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Career advice/ what move should I take next to again score a success.?

I am graduate Mechanical engineer(year2000) from Pakistan.Worked 7 years in HVAC&R/industrial plant machinery maintenance profession (more people focused) in Pakistan,Saudi arabia but switched over 7 industries staying not more than an average of 1 year in any job. My motivation was always learning and search for ideal job rather higher salary. Than I did masters in Technical management from germany(year 2008) and also got a job as application engineer for rotating equipment manufacturer in germany. But the job lasted only for 8 months and fired affected by economical crunch. Got married and moved to join my partner in Australia who is junior medical doctor by profession, luckily with a job. Since I arrived here in Australia searching for jobs firstly only for HVACR and now oil and gas reliability engineer or maintenance engineer. I could succeed to score job interviews you can say 10 telephonic interviews for 50 applications. I hired one HR professional who fixed my conventional resume into highly moderinsed according to Aussie standards for 350$ but that could not even helpful for my case. I am listening tv news that unemployment rate is lowered in australia now upto 5.8 somewhere, and the economical turmoil (which had not effected Australia as per local governement) is finsihed now in Australia. I am totally exhausted,frustrated,bored and feeling regretful for moving into Australia. Am confused what to do? where should I go, should I do another masters from local uni or trade diploma course from TAFE which I found in most preferable for local job requirements, or from Germany Uni which is cheaper and previously lucky for receiving such a nice job with good paid salary,benifits,sent me to canada for three months (wow)!!, or shall I change my career purely in mining (best in Australia) at this age of 32 years old. Donot know what to do? Please help me someone out there. If you can hear my voice Plsssssssssss!

Public Comments

1. From your description of 10 interviews on the phone for 50 applications - this indicates that your paper application is hitting the mark (you expect a 1 in 10 hit - you are getting 1 in 5). You are flunking out on the phone interview. The phone interview determines who is given a physical face to face interview. You should be expecting to get 5 face to face for 10 phone interview - you are getting none. So my first guess is that there is a problem with your spoken English. Pakistani accents are very hard to understand for the average Australia. They lilt to much - Australians speak more monotone. A TAFE certificate is much better than another Masters - you are getting to the point where your multiple degrees indicates your flightiness. The other problem is that your frequent job changes indicate that you will not be staying in any job for more than a year. Since an employee does not become effective until they have been there for 2 -3 months. They might look at you and think - are we prepared to pay him 12 months salary for only 9 months work? Longer job placements in your history is what the employer is looking for.