The unfiltered recruiter’s guide to getting hired in Australia – as a migrant or a local
This course contains the use of artificial intelligence.
What you’ll learn
- Understand exactly how the Australian hiring machine works – from ATS software to the recruiter’s inbox to the final offer.
- Identify which stage of the 5-stage hiring funnel they are losing at – and why.
- Write a resume that passes ATS filters and survives the 6-second recruiter scan.
- Access the hidden job market where 70% of Australian roles are filled before they are ever advertised.
- Decode what employers actually mean by “Australian experience” and reframe their overseas background confidently.
- Identify and counter the effects of unconscious hiring bias using five evidence-based strategies.
- Structure interview answers using the STAR-C framework so every response speaks directly to what the interviewer is assessing.
- Negotiate a salary offer professionally and set themselves up for a strong first 90 days in a new role.
Course Content
- Introduction –> 1 lecture • 3min.
- Module 1 – The Hiring Funnel –> 1 lecture • 9min.
- Module 2 – Inside the Recruiter’s Desk –> 1 lecture • 8min.
- Module 3 – The ATS Trap –> 1 lecture • 8min.
- Module 4 – The “Australian Experience” Myth –> 1 lecture • 9min.
- Module 5 – The Hidden Job Market –> 1 lecture • 9min.
- Module 6 – Hiring Bias –> 1 lecture • 10min.
- Module 7 – The Interview –> 1 lecture • 10min.
- Module 8 – Negotiate, Onboard and Thrive –> 1 lecture • 10min.
Requirements
This course contains the use of artificial intelligence.
Most migrants don’t fail in the Australian job market because they lack skills. They fail because nobody told them how the system actually works.
This course changes that.
Built by a recruiter and talent acquisition leader who arrived in Australia in 2008 with no local experience and no local network – and then spent fifteen years inside the hiring system – this is the unfiltered, insider account of how Australian employers actually hire.
- What the software filters out before a human sees your resume.
- What a recruiter decides in six seconds.
- Where the 70% of jobs that are never advertised actually come from.
- What employers really mean when they say you don’t have Australian experience.
- How bias operates inside a hiring room – and what you can do about it.
Eight modules. Every stage of the hiring process. Taught by someone who has lived both sides of it.
By the end of this course, students will know exactly where they are losing, why it is happening, and precisely what to do differently. Not theory. Not generic career advice. The real picture – straight from a recruiter who has screened thousands of applications, shortlisted hundreds of candidates, and watched talented professionals get filtered out by a system they simply did not understand.
If you are qualified, experienced, and serious about building a career that reflects what you are actually capable of – this course was built for you.