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Why Australia's skilled migrants can't find jobs they were hired for
Australia selects skilled migrants carefully but has no system to help them find jobs when they arrive.
Australia picks its skilled migrants carefully. Every qualification and year of experience is checked.
But once they arrive, there is no system to help them find jobs. Skilled migrants spend tens of thousands of dollars on visas, tests and moving costs.
They are software engineers, accountants, scientists and executives. Yet many stopped looking for work in their fields after they got here.
The writer arrived in Canberra in May 2024 and found a job. Most others have not.
Why it mattersAustralia spends money to recruit skilled workers then wastes their talents by failing to help them get jobs.
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