How about Acca? I heard australia has demands for accountants so if a graduate with completed 9 acca units has options to work there?

go australia or new zealand pluck fruit ny la.. good what!

What about the cost of living in Perth? Im still browsing around for which state to settle in

Then I don't think you may qualify for skilled migration.
Even if you do, be ready to compete with the thousands of others with local experience.
Alternatively if u have a few hundred K to buy a business, then u may qualify for business migration.

the job market in aus will be quiet until about february I think.

You will not qualify for the migration program. Thus you can't even migrate, let alone get a job.

Glut. Most of my accounting grad friends have gone back to Malaysia after trying for 1 year plus to find work.

Very high due to the mining boom.

is it easy to find work as cableman, painter, carpenter, car-wash, kitchen cook/chef, storekeeper?

You definitely need qualifications (TAFE cert) to be cableman, painter, carpenter or a cook/chef.

If you want to work at a carwash, well they usually pay below minimum wage and hours are irregular. My housemate used to work at one. He couldn't even pay me 800 dollars of rent sometimes.

Like I said, regardless of whether jobs are easy to find you will not qualify for the migration program. Thus you cannot come over to work. Settle that issue first.

unless you have a PR dont bother...

my brother is PR. how about taxi driver/pizza delivery, cashier, butcher?

Whether your brother has a PR has little or no meaning these days in regards to the migration program.

Butcher needs to be TAFE qualified or have completed an apprenticeship (which pays like 5 dollars an hour for 3 years). Pizza delivery usually pays 15 an hour (with your own car), well cashiers.....well, they're a dying breed, we have automated cashiers these days. Taxi driver? Well, I used to be one. Indians totally took over.

Look, if you don't have skills, you'll eke out a meagre existence where you merely survive. Like anywhere else in the world. To give you a good idea, the average small townhouse costs about 400000. With that you need about 2000 dollars a month to service that loan. Now to get a loan of 2000 dollars a month you need to be earning a net income of about 4000 bucks, say you're in the 20 percent tax bracket, that means you need to earn 5k AUD a month / 60k a year to get a home.

All the jobs you mentioned don't come anywhere close to that, you're looking at 25 to 35k a year for those jobs. Were you seriously thinking that low skilled workers here could afford houses or something?

Yes. I don't want to influence your cousin's decision. I don't think my university is particularly good for job placements.

One of my group partners attended same interviews with me from same university. I'm grateful to receive offers from all companies I've interviewed with except a Malaysian company. Unfortunately, the aforementioned person hasn't received any offers yet.

As a freshie, I am not entirely sure what to consider. What factors should freshie like me to choose a job?

I was offered above 50k-range salary (pre-tax), so I guess I can live comfortably in both cities. I don't really have to support my family.

I live minimally, and I've everything I need. My living expenses for the rest of 2015 will be as follows:

In Melbourne,

Weekly Expenses

Transport - AUD 36.60
Food - AUD 100 (eat-out only once a day)
Telephone Bill - AUD 5
Books - AUD 20 (usually 2nd-hand books)
Entertainment - AUD 20
Medicare - AUD 20
Malaysian Insurance - AUD 10
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about AUD 200 weekly
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I plan to fork out AUD 400 monthly to support my primary and secondary schools in Malaysia since they're only half-funded by Malaysian government.

In Sydney, I believe I have to spend AUD 200+ extra. although I will be paid 10k higher. In term of flexibility and environment, Sydney company is much better though.

I'm still in the midst of applying my visa, waiting Malaysian police clearance. =.= Does the bridging visa A allows us to work full-time? I couldn't find detailed info on the bridging visa A for 485. Immigration website only explains vaguely about BVA.

This post has been edited by Y-shapedTwig: Jan 6 2015, 09:55 PM

if you area really following that weekly expenses then of course no problem with that salary. i did that calculation too when i got my first job for first 2 months but i started to eat nice and spend more on techs afterwards and still managed to save money

if you are currently in bridging visa a while waiting fr PR/TR then yes, you can work full time,etc. take note that you have to get bridging b if you wish to travel oversea.

I'm really not sure whether u r trolling or what.

If you really feel u can get a PR, cough up the $ and apply.

If you think u can buy a house on min wage jobs, well, go ahead and try it.

Good luck.

Go for Sydney. More job opportunities. Nothing to tie u down. If it doesn't feel right, can still go back.
You are right. You will need approx AUD200 more a week for room rental.
As for transport, if u work and live near a railway station and the distance travelled is less than 10km, u will pay less than Myki (27.04 per week in Sydney).

who here works in sydney?

Should give Sydney a go. with the extra 10k is a good sum... if you have no attachments in Melbourne why not give it a go? You also noted another pro you consider for Sydney. Why'd you think you have to spend AUD200+ extra in Sydney?


Also if you want to reduce costs for accommodation rentals, can consider sharing a room with someone else if you can bare with that and you don't have many personal belongings yourself.... you probably already know this but i like to type some extra words in the post

This post has been edited by witchx: Jan 8 2015, 11:10 AM

I do, what you need to know?

Coz it does sound a lot to me. I reckon the restaurants buffet style in Melbourne v cheap eh ? My fren can easily go there every week.