Pelerine Town - South Africa-born Allan Moss, who heads up Macquarie Bank - is directly Australia's highest paid CEO, having earned also than A$33m (R195m) in 2007. Moss is widely credited with having turned Macquarie Bank from a toddler player into an international powerhouse (www.moneyweek.com).

Such is the favor Moss has accrued over the age that he has acquired the designation "Sage of Sydney", some labelling him an Australian Warren Buffet.

He is admitted for his humility and "bumbling professor" image, however underneath all this is a craft endowment who has managed to outwit crowded an international rival (www.theage.com.au).

Another consummation article is South African born Gail Kelly, who has first off come the most highly paid businesswomen in Australia and is ranked by Fortune periodical as one of the top 50 most controlling women in the world. She is besides the headmost woman to tendency a top-ten listed Australian company.

Kelly immigrated to Australia in 1997 to clamp the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, and worked her design ended the ranks to the purpose where she testament be bewitching over as CEO of Westpac Bank in Feb consequent year.

According to Oz-LifeStyle.com agency head, Mike Stowe, individuals such as Allan Moss and Gail Kelly body the pinnacle of South African immigrant achievements, on the other hand they are not alone.

"In fact, the sample 457 Visa beneficial migrant's wages of A$70 000 (R413 000) indicates that the popular South African immigrant is doable to be an above morals trouper when it comes to earnings. According to the Australian Office of Statistics, the customary Australian remuneration is A$57 000."

Faced with growing skills shortages - combined with an unemployment degree of all over four percent - Australian businesses hog more and more sought equipped South Africans. Australia's robust economy, alpine GDP flowering and low inflation and regular debt, accept meant that there are simply not sufficiently Australians to fill work vacancies.

"South Africans are sought after by Australian firms thanks to they occupy a altitudinous customary of education along with a ace drudgery ethic, proficiency in English, and choicest production or corporate training.

"Australian employees as well apprehend that South Africans modify hardy to the Ozzie lifestyle and culture. Our broiling climate, geographic allure and diversity, suburbs, shopping centres, earth collection education and medical standards - are besides similar." says Stowe.

Job agencies throughout Australia bid countless capacity opportunities for South Africans, exclusively in "priority" fields.

"These 'priority' jobs are identified in Australia's immigration program. At present, there is an pressing occasion for bourgeois in IT (project and invent programmers), retail (management and supervisors), the medical field, mining (engineers and surveyors), defence, industry (abattoir supervisors and workers, project and electrical engineers) and all trades." says Stowe.

The Australian Branch of Immigration & Citizenship (DIAC), announced earlier this year that community with commerce skills were needed most, on the contrary very listed chartered accountants, medical professionals, welders and hairdressers as other skills that were in short supply.

The revamped "457 Visa", sponsored in item by prospective employers (who are culpable for reimburse journey costs and medical expenses), allows employees and their families to stay in Australia on a transitority justification for four years. Permanent habitat may be applied for after two years.

- fin24.co.za