The story below is from the ABC but I’ve added my ten cents worth.
Dr Niazai is a 35-year-old Afghan-born Melburnian and an expert in forest ecology and climate change, with a master’s degree and a PhD from Kyoto University in Japan.
He has headed projects for the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation, the US Department of Agriculture and AusAid.
He is fluent in four languages but he can’t get a job. Why? He was told a lot of crap when he applied to come to Australia (see Skilled Worker Visa program) and then he met the racist recruiters.
After seven months of searching for work, Dr Niazai is about to start a three-month internship with the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning.
That’s an internship when he has a PhD and is a major player in his field. You’ve got to be joking?
This is the norm, not an isolated case.
I had a recent resume enquiry from a young Chinese woman in Adelaide, with a Masters degree in International Relations from ANU and experience working as a data specialist for China’s largest finance company.
Now she’s selling jewellery in Rundle Mall.
There’s a distrust of overseas qualifications but anyone with half a brain, knows the top ranking universities from the dodgy degree mills. If you want dodgy, check out the local private education providers.
Some states such as SA tell international degree-holding migrants there are ‘jobs galore’ but Adelaide is quickly turning in to Flint, Michigan and most of the jobs are in hospitality and driving a taxi.
These people are being shafted all along the line.