I am actually a fresh grad PR in Sydney but returning to KL to work. Have been hunting for a decent job for about 5 months now without any success.

Do you think I'm making a mistake?

My plan is to return in about 2 years time once I've accumulated some work experience though..

Well I would love to continue living in Australia(and keeping my PR), hence the 2 year timeframe before I return to fulfill my visa requirements.

Unfortunately not having a professional job is not an option for me - my justification is I'd rather build up professional skills in Malaysia than work in a dead-end part-time job with no prospects of progression. After looking for about 3 months in Sydney with no success, I started applying for jobs in KL at the same time and recently secured a job in KL.

Do you think Australian companies use the non-Australian work experience as an excuse to prevent non-PRs from applying for the job? Also what is the underlying reason for not recognizing overseas work experience? Is it the culture-fit or the industry knowledge?

The reason I ask is because the area I will be working in is sort of specialized, and the regulatory bodies around the world adopts a standardized framework.


Did you secure a job before you moved back to Australia? If you did, was it difficult to secure one?

I was actually job-hunting in Australia. I could not apply to any grad programs before because I got my PR too late. And I was unsuccessful in applying for ad-hoc full time jobs after..

This post has been edited by monev88: May 9 2013, 05:47 PM

Oh okay. That is pretty brave of you. Good luck in the job hunt!

I have a cousin who was in a similar situation as you and she managed to secure a position in one of the big 4s in the end (albeit she had to work in a shitty job for a year first)