Australian government begging unemployed Irish to take up jobs in Australia

Irish Slaves for Europe · 09-07-2011 10:03AM #1

Western Australia wants British and Irish skilled migrants

06 July 2011

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Western Australia (WA) is sending a delegation to the United Kingdom and Ireland in a bid to lure British and Irish workers to migrate to the Australian state.
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A plan to head off a shortfall of 150,000 skilled workers by 2017 was announced by Training and Workforce Development Minister Peter Collier. The resources industry will be particularly badly affected by skills shortages as a number of mining projects get underway in the near future.
Collier and resource industry leaders will embark on a 10 day trip to the UK and Ireland. The trip will include trade shows and meetings with British and Irish government officials.
Collier said that a skills shortage in the resources industry would be felt across other WA sectors as well and it was vital to increase the number of immigrants gaining entry under skilled migration initiatives.
"While the Government's top priority is to ensure that jobs are filled from within WA, this alone will not be enough and targeted migration will be essential to boost our skilled labour needs," Collier said.
"Our goal is to explore all options for not just increasing the participation of our local population, but also adding to the labour pool by attracting skilled workers from overseas and other parts of Australia," he added.
Collier is lobbying the Australian federal government to make changes to the national skilled migration programme to help WA with it's skilled worker needs.

http://www.workpermit.com/news/2011-07-06/australia/western-australia-wants-british-and-irish-skilled-migrants.htm

Some good news for once!

mickydoomsux · 09-07-2011 10:12AM

Um ..... you're only just finding this out now?

Emiko · 09-07-2011 10:15AM

mickydoomsux wrote: »

Um ..... you're only just finding this out now?

I know, huh? :rolleyes:

They've been taking unemployed Irish since the 19th century.

Irish Slaves for Europe · 09-07-2011 10:15AM

mickydoomsux wrote: »

Um ..... you're only just finding this out now?

The story was only posted 3 days ago. There has always been plenty of jobs in Australia but now they are making a real drive to get people to go out there.

Birdnuts · 09-07-2011 10:20AM

They can't get enough of Irish doctors, nurses and other medical professionals(same with Canada and the UK). Young people here should look to this area instead of dead end arts, business or engineering courses:)

Sergeant · 09-07-2011 10:33AM

Birdnuts wrote: »

They can't get enough of Irish doctors, nurses and other medical professionals(same with Canada and the UK). Young people here should look to this area instead of dead end arts, business or engineering courses:)

Considering the article mentioned mining projects then engineers will be much in demand. Same in Canada, the oil industry in Alberta is crying out for qualified engineers.

Even impoverished old Ireland has a shortage of electrical engineers.

Birdnuts · 09-07-2011 11:19AM

Sergeant wrote: »

Considering the article mentioned mining projects then engineers will be much in demand. Same in Canada, the oil industry in Alberta is crying out for qualified engineers.

Even impoverished old Ireland has a shortage of electrical engineers.

I was thinking more construction engineers

ejmaztec · 09-07-2011 11:31AM

Birdnuts wrote: »

They can't get enough of Irish doctors, nurses and other medical professionals(same with Canada and the UK). Young people here should look to this area instead of dead end arts, business or engineering courses:)

It's a shame that people need to get three million points in the Leaving Cert to get on the medic ladder.

Bradidup · 09-07-2011 12:10PM

Irish Slaves for Europe wrote: »

The story was only posted 3 days ago. There has always been plenty of jobs in Australia but now they are making a real drive to get people to go out there.

Most Irish that go out there prefere to hang out in the Cities, Bondi Kings X etc. They are not willing to travel to the arsehole of nowhere, ie MT Newman, Calgoorie etc where the jobs are and nothing happens.

getz · 09-07-2011 12:26PM

Bradidup wrote: »

Most Irish that go out there prefere to hang out in the Cities, Bondi Kings X etc. They are not willing to travel to the arsehole of nowhere, ie MT Newman, Calgoorie etc where the jobs are and nothing happens.

you have hit the nail on the head,its not the big cities they are trying to get them for, its areas in the outback that most australians will not go to,

Bloody Nipples · 09-07-2011 12:35PM

Birdnuts wrote: »

They can't get enough of Irish doctors, nurses and other medical professionals(same with Canada and the UK). Young people here should look to this area instead of dead end arts, business or engineering courses:)

Have people stopped using money and gone back to living in mud huts AGAIN?! :eek:

Irish Slaves for Europe · 09-07-2011 12:37PM

getz wrote: »

you have hit the nail on the head,its not the big cities they are trying to get them for, its areas in the outback that most australians will not go to,

No its not that at all. These are extremely high paid jobs. Australia simply doesn't have enough of the type of skilled employees needed. Basically the mining companies are struggling to keep up with the demand coming from China and they need to bring in outside help. Australia has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the world right now.

Diabhal_Glas · 09-07-2011 12:43PM

Birdnuts wrote: »

They can't get enough of Irish doctors, nurses and other medical professionals(same with Canada and the UK). Young people here should look to this area instead of dead end arts, business or engineering courses:)

Cant say I have any regrets about ever studying Engineering, dead end my arse.

TheZohanS · 09-07-2011 12:48PM

Birdnuts wrote: »

They can't get enough of Irish doctors, nurses and other medical professionals(same with Canada and the UK). Young people here should look to this area instead of dead end arts, business or engineering courses:)

Ah sure we can't sll be left the farm by daddy, some of use have to make our own way.

SharpshooterTom · 09-07-2011 01:06PM

Why not hire more Indians and Chinese? Australia needs to become more ethnically diverse.

sollar · 09-07-2011 01:12PM

Gnobe wrote: »

Why not hire more Indians and Chinese? Australia needs to become more ethnically diverse.

Why does it need to. They seem to want people who speak english and will integrate well into Australian society.

Haelium · 09-07-2011 01:33PM

Gnobe wrote: »

...needs to become more ethnically diverse.

Why would anywhere need to become more ethnically diverse?

I can see why somewhere might need to become more genetically diverse, but ethnically?

Adyx · 09-07-2011 01:39PM

Birdnuts wrote: »

They can't get enough of Irish doctors, nurses and other medical professionals(same with Canada and the UK). Young people here should look to this area instead of dead end arts, business or engineering courses:)

So people should study a medicine course instead of something they're actually interested in, just so they can get a job in Australia or Canada?

beagle001 · 09-07-2011 01:49PM

The Indians who go to Oz to study usually gave a good degree from their own country and pick some mickey mouse course at a taffe college,the Chinese choose the higher end uni's and all with the purpose of getting residency which is guaranteed after 2yrs study.
As for the Oz govt they have been offering this visa pull for over 10 yrs,they want people to go to the arse end of nowhere it's nothing new and not as a result of the recession in Ireland the fact of the matter is these outback towns are soul destroying.
Anything mote than a few days and you will climb the Walls with boredom.

CatFromHue · 09-07-2011 01:57PM

some interesting trades on the skills shortage list

queensland need some
Business Machine Mechanic (photocopier Technician)
Hairdressers

General General · 09-07-2011 02:31PM

Gnobe wrote: »

Why not hire more Indians and Chinese? Australia needs to become more ethnically diverse.

I think some aboriginal Australians were of the same opinion a while back... but it didn't turn out too well.

Vicxas · 09-07-2011 02:38PM

Well, i dont qualify!

Jumpy · 09-07-2011 02:40PM

You do know that that site makes money off people migrating dont you?

Of course they are going to pimp that line.

snubbleste · 09-07-2011 02:40PM

Did we not send Mary Harney off to Canada and New Zealand about 5-7 years ago to encourage their unemployed young people to come to Ireland?

Stinicker · 09-07-2011 02:41PM

snubbleste wrote: »

Did we not send Mary Harney off to Canada and New Zealand about 5-7 years ago to encourage their unemployed young people to come to Ireland?

Yeah, she ate them all and now they have to import us instead.

ejmaztec · 09-07-2011 02:44PM

snubbleste wrote: »

Did we not send Mary Harney off to Canada and New Zealand about 5-7 years ago to encourage their unemployed young people to come to Ireland?

They haven't stopped laughing yet.

Patricide · 09-07-2011 02:46PM

Irish Slaves for Europe wrote: »

No its not that at all. These are extremely high paid jobs. Australia simply doesn't have enough of the type of skilled employees needed. Basically the mining companies are struggling to keep up with the demand coming from China and they need to bring in outside help. Australia has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the world right now.

Well I'm no expert here but Austria actually has a slightly lower unemployment rate at present. Australia's is 4.9% and Austria's is 4.8%.

Edit - Just found this table of countries by unemployment level. A lot of countries haven't been updated in ages so I wouldn't use it as a be all end all but it might give you a rough idea.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_unemployment_rate

Overheal · 09-07-2011 02:50PM

Birdnuts wrote: »

They can't get enough of Irish doctors, nurses and other medical professionals(same with Canada and the UK). Young people here should look to this area instead of dead end arts, business or engineering courses

hey now.

Not to impair my own competitiveness, but engineering is not a dead end. But there are massive labor shortages of skilled engineers in the US, for one.

You might not be able to find your ideal job at home but don't let that stop you from looking overseas. Australia raises a good example: check the foreign labor markets to see what is in demand.

Turkana · 09-07-2011 02:50PM

I have a degree in geology but no experience. What do you think are my chances? Do they accept interns at all? Or some sort of wok placement / training position? Anybody have any experience of this?

Overheal · 09-07-2011 02:52PM

Turkana wrote: »

I have a degree in geology but no experience. What do you think are my chances? Do they accept interns at all? Or some sort of wok placement / training position? Anybody have any experience of this?

See Geology would be the kind of thing you could apply to the fuel industries could you not? Have you explored BP, Shell, Statoil, etc. to see if they have any jobs?

saatana · 09-07-2011 02:55PM

Sollar Why does it need to. They seem to want people who speak english and will integrate well into Australian society.

Most educated Indians speak English (note that the word is capitalised) at least as well as most Australians, and better than many. They also integrate well wherever they go and are highly upwardly mobile. Let's face it, the Aussies still haven't completely shaken off the racist "White Australia" policy that they pursued until fairly recently. It will also be interesting to see what happens down the road if the same thing happens there as happened when the Celtic Tiger developed the mange and unemployment rather than labour shortages became the order of the day. Will we see a lot of unemployed Crocodile Dundee losers moaning about those foreigners taking their jobs?

Australian government begging unemployed Irish to take up jobs in Australia

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