The study investigated the growing concern of the African professionals who arrived in Australia since 2007. The ongoing concern was based on the lack of job opportunity in their nominated skilled occupation in post arrival in Australia. The study used demographic questionnaire and semi-structured interview to elicit information from forty (40) participants from Western Australia and Northern Territory cities and regional areas. The data analysed provided the needed perspectives about the extreme frustration of the African skilled migrants lack job opportunities in the post arrival in Australia. Based on the findings, the study made some recommendations, including counselling implications on several pathways on how African professionals could gain recognition for opportunities in their professional areas.
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Title
Hear it From the Horses' Mouth: Listening to African Professionals in Australia
Authors/Creators
Stephen D. Bolaji - Charles Darwin University
Stella C. Anyama - University of Lagos
Olabisi Imonitie
Olaoluwa G. Ibilola - Univ Western Australia, Sch Earth Sci, Perth, Australia
Sulay Jalloh - Charles Darwin University
Publication Details
Learning communities (Launceston, Tas, Australia), Vol.27(27), pp.24-34