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Migration information for ICT workers

Victoria has one of the largest information and communications technology (ICT) industries in Australia. Victoria’s ICT industry includes telecommunications services; computer software; analysis and business services; wholesaling; manufacturing; internet publishing, consulting and provision; and computer hardware and maintenance.

Services and information for ICT workers

The Victorian Government provides information and services for ICT professionals seeking to live, work and do business in Victoria:

Working in Victoria; ICT Opportunities guide
industry and employment seminars for newly arrived ICT professionals
visa sponsorship for selected ICT specialists
information about migrating to, living and working in Victoria
overseas recruitment events
comprehensive industry information about Victoria’s ICT industry
detailed information about a number of ICT occupations including earning potential, how to find a job, licensing and registration requirements, areas of employment and industry contacts.

ICT occupations in demand

Victoria is experiencing demand for Computing Professionals with specialisations in:

CISSP, C++/C#/C, Data warehousing, Java, J2EE, Linux , .Net technologies, Network security/firewall/internet security, Oracle, People Soft, SAP, SIEBEL, Solaris, Unix.

For more information on ICT specialisations that are eligible for visa sponsorship from the Victorian Government visit the Skills in Demand page.

For more details on other occupations and specialisations that are eligible for immigration in the Computer Professionals occupation category, visit the DIAC website.

Finding a job in Victoria

Specialty jobseeker sites for ICT workers:

www.calibrate.com.au	www.clarius.com.au
www.candlerecruit.com	www.paxus.com.au
www.pic.com.au	www.randstad.com.au
www.seek.com.au/it-jobs/	www.diversiti.com.au
www.it2.com.au	www.iconrec.com.au
www.jobsDB.com.au	www.jobserve.com.au
www.macrorecruitment.com.au	www.peoplebank.com.au

Quicklinks

More useful resources

Australian Computer Society (www.acs.org.au)
The Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers, Australia (www.apesma.asn.au)
Australian Information Industry Association (www.aiia.com.au)
Australian Industry Group (www.aigroup.asn.au)
VicIT database (www.mmv.vic.gov.au/VicIT)
Multimedia Victoria (www.mmv.vic.gov.au)
Information Technology Contract and Recruitment Association (www.itcra.com)
Australian Computer Society IT Careers Portal (www.acs.org.au)
Skills information snapshot (www.mmv.vic.gov.au/ICTskillssnapshot)
The Australian Newspaper IT Section (www.australianit.news.com.au/)
The Age Newspaper technology supplement (www.theage.com.au/technology)
cNet (www.cnet.com.au)
ZDnet (www.zdnet.com.au)
ICT Jobs News/blogs (www.zdnet.com.au)
Developers news from CBS Interactive (www.builderau.com.au)
ICT Jobs news/blogs (www.builderau.com.au/tag/ict-jobs.htm)
Information Age (www.infoage.idg.com.au)
IT news (www.itnews.com.au)