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May 13th, 2010 » Australia Immigration Articles, Jobs in Australia

Australian Visa Applications Stopped Temporarily

Applications for Australian general skilled migration (GSM) visas in some subclasses have been stopped temporarily.
The following announcement was made on May 7, 2010
Temporary suspension of Certain General Skilled Migration (GSM) Applications (Subclasses 175, 176 and 475 Only)
The Australian Government has decided to temporarily suspend the acceptance of certain General Skilled Migration (GSM) visa applications. This [...]

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March 18th, 2009 » Jobs in Australia

Critical Skills List (CSL)

Engineers, IT professionals and medical professions remain on the revised issue of the Critical Skills List (CSL) issued by the Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC)
Critical Skills List
The following provides a list of occupations. This list will only apply to people who are seeking to migrate under the skilled migration program who are not [...]

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February 18th, 2009 » Jobs in Australia

Australian engineering job market

Engineering, Manufacturing & Technical Recruitment – Market Commentary January / February 2009
by Australia Wide Personnel
Whilst there is much uncertainty in the recruitment market for engineering and technical professionals, we have not yet witnessed large numbers of retrenchments. We believe this is because many employers know how hard it is to attract talent in the first [...]

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January 23rd, 2009 » Jobs in Australia

Engineering migration to Australia made simple

The engineering labour market in Australia has tightened due to the global financial crisis, just like the rest of the world. Australia’s engineering migration program is likely to continue due to the aging of the engineering population and many years of failure to attract young people into engineering.
In the short term jobs will be harder [...]

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January 15th, 2009 » Jobs in Australia

Attracting Overseas Engineers to Victoria, Australia

Australia continues to encourage engineering migration despite the global economic downturn
The article below appeared in ENGAGE – The monthly newsletter of the Victorian Division of Engineers Australia
ATTRACTING OVERSEAS ENGINEERS TO VICTORIA
The Victorian Government in partnership with the engineering industry has recently undertaken a number of overseas recruitment activities to attract engineers to Victoria. These initiatives [...]

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