Mobilising Skilled Talent to Australia

Bringing a skilled worker to Australia is a recruitment decision, a legal process and a relocation project, all at once. This guide shows HR how to manage all three.

When a role cannot be filled locally, employer sponsorship can bring the skills your organisation needs. But the process is regulated, evidence-heavy and unforgiving of shortcuts, and the obligations last for the life of every visa you sponsor.

Written by an HR practitioner who has run employer sponsorship from the company side, Mobilising Skilled Talent to Australia takes you step by step from workforce planning to the employee's first day and beyond. It puts Australian workers first, keeps the process lawful and fair, and makes sure the people you bring in, and their families, are set up to succeed.

Inside you will find:
- How the Skills in Demand visa, the subclass 186 and 494 visas, labour agreements and DAMAs work for employers
- A four-tier sourcing order: internal, local, global workforce, then global external
- How to run genuine labour market testing that stands up to scrutiny
- Getting authority to advertise from the Head of Business, with a full cost case
- Credentialing overseas qualifications before money is spent on visas
- Income thresholds, market salary rates, tax and the cost of living
- Lodging the sponsorship and nomination yourself, or briefing a migration agent
- Mobilisation and settlement: relocation, airport meet and greet, schooling, wellbeing
>Ready-to-use tools: a policy and procedure, Form 3.1 Authority to Recruit and Advertise, a position description template, a candidate sponsorship application form, an ImmiAccount lodgement checklist, a pre-mobilisation checklist, an emergency contacts card, and flowcharts showing who does what and when.

Every chapter states when the research was done and where to check that it is still current.

Book 9 in the Practical HR for Australian Workplaces series. For HR managers, business owners, recruiters and global mobility teams in Australia and in global organisations with Australian operations.