Hi,
probably everyone who immigrates to Australia probably has employment as uppermost on their mind. Of course if you are sponsored by a company it is no a big issue, but once you are out of the company that brought you over its going to be a new, possibly difficult playing field.
As someone who has migrated to Sydney Australia and has lived here for some years, I thought I would do some research and also share my own experience.
For me it was fairly easy to get a job in Sydney. the credit crunch in 2009 hit. I was living in Europe and my contracts dried up.
I applied for two jobs in Sydney by phone from the UK. After a few calls I had one job offered immediately (well after a few interviews of course) and that was the impetus for me to get there. I had a job - very safe - it did not pay so well(for me anyway).
After I was in Sydney for two months - the other company came back to me with a much better offer and I jumped to them. (sorry first company, but to be fair it was a much better offer)
I was in a niche skill set. There were not a lot of others around and I guess I ticked all the right boxes in terms of skill and experience.
I started in a great place - came with good experience - came in at the right price.
Ok,
The flip side. I met a guy from Europe, who was doing some packing on a removals truck - really low skilled labor. He could barely speak English. Please note he was such a nice guy - decent hard working, good nature. But! he could barely speak English. I asked him how long he had been in Australia. "6 years", he told me.
SIX years - and he could not speak English even half proficiently.
I know this will make some people mad!
But! Australia is English speaking. I think its possible to learn English in that time? At least to convince an employer you are not unable to communicate?
A lot of people on this blog, post about their struggle to find employment on this blog and I have noticed the same thing on forums. I stick by what I say, make sure your skills are current and that you can bring something to the job.
Come in at a lower wage (not ridiculously low) and make it worth their while. Once you have a track record, find new opportunities.
My son does websites to make a living. He bumped into a lot of people starting new businesses (as they needed websites..) A lot of people were starting off as carpet cleaners, getting small franchises, pool cleaning and care, pet care and even running fitness courses for kids in schools.
One guy had built a whole fleet of guys doing carpet cleaning across wider NSW.
Some mothers were finding jobs at their kids schools in the canteen and so on. Find a way and get by.
There is a lot (a LOT of money) of money in Sydney, you can find ways to make it there.
Sydney, and Australia as a whole is affected by the global recession and downturn in the markets - same as everywhere else. Don't expect it to be a simple game.
A very unfortunate fact about IT employment in Australia.
I know for a fact (as I work in one of these) is that all the big financial service companies - e.g. banks and insurance houses are and have moved 80% of their IT to cheap wage locations like Manila in the Philippines and Gurgaon in India. Several thousand people have been hired by just two banks in these cheaper areas of cost and all of those jobs have been lost in the home location - Australia. This is a stone cold fact. This is why, in order to compete you need to make sure you bring the best skills to the table. You will need to compete with the best - who are the core of the company left over in the "expensive" cost-to-company location - Australia.
The pressure of the global recession is forcing companies to really change the way they do things in order to survive.
Ok so what do they statistics say?
People in Australia are working longer hours - more than 40 per week.
Of young adults who worked full-time in 1976, more than half (59%) worked 40 hours per week and around a quarter (25%) worked more than 40 hours per week. In 2011 however, less than a third (31%) worked 40 hours per week, and over 38% worked more than 40 hours per week
The 2011 Census reported that over one in four of Australia's 22 million people were born overseas.
November 2013 growth forecasts for this year are 2.5 per cent
Houses are becoming unaffordable - getting out of reach of dual parent incomes
Commutes of an hour at least are the norm.
Australia Sydney, NSW - 354 in the work in affordability for houses
Australia Sydney, NSW- average house price $722,700
Australia Sydney, NSW median house hold income $80,500 (you cant buy the above house on that....)
Good luck to everyone out there with your job search, please drop a few comments on how it went for you?
Please don't hesitate to ask specific questions below in the comments section. I would be happy to try and reply based on my limited experience in Sydney.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/state-of-the-australian-economy-in-15-charts-20140110-30lw4.html#ixzz39uEIt3hN
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Advice on moving to Sydney
Hi
Are you thinking of immigrating to Australia? (or immigrating to any country for that matter)
Here is some advice on moving or immigrating to Sydney from someone who has moved to Sydney, but also has moved country many times - and this with family in tow.
Actually this advice applies to anyone immigrating from any country to any other country.
There is a very very very large chance it will fail - either due to lack of work, spouse or children being unhappy.
I have met some families where the mother cant speak any English and due to this afraid to let her 15 year old daughter out the house. The kid is practically a prisoner in a foreign country with no friends. Whenever the mothers goes out to shop or whatever the daughter is used as the interpreter and help and support crutch. Its no ideal. I am not judging but it can be horrendous for the children.
This is a highly complex issue and we are highly complex beings whose well-being is formed by things like attitude, values, friends, familiar places, shops, religion, family, money, climate(yes really)
Don't burn your bridges. Don't spend all your money. Don't sell your house, parrot, boat, whatever :)
Put it in storage with your family or just pay for storage.
Go to your new destination with eyes wide open.
It WILL be a holiday for the first six months - after that not so much, no friends, - just getting a pair of jeans or other item that fits and is to your taste is an issue.
Take at least a year maybe two before your pull all your assets over to your new country.
Go cheap, rent cheap, (close your eyes at the crappy rental house, and shabby carpets) - have cash left over to use for travel, weekend trips, do spoil your family.
You will need cash for a car or two. Especially if you have family.
If you are from the upper class in some other country - scale it down and be very prepared to scale it down. You need to drop down a level in order to start again.
You wont succeed if your family is unhappy. (did I mention that)
Make a 250 percent effort to spoil and cherish your spouse and children. Burn your assets on this for years - Remember, a house does not make your family happy - doing things, getting out, events, parties, clubs, learning activities, some sort of friendship network - this makes adults and children happy.
Send your family home - one, two or all for long holidays, don't mind if the holidays overrun the Australian school terms. Let them recharge, make it happen, think out the box.
I recently enjoyed the opportunity to work in another country (I left Sydney for two years) and now that we are to go back to Sydney its a frightening situation.
Money is tight in Sydney- things are very expensive -especially rentals. The feeling in the family is one of dread. Everything was under a budget.
If you have some cash, and buy a property, that's a good option as rentals in Sydney are very high and normally eat up a large chunk of the income.
Sydney is a great place don't get me wrong, its safe comparatively, has a fairly good infrastructure and schooling. But nothing is good if its too expensive to go out or you have no family or friends to share your experiences with.
A lot of people have posted on how hard they have found it to get a job in Sydney. They wasted large amounts of money moving, immigrating buying furniture and cars. Some people did all this and ran out of cash after some period - One commenter (on this blog) looked for six months and he was highly qualified - and still did not find work - not even an interview.
Hi, want an Australia student visa?, why not use our community forum - all about living, working, playing, moving and studying in Australia.
How I got my visa, Life, Lumps and spirit, Hate your new country? Your not alone! A good Furniture Rental company in Sydney,Why do immigrants leave Australia?, Sydney - Scotland island - hidden gem, Malls in Sydney, Living in St Ives, Arriving in Sydney, Driving through Sydney - first day, How expensive is Sydney
Are you thinking of immigrating to Australia? (or immigrating to any country for that matter)
Here is some advice on moving or immigrating to Sydney from someone who has moved to Sydney, but also has moved country many times - and this with family in tow.
Actually this advice applies to anyone immigrating from any country to any other country.
There is a very very very large chance it will fail - either due to lack of work, spouse or children being unhappy.
I have met some families where the mother cant speak any English and due to this afraid to let her 15 year old daughter out the house. The kid is practically a prisoner in a foreign country with no friends. Whenever the mothers goes out to shop or whatever the daughter is used as the interpreter and help and support crutch. Its no ideal. I am not judging but it can be horrendous for the children.
This is a highly complex issue and we are highly complex beings whose well-being is formed by things like attitude, values, friends, familiar places, shops, religion, family, money, climate(yes really)
Don't burn your bridges. Don't spend all your money. Don't sell your house, parrot, boat, whatever :)
Put it in storage with your family or just pay for storage.
Go to your new destination with eyes wide open.
It WILL be a holiday for the first six months - after that not so much, no friends, - just getting a pair of jeans or other item that fits and is to your taste is an issue.
Take at least a year maybe two before your pull all your assets over to your new country.
Go cheap, rent cheap, (close your eyes at the crappy rental house, and shabby carpets) - have cash left over to use for travel, weekend trips, do spoil your family.
You will need cash for a car or two. Especially if you have family.
If you are from the upper class in some other country - scale it down and be very prepared to scale it down. You need to drop down a level in order to start again.
You wont succeed if your family is unhappy. (did I mention that)
Make a 250 percent effort to spoil and cherish your spouse and children. Burn your assets on this for years - Remember, a house does not make your family happy - doing things, getting out, events, parties, clubs, learning activities, some sort of friendship network - this makes adults and children happy.
Send your family home - one, two or all for long holidays, don't mind if the holidays overrun the Australian school terms. Let them recharge, make it happen, think out the box.
I recently enjoyed the opportunity to work in another country (I left Sydney for two years) and now that we are to go back to Sydney its a frightening situation.
Money is tight in Sydney- things are very expensive -especially rentals. The feeling in the family is one of dread. Everything was under a budget.
If you have some cash, and buy a property, that's a good option as rentals in Sydney are very high and normally eat up a large chunk of the income.
Sydney is a great place don't get me wrong, its safe comparatively, has a fairly good infrastructure and schooling. But nothing is good if its too expensive to go out or you have no family or friends to share your experiences with.
A lot of people have posted on how hard they have found it to get a job in Sydney. They wasted large amounts of money moving, immigrating buying furniture and cars. Some people did all this and ran out of cash after some period - One commenter (on this blog) looked for six months and he was highly qualified - and still did not find work - not even an interview.
Hi, want an Australia student visa?, why not use our community forum - all about living, working, playing, moving and studying in Australia.
How I got my visa, Life, Lumps and spirit, Hate your new country? Your not alone! A good Furniture Rental company in Sydney,Why do immigrants leave Australia?, Sydney - Scotland island - hidden gem, Malls in Sydney, Living in St Ives, Arriving in Sydney, Driving through Sydney - first day, How expensive is Sydney
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