ANOTHER TWO PEOPLE INTO WORK THIS WEEK
ANOTHER TWO PEOPLE INTO WORK THIS WEEK! Some more good news from The Graduate Coach™ community. This week, another two people secured employment: ✅ An Electronics Engineer who will be…
Why Some of You Are Struggling and What To Do About It
Over the last six months I’ve coached several very capable international civil engineers and contract administrators good experience, strong communication, doing all the right things.
Yet a few of them still took longer than expected to secure work.
And here’s the truth:
❌ It wasn’t their domestic experience.
❌ It wasn’t their communication.
❌ It wasn’t their effort they were speaking to 10 + people a week at least
What was the real reason?
The market itself.
Right now, Victoria is quieter than other states.
Less projects or they might be getting released slower then expected
So companies can keep existing staff employed and there will be less staff turnover
Sometimes Graduate programs postponed or reduced in numbers as well
Sometime companies hold back on hiring juniors and prioritising employing senior staff who can quote, tender, and bring in work.
When the market slows, graduates feel it first
So What Should You Do?
✅ 1. Go where the work is.
Don’t sit in a quiet market applying online.
Don’t relocate to random regional towns with no pipeline.
Move strategically toward states with activity.
✅ 2. Don’t obsess over full-time at the start.
A 3-month casual role can add value, think of it as a probation period.
Get in, get exposure, refine what you like and dislike and chase the work you prefer
✅ 3. Stack your experience.
Once you hit 24 months of Australian experience, opportunities open up fast.
Some graduates from 2023 and early-2024 graduates with just 1.5–2 years experience who are inundated with offers now simply because they moved around and diversified their experiences and are doing very well not, especially on the contractor side
Bottom Line
If you’re doing everything right
making calls, networking, presenting well
and things still feel slow…
It’s probably not you. It’s the market.
So pivot.
Shift states if needed.
Follow the projects, don’t move without a role.
Smaller project require less people and smaller companies require less work to keep you employed, Bigger companies will struggle the most if large project go on hold.
This is how you need to stay ahead when things tighten.
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All the best Mark Healy the Graduate Coach
