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Jul 17th 2003, 1:51 pm

ellen1

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work experience?

hi all
i have recently graduated with a social work degree, i need 6 months post grad work experience to get my 136 visa, at present i work for a social services department as a social worker but through an employment agency. Does anyone know if working for an employment agency is classed as work experience?

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Jul 17th 2003, 3:58 pm

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Re: work experience?

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Originally posted by ellen1
hi all
i have recently graduated with a social work degree, i need 6 months post grad work experience to get my 136 visa, at present i work for a social services department as a social worker but through an employment agency. Does anyone know if working for an employment agency is classed as work experience?

cheers
ellen1

I work as a freelance IT consultant and have got plenty of contracts(assigments) through agencies. I've got all the agencies I've used to send me a referral letter stating my contract length and role I undertook.

You should be ok I would say with doing the above, HTH.