In Australia, if you are in a "normal semester", you can work no more than 40 hours every two weeks, while during the "non-school period" (that is, holidays), you can work indefinitely. However, there are exceptions. For example, if the work stipulated in the school curriculum is internship, it will not count as forty hours. Or if you are a volunteer, you must apply for a work permit even if you are not paid, and this is within 40 hours.

job skills

In fact, there are many channels to find a job. Here I list several main channels, but the key is that you should be good at digging. Looking for a job is generally to read the job advertisements in newspapers and websites, which is more comprehensive. Generally speaking, students studying in seek.com.au and careerone.com.au like to find jobs on these two websites. In my experience, it is easier to find a job in some local newspapers in Australia, because such newspapers usually have a small circulation and the competition will be much less.

Secondly, when they first arrived in Australia, many foreign students chose to find jobs through intermediaries because they were unfamiliar with each other and had limited information. The advantage is that you can control the time and place of work by yourself, and you can guarantee to find a job. The disadvantage is that there is an agency fee.

There are also many foreign students whose jobs are introduced by friends or acquaintances. Because some small and medium-sized business owners in Australia need more help when their business is booming, they often recommend their friends to work through existing employees. So this is also a relatively common recruitment method.

Work income

In Australia, most college students are laborers, and their monthly salary is between 1000 and 2,000 Australian dollars. I often choose three jobs: a orderer in KFC or McDonald's, a delivery man in a pizza shop (preferably with my own car), and a sushi shop selling sushi. These three jobs are relatively easy to find and do. Moreover, the salary is not low, generally reaching 1200 Australian dollars to 1800 Australian dollars per month. In addition, because Australian law stipulates that leftovers sold on the same day are not allowed to be sold the next day, you can take some chicken legs, pizza or sushi home in most cases. In addition to these jobs, international students can also choose to work as salespeople in supermarkets or as low-skilled workers in factories. Although these jobs are relatively hard, the pay increases accordingly, about five to two thousand Australian dollars a month. The living expenses of overseas students in Australia are about 6000 to 10000 Australian dollars a year, so as long as they are diligent students, the living expenses can be completely solved by working.

To work in Australia, you must first apply for your own tax number, get paid through normal behavior, and try not to find some low-paying jobs that directly take cash. These tasks are not only laborious, but also not helpful for future work. Working experience is very helpful for you to stay in Australia to find a job after graduation, so I suggest that students who plan to immigrate to Australia after graduation can try to find some jobs in their spare time to increase their experience, instead of just staying indoors and "studying hard".