Plus with your level of English, nobody would hire you.

May I know how is the job prospect for pharmacist in Australia?

How do you know that how much is the starting salary for a fresh graduate pharmacist in Australia?

Generally about 38k a year. About 10 percent to 15 percent more if you work in government.

source please. Sorry, aus media kind of 

this you mean?

http://www.afr.com/p/national/why_five_gra...dnD05pJfglUJp3I

Cause Australia's infrastructure is really 10, 20 years behind even compared to Malaysia.

And cause you'll most likely be starting over again if you move here, why is that a career advancement? Career opportunities are there to grab, but it is less compared to most countries and it will be harder for you since you'll be taking a step back before moving forward.

Just trying to set your expectation right, then you can appreciate and enjoy the new life here.

Lousy internet - not much different from Malaysia but if you compare it to other developed country?
Lousy train system - Not a problem for me cause I don't use it
Second airport (Sydney) that takes 20 years to plan and consult. While the current airport have heavy traffic and frequent flights delay all the time

And many other small stuff like banks takes 24 hours to transfer your money, errors in bank statement, electricity bills etc all the time. But you get the picture.

Actually also depends on industry and seniority la. I'm pretty sure the take home pay for a  CEO in a public listed company in malaysia > australia. Why? Australia is an egalitarian society.

They are allegic to people earning obscene amounts.

My cousins there too. Working at restaurant as he just SPM leaver.

His weekly pay around 700aud and he is glad. Accommodation and meal covered. Which compared to here he earned around RM2k.

So I would said is really depends how much you earn back here in Malaysia to determine worth or not for that kind of salary in AUS.

If anyone's planning to work in Perth ( working visa ) then you can try McD spearwood ( very dodgy area ), but I've worked there for 2 years ( seen a body infront of store, hostage situation, etc-etc ).

If you're over 21 and willing to work from 10pm to 6am, pay is $22, late night rate 4 hours $24.50.
If you're a girl you can work as cashier, guy work at the back.

But it's a bone breaking job, good luck. If you ain't rich and you wanna survive in Australia you gotta work hard then.
Suck it up or go back to where you came from.

lol thats because all the heavy lifting and machine cleaning are all done by guys of course.
The reason I recommend that place is because they are always hiring new staffs.
I've been there for 2 years, have to survive mate no choice.
The pay was great, job was tiresome but not stressful, I just need to complete everything and off I go ( get free breakfast as well lol ).
But the job really screwed up my lifestyle.

Night shifts 99% you would get it because nobody wanna work there
I mean if you're on a 1 year working visa you could possibly saved up to $10 to 20k easily working there.

My old korean housemate manage to save around $10k just by working at a cafe which pays $18/h, but he gets free food and don't often go out.

But he was paying $140/week rent and only does one job, while my other McD taiwanese workmate was paying $90/week rent from a taiwanese landlord.
She was working 2 jobs and gets free food as well from the other job. I reckon she would have saved a lot !

if not china town and earn $10 per hour, up to those who wish to go there and work.

There are rooms where you can share it with another person, hence the cheap rent  Utility bills are all included as well ( look up gumtree )
Not within the city of course, you won't get that kind of rate even if you share the room.

Unlike in Malaysia or Singapore however, Aussies are very choosy in selecting candidates, they would rather not employ anyone at all and leave the vacancy open than employing the less than ideal candidate (I have worked in Malaysia for 5 years and in Singapore for 1 year, I gathered that they will lower their standard and get someone in to do the job if they are desperate, I might be wrong)

Btw, there is still healthy demand for accountants, just that it is not evenly distributed - there is shortage at the senior, experience level and in places other than Melbourne/Sydney. You may stand a higher chance if you are willing to work in say.. Gold coast or Adelaide or somewhere but then I suppose that defeats the purpose as most ppl wants to stay in Sydney and Melb.

How come nobody thought about re-education i.e. studying or re-studying to be tradesperson job like electricians, air-con servicing technician, car mechanic or nursing? Those could potentially pay much more than accounting and finance or whatever "professional" jobs. There is a serious shortage of skilled tradesperson and nursing that at one point that students (i think it was nursing) was offered multiple jobs with very decent salary and fast tracked PR priority. It also comes with less job insecurity

If it is the Aussie laid-back lifestyle you are looking for, then my advice is not to work in Big-4, consulting firms or IBs, and do not work in Sydney and Melb, because contrary to the common belief, people work late here as well, esp in Syd and Melb. That is because situations are getting more competitive now and there are more.. Asians coming in which bring along their "strong" work ethics as well.

If you want a laid-back lifestyle, you should go to commercial and be an accountant. However, tendency of you being fired is likely because that is just the way business work here. One of the big advantage of working in Big-4s are slightly better job security. The job will most job security is the Big-4 banks, or so I heard.

It is not all that rosy here anyways. The engine of growth and the future lies with Asia, my friend. A lot of capable Aussies actually moved to HK and SG to work mainly because.. tax rate are lower and the quality of life is higher there (depending on how you interpret that, for some of them I know, that is what they say)

It is a funny world where we want to move there and the locals want to move away.

Cheers

Hi there Caspersky,

Looks like you found my thread here

Each Big 4 has its own unique culture I think. For example, in terms of ppl culture, EY stands out (based on my exp in EY Msia, EY Aus and maybe EY SG, due to many of my friends working there), and PwC is very elitism (It is the same in Msia, SG and Aus too). I obviously dunno know Deloitte and KPMG because I never work with them before. Generally Msia and SG is pretty much similar.

Notwithstanding the individual firm's unique cultures, I think in Asia, there is a lot of expectation to self-learn. In Aus, ppl have been willing to spend time to train you and get you to speed, and they do things BY THE BOOK. So in that way, you learn the methodologies and the way to do things exactly according the best practice. Downside is that they really do not know how to be flexible when situation changes, they are book smart but not as street smart as.. well Asians.

Overall, in terms of friendliness, Malaysians are the most friendly of all. Followed by Australians and Singaporean in my own experience. Australian are nice to strangers but sometimes, they are nice as a matter of courtesy, unlike Malaysians who are generally genuinely nice to ppl. Singaporeans.. well, you know.

Working culture wise, I think bosses in Msia and SG are willing to give junior higher responsibilities (Meeting clients, lead a job) as compared to Aussies, where higher responsibilities tend to be allocated to higher lvl ppl such as Senior Mgr and Directors. As a result, you will see that in Asia, juniors work really hard and clocks overtime, whereas in Aus, Directors and Senior Managers did all the overtime and Junior get to go home slightly earlier. Aussies are more open in terms the company's strategy and they will involve all lvl of ppl periodically to talk about which client to target and how should we compete, which in Asia is only reserved to Mgrs and above.

In general, Aussies are willing to accept the fact that juniors can be technically stronger than Managers but in Asia, such scenario is perceived to be despicable. Aussies accept the fact that no one knows everything and it is perfectly okay if the junior knew certain things that Mgrs do not know. They are also obviously very aggressive in terms of claiming about things they know when in fact they only know the basic by Asian standard.

Oh yeah, although hard work and overtime permeates across different cultures, lunch hour and weekends are holy in Australian context. Unlike Malaysia and SG where bosses will just call you back to work during weekends. Comparatively speaking still, overtime is Aus is still milder compared to SG and Msia as ppl will strive to finish their work by 5. As result, when they work, they REALLY work. No tea breaks, no chit chats etc. In Msia and SG, we spend too much time talking and procrastinating in btw, that results in the need to work beyond 5.30. If you work in M&A or IB however, it is probably the same throughout the globe. But for the rest, there is slight difference.

I don't even know where to end but this potpourri of observations is what I can provide so far.

I think you made a good point which I think it is worthy of highlighting: Cover letters.

I am not sure if things have changed, but cover letters seems to be secondary in Asia whereas in Aus, it makes all the difference. And mundane, robotic cut and paste cover letter won't do you good, you need to show that you are an interesting person with a point of view in the cover letter in order to stand out. Most of all, you need to sell a BUSINESS CASE and a STORY to your existing CV in the cover letter. That is what it is all about.

Long story short, in addition to your technical skills, Aussies in general are also looking for interesting person to work with. If you manage to sell that interesting persona, you will be getting something.

I don't profess I know much about their mentality but in job hunting, that is the gist of it based on my job search experience. Even until today, I sincerely find that Australian think very differently in many ways which I can never understand. I know what they will do but I just dunno why on earth they do certain things sometimes. Having a go (aka try out new things) and being random seems to be in their culture.

Cheers

If in sales, karaoke, partying with clients, weekends, weekdays.