Moving to Australia for work

unless you have a lot of experience and a solid trade behind you they wont let you in, sounds like you want to go to start a career but thats not a place that will let you do that imo
 
A good start for you would be to have a good look at the Department of Immigration & Citizenship's website. http://www.immi.gov.au. There were a few major changes to the system though in February so its all a bit up in the air at the moment.

Al
 
They have a list of professions they want but last time I looked you need at least a years (recent) experience doing that actual job plus the quals.
 
Apachegunface said:
Even if I just wanted to go for 6 months or so?
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If you are under 30 you can get a working travel VISA which will allow you to work for 1 years - but only 6 months max at each employer.

Good luck finding an employer who will take you on for that though especially in your chosen profession.
 
An ex colleague of mine moved to Western Australia and is now policing Perth and I must say it really has got me thinking about it.

The Aussie authorities launched a recruitment drive for British transferees a few years back.
 
Von Smallhausen said:
An ex colleague of mine moved to Western Australia and is now policing Perth and I must say it really has got me thinking about it.

The Aussie authorities launched a recruitment drive for British transferees a few years back.
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Unfortunately all the recruitment campaigns have finished for the time being.
 
[TW]Fox;16073259 said:
If you are under 30 you can get a working travel VISA which will allow you to work for 1 years - but only 6 months max at each employer.

Good luck finding an employer who will take you on for that though especially in your chosen profession.
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plus if you do some manual labour type work (fruit picking or something) they let you have another yuear there :)
 
I'm contemplating doing something like this as well, but in the oil/gas and mining industry. I know a couple of friends who are leaving to try and find a job in the next month as well as one other person who was on my course and did just that and now works for a company (permanently) there.

The thing stopping me however is the massive leap it will take, leaving everything at home and going on your own in the hope that after a few weeks someone will employ you...
 
^ That is risky but not that uncommon. A lot of the ex pats I know did just that. Australia is, quite rightly, very demanding of would-be residents so you're probably best looking at the requirements before trying to take it any further.
 
The positive for my sector is it is one of the "sought after" professions. We also have fresh degrees which would also help.

But you're right, it is a bit of a risk, which is why i'm not in Oz at the moment. However it's been almost 9 months since I graduated and I can't get a job here so it could be the only option if I don't want to spend my life working in a shop...
 
[TW]Fox;16074163 said:
If you work in the agricultural sector, yes.
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a friend has recently left the the uk and is in nz now, but us aiming to hit oz just before his 30th, and then will do the fruit picking thing to get another year there.
 
I will be moving there to work next month for about a year or so. The type of visa I had is called a 457 business visa. I needed a chest xray to send to the Sydney embassy to prove to them I dont have or havent contracted TB before. The 457 visa lasts for 4 years I think, but you need to be employed by the company, or have the company prove that they are going to employ you once you are in Australia, i.e signed contracts to work etc.
 
My mums friend is moving there next month and they only let her in (her husband is quite well off) because she is a nurse.
 
I moved out here exactly 364 days ago (tomorrow is my year anniversary - hurrah!). I had 18 months experience after graduation and I'm now on a 457 business visa for 4 years - I also had the do the chest x-ray which was slightly weird...

I'm not sure what the need for my industry (Software development) is over here but it seems to be pretty painless - though it was made far far easier by the fact that I was working for an Australian company in London who wanted me to relocate.

I am friends with plenty of English folk out here and they all seemed to have got here by travelling, getting a job here and staying put whilst on their Working Holiday Visa. Within the year (or 6 months you can spend at each employer), they got "sponsored" by the firm and got granted either PR (Permanent residency) or a sponsored 457 visa so it is possible. Strangely, many of them are recruiters - not sure why that is.

It is definitely possible but my gut feel says, that straight out of university you might struggle.
 
Apachegunface said:
Thinking about thinking about moving to Australia to kick start my legal career.
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I would be interested to know why you think a move to Australia has the potential to kick start your career. Surely the best place to do this is in the UK, where salaries are higher and career opportunities are far greater.
 
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