Hi guys,

I'm new to this thread, hope can find someone to answer my few questions regarding getting a job in Australia.

I am graduated from RMIT University in Melbourne (it was a 2+1 twinning program). Yup, I spend 1 full year in Melbourne. After I graduated, I came back to KL to work. Now I got 3.5 years working experience in Banking line.

I got an elder brother who stay in Perth for 10 years already. He is currently an engineer at KBR (an engineering firm), and of course he and his wife is a PR there.

I'm thinking of going to Perth to work since my brother offer me to stay with him at the beginning. But he says it will be better to apply for PR first before go to Perth in order to get a decent job.

Alright here comes my question:

a) Is it possible for me to apply for Australia PR with my current situation?
b) where can I apply it? if via agent, will it be pricy?
c) Anyone here working in Banking line in Australia/Perth? is it hard to get a job in Australian Bank such like Common Wealth & ANZ?

really appreciate your input/comment.

Regards

got recruiter from aus contact me ask me interview for a position, they said willing to sponsor me visa. want to check how does the visa work? how long i need to work there to be eligible for PR so I can set up my own company in aus? thx

hi all, I would like to know is the IT industry in Australia still in demand? I have 2.5 years experiences in web applications development (using .Net) and 1 year experience as DBA (MSSQL). Also, I would like to know whether there is any possibility for me to move into BI field?

Thank you.

Hi , i'm wondering if australia is in demand of finance ppl (audit or tax) ? Im currently an ACCA fresh graduate .

Hi, thanks for the sharing of info. may I know the agent that you mentioned is a job agent? If yes, I would like to have his/her contact. Thank you.

you are referring to the gsm (general skilled migration) ?
yes, i guess there are few of us who did.. including me.. but during my time the fees was A$2k instead..
if you wish to go thru this route, advise u to do it b4 july..as the rules will be tighten by then..

Yup. That pretty much sums it up.

Cut throat fee mate. Crazy.

Damn, I should have applied earlier during my uni days in the 90s.

Any other ways? Suggestions? TA.

Oh noes.

Looks like it's not that easy after all.

My job needs certain kind of skill, but I guess it's not niche. :'(

can I know where and what company u working with? please pm me if you dont mind

holding TR currently and going to expired next year(1 year is not long) and looking for employer sponsorship :/

AH thanks!

So it's 457 Visa first. Went and checked the website, thank god my job and skills is in the list.

well i hate to burst your bubble but as long as we are not graduate from Deakin(KDU), Nottingham, UM, MARA, Sunway, Monash, Curtin, Swinburne - we are not in the list of recognised uni.

u ought to have a visa first and for fresh grad the cheapest is 476 visa. one of the requirement is that you graduate from one of the uni in the list. i graduate from utar in oct later this year. am already searching for a way to go aus.. and it has been rough so far haha!

all the best, not easy but I believe not tough either. you don't HAVE TO HAVE a visa, but without being a visa and without residing in aus while u apply for the job, your chances reduce by 90% in a way.. bcuz they will just say they cannot proceed further with your application as you do not live/work here.

Is chef job still big demand in Australia?

1k aud is cheap...i think u need minimum 2k if you wanna apply by urself without agent. if u use agent add another 1-2k

Thanks for the useful link, though it doesn't really apply to me. 475 is a state sponsored visa whereas 457 is employer sponsored, which means that WA will have an interest in keeping their beneficiary within the state. In fact, I have to do keep WA gov apprised every 6 months on my work and residential location. Once I transition to a PR though there will be no restriction and all benefits entitled to a PR (ie Medicare) will commence immediately since I will have fulfilled the 2 yrs residency requirement.

Hi everyone, anyone know how is the SAP job market like in Melbourne now? Particularly SAP Basis...I have over 10 years experience and I am thinking of exploring Melbourne.

how do i check eligibility?

in a way they have made it so more people can apply but very very selective due to the new SkillSelect thingy. Points have been lowered from 65 to 60 though.

I got my work and holiday visa! Mad queue had people there since 830pm the night before lol!

anyways, there is such thing is an Overseas Graduate Visa for your case Riddhy.

Overseas Graduate Visa will it be easy for me to get jobs there ? as i am from marketing and management background. also i am not looking for PR actually just want to work 2 to 3 years is there any websites where i can get jobs in AU easily?

sifus! i'm applying for a PR under the new EOI system. have done my IELTS and such.

after doing the points calculation, i have 60 points (minimum requirement is 60 points). my agent is suggesting i should go with a state sponsorship since i'm on the borderline passing mark. apparently state sponsorship would be faster for my case (push my points up to 65) and since my skills are listed on SOL 1, it's best to apply for the faster route in case things get harder and harder in the future/my skills are not listed as high demand anymore.

problem is, state sponsorship costs AUD1200. so i'm wondering, is it really necessary to go this way? the cost is so high leh

Dude, let's keep it real ok?

1. I know you want to come here on a visitor's pass while looking for a job. Yes, it's legal as long as you do not work. But do you know that (A) economy in Australia isn't great so companies are down sizing and not really employing (B) there are probably 5 other people who can do the same job as you do but with Australian PR/citizenship, why should they go through the hassle of getting you an Australia work visa when they can get 1 of them instead?

2. RM 3k per month = AUD 1k per month. Even if you share a room, I'll give it to you that you manage to find a place with $150 per week. A month that's $650. More than half your budget gone. Public transportation isn't exactly cheap for you to get around the city, what more business districts outside of the city centre. Cost of living in Australia is high. There's no RM 3.5 chap fan here. Let me give you best case scenario, budget $350 leftover divided by 30 days ok? You have $11.67 per day left on your budget besides rental. Split that by 2 meals you have less than $6 per meal. Possible, yes but definitely not very feasible.

Then you think wrong. You can work full-time on a working holiday visa but maximum contract period per employer is 6 months.

I have 1 friend in the advertising industry work for 2 separate employers during her 1 year working holiday visa. I also have another friend who is a civil engineer work 6 months for his employer while on a working holiday visa and then the employer applied for him a Work Visa after that.

Again, you are wrong. Please stop trying to share "advice" when you don't know about them. There's nothing worse than sharing wrong information to people.

There's nothing wrong with sharing your experience. The problem is you didn't share your experience. Instead all you said was:
If you had said "based on experience, my friends who were here on working holiday visas couldn't get a job" or something along those lines, it's perfectly understandable. But by stating what you said, it's more like a matter of fact than it was a sharing of experience. I will agree that MOST companies will probably not prefer working holiday visa employees but I'm just sharing that it's not impossible.

But not sharing wrong information.
Neither of my friends were on short term projects. They were both full time jobs no project based and neither were IT. All I'm saying is that if you want to share experience, please by all means share. It's great to share it with other people on the forum. On top of that, share your opinion by all means. However, if you want to make a statement of fact, then make sure it's accurate.

Edit: Apologies if I sounded harsh. No harm no foul. Cheers!

you are lucky because of this changes. I finished my study 1.6 years and i can't get PR independently :/

most of my friends got it last year and the latest was 2 weeks ago. He has a family here with disabled daughter and were holding TR. he won't get a pr because of his daughter's case but he risked it and granted with PR after 2 months. he is now a happy man

Hi guys, I've been turned down a couple of times during interview because I do not hold a PR/citizen status.
If I submit my EOI, would it be possible for my employer to specifically pick me?
In other words, sponsor me BUT not going through the employer-sponsored visa?