How to Find an Australian Worker

HOW TO FIND AN AUSTRALIAN WORKER

If you want DAR endorsement to get overseas workers under the Pilbara DAMA, you have to show that you have not been able to get suitably qualified and skilled Australian citizens or permanent residents to fill positions.

Businesses MUST show evidence of both LOCAL and NATIONAL advertising efforts.

Local Recruitment Options

You must provide evidence of your local recruitment efforts over the last six (6) months. There are many ways you can do this. You could:

contact a recruitment agency
advertise a vacancy in:
- your business' website/Facebook
- professional and trade publications
- industry associations’ newsletters

National Recruitment Options

You must provide evidence of your national recruitment efforts over the last six (6) months via:

a recruitment agency
advertising on a recruitment website like:
- CareerOne
- Seek
- Indeed

Other Options

Consider employing an apprentice - if you don’t have enough work for an ongoing or full-time apprenticeship position, group training organisations can organise to share an apprentice with another business, go to the Australian Apprenticeships website.

Lodge your details on the migration.wa.gov.au page.

The standard of labour market testing including duration, content and eligible mediums of advertising, are defined by the Department of Home Affairs, for more information on labour market testing requirements go to the Department of Home Affairs website.