yes, i do have the experience you've mentioned...
1. no PR, no job
2. got PR, no local (Oz) experience, also no job
when i first came over, i know it will be difficult to get a job, but didnt know it will be so hard..coz my professional cert is widely recognized, but they kept telling me without local experience, its very hard to hire me. but i gave myself 3 months, if still cant get a job, then i will be going back to msia..i send thousands over applications online and went for interview almost everyday....even went to Sydney (i was in Melbourne) for interview.. but still no good news...
i was lucky that one small local oz company willing to hire me as a contractor, the reason they gave is im the only one that can answer all their questions, so they didnt really bother whether i got local experience or not..and at the same time, there's a company in Perth where i did phone interview willing to hire me as permanent staff, but i chose to be a contractor in Melbourne, as i do not have to move to Perth even though moving there is not a problem to me as well.. that's how i got my 1st job.... after this 1st job, when the contract is nearing to end, it's not difficult for me to move to another job even though it's only few months as contractor..
no one mentioned coming to australia will be a bed of roses, but be prepare for the worst.. some really cant survive and even went back to msia..
i knew some came before the gfc, and found a job, but got redundant during gfc, and work casually in a non-related job to survive..and when the economy got better, he managed to get a job in his profession..
QUOTE(the7signals @ Mar 13 2011, 07:10 PM)
Well...just to share...
When I went over to Aust to study a masters degree in one of the G8 uni, I was already a qualified CPA with a few years of Big 5 work experience gain from Msia.
I applied for jobs which still pursuing the masters degree. Send in many applications letter to job agency. The reply I got at that time was,"Hey, you have good Big 5 work experience, but too bad you are not a PR, in order to work in Aust, you need a PR. Once you have a PR, with your experience, you will have job in no time..." It sounds so good and encouraging.
I applied for Aust PR thereafter. After 6 months, my PR was approved. Then I resume in sending out applicationg letters again. The reply I got this time was,"Yes, you are a qualified Australia CPA with Big 5 work experience, you have Aust PR, but to bad, your work experience is gain from Malaysia and not Aust. Meaning to say, you do not have Australian work experience. So please get some australian experience, then you will be in good shape in applying for jobs in Australia..."
I continued to send out application letters non stop. I stayed back for about 6 months after completed my masters degree hoping to get a job which didn't come. Then I decided to come back to Malaysia. My friend stayed back and got themselves some casual jobs to earn the so called "valuable" Aust working experience....
One of my friends shared this reply he got from job agency with me after he got some aust work experience from casual job...."Hmm, yes now you have some aust work experience, but it is not related to what you study and what you are applying for. Please get some related work experience before you apply..."
Hmm....it is really painful and not easy to migrate to Australia. Tried so hard and yet things just didn't work out. Till today, my plan of working and staying in Australia has turn into a Dream that will remain as a Dream forever.
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