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I got turned down 5 years ago by MacDonalds, Coles and BiLo for being too old

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The thing is Australian employers want cheap labour and skilled labour at the same time. I am Australian, with a Uni degree and 4 years full time experience in finance, not counting the many years I worked part time and casual at coles, k mart, a carpet cleaning business and so on.

Yet all the corporate places said I didnt have the 'right' experience! ha, i worked 4 years in superannuation and all of a sudden I was blocked from entering insurance, pensions, or projects.

Yet a cheap accounting graduate( read a young and submissve asian girl) who will work for 55hrs on 35k will get the job quicksmart.

Why do you think 1m young Aussie professionals work overseas? Im seriously considering it myself.

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I think next time instead of sending in an application, I will employ some heavies to go round and persuade them to give me a job:rofl:

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I too am finding difficult to get a job, have had an interview for what i thought was my perfect job but alas i didnt get it The interview process was very different informal and with no opportunity to sell yourself here. I have tried coles and online for woolies and still nothing. I hope that soon i will be back out in the workforce.

Good luck to all those still searching.

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Are there any accountants here who have difficulties looking for an accounting job in Oz?

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Like I said you have to be Asian:p

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Not true and rather racist. You can't blame your own failures due to not belonging to a certain ethnic group.

I am an accountant and found it difficult to get work when I last relocated to Australia and that was to an area where there was a shortage of unqualified people. Looking back I believe the issue was they just didn't understand my overseas experience, probably did not think I would be there long term (right again) and that they were better off taking someone who is a known quantity with lesser skills. At the time I did find it rather depressing and it did make me feel like a failure, however 5 years later I look back on it as their loss not mine.

When we first moved to the UK I had the same experience. Registered at every agency yet rarely got the call for temp work, never got put forward for any position they had advertised. I knew it was not due to a lack of skills but rather it was the mistrust that I would be moving on in a few years and my experience was not local. I persisted, finally connected on a personal level with one of the recruitment ladies and voila they starting using me as the stocking stuffer when they did not have enough candidates to submit. Ultimately I got a permanent position and my life changed for the better.

As to Bunnings and Coles, I have had family members who are Aussies rejected by both over the past few years. My brother did have a part time job at Coles and he was telling me what a clique it was once he got in - you had to be a favourite to even get a call to come in, as they looked after their mates. It seems to me that they prefer to employ people who are on some government scheme that allows them to claim some subsidy.

My tip to anyone who is looking is not to obsess about getting a permanent job. Best thing is to get out there and get temping, it will give you an insight to what companies are really like and it will help you to develop local contacts and local experience.

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I don`t care a bout a permanent job - any job would be nice:(

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If they are shoot them

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Yes - I am a CIMA accountant with a BA and Masters degree. I worked for the Prison Service back in the UK and was, I think, well respected there and worth my £45k a year. My Husband a CIPFA and CPA accountant worked for the NHS as a Director of Finance for a Primary Care Trust. He was on major money and I mean major money! We had done our homework and seen many recruitment agencies before majking the final decision. Here we are 4 months in and neither of us can find a job where the money is right (in order to be able to live OK) and the work life balance is good. I have to say I often wondered why so many KIWI's and Australians worked for the Home Office and other government departments back in the UK and all I can say is I so know why now!

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There is a world of difference between not being able to find a job and not being able to find a job with the right money. Most trades have to start at the beginning again to prove their worth. I know of many people who took lower than UK wages to start but within 12 months were back up to UK levels again.

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well, we dont compare salaries in this house :( we are living here now, it doesnt matter what we earned in the UK. finding ANY job is a start imo.

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Almost comical!

2 Accountants that can't find jobs paying enough money to give them 'the lifestyle they have become accustomed to'!!!! :thumbdown:

What about those families with no skills then?

How on earth must they cope????? :ohmy::huh:

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Alas it's not just immigrants in this position! When we moved here my Aussie husband (now ex) had only been out of Aus for five years. He had a good job in UK as a senior account manager in direct marketing and had also worked as an account manager for Mars/Masterfoods. Could he get a job here? Could he heck! Took him 7 months to find something even remotely decent. During this period the jobs he went for were all offering circa $35k per annum (which they wouldn't tell you until after the interview).

Despite it being 7 years ago and the cheaper cost of living back then, not entirely sure how a family of four were expected to live on $35k!!! :eek: It almost seems like any overseas experience, whether undertaken by a Brit, Aussie or whatever, does not hold any sway here.

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Exactly! Some people belive if they are highly skilled and have qualifications they are likely to be more successful. Some also think if they have Aussie qualifications it stands them in an even better position.

It is UK experience that is deemed a disadvantage. Unless you have Aussie experience you are a nobody and know nothing, which is a shame:frown:

The funny thing is Australia is crying out for skills and it is recognized that big companies in Europe are likely to be more experienced than their Aussie counterparts ergo there is something to be learned. However learning from European experience seems to stick in the Aussie workforce throats.

How many times have immigrants been told not to refer back to when they worked in UK or refer back to what improvements were learned or made. It's as if it rubs people up the wrong way. Tall poppy syndrome and it's foolhardy as most migrants want to share their learning not to look smart or clever, but to help things improve. Forget it. It's not seen as smart and it sure aint appreciated which is a shame:(

As for skilled people being paid less than they are worth as per your Ex's case. That's going to get worse now they have upped the limit on skilled migrants. Everyone will be fighting for a smaller pool of work so in terms of supply & demand the value of skilled workers will decrease. A benefit to the Australian economy. The irony is, skilled migrants will be flocking to Aus [sold on lifestyle choice] whilst Aussie skilled workers will be going in the opposite direction to earn better money.