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Not Much Aussie Experience? Try This!

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Since you are looking for Sales & Marketing 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 Sales, Marketing, Digital Marketing, Business Development or Account Management jobs in [city/state], Australia. The projects should show I understand the Australian market, local customer behaviour, campaign strategy, sales processes and industry tools."

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 marketing, digital, advertising, sales and business-development events in your target city. These are useful places to meet marketers, agency professionals, sales leaders, account managers, business-development professionals and hiring managers already working in Australia.

Here are 2 useful places to keep checking for Sales & Marketing events in Australia.

01 Australian Marketing Institute

02 Conference Alerts — Marketing Conferences in Australia

Tip: Don't only look for career fairs. Marketing conferences, brand events, digital-marketing meetups, agency events, sales workshops and business networking sessions can be much better places to make useful professional connections.

03 — Strategy

Online Courses & Certifications

For Sales & Marketing roles, focus on skills employers can actually use: campaign planning, digital marketing, social media, customer acquisition, analytics, lead generation, prospecting, consultative selling and sales strategy.

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

TAFE Courses — Marketing & Digital Marketing

TAFE Courses lets you compare Australian marketing qualifications and online programs from different education providers.

Marketing Courses Digital Marketing Courses Certificate IV Marketing Options Diploma Marketing Options

Coursera — Marketing

If you are targeting Marketing, Digital Marketing, Brand, Content or Campaign roles, build skills around digital channels, audience strategy, campaign execution and measurement.

Digital Marketing Specialization — University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Digital Marketing: Audience, Campaigns & Metrics

Coursera — Sales & Business Development

If you are targeting Sales Representative, Account Executive, Business Development or Account Management roles, focus on prospecting, qualification, consultative selling, objection handling and sales strategy.

Sales Training for High Performing Teams — HubSpot Academy Selling & Sales Management

How to choose: If you are targeting Marketing, Brand, Social Media or Digital roles, start with Marketing or Digital Marketing. If you are targeting Sales, Account Executive or Business Development roles, start with the sales-focused Coursera programs.

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 Sales & Marketing candidates, look for volunteer work involving social media, communications, fundraising, events, sponsorships, community engagement, content creation, customer outreach or business development.

Start with SEEK Volunteer

01 SEEK Volunteer

Search terms such as marketing, social media, communications, fundraising, events, sponsorship, sales and community engagement to find opportunities 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!