Settlement Guide: Strategies you can employ to get a job interview in Australia

Cheryl Fellows, 47, of Germantown, Md., searches for jobs on a computer at the Germantown Public Library on Friday, Feb. 6, 2009. Source: AP

Newly arrived migrants are more likely to be jobless than Australian-born workers.

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Published 19 October 2017 7:02pm

Updated 16 August 2022 10:26am

By Abdullah Alikhil, Amy Chien-Yu Wang

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Newly arrived migrants are more likely to be jobless than Australian-born workers.

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.