Many of Australia’s graduates, after studying in Australia, have come to love the lifestyle and culture here. Australia’s environment is stunningly diverse, with majestic mountain ranges, vast deserts, an azure coastline and dense bushland. The air is clean, especially in less densely populated areas, where you can breathe fresh air and enjoy a peaceful setting. On top of that, Australia’s natural landscapes and conditions offer abundant opportunities for students who love the outdoors, such as hiking, camping, surfing and birdwatching.

How International Graduates Can Stay On

With so many upsides, many students,after graduating, come to love the pace and way of life here, which gives rise to the idea of migrating to Australia.

So for Australian graduates, how exactly do you stay on?

The most common migration pathway for international students is Australian skilled migration.

So how exactly do you go down the Australian skilled migration route?

Work Experience Will Matter More and More

Looking back at our new-financial-year migration report, Australia’s future skilled migration will increasingly call for international talent who can contribute more to the Australian economy.In other words, going forward Australia may increasingly favour migrants with strong jobs and high incomes.Australian skilled migration already places great weight on work experience: having a job beats having none, having relevant work is stronger still, and a long stretch of relevant work gives an applicant far more options~

Australian skilled migration will value work experience more and more, so the key is to land a job, land a job, land a job – and after graduating, secure work relevant to your field as soon as possible.

There Are Countless Fields That Lead to Migration

In the past, many Australian graduates assumed that only those in fields such as early childhood education, social work, IT, engineering and accounting could migrate – but that’s not the case.Fields such as business (marketing, advertising, HR), finance, hotel management, graphic designer, private tutor (TESOL), journalist, copywriter, civil drafter, business analyst and lawyer and many more can all lead to migration in Australia – without spending the time and money on a second master’s degree. So how exactly does it work?

First, unlike the traditional migration fields – early childhood education, social work, IT, accounting and so on – these occupations generally can’t go down the Subclass 189 / Skilled Independent visa route (PR in one step).

But they can go down the Australian state-nominated Subclass 190 and Subclass 491 routes:

(Subclass 491 is a five-year visa; meet the income and other requirements in a regional area to transition to PR. Subclass 190 only requires you to live in the nominating state for two years.) Australian state nomination is exactly what it sounds like – each state nominates you for PR.In fact, the data shows that over the past couple of years state nomination has actually become the mainstream pathway.

If you want to go down the state-nomination route, first check whether your occupation is on that state’s list, and whether you can apply for both Subclass 190 and Subclass 491. In addition, many states have graduate streams; if your occupation isn’t on the list of the state where you studied, you can consider moving to a state whose occupation list does include a relevant occupation.

Of course, many of these fields can also go down the employer-sponsored route。

For the state-nomination details of a specific field, get in touch with our assistant!

Meeting the Basic Skilled-Migration Requirements

Once you’ve chosen a state，, and once you meet Australia’s basic skilled-migration requirements (under 45 years of age; an EOI score of 65 points; IELTS 6 across all four bands), you work towards meeting that state’s nomination conditions and then lodge your application (for example, a 3–6 month job offer, or English-language prerequisites)。The first step in lodging a skilled-migration application is obtaining a relevant skills assessment.For the fields mentioned above, the migration difficulty lies in the skills assessment. Unlike fields such as early childhood education, social work and IT – whose assessments require only qualifications and English – these assessments are more demanding.

How do you do a skills assessment?

The assessing authority for these occupations is VETASSESS, and most of these fields fall under VET Group B. Generally, students who completed an undergraduate and a master’s degree in Australia can meet the VET Group B qualification requirement.

【Marketing Specialist skills assessment】

【Private Tutor skills assessment】

【Financial Investment Adviser skills assessment】

【Television Journalist skills assessment】

【TESOL skills assessment】

But beyond the qualification requirement, VET Group B has another requirement: one year of work experience in a relevant field， – and this is exactly what gives graduates the biggest headache!Fresh out of uni, with no PR and no work experience at all – how on earth do you land a well-paid job in your field in Australia?!

Next, let us walk you through

in Australiahow, fresh out of uni

you can find work relevant to your field

Make use of the information channels the government provides

In fact, alongside its new policies, Australia offers international students plenty of employment support. For example, on Study Australia there is a wealth of employment-related information and resources for international students to use. The Australian Government has set up an Employability Hub for international students, offering students a range of employment resources, tools and information to build their employability and job-readiness.

For instance, the Study Australia Industry Experience Program (SAIEP) is an official Australian programme that gives international graduates a 2-week, 25-hour online internship experience, letting them interact with local Australian employers and build work experience – laying the groundwork for future skilled migration. Any international student currently studying in Australia is eligible to apply.

On top of this, Australia’s Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) provides a range of resources designed to connect students and graduates with employment information. The department offers all the information you need on job-readiness and interns. Each of Australia’s eight states and territories has its own student and graduate employability programme. These programmes and resources span a wide range of areas, creating abundant opportunities for students to work while they study.

You can also start with an internship

At the same time, if graduates find it hard to land a full-time role in their field straight away, you can look for relevant internships while still studying – after all, Australia places great value on work experience. Australia also offers university students plenty of internship opportunities. So where can you find them? The following organisations all offer internships to international students:

Australian Internships
Joblinx
Navitas

……

Company graduate-trainee programmes

Beyond the opportunities above, Australian graduates also have graduate-trainee programmes aimed specifically at new graduates – similar to those back home – and they’re at major companies with excellent pay and conditions! Well-known employers such as Canva, BMD and Optiver all offer plenty of opportunities to international students!

Brisbane Banzhang rounds up job-hunting news for you in real time

If you want to be the first to hear about graduate-trainee opportunities at major companies, follow Brisbane Banzhang! We regularly share a huge volume of graduate-trainee recruitment listings across all kinds of occupations – so get your résumé and cover letter ready!

If you also want to plan your migration

On top of that, Banzhang can also help anyone wanting to migrate to Australia find the most time- and effort-saving migration approach. Sign up with Banzhang now and we’ll arrange a senior migration consultant for a one-on-one migration consultation, online or in person.Banzhang’s office is right in Brisbane city – the address is

Students in Brisbane are also welcome to walk in for a consultation (address: Suite 802, level 8/15 Adelaide St, Brisbane city QLD 4000）). From finding a job to skills assessment and state nomination, we’ll book and plan it all end-to-end – so you don’t have to worry about a thing! Newstarsec Brisbane also offers a signing discount to onshore international students! Spots are limited – scan the QR code to reach Banzhang, get a step ahead and sign up to secure a senior migration consultant!When adding Banzhang, please note “International Student Migration Planning”.

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