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457 Sponsors IT QLD
I'm looking for a 457 sponsored IT job in QLD at the moment and it seems like a bit of a struggle. Bank of Queensland were one company that said they just do not sponsor employees as a policy. Are there many companies around that are eligible sponsors? Is it really that hard to become eligible? The main stumbling block I see is that sponsors must have spent 1% of payroll in the last 12 months on training and development of Aussie PR or citizen staff.
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Re: 457 Sponsors IT QLD
Hiya Steve
Hope your well mate... To be honest, unless you have a specific skill which is missing in OZ, your going to find it very difficult to IT sponsorship. I have been here for 18 months now and the first couple of months were very hard. I have spoken to people who are far more qualified than myself (over 9 years exp, formal quals and so on ) and some of them ended up going back to the UK, and i mean very clever guys with years and years exp in the IT field). For every job (and this is true) you are looking at around 10-30 people applying for the same post. As for IT agencies, keep away, 90% of the jobs are not real and they just piss you about. I would honestly say that OZ is overloaded with IT pros, def in WA area. I have just got my dream job last week (applications developer) after being stuck in a role that was well beneath my skills and exp and believe me, it took over 12 months to get. As i mentioned, if you have a specific skill that is missing over here, plough on and keep at them for the break, if not and your like the rest of us IT plebs :) then i would look at a different route and then apply for roles when your here. Good luck mate Dale |
Re: 457 Sponsors IT QLD
Originally Posted by daleandsian
(Post 8806609)
Hiya Steve
Hope your well mate... To be honest, unless you have a specific skill which is missing in OZ, your going to find it very difficult to IT sponsorship. I have been here for 18 months now and the first couple of months were very hard. I have spoken to people who are far more qualified than myself (over 9 years exp, formal quals and so on ) and some of them ended up going back to the UK, and i mean very clever guys with years and years exp in the IT field). For every job (and this is true) you are looking at around 10-30 people applying for the same post. As for IT agencies, keep away, 90% of the jobs are not real and they just piss you about. I would honestly say that OZ is overloaded with IT pros, def in WA area. I have just got my dream job last week (applications developer) after being stuck in a role that was well beneath my skills and exp and believe me, it took over 12 months to get. As i mentioned, if you have a specific skill that is missing over here, plough on and keep at them for the break, if not and your like the rest of us IT plebs :) then i would look at a different route and then apply for roles when your here. Good luck mate Dale |
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