For those who are eligible for a 1 – 2 year working holiday visa or a permanent residency visa here are a few tips that will drastically increase your chances of finding employment in Australia in today’s market.

1.       Get a professional CV done before you go, if you are already there then get one done ASAP.

2.       Do not spend all your savings in your first 2 weeks and end up penny less when job hunting.  It is easy to do and a mistake that will usually lead to missing out on jobs and most importantly income.

3.       Buy a car as soon as you arrive, it will drastically increase the amount of jobs you can travel to and apply for.

4.       Do some market research before you leave, find out where there is work for the skills you have on offer. Apply for jobs before you go.

5.       If your occupation needs an Australian Licence or registration – get it done before you go. If you don’t know if your occupation needs a licence then find out well before you go as some licenses take over 3 months to process.

6.       If your occupation is not on the Australian Critical Skills List then try to apply to companies directly and not through an employment/recruitment agency.

7.       Portray yourself as someone looking for a long term job.

8.       Buy or have the money to buy the tools of your trade

9.       If you are eligible to apply for permanent residency and intend to do so someday,  then do it now rather then latter, Migration law changes rapidly so the sooner you make your application the better.

10.   I usually would not say this,  but in today’s market you should take the first job you get – you can always look for a new job later.

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Thanks for this info really i am planning to get a job but don't know how. Now i know how to go about it, thanks to you.

Thank you for that nice and very helpful tips. Hope that more information and tips will be posted in this thread. Thank very much again and god bless.