-based visa system. Once there, you will be live and work in
Australia on a permanent basis.
Alternatively, if you are skilled
in an occupation where there is a skills shortage in Australia and can
find someone to offer you a job, you may be able to gain entry to
Australia on a temporary work visa. These visas are known as 457 visas.
They qualify their holders to stay in Australia for up to four years.
You can take your family members with you and are free to come and go as
you please. To qualify, you will need to be skilled in a trade or
profession for which there is a shortage of available and qualified
Australians and will need to obtain an offer of employment from an
Australian employer.
However, according to Chris Slay, owner of
recruitment company Skills Provision, only one in three jobs in
Australia is ever advertised in public on jobs sites or the press. Most
are dealt with by word of mouth or privately through a recruitment
agency as firms don't want to receive thousands of CVs from unqualified
applicants from around the globe.
For the job seeker, this is a
problem. How do you find a job without travelling to Australia? In
reality, says Mr Slay, that is the best way to do it. Alternatively, you
might consider looking at the Skills Shortage Lists prepared by the
Australian Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
(DEEWR). You can find them online. You could then search online for a
job.
However, Mr Slay says these lists are not as helpful as you
might expect. There are several reasons for this. The first, he says, is
that they are prepared by bureaucrats who have little understanding of
the needs of employers. This means that they are often inaccurate or
misleading.
Next, even where they are correctly compiled, the
lists quickly become out-of-date. For both these reasons there are
'glaring omissions' on the skills shortage lists, according to Mr Slay;
'A classic example,' he says, 'is the national shortage of chefs from
chefs de partie, sous chefs, through to Executive Chefs that are not on
the skills shortage list,'.
Mr Slay says that his agency alone has
30-40 chef posts that need filling and these could be filled by all
'native born English speakers [who] hold a qualifying IELTS
(International English Language Testing System) score'.
Australia
requires that candidates for Australian visas should be tested on their
ability in English under the IELTS system. Candidates will be tested on
ability in
• Listening
• Reading
• Writing
• Speaking
(Candidates
can score between 0 and 9 in each test. 0 is scored by those who do not
attend. 6- 7 is the level required by most university students.)
Since
July 2011, candidates must score a minimum of 5 is required in each
test to fulfil the language ability requirement. For some roles, where
English ability is particularly vital, a higher score may be required.
Mr Slay says that other roles where there are significant skills shortages in Australia are:
• Engineers – especially automotive. Diesel Mechanics with 5 years' experience should have no difficulty obtaining 457 visa
• Commercial pilots
• Doctors, nurses and other medical staff
• Natural resources (mining, gas, oil)
• IT
• Accountants
However,
he warns that the process is bureaucratic. If you do manage to find a
job and are applying for a visa, you must be sure to get the paperwork
right.
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