How to find a job in Australia & write an Australian Resume?
Three Detailed Steps - Tested, and Succeeded (Read them in focus)
Step 1 - Before arriving inAustralia by 4 weeks or even if you already arrived.
- Build your Australian resume in a well effective format (sample is attached - OALIResumeBA.docx), and take care of the following (3 pages max, quantify you achievements and experience, most focus on last role, combine roles in same company to last one – the longest you stayed the better stability you have , mention that you are PR visa, happy to reallocate, immediate availability, and don’t put any address, only file doc / docx, use www.grammarly.com always in any emails, resume, etc to autocorrect you phrases in British slang plssssssss).
- If you will target more than one role do the following ( retrieve a keywords list from seek job description for each role, have a copy of resume for each, scatter related keywords in the resume in a reasonable manner (see sample attached - keywords list.xlsx), test the intensity of keyword in the resume by www.wordcounter.net)
- Try to stick to the attached sample in section’s order, format, font, etc.
- While collecting the keywords from seek.com.au create a list of all recruiters details, company details that is in your field of interest , this is very important step to save time and you will use it later (get companies details by www.whitepages.com.au and recruiters details from LinkedIN).
- Create a big list of all companies, recruiters work in your field of interest (see attached sample - Australian Companies of Interest .xls).
- Create a list of all friends, indirect friends contacts all over Australia not only your targeting city.
- Until now please don’t send your resume to recruiter or company except if you have friends, consultant to verify and validate the efficiency of your resume – you can have a paid service by Terry - www.obpaustralia.com.au.
- Build your LinkedIn profile CAREFULLY, as it’s the first introductory way to anyone overseas. Most important thing in LinkedIn (Photo, Bio, Summary - keywords, Skills Endorsement, Recommendations, Groups, Connections) .
- Now in your Linked in profile, first of all disable the option that notifies your networks of any updates until you completely build your profile.
- Bio is used in search engine, so use a role, keywords, certificate names, mention “Open for new opportunities” or whatever.
- Mention that location as Australia (not specific city) to target all job locations. Put your email, Ausse mobile number, website in contact information.
- Please try to rename your linked URL profile to something related to your name to be easy searched such as https://www.linkedin.com/in/omarali123. Attach your resume file in the summary section.
- Put your QUANTIFIED achievements and responsibilities – contained keywords in the Experience section. Attach all related certificates, recommendations, team photos, courses, honors, awards,etc for each job. DON’T mention the company location if it was not in Australia –if possible.
- Now, get as much recommendation as you can from high level managers, seniors, customers, colleagues. By sending them a email mentioning the following: "I need you to add a recommendation to my LinkedIn profile, as am leaving for good. You can use below template to recommend me. My profile's url is https://www.linkedin.com/in/omarali123. “Omar is highly knowledgeable in his field of ERP and Business application management, at the same time, is capable of quickly understanding new systems implementation and processes. He is a delight to work with and has a professional consistent way of communicating business needs. As a vendor I highly recommend him to any professional organization”.
- Work with your peers on linkedIn to endorse you for the required skills as it matters a lot. Offer endorsing them and they definitely will revert the same back to you.
- Add any volunteering experience to your LinkedIn profile, it matters a lot here in Australia.
- All your social media profiles must share same photo, name, bio, contact details, its more professionally, to be reached easily by anyone, and easy to maintain in future.
Last advice: If you believe in Allah, Before building communication with everyone to get a job, build the most effective one with Allah, simply by Asteghfaar, Salat el 7aga and Doaa (Seham el Layl).
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