Australia is planning its biggest global recruitment drive since the “£10 pom” campaign of the 1950s by trying to lure 20,000 skilled workers to the country with promises of shorter hours, a better climate and a lower cost of living.
The government says there are shortages in many areas - from doctors to carpenters - and that recruiting from abroad is the only way of shoring up key industries.
The chronic problems have, in part, been caused by an ageing population and the fact that almost one million skilled workers have left the country to work overseas.
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Australia is planning its biggest global recruitment drive since the "£10 pom" campaign of the 1950s by trying to lure 20 000 skilled workers to the country with promises of shorter hours, a better climate and a lower cost of living.
The government says there are shortages in many areas -- from doctors to carpenters -- and that recruiting from abroad is the only way of shoring up key industries.
The chronic problems have, in part, been caused by an ageing population and the fact that almost one million skilled workers have left the country to work overseas.
Europe is regarded as an
South Australia today called for strengthening trade ties with India and welcomed skilled professionals from the country to support its booming economy.
The South Australian region, where 20 billion US dollars worth projects were underway, offered unprecedented employment opportunities for skilled professionals from India, Paul Holloway, Minister for Industry and Trade, Government of South Australia, told a meeting here, organised by the South Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI).
Holloway said both the states (South Australia and Tamil Nadu) had similar business interests and this could be used to work out areas of mutual benefit.
He said employment opportunities existed
Viet Nam sent 6,322 workers to work under contracts abroad in August, bringing the total number of Vietnamese guestworkers going abroad so far this year to 43,741, said Nguyen Thanh Hoa, Head of the Overseas Labour Management Department, on Sept. 5.
Hoa further said that the Ministry of Labour, War Invalid and Social Affairs is developing a plan to send more workers to the Middle East, Europe and North America, especially the Middle East, while continuing with traditional labour export markets such as Japan, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan, and Malaysia.
Malaysia is a stable market for Vietnamese
Australia, Sudan need workers
AUSTRALIA and Sudan are looking for Filipino professionals and other workers, officials said at a job fair being held in Manila, sponsored by the Department of Labor and Employment.
A list more than 400 classifications of workers that Australia needs includes health professionals and refrigeration and air-conditioning workers, Neil Dunkin, vice president of MAB International Services Inc., told INQ7.net
Regarding compensation, he said a registered nurse could get 750 Australian dollars a week.
Dunkin, an Australian, said Australia's requirements -- whether for jobs or for residence -- were among the strictest in the world. Job processing
Indian IT professionals hoping to emigrate to the US are likely to get another golden opportunity to do so as the US Senate is seriously debating the addition of 60,000 H-1B visas to the annual quota of 65,000, which has already been snapped up in record time.
The draft legislation now before the US Senate Judiciary Committee would raise the number of visas allowed for skilled foreign workers if it is adopted, Computerworld, an American publication, reported.
The annual cap of 65,000 visas introduced some months ago was lapped up mainly by Indian IT professionals within days of its
