10,000 new mining jobs means industry turns to Australia working visa

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A new mine in Western Australia will create 10,000 jobs and place additional strain on the already gaping employment gap, meaning the $7 billion mine owned by magnate Gina Rinehart will rely on Australian working visa holders to operate. Roy Hill, project managers for the mine, said 2,000 of the total new jobs will be [...]

Struggling Economies Abroad Encouraging More To Look Down Under

The narrowing job markets and struggling economies in the UK and Ireland have seen thousands of Britons and Irish people apply for an Australia visa and take advantage of staff shortages Down Under.

The narrowing job markets and struggling economies in the UK and Ireland have seen thousands of Britons and Irish people apply for an Australia visa and take advantage of staff shortages Down Under. Australian recruiters have reported an influx of workers from the UK and Ireland, with a more than 50% rise in the number [...]

Australian Mining Boom Results In Spike In Greek Migrants

Australian Mining Boom Results In Spike In Greek Migrants

We’ve reported before that the Australian mining boom has been greak for UK workers. Now australia’s thriving economy, demand for skilled workers and relaxed working visa regulations has led to the most short term arrivals from Greece in a decade. Greece’s slumping economy and growing unemployment rates have meant that thousands of its citizens are [...]

Skills Shortages in WA as Eastern States Draw In The Crowds

The Australian Immigration Update 2010-11 shows that the number of skilled Australia visa holders moving to Western Australia fell 10% in the last financial year despite the publicly stated wishes of the Western Australian Government and industry to attract more skilled migrants.

New figures released by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship indicate that despite the skills shortage and employment opportunities in Western Australia, the majority of skilled migrants are choosing to settle in the Eastern states. The Australian Government’s plan to target skilled foreign labour to the Western Australian mining industry has been dealt a blow [...]

Australia Needs More Engineers Says Survey

Engineering Jobs in Australia

An annual engineering survey has warned that engineering skills shortages will affect the country’s ability to grow and limit innovation. The Engineering Skills Survey by Consult Australia warns that Australia’s ability to design and deliver an estimated $400 billion in infrastructure over the next 10 years is under threat unless government and industry can work [...]

Nurses GPs Trainee Doctors and Computing professionals top 457 Visa list

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Australia Immigration figures show applications for 457 visas (temporary skilled workers visas) fell 49 per cent in the five months to November, after the laws were tightened requiring employers to pay equal wages and lift conditions for foreign workers. Despite these changes, the numbers for the same visa class began to pick up through October [...]

Western Australia Could Adopt State Based Migration Scheme

Western Australia Mining Jobs

Western Australia job advertisements surged 6% in December which is the strongest monthly growth since May 2007. Experts say that the renewal of the mining boom could force business to compete ferociously for workers. This isn’t good news for businesses in WA but it could be great news for folks looking to migrate to the [...]

Onshore Applicants Nominating a Trade must be Job Ready from January

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From the 1st of January, as part of the skills assessment process for certain onshore GSM applicants who nominate a trade occupation, applicants will be required to demonstrate that they are ‘job ready’. This new requirement will be assessed through the Job Ready Program (previously referred to as the Job Ready Test). The Job Ready [...]

457 Visa Holders – A benefit to Australia?

457 visa holder evidence benefit to Australia

Since starting my new role in the mining industry, I’ve found myself working for an organisation which is much more reliant on skilled resources brought in from overseas. I was chatting to one of the hiring managers the other day about this and being quite interested in the subject, I managed to steer the conversation [...]

Australian 457 Visa Holders to get a better deal

457 Visa Applicants are to get a better deal from today

Australian businesses that want to bring in skilled workers on what are known locally as ’457 visas’ will have to be prepared to pay them market wages from next week. The Immigration Minister, Chris Evans, has announced details of the changes to the temporary visa program which are designed to end the potential for workers [...]

Top 20 best places to find work in Australia

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The 20 hottest spots to find work in Australia were revealed in the results of a new survey published by Australian financial institution Bankwest today. Using Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data, the report measured 20 zones across the country to record a minimum five percent increase in employment since November 2007. Sydney’s north and [...]

Australian employment boost creates new sense of economic security

australia economy - time for recovery?

Australian employers unexpectedly added 32,200 workers in July, bucking expectations that the jobless rate would continue to rise. In positive news for both Australian residents and skilled workers looking to emigrate to Australia, the country’s unemployment rate remained at 5.8 per cent for July, despite economists predicting that the seasonally adjusted rate would reach at [...]

Australias economy is a tower of strength

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Australias economy is a tower of strength after two respected international reports confirmed it continued to lead the developed world. The first from the  International Monetary Fund added its weight to mounting evidence that Australia was powering ahead of its rivals during the worst downturn since the Great Depression. It yesterday upgraded its outlook for [...]

Jobs in Australia

Jobs in Australia

Jobs in Australia still exist in their thousands and despite some of the more sombre news printed in the media of late, finding a job in Australia shouldn’t be too hard a task once you get here. One of the questions were frequently asked is ‘are there many opportunities doing job type ‘x’ ‘? Or [...]

Migration Agents – Migrant numbers need to increase to support infrastructure projects

aMigration Agents - Migrant numbers need to increase to support infrastructure projects

The Migration Institute of Australia (MIA) has warned the government that work on infrastructure projects will be difficult to accomplish following the decision to put restrictions on the skilled migration program. While the MIA welcomed the Australian immigration ministers decision to increase the number of humanitarian and family reunion Australian visas for the 2009/10 Migration [...]

Australian Salary Survey – How much could you earn in 2009

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Its been a little whilst since I posted some up-to-data information on the kind of Salary you can expect to earn in Australia so I thought I’d provide a little data following the completion of another Australian salary survey. Like our previous salary survey, this years survey was completed by one of the leading recruitment [...]