Hospitality jobs in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Discover Hospitality Jobs in Melbourne

Australia has put the spotlight on tourism as it searches for new revenue streams to replace the income it enjoyed from the Australian mining sector in the boom years. Melbourne is well geared as a tourism hub in Australia. Melbourne needs chefs, servers, bar staff, kitchen hands, catering staff, and hotel room maintenance and cleaning staff. Melbourne not only has many tourists arriving on holiday, but also has many events such as tennis, horse racing, and motor racing, which are constantly attractive for foreign and interstate tourists. Many of the jobs for such events are temporary by nature and, as such, perfect for backpackers on a working holiday visa or students attending the many Melbourne colleges.

Every state in Australia is encouraging people with hospitality experience to think of coming to Australia, and to help fill vacancies in its hospitality sector, many hospitality jobs are on the skills list (SOL). Hospitality jobs offer an immediate start, especially for qualified chefs with previous experience. Melbourne has many hotels, backpacker hostels, restaurants and cafescafés. Some have vacancies for chefs, servers, kitchen hands, cleaners, receptionists and concierge staff.

It would be a good idea to complete a course from a company offering a specific RSA (Responsible Sale of Alcohol) or a Barista course. There are also courses available for servers. It may well be helpful to attend one of these courses, as it will make it easier to find a hospitality job working in a bar, hotel, restaurant, or café caféelbourne as a server or chef.

If you are currently heading out from Europe on a working holiday visa, then the hospitality industry in Melbourne will be only too happy to find you a job. Tourists to Australia come from many places. China is now a major source of tourists, hence the need for Chinese, and so if you speak Mandarin and English, then please email us. The jobs we have are particularly suited to working holiday visa holders from Taiwan.

If you are backpacking around Australia and have good English but can also speak Italian, French and   German then there is also an immediate need for you in Melbourne and hospitality jobs with an immediate start are just waiting for you. You must have a valid working holiday visa (417) Working holiday visas allow you to stay in Australia for up to 2 years and work in temporary jobs up to six months with an Employer; the initial 417 visa is for one year however if you undertake relevant work in the agriculture sector this visa may be extended to two years.

French chefs are in particular short supply. Also, there is a need for chefs to be familiar with British and Irish cooking. There is also a need for Indian and Chichefschefs. If you have proper qualifications as a chef and at least three years of post-qualification experience, it may be possible for you to find an employer who will sponsor you. Initially it is likely to be sponsored on a 457 visa this enables you to work in Australia for up to 4 years from the same employer, if you want more information on how to stay in Australia on a temporary work visa please contact us. We can arrange for you to discuss your option migration to Australia with a registered migration agent.

If you want more information on working in the hospitality industry in Melbourne and you have experience as a chef, waiter, hotel manager, kitchen, cleaning, or receptionist, then contact us. Languages are essential, so if you speak more than one language, we will be delighted to hear from you. Students and working holiday visa holders (417) are welcome.

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