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 Working in Australia, Experiences working in Australia.

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victoria_lucas
post Feb 25 2012, 01:41 PM

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QUOTE(mercury8400 @ Feb 25 2012, 01:35 PM)
Got an insider news that ANZ could lay off as many as 3000 people in Aus alone.....
in batches of course!

Added on February 25, 2012, 1:39 pm
dude, no offense, but you chose the worst time to be working in Aus especially for banking....
almost all banks in Aus are laying-off people in the hundreds, and while i won't say your chances are excatly zero, but it comes close....
Personal suggestion is to let this bad storm clear-up before venturing in....
You don't want to be jobless in Aus and spending all your reserve money with no jobs in sight....
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What about in accounting and finance industry? Any thought?
victoria_lucas
post Aug 24 2012, 08:55 AM

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My husband just got his PR last month. We went with spouse visa route, and he got it within 2 months.

We did the application ourselves, and cost around RM 6.6k smile.gif Now planning the big move for early next year.
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post Aug 24 2012, 10:02 AM

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QUOTE(konichiwawa @ Aug 24 2012, 09:38 AM)
Congrats and good luck! Let me know if you need any information if you are coming to Sydney =)
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Thank you smile.gif The destination is Perth smile.gif

My husband did both his bachelor and master degrees in Australia, but has never worked there.
I hope job market won't be too harsh next year for accounting / finance.
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post Aug 24 2012, 12:19 PM

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QUOTE(ysc @ Aug 24 2012, 12:09 PM)
I think there are other independent visas that only require 60 points. For those, I would need to get an 8 in an IELTS test...
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I heard it is almost impossible to get all 8 in IELTS, unless if you are native speaker, but I could have heard it wrong smile.gif
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post Aug 24 2012, 01:13 PM

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QUOTE(ysc @ Aug 24 2012, 01:03 PM)
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When you say decent, do you mean no grammatical or spelling errors at all in day-to-day speaking & writing?
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From Konichiwawa's reply, IELTS doesn't sound too bad. Good luck smile.gif

I've never done IELTS before. I got my PR 10 years ago under General Skilled Migration category, when it was so much easier than now.
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post Aug 24 2012, 01:19 PM

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QUOTE(konichiwawa @ Aug 24 2012, 01:15 PM)
10 years ago. Meaning right after uni? They had the graduate PR scheme. It indeed was a lot easier then.
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Yeah, right after Uni. It was so much easier and no IELTS required.

I did all the application myself and got my PR in 2 months. Things were much simpler back then.
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post Sep 8 2012, 11:38 PM

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QUOTE(hihihehe @ Sep 7 2012, 10:07 PM)
no.mine only 3 semesters so it's just 1.6 years

i never EVER considered for PR when i first came here until i got my TR(follow my gf) to experience the working life. i can't imagine myself if i'm back to malaysia to start over again with a salary that need to be saved for few months in order to purchase 1 thing and need a very special occasion day to have a nice dinner. yes,i'm too comfortable with my life here but i still need to face the fact :/
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hihihehe,

How long have you been in Aust? I am not familiar with all these visa stuff anymore, but is there no other way for you get PR? employer sponsorship? family/relative sponsor? or maybe putting financial investment in Aust?

Moving back to Malaysia and starting over (after you work in Aust) is not easy. Been there, done that.

I did my high school and uni in Aust. I got my PR straight after uni and was working in Australia for almost 8 years before moving back to Malaysia because of family reasons. I find it hard to "adapt" to working life in Malaysia. Salary is the main issue for me, and yes I know what you mean by saving a few months salary in order to purchase 1 thing, etc etc. The cost of living vs income ratio is simply bad.

After 2 years in Malaysia, we have decided to move back to Australia. Things might have changed there, we are hoping the job market wont be too harsh next year.
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