The job hunt is a struggle, which means that a lot of South Africans have started looking abroad.

The most popular spot to become an expat is still Australia, with 5 397 South Africans emigrating in 2018 alone.

Why? No idea. Their politicians are not very good at Photoshop, it used to be home to the world’s most ripped kangaroo (who has sadly passed on), they haven’t been very nice to Pamela Anderson, and the government seems to have a bit of a racism problem.

If you can get past all of that, then, I suppose you should go for it.

According to BusinessTech, however, it’s not that easy to get into Oz anymore.

Australia has undergone a number of visa reforms over the last year in a bid to curb high immigration levels.

This includes reducing the number of jobs which would be eligible for a temporary visa by over 200 occupations and a possible ban on immigrants moving to Sydney and Melbourne.

That said, there are still ways to hop the pond. Data suggests that skill stream visas are by far the most popular way for South Africans to move to the country, with a total of 4 419 South African applicants on this visa type last year.

Comparatively, there were only 672 applicants for the family stream visa, and 288 on ‘non-programme migration’.

When it comes to jobs that will land you a ‘skill visa’, there are certain areas that need more employees than others:

Sable International said that while cities like Sydney, Melbourne and Perth continue to become more developed, rural areas in regional Australia are slowly but surely becoming more urban. In both the big cities and regional territories, the key skills of trade workers are needed to keep this development going strong.

“The current supply of trade workers is simply not satisfying the demand in Oz, which is why occupations like bricklayers, building inspectors, plumbers and electricians continue to feature on Australia’s list of eligible skilled occupations.”

Other trade jobs such as bricklayers and building inspectors are also in demand and consistently feature on Australia’s list of eligible skilled occupations.

Here are 60 jobs in Australia that are currently in high demand:

If you fit the bill and want to make the move, why not?

You’ve been talking about it for long enough…

[source:businesstech]