Getting a job before landing in Australia

Dear Mandar

I am a vivid reader of your blogs, views and opinions on social media and have heard your name mentioned by other successful migrants. I was wondering if you could throw some light onto a topic; if people really can get jobs in Australia once they have a PR visa, but before they fly & land out there. I have heard mixed success stories. How much time does it take to find a job? Please reply openly.

New Migrant -Name withheld

Dear New Migrant,

To be very candid, yes this is a common question which most new migrants ask me or want to know the answer for. Who would not like to reduce their risk and get a job ASAP? There is no simple, short and correct answer to this question as it depends on the skills, educational qualifications and experience of each applicant, which in turn, is very different.

Generally speaking, however, following recent trends in the economy I would say it’s difficult and rare for any new migrant job seeker with PR visa to get a job when they are based overseas, unless they are in key fast moving or buzzing industry sector. So don’t get me wrong, yes it does happen for people with exceptionally rare and hot, in demand skills, in the Australian job market. For example nurses or chefs were hot professionals in demand some time ago. Things change every day. Reality is this rare.

For majority of job seekers it’s going to be slightly different. 1 to 2 months normally is generally a reasonable time frame to land a job if they are searching with the help of proper professional assistance.  Often I have heard stories of new migrants who keep struggling to secure jobs for longer period of time but this is because they chose to keep struggling and not search for jobs with the help of professional assistance. I would say, please take this sentence with a pinch of salt and add to it the raw ingredients in diverse quality & quantity of your individual qualifications and experience, season it with the spices of your industry; then you would get a different curry each time. This would be based on the way the ingredients are used and the economy is going.  For example if you are using old dated or frozen ingredients, in warm and humid conditions, depending on the quality & quantity factor, chances are it’s going be a little tricky to stop them from melting without external cooling assistance.