Archive for July, 2011
Skills Shortages In Australia Mean That More Companies Will Be Looking to Recruit From Overseas
Posted by admin in Australia, Australia - News, Australian Employment, Education, employment on July 26th, 2011
According to the Australian Institute of Management there is an acute shortage of skilled Australian workers in the construction, engineering, marketing and sales sectors. This means that Australian employers will be likely to step up their recruitment of overseas skilled workers.
The shortages are due to the continuing growth of the Australian economy, the continued growth of the mining sector, but also due to the failure of the education system in ensuring that school leavers are properly trained via apprenticeship schemes.
Click here for the full article and here for more information from Reuters.
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ACT (Canberra) State Migration Plan (SMP) Update
Posted by admin in Australian Skilled Visas on July 7th, 2011
A new SMP Occupation List July 2011 for Canberra (Australian Capital Territory) will come into effect on Monday 11 July 2011.
There have being minor changes made to the July SMP List:
131112 Sales and Marketing managers: Limited
135111 Information and Technology Manager: Closed
139912 – 19 Other Specialist manager: Limited
261111-263113 Computing Professionals: Closed
The new list will be available here:
http://www.business.act.gov.au/skilled_and_business_migration/SMP_Occupation_List
In addition, the ACT Government is undertaking a survey of the occupations in demand in Canberra and will be updating the new list when the results of the survey have been processed. A further updated list may therefore be published in September, when there is expected to be significant changes to the list of occupations.
The RSMS Guidelines have also being updated to incorporate the minimum salary of $49,330. The minimum salary comes for RSMS visa applicants will come into effect Monday 11 July 2011.
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