Australia: New and relaxed Policy to attract skilled labour

A new migration policy initiative comes into play July first in attempt by the Australian Government to attract 125,000 skilled migrants in the year to June 30, 2012.

The new policy allows aspiring migrants to electronically add their resume to an online database search able by Australian Companies looking for potential workers with a particular skill set they want. The person would then be contacted with an offer to apply for a visa.

As part of the new policy the age of potential immigrants has been raised from 45 to 50 and changes have been made to the process for recognising foreign qualifications.

The news has been reported in India, as the link to article points, so we can expect some early interest from that area though the Immigration policy expects to attract applicants world wide.

Australia keen on attracting skilled Indian talent - The Economic Times