Hairdressing

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God i am at the end of my tether! Is there anybody out there from warrnambool or surrounding areas. I am half way throught my NVQ level 2 hairdressing and am looking to move to this part of the country.
I am looking for sponsorship, but will only have a few months experience, as i will finnish this course in july.
Can someone please please tell me what the chances are of me getting sponsorship on this small amount of experience and also in this area.
PLEASE CAN ANYBODY OUT THERE ANSWER MY QUESTIONS.
Please help me, melanie
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[donovan]

Hiya Melanie

Sorry can not help with your question, but wish you luck


Sarah x

[Gollywobbler]

Hi Melanie

Why must it be Warrnambool? There are only 26 hairdressing salons of any size in the place to judge from the local business directory, which is here:

http://www.business.warrnambool.vic....gory=%3D%2C%2C

The thing with sponsored visas, especially when one does not have a lot of experience in the relevant field, is that one generally ends up going to any place in Oz where there is a willing Sponsor. When you have PR in Oz (or after 2 years with PR if it is an RSMS visa) then you are free to move to wherever you like but for the moment I'd say that your shopping list is probably not realistic.

Have you contacted all 26 of the salons listed? If so, what have they said?

Also, Alan Collett - the boss of Go Matilda - lives in Geelong and the firm has an office there. He has recently started a sister company called Find a Job in Oz

Have you asked Alan whether the sister company would be able to put feelers out on your behalf?

Also, since there are obviously many, many more salons in Melbourne and the immediate area round there - some of which may be large and therefore might be willing to consider a recently-qualified and inexperienced hardresser - would you be prepared to live and work closer to Melbourne at least for 2-4 years?

I have a theory that it is easier to obtain sponsorship if a Registered Migration Agent makes the initial approach to the potential employer/sponsor. The reason is because most employers in Oz know nothing whatsoever about the immigration process and therefore shy away from the unknown.

You don't know anything about the employer's end of sponsoring someone for a visa and neither do I. Where someone like Alan can help is that he can reassure the potential employer that he does know how to do the employer's end of it as well as that of the wannabe migrant, so he could reassure a potential employer in a way that you can't.

However, are you prepared to pay a reasonable professional fee for such assistance - and bear in mind that you would almost certainly have to pay for the professional assistance provided to the employer as well as for those services provided to yourself?

And are you willing to be more flexible than you seem to be at present about where you are prepared to go to if an employer can be found? The drive from Warrnambool to Melbourne CBD is about 3.5 hours according to Google Maps and it looks like motorway all the way, so I doubt that it is a difficult journey. Therefore if you ahve family in Warrnambool, it is not as if you would not be able to see them reasonably often.

Best wishes

Gill

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Many thanks for the usefull information, no not been in touch with any of the hairdressers in warrnambool, but thank you for letting me know how many there are.
Yes we have family there and would really like to be close to them, but if its not possible then maybe we will need to look further afield.
many many thanks, melanie
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[Gollywobbler]

Hi Melanie

It is generally accepted that one of the best ways of obtaining sponsorship is via rellies or friends in the place where one wishes to settle. Friends of friends, networking, putting in a good word etc.

Also, most native-born Australians who have never had to undergo anything more formal than applying for their Australian passports, tend to be horrified and very sympathetic when they discover just how complicated nd expensive the visa-game is. Try to explain that in a setting where one wants help from the person concerned and s/he tends to become scared of getting involved because it is the unknown.

Whereas a few well-aimed words - uttered whilst tossing another prawn on the barbie equally nonchalantly and semingly apropos of nothing - can get the Ausie target on the edge of their seats, appalled that the system makes it so hard for Mrs Bloggs to assist her beloved niece to migrate or whatever it happens to be and determined to help show "the system" which way is "up"......

How closely are you related to your family in Warrnambool, how well do you know them, and do you think they would be likely to help?

Cheers

Gill

[Alan Collett]

You may want to telephone our office in Geelong next week, and have a chat with my colleague Stephen Dickson - Stephen is on holiday in Warrnambool this week: T +61 3 5222 6288.

There are also several hairdressing salons here in Geelong who might be interested in seeking your CV. I reckon on about a 2 hour drive to Warrnambool from Geelong.

Note that Monday is the Australia Day public holiday here, so maybe call after 10pm on Tuesday night UK time, which is 9am Weds here. That will give Stephen a day to get his feet back under his desk.

Best regards.