Working Holiday Visa Australia
What are the benefits of getting a real job on the working holiday visa in Australia?
So you’d rather not pick grapes…Picture yourself starting or boosting your career with international work experience in your chosen industry. Think of the benefits of returning from a year overseas, having not only enjoyed the travel but also gained valuable professional work experience which counts on your résumé. When faced with attending job interviews, it would look a lot more impressive than, say, a stint overseas doing bar work or getting paid peanuts for picking fruit.
Professional work experience in a country such as Australia amounts to a whole package of benefits. It expands your learning not only in a professional sense but also in more personal ways. It teaches you valuable lessons about your abilities, boosts your confidence and gives you a whole new perspective on your work and life and the world in general. And you would have earned a decent wage in the process.
How manybackpackers do you know can knock off work for the weekend and afford to go to the cricket, a show or a decent restaurant?
It’s a lot more feasible than you probably think. It’s simply a matter of changing your approach and swapping your backpack for a briefcase.
In Backpack to Briefcase learn how to come to Australia on a working holiday visa and trade your Backpack for a Briefcase!
Excerpted from Backpack to Briefcase: Make Your Australian Holiday Work for You!
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Getting from a 417 Visa to a 457 Visa!
Backpackers coming to Australia on the Australian Working Holiday Visa keep asking us this question…
What’s the best way to get PR (Permanent Residence) once I am in Australia and working?
Here Jill Noble, author of Backpack to Briefcase gives you a guide on the Backpackers Pathway to PR …
So you’ve landed yourself a job and your goal now is to stay in Australia and work towards getting your permanent residency. For most folk the first step is to get a 457 or long term business sponsored visa. This visa allows you to work and stay in Australia with one condition; the holder must work for that sponsor company only.
To be eligible for this visa you must meet a number of criteria, including having specific skills to do a specific job, having English skills to a specific level, pass a health assessment and provide character references. For most professionals the most difficult thing about this visa is finding a company who is willing to embark on the sponsorship program on your behalf, however if you are already working then chances are you have surpassed this hurdle also.
If you haven’t found work yet the easiest way to obtain a 457 is to commence work on a contract or short term basis with a organisation, prove yourself, make yourself indispensable and suggest that the company ‘sponsor’ you.
If you end up working for a small company or a company who despises paperwork and red tape contact an umbrella or salary management company who can facilitate the visa process for you. These third party companies provide excellent services which include full administration and processing of your visa, legal compliance and remuneration and tax effective strategies for ex patriots. The service will set you back a percentage of your hard earned contracting dollars (anywhere from 3 percent to 6 per cent depending on the service you require) and you may have to pay additional visa fees, but if you do want remain in Australia in the medium term then the costs associated are irrelevant.
Once you are on a 457 visa you can start looking into the points required for PR, they generally change each March. To ensure you are eligible do try to apply before you are 30 years of age and think about competing additional study in Australia as this can increase your points. Talk to your friends and networks and see if anyone can recommend a good migration consultant, they are expensive but priceless if calling Australia home is your goal.
Good Luck!
Australia Working Holiday Visa – New Guide for Backpackers
New Guide for Australia Working Holiday Visa Holders
Trade Your Backpack for a Briefcase…Get a Real Career in Australia! 
Jill Noble is an Irish migrant to Australia. Her journey began as an enthusiastic traveller with professional aspirations. Packing her hairdryer and high heels into an over full backpack, Jill started out on a trip that would take her to the other side of the world. Settling in Sydney, Jill secured two professional jobs within two weeks of arriving despite it being the tail end of the hiring season.
Discover Jill Noble’s powerful methods to change your approach to job-hunting on a working holiday visa and swap your backpack for a briefcase. Set yourself up for a cash-injected working holiday you will be proud to highlight in your résumé and mention at interviews for the rest of your career. Come to Australia with a sense of purpose, see the country, swim at Bondi, cuddle a koala and develop a real career.
Jill is a regular contributor to the national and international press and has been quoted in many articles over the last 5 years in the area of Education, IT Careers, Recruitment, Selection and HR Services. Jill is a guest speaker on careers, IT job market trends and graduate job seeking for many of Melbourne’s Universities and regularly volunteers her time at career fairs and employment expos..
Jill met up in Melbourne with Irish publisher Ailís Logan, founder of Tribus Lingua Media publisher of Guides for Skilled and Business Migrants to Australia. Jill recognised the need for guidance for all those who come to Australia on a working holiday visa.
Jill is the author of 2 other guides for Australia, Networking in Australia and Engaging Recruiters in Australia published by Tribus Lingua. Learn more through our bookshop, Tribus Lingua Bookshop
“Backpack to Briefcase provides the roadmap for a successful trip for all those excited backpackers making the journey to the lucky country.“
“With Jill’s experience she is in a unique position to help others on the Australian working holiday Visa achieve more than just a working holiday.”
Backpack to Briefcase…Make Your Australian Holiday Work for You!
To Interview Jill or for more information, interviews or photos please call Tribus Lingua Media
Contact: (03) 9416 4751 or email support@tribuslingua.com.au
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