HR & Admin Job Seekers 🇦🇺

Not Much Aussie Experience? Try This!

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Hey, It's Methsara here from DreamShift :)

Since you are looking for HR & Admin Jobs, we gathered as many resources as possible to help your job search! Here's Something you need to know:

Let's think you are applying for 100 Jobs on LinkedIn & Seek: Unfortunately, around 65% of the jobs you apply will get rejected.

That is the reality of Australian Job Market for Migrants! But don't worry, you still have around 35 jobs you can apply for and land interviews! For these 35 Jobs, you will be competing with other Migrants like you.

If you can do the following things, you can increase your chances of landing Interviews!

01 — Strategy

Passion Projects

Watch this first

*Tip: Try to do a passion project based on your state/city, because recruiters can relate to it more easily.

Here's a simple guide on how to do a Passion Project and land more interviews:

Step 01

Go to ChatGPT (or any AI tools you use), upload your CV, and clearly mention your job preferences, like the job titles you're targeting, the location, and the industry.

Step 02

Once you've shared those details, use this prompt:

"Suggest me passion project ideas I can do to build my portfolio targeting HR, Recruitment, People & Culture, Office Administration or Administration jobs in [city/state], Australia. The projects should show I understand Australian workplace practices, HR processes, administration systems and local employment context."

Step 03

Go through the ideas, brainstorm, pick the best one, tweak it based on your preferences, and start working on it.

Step 04

As soon as you start, add it as an ongoing project. You don't have to wait until it's fully completed. Ongoing projects actually work better than listing them as finished ones.

02 — Strategy

Networking Events

A Huge Mistake migrants make is staying in their own circles after coming to Australia. Don't be that guy!

Go to HR, recruitment, people & culture and workplace events in your target city. These are useful places to meet HR professionals, recruiters, people leaders, office managers and hiring managers already working in the Australian market.

Here are 2 useful places to keep checking for HR & People networking events in Australia.

01 Human Resources Director — HR Events

02 Australian HR Institute — Events & Networking

Tip: Don't only look for career fairs. HR conferences, people & culture events, employment-law sessions, recruitment events and professional-development meetups can be much better places to build real industry connections.

03 — Strategy

Online Courses & Certifications

For HR & Admin roles, focus on courses that strengthen practical skills in recruitment, onboarding, employee relations, performance management, workforce planning, office administration, business operations and workplace communication.

A good combination is an Australian course source plus a recognised global platform such as Coursera.

TAFE Courses — HR & Business Administration

TAFE Courses lets you compare Australian vocational qualifications from TAFEs, universities and registered training organisations. Start with the area closest to your target role.

Human Resources Courses Certificate IV in Human Resource Management Options Business Administration Courses

Coursera — Human Resources

Coursera has HR-focused programs covering recruitment, people management, performance, employee relations and workforce planning.

Human Resource Management: HR for People Managers — University of Minnesota HRCI Human Resources Professional Certificate Preparing to Manage Human Resources — University of Minnesota

Learning Cloud — Business & Management

Learning Cloud is an Australian online education provider with Business & Management courses that can be useful for candidates targeting administration, office support and broader business operations roles.

Browse Business & Management Courses

How to choose: If you are targeting HR Assistant, HR Coordinator or Recruitment roles, start with Human Resources. If you are targeting Office Administrator, Administration Assistant or Office Coordinator roles, start with Business Administration. Then add a Coursera HR course if you want stronger people-management and recruitment knowledge.

04 — Strategy

Volunteering

Yes, Volunteering! Australian volunteering can help you build local experience, show community involvement and give recruiters something current to ask you about.

For HR & Admin candidates, look for opportunities involving administration, volunteer coordination, recruitment support, reception, scheduling, records, events, customer service or general office support.

Start with SEEK Volunteer

01 SEEK Volunteer

Search terms such as administration, office support, HR, recruitment, volunteer coordinator, reception and customer service to find opportunities that are closer to your target roles.

Before You Go

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After helping 200+ Aussie Migrants to land job interviews we have created this strategy!