Is working holiday Australia right for me?

Question

I'm 26 and have been living in Japan as a teacher for the last 4 years since graduating (engineering) uny and I'm considering going to Australia on working holiday visa. I know the purpose of the visa is to work and travel and that the standard jobs with this visa are bar, tourism, agriculture etc,

But I feel doing this kind of work would hurt my future job prospects and am more interested doing something a bit more career oriented like engineering or office work and maybe even get sponsorship to stay longer. Is this realistic and/or do a lot of people do this?

Thanks so much for any help

Answer 1

Only you can really decide what you want to do - but if you check out the website www.immi.gov.au this will give you all of the visa options and although complex at times, if you persevere everything you need to know is there!

Answer 2

I doubt if it will really hurt your career,  Most employers should understand the terms of the working holiday visa, and realise that most people use it just to get a feel of Australia.

Answer 3

Teaching possibilites

https://www.det.nsw.edu.au/employment/te...

Engineering maybe depend on experience as well as qualifications.

Check with employment agencies, they maybe able to help.

use search engine

www.seek.com.au

Answer 4

On a working holiday vias you can do any type of work at all as long as you don't work for any more than 6 months for any given employer.

If you can get a job for 6 months or less in engineering or office work, go for it. In any case, I don't  think  that anything you do on a WH visa will count against you for future employment prospects, but I guess there's a chance that you may find an employer who will sponsor you for a longer stay if that's what you want to do. Quite a few people go for temporary office work instead of the more menial jobs and I don't think you'll have too much difficulty finding work. Not so sure about engineering. Japanese teaching is another option but I think you would need formal teaching qualifications in a public school - private schools may be less strict about that.