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I'm an American about to graduate with a B.S. in Geology. I've "flirted" with living in Australia, have a few friends there, and may visit later this year.
I am also aware of the points system, and according to what I have read, Geologist are one of the high demand skills (its worth 50 points), but not quite as high as say engineering or a skilled trade .
If anyone knows: how is the Geology career in Australia? As a comparison, for a Geology career in the U.S., it is highly recommended to get a Masters degree. Is that also the case in Australia?
Hi, currently the demand for Geo's in Oz is very high and steady through good times and bad.
The demand flattened in 08-09 but barely...If you check
[url=http://www.seek.com.au]SEEK - Australia's no. 1 jobs, employment, career and recruitment site[/url] you may see up to 500 roles advertised.
There are some double-ups but generally there are 300 plus.
This is huge for the population. Because Perth and Australia are
a base for many junior explorers all over the world, (easy to raise
captial on the markets) there perhaps as many Aussie companies based
here as there are companies exploring offshore - also based here. My fiends
in Perth currently live here but work in New Zealand, Papua
new guinea, Indonesia, singapore, malaysia, thaoland, laos, china, burma, all across
the 'Stans', Iran, Iraq, Saudi and more of the middle east
and practically all of africa, Scandanvia.... on and on and on...
There are perhaps 600-800 small explorers based here and working in
perhaps every country in the world... Finding good people is extremely
hard. Since 2005 every graduate from Australia and New Zealand who
wanted a job was employed before graduation. Good scores = straight to Rio or BHP... Hence the
high points score for immigration. In many ways a masters degree is a good idea however there are
almost no people completing then at this stage in Aussie. Perhaps a middle ground could be
a masters in Aussie. Always a good way to get here, learn the lie of the land, get a masters
and go on from there. But not really required. Get onto an HR firm, fill them in on your plans
and the visas and tickets could be in the post.
The long term view is anybodies guess... If china falls over, that masters might help one to stand out
or a good time to go and get one. But if china falls over global life styles will change anyway....
[email]cramsay@straitsasia.com[/email] - All the best. PS - keep the american bit to yourself lol
But one thing: you said "keep the american bit to yourself". Why is that?
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