Over the past few days, I’ve seen a few job advertisements coming up through the MBS career services, local newspapers/magazines, and the internet. I’ve observed from those that most companies in Australia want you to have a permanent residency when you apply for their advertised job. I find it surprising that a company which turns up at Melbourne Business School for hiring has this type of a policy. Here is why.
Melbourne Business School happens to be the premier business school in Australia, and amongst the best in the world. One of the defining features of the MBA here is the diversity of the class. In my batch, nearly 70% students were non-australian residents, and I am certain that’s also the case with many other batches though the exact number might be slightly different. Now given that seven of ten potential candidates for the advertised job do not reside in Australia, a company which makes permanent residency compulsory is being a bit unfair to these students as well as itself, to say the least. For one, you are denying a deserving student a chance to work with you. Second, you are only choosing from a reduced pool of candidates thereby leaving out a lot of talent.
My discussions with the career services have helped me understand the motivations of such firms. It is understood that these companies are looking for people that are likely to stay in Australia long enough, and that the companies do not want any hassles regarding the student’s working permits etc. This allows the companies to focus on their core competancy rather than spend lots of time and resources on visa processing etc.
However, I feel that this should not stop companies from hiring students who have already applied for a permanent residency. Sure, for a minority of students, the PR application does not garuntee a PR approval, but students at MBS are well qualified, experienced, and have a stable financial and character record. Therefore, I feel that the chances of an applicant from MBS being rejected a visa are fairly low. In fact, the Australian government allows ‘eligible’ students from MBS to obtain the 18-month temporary work permit after they graduate. This being true, I find it massively dissapointing that companies still have the rule that they do about the PR.
Be that as it may, I plan to take this issue up with individual companies and I hope something positive comes out of my raising this issue. Look out for more on this front soon…
Melbourne Business School happens to be the premier business school in Australia, and amongst the best in the world. One of the defining features of the MBA here is the diversity of the class. In my batch, nearly 70% students were non-australian residents, and I am certain that’s also the case with many other batches though the exact number might be slightly different. Now given that seven of ten potential candidates for the advertised job do not reside in Australia, a company which makes permanent residency compulsory is being a bit unfair to these students as well as itself, to say the least. For one, you are denying a deserving student a chance to work with you. Second, you are only choosing from a reduced pool of candidates thereby leaving out a lot of talent.
My discussions with the career services have helped me understand the motivations of such firms. It is understood that these companies are looking for people that are likely to stay in Australia long enough, and that the companies do not want any hassles regarding the student’s working permits etc. This allows the companies to focus on their core competancy rather than spend lots of time and resources on visa processing etc.
However, I feel that this should not stop companies from hiring students who have already applied for a permanent residency. Sure, for a minority of students, the PR application does not garuntee a PR approval, but students at MBS are well qualified, experienced, and have a stable financial and character record. Therefore, I feel that the chances of an applicant from MBS being rejected a visa are fairly low. In fact, the Australian government allows ‘eligible’ students from MBS to obtain the 18-month temporary work permit after they graduate. This being true, I find it massively dissapointing that companies still have the rule that they do about the PR.
Be that as it may, I plan to take this issue up with individual companies and I hope something positive comes out of my raising this issue. Look out for more on this front soon…
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