IT Job Seekers 🇦🇺

Not Much Aussie Experience? Try This!

If you have 485, 189, 190, 500, 491, 191, 482, 186 Visa

Hey, It's Methsara here from DreamShift :)

Since you are looking for IT 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

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*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 online passion project ideas I can do to build my portfolio as a [your role] targeting jobs in [your city/state], Australia. The projects should show I understand Australian standards, local conditions and industry practices."

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 as many IT networking events as possible, talk to more aussies in the IT Industry, because referrals can help you to land jobs much faster (Referrals can almost guarantee you interviews if your CV is good)

Here are 2 main websites you can check to find IT Networking Oppurtunities

Meetup.com

Luma Events

Other Platforms you can check

01 IT Events Australia

02 ACS

03 Eventbrite Australia

03 — Strategy

Online Courses & Certifications

You have 3 Options

Do Courses directly from Aussie Univeristies/Institutes - Expensive though :(

Do Courses from online course sites like LinkedIn Learning, Alison - No courses from Australian universities though :(

Best Option - Coursera

Courses from Aussie Universities
For 25 USD monthly subscription you can do 10,000+ courses

Why Coursera

If you are into BA/Data Analyst Roles:

Business intelligence and data analytics: Generate insights Excel Skills for Data Analytics and Visualization Specialization Excel Fundamentals for Data Analysis Excel Power Tools for Data Analysis

If you are into CyberSecurity Roles:

Cyber Security: Essentials Cyber Security: Essentials for Workplace Cyber Security: Digital Forensics Cyber Security: Applied Cryptography

AI / Machine Learning & AI Security

Cyber Security: Application of AI AI for Cyber Security Cyber Security: Security of AI Cyber Security: Essentials for AI Specialization

View all Macquarie courses

04 — Strategy

Volunteering

Yes, Volunteering! Aussie recruiters say they love migrants who have done volunteering because it shows that you are actively contributing to Australian communities.

We recently had multiple clients like you, who got IT volunteer roles related to SE, QA & BA, Also the best part is that recruiters will think that you are a nice person 😉

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There are 2 Main Volunteer Sites:

1 Seek Volunteer

2 GoVolunteer

Both of the sites have volunteering opportunities from one time ones to long term projects. But you can also find opportunities relevant to IT here :)

Now click here and don't forget to select "IT & Web Development" under "Type of work"

Before You Go

Apply for 50 Jobs in just 10h!
Want to know how?

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