came as a student and lived in the area for one “I year” came in 1999 for “Husband training”. Formal sources such as recruitment agencies, expositions, government agencies and employers were mentioned as sources by only a few. When asked about their level of knowledge about the regional area in which they had settled, most (88%) indicated that they had or known ‘nothing’ only about the area. Only 11% indicated that they a respondents ‘a little bit’ knew ‘quite lot’. No claimed that they know about their regional area prior to settlement. ‘a lot’ Settlement factors Discussion about the factors that migrants considered important in making their decision to settle in their current location covered over 30 topics. Table 4 shows the top ten factors influencing skilled decisions to settle in a regional area. migrants’ Previous literature on settlement factors for skilled migrants has referred to three elements: employment, family and social connectedness and regional factors. Employment factors clearly played a central role in the settlement decision for many skilled migrants. For many the availability of a job, a better job or a more suitable job for themselves or other family members was the main factor. Representative comments include: job was waiting for “A my husband” than what city “Higher pay offered’ years in “26 mining industry” to find jobs in the country than in the “Easier city” to get visa. Our company was “Easy based there” demand jobs “In here” for part-time work and “Opportunities studies” for three years and get “They advertised didn’t anybody” “Ties in with the type of work I’m working – community development” has got a job in “My wife Mildura” got a job at the “Partner mine”.
“I came as a student and lived in the area for one year” “Husband came in 1999 for training”. Formal sources such as recruitment agencies, expositions, government agencies and employers were mentioned as sources by only a few. When asked about their level of knowledge about the regional area in which they had settled, most (88%) indicated that they had known ‘nothing’ or only ‘a little bit’ about the area. Only 11% indicated that they knew ‘quite a lot’. No respondents claimed that they know ‘a lot’ about their regional area prior to settlement. Settlement factors Discussion about the factors that migrants considered important in making their decision to settle in their current location covered over 30 topics. Table 4 shows the top ten factors influencing skilled migrants’ decisions to settle in a regional area. Previous literature on settlement factors for skilled migrants has referred to three elements: employment, family and social connectedness and regional factors. Employment factors clearly played a central role in the settlement decision for many skilled migrants. For many the availability of a job, a better job or a more suitable job for themselves or other family members was the main factor. Representative comments include: “A job was waiting for my husband” “Higher pay than what city offered’ “26 years in mining industry” “Easier to find jobs in the country than in the city” “Easy to get visa. Our company was based there” “In demand jobs here” “Opportunities for part-time work and studies” “They advertised for three years and didn’t get anybody” “Ties in with the type of work I’m working – community development” “My wife has got a job in Mildura” “Partner got a job at the mine”.
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