#employment prospects.

[destinationfortouriststospen]

Australian Government Cancels COVID Visa: Implications for Indian Students and Temporary Employees

According to a report in the media, Australia is planning to do away with the Subclass 408 or COVID work visa in the near future. If this occurs, a sizable number of Indian students and temporary employees may be forced to look for alternative options in order to stay in the country.The Temporary Activity Visa, also known as subclass 408, gives candidates the opportunity to work in Australia if they already have an offer of employment in a critical area or are engaged in that field.

“The government is currently considering its ongoing suitability. This includes consideration of an end date for closing eligibility of the visa (Subclass 408) and a proposed approach to returning to normal operations,” the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) told SBS, 

This new development occurs at the same time as the Australian government is taking steps to implement a new working hour restriction of 48 hours per fortnight for international students, which will take effect on July 1.

The COVID work visa allowed students the ability to work an unlimited number of hours, but those limits will now be reinstated, which will result in a reduction in the student’s income.

On the other hand, foreign students who are employed in the elderly care industry will be excluded from this limit until the end of the year.

“The closure of this visa will affect many, including international students. They will be looking at a different visa to stay in Australia, for which they will pay,” Suman Dua, a migration expert, told SBS, adding that the COVID work visa was free to obtain.

In the beginning, the purpose of the COVID work visa was to help relieve the burden placed on international students already studying in Australia who were unable to leave the country due to border restrictions caused by the COVID virus. Students who had visas that were about to expire were granted permission to remain in the country for an extra year. The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) made the announcement in March 2022 that the COVID work visa would be extended as part of the measures taken by the government to revitalize the Australian economy after it was impacted by the epidemic. The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) has introduced a more lenient policy on visa condition 8107, which refers to employment limits for holders of Subclass 408 visas. This was done to alleviate the ongoing shortage of workers.

“There is a range of permanent or temporary visas that pandemic event visa holders may be eligible to apply for to remain in Australia,” the DHA told SBS.

At this moment, persons are qualified for a Subclass 408 visa if their existing visa (with work privileges) is set to expire in 90 days or less, or if it is set to expire within 28 days of the time the application is submitted. Applicants for a Subclass 408 visa are generally eligible for a visa that allows them to remain in Australia for up to a year. However, holders of a Temporary Graduate (Subclass 485) visa are eligible for a pandemic event visa that allows them to remain for up to two years.

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[anistarrose]

I have this TAZ Balance modern AU in my head that I'll never write, but that's okay, because there's literally only two things that you need to know about it:

Kravitz and Barry both have graduate degrees

Barry and Kravitz are not using their graduate degrees even a little bit in their current career, which is running a really shitty, scam-adjacent ghost-busting business out of a garage together

[corviiids]

why is applying for jobs the most humiliating experience known to humankind i feel like im on my hands and knees begging for employment to fuck me

[maliciouscigarette]

[bioethicists]

irt poverty/homelessness + alcohol use (esp with @butchfeygela‘s tags on my post)- people really underestimate the function that substance use/alcohol use can have for someone who is unhoused. being unhoused is boring, cold, painful, + lonely. substances can allow the 8 hours panhandling to get the $45 you need for a motel to fly by. alcohol reduces your perception of the cold + can knock you out whben you can’t sleep. substances can help you cope with the physical deterioration from malnutrition, constant stress, + sleeping outside. substances can provide social connection with others who you would otherwise not enjoy or help you cope with being alone.

not only that but- many unhoused people are stuck in a seemingly inescapable position. the pathway to financial stability or even housing is difficult or even impossible. in the wake of that hopelessness, the downsides of substance use start to seem insignificant. arrest? you’re getting arrested anyway for sleeping outside, peeing outside, standing in the wrong place, etc. physical danger? you’re already beat the fuck up, anyway, right? loss of relationships? you’ve lost most people already. inability to keep a job? nobody will hire you + you can’t stay employed, anyway, because you have no car + no shower.

perhaps for you or me, the cons of heroin use or binge drinking nightly greatly outweigh the pros. that isn’t the case for everyone. if we are really serious about ending overdose/addiction, we need to start looking at giving people lives worth recovering into instead of shaming them for their own hopelessness.

[shiveringsoldier]

submitted a job application to one employer and submitted my resume to a previous employer

[square-enix]

weighing the pros/cons of listing a job that i intend to quit after ~2 months on my resume because it would allow me to list incredibly difficult senior responsibilities that would elevate my resume from like a solid B to an A but idk how many employers just write you off if you have experience that short in your most recent job. anyway i hate you resumes i hate you indeed i hate you linkedin i hate you soulless HR reps i hate you rejection emails i hate you 5-step interview processes ending in ghosting

[willowren]

Should I become a florist or is that too Lily Bloom ?

[verdiesque]

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[neproxrezi]

reason 846 i hate job interviews: just had a mock interview at a training place and part of the feedback was that i could have dressed smarter for it, by which they meant 'a shirt and trousers' and like. i was wearing womens smart office wear that i have worn to office jobs before so i have to assume they meant 'wear mens office wear', and i just think im gonna have to ask them what they think i should do toward that end because that just does not have an easy answer

[moe-broey]

I've never been a "born in the wrong generation" type of guy because for So Many reasons I would be dead. Full stop like I would have died during childbirth I would have died of appendicitis age 8 and that's not even factoring in my queerness and neurodivergency and ultimately my mental health (carefully maintained thanks to support/modern advances in medicine and treatment). On Top Of That my hobbies include The Video Game and many such things that are of modern invention (adjacently: including The Device I'm typing this out on right now which has become my main avenue of communication to the outside world)

But I'm just saying that. It WOULD be nice. To exist in a world where fluorescent lighting doesn't exist and everything is possibly 99% less overstimulating all of the time forever.

[blondemadona]

Just got shafted by this cunty bus driver who is on my hit list from now on

[nando161mando]

Prospective employer, have not signed anything, this isn't legal right?

[lokh]

wait. i just realised that the supervisor i asked for references in the future might not know what my pronouns are

[considerad]

got 42 tabs open and most of them are uni programmes ooooooh am I gaslighting myself into thinking my Masters wasn't the cause of a literal nervous breakdown that I still haven't recovered frommmm yesssss sir yes ma'am that I certainly am!! And may I profit from my folly and not learning the hard lessons and repeating my mistakes! May I not regret the hell I'm seriously thinking of putting myself through again!!!!!!!!!

[frankboeijen]

three interviews this week one next week ahhhhh crazy!!