For Career Seekers

An extract from the Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship

The name sounds difficult but in reality if you are a skilled professional or tradesperson looking to work and live in Australia then the 457 visa is one of the simplest, most cost effective and fastest ways to migrate. Provided you qualify of course!

Put in simple terms the 457 visa allows for an Australian employer to sponsor skilled workers to work for them for up to 4 years. From there, ASA have pathway options available for Permanent Residency in our beautiful country.

ASA SkillsLink is a comprehensive program where Australian employers provide SkillsLink with job descriptions of available positions for which they are willing to sponsor overseas candidates on 457 visas. Utilising our sophisticated online client services software we contact our clients who match the requirements and send them the details and link them up with the employer for interviews and hopefully nomination for recruitment.

The new version of our client services software (to be released late 2009) will allow offshore ASA registered clients to view positions available in Australia and allow employers to access client profiles and CV's for their sponsorship program.

Australia is one of the first countries in the world to emerge from the Global Financial Crisis and is headed towards another strong surge in economic growth and prosperity. Major resource and infrastructure projects are getting underway including the Gorgon Gas Project in Western Australia which is predicted to create approximately 6,000 new jobs. As the countries growth accelerates there is going to be a major shortage in skilled workers.

The areas in which there are current critical shortages of skilled workers are medical, information technology, engineers, mining oil and gas industry trades, electricians, boilermakers, registered nurses, dentists, radiographers, urban planners, occupational therapists, electricians, bakers, bricklayers, mechanics, carpenters and chefs and many more.

A recent report by the Australian Human Resource Institute found that seven out of 10 Australian employers surveyed are currently experiencing a skills shortage and more than 85% believe skilled migration in necesary to the success of their organisations.

If you are a professional or skilled tradesperson looking to migrate to Australia then register NOW with SKillsLink to take the first step towards living and working in Australia

To find out more:

• Register for SkillsLink NOW or
• Call Perth's Office on: Australian Callers (08) 9296-0755 (International Callers +61-8-9296-0755)