I think the number one thing that made it possible was the willingness to try. Covid hit; very early in the cruise ships are staying out of port phase… my family decided it was time. We’ve always been rambling. But I was already ready to leave my job at the time.
Having sufficient education and experience helps to get a skilled work visa, but so does willingness to try and to take, in my case, a 50% pay cut.
It has been a great 5 years, and I wouldn’t trade it for the world.
Thanks for sharing. I’m trying to acquire a critical skills work permit myself; I just need a company to sponsor me but I’m ~80 applications in with no responses yet.
I think the number one thing that made it possible was the willingness to try. Covid hit; very early in the cruise ships are staying out of port phase… my family decided it was time. We’ve always been rambling. But I was already ready to leave my job at the time.
Having sufficient education and experience helps to get a skilled work visa, but so does willingness to try and to take, in my case, a 50% pay cut.
It has been a great 5 years, and I wouldn’t trade it for the world.
Thanks for sharing. I’m trying to acquire a critical skills work permit myself; I just need a company to sponsor me but I’m ~80 applications in with no responses yet.
I wish you luck. I applied one place and just got lucky.