Aussie Looking to emigrate to HK ASAP

[carang]

yes, he is typing from australia.... but on a hk forum.

if he merely wrote: i want to emigrate.

i would assume he is leaving hk (this being a hk forum and all).

if he wrote: i want to immigrate.

i would assume that he is coming to hk (again, this is a hk forum).

but i know that to "assume" makes an as out of u and me....

[carang]

beachball.. if he'd written what you did: i want to emigrate from australia to hong kong, i would not have written anything... you are correct, it IS correct. i would not have challenged it at all.

[Rob2020]

folks... are you forgetting where we all live?
the correct grammar, of course, is : I want Hong Kong go

[beachball]

beachball.. if he'd written what you did: i want to emigrate from australia to hong kong, i would not have written anything... you are correct, it IS correct. i would not have challenged it at all.

I know - and I agreed that it was poorly phrased.

[DoFoT9]

OP - what kind of job/industry are you looking for?

Hmmm. I hate to say this, but I'm not sure a relatively inexperienced person in IT is likely to get a working visa here in the IT sector. Basically, with your CV I'd say your best bet is a teaching job.

If you're actually interested in going into teaching, we can continue that discussion. I'm not sure if I should recommend it though, since it's a job I'm trying to escape from!

IT industry, and unlike most IT "people" I think that I can bring a tiny bit more to the industry given my hybrid experience in both Mac & PC administration. I see a LOT (95% infact) of Windows experienced users, but rarely any Mac ones (ones that are any good anyway). Like my position now, I can dedicate specific time to IT Support, but then additionally the server administration side of things. Not that you guys would care at all

I understand that I would need some "desirable" skills, and have put the appropriate ones in my CV (I hope).

Nope. He is wants to emigrate from Australia to Hong Kong. The title of the thread is correct, if no very elegantly phrased.

From a somewhat more authoritative source than Yahoo! Answers: emigrate and immigrate.

While grammatically correct (also see the edit to my last response), I agree that it is stylistically not great, especially in this context. Would be different if the OP, say, was sitting in a bar in Oz and talking to some mates about his desire to leave Australia for Hong Kong - would sound a lot more natural in that scenario.

Please guys, who cares about the grammatical side of this? Let's focus on the main focus of the thread.

[TheBrit]

Few businesses care about Mac admin skills to be honest.

[DoFoT9]

Few businesses care about Mac admin skills to be honest.

Same kind of thing here in Australia. But you come across them if you look in the right spots. Most businesses are hybrids, (Mac/Unix+PC, etc). I can offer the all in one package, yay?

[DoFoT9]

And for the record, I would consider teaching jobs.

[justjoe86]

DoFo, there's nothing wrong with being optimistic but people who have lived here for a while are saying you probably won't get a job in IT with your experience... you should take it on board.

I think you're underestimating how low starting salaries are in this industry, what is required to make you irreplaceable by a local, and how important it probably is to speak Chinese (assuming you don't?).

Unless you have a really special skill, for example a co. is using a new piece of complex software integral to their processes and you happen to be an expert in it (much more specific than mac or admin skills) it will be hard for you to get a job especially since you need to be sponsored for a visa.

If moving to HK is the priority then, as I said, teaching might be your best bet.

Edit: but assuming you can get a working holiday visa, just do that for a while. Chances are after few months you'll be longing to go back home anyway!

HK is good for an experience but unless there are decent financial incentives, the majority of people* end up going back home. I don't think IT is the industry which will offer you these financial incentives.

*not everyone, before the 2 guys who hate their home countries and love HK start arguing

[justjoe86]

And for the record, I would consider teaching jobs.

Oh, you should've said that earlier haha. In that case ignore my above post. What a waste of time!

What was your undergraduate degree?

Ok you already said... IT. Well, I guess you should back it up with a one month TEFL qualification, and then I expect you can get a teaching job in a language centre or kindergarten, which will pay a lot more than an entry level IT job.

The 'skill' you have which, in HK, is more important than any IT skills is fluency in English.