Life in Australia is not as easy as it seems for international students. Its a tough task for the students to manage their study, work, and personal life. Especially, when you are from a country like Nepal, Pakistan, India, and other developing countries because students from those countries work hard to earn money for their study and living. The college and university fee is already very high for international students. To add in that, the work limitation for students is only 20 hrs per week. So here are the top 10 jobs students are doing in Australia to earn money.
- Cleaning
- Kitchen Hand and Cook
- Salesperson/Assistant
- Process worker
- Food runner/ waiter, waitress
- Bartender/Barperson
- Age care/ Disability support worker
- Housekeeping
- Construction worker
- Customer service
Cleaning -common job among students
Lots of students are doing the cleaning job in Australia as it is one of the essential industries here and cleaning jobs are quite easy to get for a startup. This industry requires to work in different shifts and students can be flexible to work in that shifts even at the night time. Some companies pay a really good amount of money and students can take out their living expenses from it easily working 20 hrs a week. But they work more than 20 hrs a week on their holiday. And, in some cases, they work in cash at a lower rate to get more hours. If you are working as a cleaner no one can relate it better than yourself.
Kitchen Hand and Cook – one of the top student jobs
Another job in our top 10 jobs for students in Australia is a kitchen job. Restaurants and Cafes hire students as they ll be easily available in off-hours and students get attracted to this job as there are lots of restaurants in the city and any other suburbs and they need no or very little experience for it. Some students go for this job thinking there will be the opportunity to learn cooking stuff and they might get promoted to cook or chef. Many current cook and chef came from the same background. It is also said that if you can work in the kitchen you can survive in Australia.
Salesperson/ Store Assistant
This is one of the attractive job for the international students in Australia. Many student works as a part time worker in supermarket, retail stores and shops as sales person or store assistant. Supermarket giant like woolworth, coles are full of students where they work in different shifts. Because of the good pay rate and flexibility in hours, lots of students are providing service in this area.
Process worker- a suitable job for students
This work varies from easy level to hard and physical. Students who works in this area are mostly work in warehouse or industrial production and manufacture area. they say it picking and packing job as well. Some of the famous industry in this category where students work are chicken and meat factory, parcel factory, delivery company, food production company etc. There are high chance of getting job in this area if you have forklift license and pay rate is also very good for that.
Food runner/ waiter, waitress
This is the area where most of the students try to work once in their Australian life. At least at the early stage of their Australian life. While seeking the job, may be you have sent hundreds of resume to café and restaurants. Being the hub of the hospitality industry, there are lots of vacancy available in this sector always.
Bartender/Barperson
This is another interesting area where lots of students are working and love to work in Australia. To work in this field, they need to get the RSA card. Without this one is impossible to get this job even if you have the required qualification and skill. They start from the positions like the back of the house, glassy or food runner, and slowly learn to do the bar stuff. After a few months of experience, they will gear up for the front runners. Students find this job is suitable for them because they can work at night and study in the day time, the pay is good, more opportunities and flexibility of work.
Age care/ Disability support worker
Very popular among the female international students who are in the medical field and also who are not. Many students who are purchasing a nursing degree in Australia and students who have done beginners level of nursing courses in their native country are more attracted to this job as the pay rate is really good with a good bonus. Also, the Australian government has put the health care workers on their priority list so they do this job to gain the valuable Australian experience. Those who are not into the medical sector also does this job by doing some certification course here in Australia.
Housekeeping
Housekeeping or room attendance is another job where lots of international students are engaging. Many students take it as the first job or starter job as they find it easy to get as Australia is a tourist hub and a lot of hotels open the vacancy often. Many students do this as their first job in Australia and some of them leave this job later for better opportunities however some stay at this job and get promoted as supervisors and managers.
Construction worker
This is quite a physical job but it pays really well. A variety of works are included in this category form easy to very physical but no matter how easy or hard the job is, the pay is always good. Students can get some work in cash in this category. Since they have a work limitation, this job is very suitable for them to make more money. Job in this category mostly needs a white card.
Customer service
Last but not least in this countdown list. Serving customers is the field where a lot of international students are currently working in Australia. This could be a very suitable job for them in terms of flexibility. In addition to a decent amount of money, they will also learn lots of things for themself as well. For example, the way of communication, interaction, tradition, language, and culture. If you see someone in the customer service in Australia, s/he could be a student. So be nice to them.
Jobs for students in AUstralia – Conclusion
We all know its hard for students to manage jobs and their personal life but we should not give up on our dream. There are lots of ways to get a job in Australia. Some of the famous job sites are Gumtree, seek, Jora, indeed, etc where one can apply for a suitable job.
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