Western Australia (WA) has a number of resource projects requiring workers in skills shortage areas. Australian firms will have to hire overseas talent to deal with these labour shortages.
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A new report by English language and settlement services provider AMESfinds that employers are missing out on a valuable segment of theAustralian workforce: skilled migrants.The report, Words to Work, follows a recent announcement thatWestern Australia has declared the city of Perth as a regionalemployment zone, allowing it to nominate skilled migrants for jobsthat do not normally qualify under Australia's skilled immigrationschemes.The study finds that skilled migrants represent an underused segmentof the labour pool, but are a motivated and committed workforce.
According to new statistics, India has become the largest skilled migrant source Country for New Zealand.
The 2010-11 financial year saw a 12 percent increase in successful applicants from India under the countries points-based Skilled Migrant Category immigration scheme.
According to the Migration Trends Statistics report, the increase in Indian immigration was due to Indian students in New Zealand applying for permanent residence.
If you wish to immigrate to Australia, you may be eligible to apply for immigration under a Regional Sponsored Migration scheme specific to Perth, Western Australia.
Australian immigration minister Chris Bowen has announced that Perth, Western Australia will have a sponsored migration scheme which will make it easier for employers to hire overseas workers.
Bowen said that Perth will come under the government's Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme, a move sure to please Australian employer's desperate to hire overseas workers.
Australia is processing the highest number of temporary 457 visa applications since 2008, as business demand for overseas workers continues to increase.
The Australian economy took a dip like most Countries after the global financial crisis; However, Australia was not as badly affected as many other Countries and it's economy is recovering more rapidly than in other Countries due to heavy demand in the mining industry and related industries.