OT: Skilled migration

[Robert Brockway]

On Thu, 3 Mar 2005, Stewart C. Russell wrote:

> I wonder if Australia suffers from the same 'no local experience' bias 

As someone who lived the first 30 years of his life in Australia and sat 
on many interview panels I would have to say no.  When I first came to 
Canada I encountered this problem and was quite stunned.

> against immigrant workers that Canada does? The professional body in 
> Ontario, equivalent to the one I was a member of in the UK, takes great 
> delight in having *no* reciprocal agreement with foreign equivalents.

Some professions may have stipulations about foreign qualifications as is 
the case in Canada.  I know an Iraqi doctor in Aus who cannot practice 
until we gets more qualifications.  These sorts of limitations openly 
admitted of course.

> There are a heck of a lot of skilled immigrants delivering pizzas and 
> working as night security guards in Toronto. I'm sure the same can be 
> said for any big Australian city.

I bet.  I have encountered it more here but then Canada has a much bigger 
immigration programme too.

> [ and anyway, could you live somewhere where a meat pie dropped in a bowl of
> pea soup is seem as a cultural icon?
> <http://www.sa.nationaltrust.org.au/heritage_icons_2003.htm#Pie> ;-) ]

Hey - I resemble that remark! :)

Don't knock a pie and peas until you have tried it :)

Rob

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