Any difference with manager positions in other countries? No.

You have to be good in management and critical thinking before can step up into manager position. Let's say, I am very good in technical stuff only in IT but that only can limit me up to senior position but if I am very good in technical + some management skills then manager position is not a hard thing to go for.

Do that in Bumiputra company. Nuff said

Specialist? Yes. That you have to do a lot of research to reach that part. You won't go further than normal manager position if you only have management skill and not technical skill so that you can mingle around with your staff. Anyway, one of the manager task is to develop and give more opportunities to the staff so that they can climb up as well. There are many managers that are selfish and only protect their own bowl

You don't get the point of my first post , do ya? Needless to say more for the second part

Ok, I re-read.
There, you did it!

Are you for real? Do you ever know what you were talking about? Gosh, such a pain when you don't admit what you have wrote. I shall rest my case done here

It is not a good time to go there now.

The Australia recession starts and will last for the next 5 years at least. It is a mining bust now.
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So, go else where and gain professional experience is way better than bugger flipping skills in your resume.

when economy booming hard to find job, when economy down even worst. I remember when 1996 recession in Oz so bad, that my uncle who lived there for 10 years had to return back to msia with his family because couldn't find a job. Back then unemployment rate was 20%.

what is affecting Oz? Is it because USA Fed is drawing down their bond buying? I know China is slowing down a lot and concentrating more on local demand.

Yeap, with no local experience will push you to the casual work. Not all jobs are that way.
Accountant is surplus in Ozzie market. Same goes to IT or engineers.
If you really wanna come here, die also wanna die here then take a bricklaying, electrical or plumber course. Get TAFE or cert 3 or 4 will give u a bigger chance to earn huge here.
There's some wrong perception given back home saying anyone come in Oz will live happily ever after.
Bear in mind, things is cheaper if earning here and got more opportunity provided u need to work hard to get it.
Not saying u migrate here and goyang kaki, money fall off from sky.
For me, i put in the same hardwork from malaysia to here making me stay put and competitive that i can do more and knowledgable than locals.
If you're looking to make big cash money, sorry, this is not the place.
If you're looking for family raising place, orientated and spend more time with family, this is the place you're looking for.
What's wrong for engineers working as waiter? CPA graduate working as working casual?
As long u have household income exceed 80k with stable job, u be able to buy bungalow here.
Who cares u're working waiter or garbage collector. It's still a job.
Dun laugh at garbage collector, their wages is far higher than phamacist @ $40/hr

I graduated in 2012 and start working in 2013. Anyone in the engineering industry will tell you that is tough to get a job in 2012. If you google "engineering redundancy", there is a lot of big consulting companies making redundancy in 2012 and 2013 (post-mining boom). Number wise, out of 220 graduates, only 30+ managed to secured a job. Only 5 of them are international students.

In regards to economic prospect, Malaysia is certainly better than Australia (in Civil & Structural Engineering at least). The problem with Australia is people are being paid too much and their productivity & talent does not justified their paycheck. That is precisely why all the car manufacturer shut down their plant in Australia. There is no real economic output from Australia. The only thing that keep Australia afloat now is education and migrants bringing in money to Australia.

Due to high cost, many of the large consulting companies outsourced their work to their overseas office. My charge-out rate per hour is AUD 220. My colleague in Malaysia (graduated from G8 unis as well) have a charge out rate of RM 100 ringgit. This means that he is "6 times more cheaper than me". Hence, engineers in Australia nowadays seldom do the design work. They only do the client facing role and package the work to be sent overseas. Working in Australia hampers my technical development. You only do project management and simple technical calculations for small projects. All the big and interesting stuff was designed overseas. 20 years from now, Australia won't have a strong engineering workforce (*discount migrants from overseas).

As if why Malaysia or Asia collectively is better, I will reserve that for my next post. Running out of time, need to head out for dim sums with friends. TA.

It sounds to me you might have joined the wrong consultancy.  I've spent 8 years working in UK and Australia, and done work in Middle East & Europe as well in the construction industry, so I have a fair exposure of what's going on. 

1) I got poached from UK back in 2012 to Australia, and there was hiring all around.  The real cut started to come in on 2013.  But if you have the right skill, there is still position to be found even today.  What I did notice was we hired mostly foreign graduates as they all came with recommendation from contacts we have in universities. 

2) You are definitely not speaking for all the engineers.  A lot of the design work are still being done from Australia, and Australia is even doing more design work for overseas project these days. 

The whole issue with outsourcing sounds great to the bean counters, RM 100 vs 220 AUD, but if you look at the quality of the work, and the amount of re-work that needs to be done, you'll see it's mostly a stupid idea unless the task is repetitive. 
We've had a whole load of issue with this when work came back all wrong, and more time have to be spent to check things. 

3) A 220 AUD charge out rate is overly high for a graduate.  It's no surprise if project managers are reluctant to give it to you.  220 AUD is normally the rate for an experienced senior. 

4) I've done new technical work since I've moved to Australia, so there are new things to learn. 

5) I really do think you're putting yourself at a disadvantaged by going back to Malaysia, but that's your choice

Not only in OZ. The same thing is happening  in UK Canada and US.  Big banks made record profits and they are  letting staff go outsourcing work
Maybe people should do what Canadians did. Last year Canada's largest bank,RBC(Royal  Bank Canada) made the headlines. Despite making record profits, the bank laid off local workers and outsource work to India. A boycott campaign started and eventually the bank back down and 'rehired' the laid off workers

Salary wise after tax it doesn't matter much when I compared mine with my exact counterparts in in Aust. Aust you get a lot of welfare if you stay there until you are gone. SG's welfare for the old and poor hmm... SG is a tiny island, Oz is a big island, anything that related to land and space is a lot more expensive in SG. A landed property in SG can cost up to 22m in paper, Melbourne only 400k last time my family bought 1 there there (half the gfa though). 80k COE to own a car in SG. But SG is so much nearer and cheaper to go home. So yea... you decide where to go.

You're on O&G which is prob almost 50% or 100% on top of an average starting pay!


I didn't read the full changes, and of course they are progressing more changes as time goes on

but at the surface the initial announcements didn't seem like big cuts. small dents. of course some people will take a hit. but maybe becoming more competitive is good as long as income equality is still kept in focus

Employer medical insurance not enough one, still need buy medical card. Anyway both have their pro and cons, can only choose the best based on your situation yourself.
I out of date already. My attachment there was 6 years ago. 6 months training cum paid holiday there, wah Aussie really having good life compared to Singkie.

nope, i was working in education sector and also gone through a mass restructure in IT team. superannuation in education sector is 17% though
you are so wrong mate. aussie travel very often and they willing to take few months off from work just for travelling   
3 or 4 branded bags? been there, done that. no issue. i realised most of the local aussie not really interested into branded bag although they earn quite high

but why compare with branded bags? kinda pointless isn't it?

of cos, its not about the material you owned. Unlike Asean, sigh..little bit branded already make a big blow news etc. Its rather wat you own not wat you wear. Like you can have an iron ore mine but live like abo, no one knows.. until you turn up in the news and there you go..your fame. FMG CEO, he was poor once.  same goes Linfox supply chain owner. There are tales and etc of success, as long one willing to work hard and on for it, success in for them.
SG is well, everything fancy.. look at their general immaturity when come to branded stuff. they go luls over and over..of what have what dont..like either you wear a good stuff or bad stuff.

Judge?, its real observation of how once perceive things in life. Its so much a joke trend that even the people who wear well said.

If your hard work is measure by the handbags, fancy branded you got, there is many missing thing in life you did look at. 

sigh so OT.anyway, I wont want to waste time argue here with you. If you are happy buying those goods without saying, aiya i have to save for LV, my prada...then go with it . At the end, dont say you are not enough because of such expensive buy, rather lived with it.

Why? its simple. If you find you got better life being here with the fresh air, away from the "herding mentality in the society" then why not?

everyone got their own way to succeed in life. its just outcry of certain people after they did it and not succeed.

On the other matter is either you are appreciated in your country? If you are consider "pendatang" by one faction of your country, why you want to waste time?

for sure migrate right?

to you, if i`m to say just a open opinion, you consider i am judging. Might as well just keep it to myself. Isnt it better?

What do you benefit being in "Malaysia"? for long haul?