With job titles like koala catcher, shark tagger, beer taster or kangaroo poo harvester, the South Australian government are going all out to attract bored workers in Ireland and the UK.
A promise of more exciting employment and the ultimate work-life balance is being offered by the South Australian government to people aged between 18 and 30 years.
The job offers include a shark personality profiler at Port Lincoln and a Fairy Penguin home rebuilder on Kangaroo Island. Interested workers need to turn up in South Australia on a working holiday visa to be in with a chance of landing such jobs as a ‘Jackaroo’ or ‘Jillaroo’.
“Life seems to be dealing workers a rough hand at the moment. Not even the recent sunny weather has managed to cheer up the Brits,” said South Australia’s London-based agent general Bill Muirhead.
“This isn’t about one job that everyone has to compete for, but rather about showing people that South Australia offers more exciting work and travel options than anywhere else in the world”, he added.
“This is the first time these jobs have collectively been released and with no previous experience necessary, we’re offering people a genuine chance to get away from it all.”
He cited a study commissioned by the South Australian government of 2,000 Britons which found that 60 per cent of them were bored with their jobs.
“Go for something that you can’t get anywhere else in the world and have an experience you’ll be dining out on for years, the sort of experience you’ll be telling your grand-kids about.” he enthused, “We’re offering people a genuine chance to get away from it all.”
