When you applied for Australia and put on the application form the job you did and the quals you had did you go there and do the job you said you would do? Like are you a nurse but thought sod that I am going to stack shelves instead.

Would be interesting to find out if you are still in the profession you went with.

cheers Lace x

Not there yet but been doing carpentry & joinery for 20yrs here. When I get to Perth I do fancy a change of career, a posty, van driver, something not to taxing on the old brain Any suggestion welcomed

Funny, I was only thinking about this the other day. No job lined up yet.

Like most people, I am planning on following the same line of work when I get to Melbourne, as I’m in now, IT Project Management. Yesterday I was jokingly accused of having no sense of adventure. A colleague said there must be loads of really interesting jobs in Australia I could try.

When he had picked himself up off the floor, for the no sense of adventure comment, I did agree there must be lots of interesting new careers not available in the UK. The only trouble is we couldn’t think of many. Maybe you can help compile a list of interesting jobs to help all of us broaden our work horizons.

Personally, I would love to try something new. My starters for ten are:
- beach bum
- crocodile hunter (not many crocs in Melbourne)
- immigration official (issued with a big REFUSED stamp)

Quantity Surveyor ... man and boy ... hardest job in the world

Now I slay badgers :scared: and export Shaving Brushes throughout the globe ...

I am the Victor Kiam of the Rock.



Three Legs

When we were out in Oz on holiday last year, hubby was told that there are guys who spend all day on the beaches getting paid to put suncream on the ladies backs Not sure how true this is but...
Anyway, he's decided that's what he wants to do
Beats working in telecoms I suppose, which is what he does now.
Wonder if there are any hunky lifeguards that need the same doing to them

I've been in IT for 21 years in the UK, when I get to Melbourne I'm going to mow lawns for 3 days a week for my beer money and thats it. No more politics, no more stress, no more overtime, no more back stabbing. Just me my mower and my beer (oh, and the wife of course!!!!

My hubbie is a chef and when he gets to Oz he is training to be a private investigator!! (cousin owns a PI company out there) How cool. I would love that being such a nosey person.

I am an ambulance tech and think i will try my hand a stacking shelves (other cousin is a manager at Coles). Always fancied pointing customers to the wrong end of the supermarket when they ask where something is!!

What a lovely couple you are!

Dont know what you mean?!?

I thought I'd never eat fire again, but I couldn't resist

If you think about it, immigration is a funny business. Most people can only get into Australia because they are a carpenter or whatever, but when they get there they can do a completely unskilled job no problem.

You'd think the Aussie government would say that you're getting in because you're a plumber, etc, so you're bloody well going to be a plumber for five years or whatever.

People have got every right to do whatever they want after they have PR, but it seems to make the whole "skills in demand list" a totally irrelevant joke if all these skilled people are going to get in and become beach bums. I presume the majority of people getting on their skills actually put them into the Australian economy.

Well put, before my trade was added to the MODL i was going on a SIR visa (110 points).I had to work in my trade and live where they wanted (regional postcodes).
Now i can go anywhere and do anything.

Hi Andy

I suppose I am biased on this subject, because we can only get in via SIR thanks to my wife's occupation. We don't mind this at all, because we see it as working in our favour. By this I mean that we have 2 years in Australia as temporary residents before deciding whether to apply for PR or not. This means we are not tempted to sell our UK house, and it gives us plenty of time to decide of we like living and working in Australia before making the decision to stay forever or return. (We understand that Australia can send us home if we have not met specific conditions of this visa).

I suppose my point is more from an Australian Government perspective. These people are getting their PR for a reason - and it's not because the Australian Government fancies giving them a chilled-out life doing some menial job anyone could do. They are getting in because the Australian economy NEEDS their skills.

Maybe people getting in because of their skills should have to work in that sector until they become Australian citizens - then they would have the right to piss about in easy unskilled jobs. Because of the house price ratio between the UK and Australia, people with essential skills are getting in, buying houses outright and getting rid of their mortgages, and then going into semi-retirement very early. Great - and I must admit I'd be tempted to do the same given the chance, but the question is: how is this benefiting the Australian economy?

As I said, they have every right to do what they want after PR and good luck to them, I wonder though if it isn't a little bit like sticking two fingers up to Australia and its economy.

Spent the last 12 years as a Paramedic but as soon as I arrive I will be treating my kite like I treat my woman: get inside her 5 times a day and take her to heaven and back.

Flash.

Absolute b*llocks mate. As long as we can support ourselves and don't scrounge off the state why should anybody care what we do for a living ?
Sure there are a shortage of certain skills in Australia but that is not the sole reason why we are being allowed to live there.