End of 457 Visa program may be bad news for Australia’s STEM field

Centre for Work Organisation and Wellbeing
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While the Turnbull government’s recent announcement that they are axing the 457 Visa program has federal officials calling it a victory for Australian workers, Associate Professor Mohan Thite of the Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing believes the decision is short-sighted. “Cracking a whip to make sure businesses only hire locals is more of a […]

The skilled migrant jobseeking experience: From civil engineer to child-care worker

Sue Ressia
Centre for Work Organisation and Wellbeing
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Centre for Work, Organisation and WellbeingResearch Fellow, Dr Susan Ressia, provided insight into the Southeast Queensland jobseeking experiences of 17 female and five male skilled migrants during a 20 October, 2015 seminar. The main focus of Dr Ressia’sresearch was on migrants and their spouses who had arrived in Australia as independent skilled visa holders. The […]

457 visas: are they really addressing skills shortages?

Centre for Work Organisation and Wellbeing
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The preliminary analysis of a May-June 2012 survey, and subsequent report, commissioned by the Australian Department of Immigration around why employers use the Temporary Work (skilled) visa (subclass 457) scheme, and the impact of doing so, was the subject of a 15 October WOW seminar delivered by Research Fellow, Dr Chris F. Wright (University of […]