Career coaches say the biggest hurdle many newcomers face is their inability to secure an interview despite their qualifications.
So, what are the strategies job seekers can employ to get a job interview?
A recent ABS data reveals the unemployment rate for recent migrants and temporary residents is at 7.4 per cent and for those born locally is at 5.4 per cent.
Lakshmi Bettadapura Shankar is a highly skilled job seeker having worked ten years as a project and mechanical design engineer with General Electric in India.
It’s a story career coach Ray Pavri from Job Transition Strategy is all too familiar with.
Instead of hunting for opportunities through mainstream search engines like Seek and Indeed, his advice is to tap into Australia’s hidden job market where around 70 per cent of the roles aren’t advertised.
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