A new project in Australia aims to bridge the skills gap by offering jobs to qualified refugees who face challenges finding suitable employment.
Australia has a serious skills shortage yet many qualified refugees still struggle to find appropriate jobs. A new project aims to change that, by offering positions to those facing barriers, such as limited local experience.Even so, he has struggled to find a relevant job here. He gratefully took roles as a cleaner, dish hand and factory worker, holding down three casual jobs at a time.“Working in the factory, that was completely new to me.
And I mean psychologically, I was devastated because I was thinking that I was in the classroom as a teacher, and now I work in the factory from 3:00 PM to 3:00 AM. I was actually crying. I was crying and thinking, it is like a paradise lost for me.” Jerry fled Bangladesh with his wife Loretta and daughter Gloria in 2019, gaining a protection visa with work rights in Australia the same year. He had previously worked in tertiary education and has a Masters in Business Administration and a Masters in English Language Teaching. 'I was a lecturer in the university. It's one of the top universities of Bangladesh. It's called BRAC University. It's one of the private universities, but top. So being a lecturer, my main job was to teach linguistics.' Change came through a job placement program with Australia Post who worked with social enterprise Community Corporate to recruit, train and support refugees. Community Corporate CEO and Founder Carmen Garcia says refugees are be a valuable asset to employers. 'They have a great attitude. They've proven to be highly loyal and reliable, and they're ambitious. They're ready to start at an entry level job, but it's not going to stop there.''Actually means a lot because this is my bread and butter. // So definitely when I step into this place, I feel that no, I'm a part of this big family because in my place, of course, I'm with my daughter and with my wife, but here I'm with a large community. So I don't feel that I'm somebody from other country or I'm somebody from other backgroun
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