Chapter 61: Job Fair

March 12, 1641

It has been a week since the expiration of the observation period, and because of the shortage of housing, most of them still live in simple houses at the epidemic prevention station, and the executive committee has been preparing for their arrangements for a long time.

A job fair will be jointly held by various domestic workers, and the Executive Committee will not make the designated number of arrangements.

On the central square of the Manchester City base, the recruitment site arranged by the Civil Affairs Section has been completed, with colorful flags, ribbons, tables and chairs in place, and several banners written on the first talent recruitment conference of Manchester City.

For the job fair, immigrants have also heard about it in recent days, it is said that these Australians will not assign a division of labor to themselves, but let themselves choose what they are good at, for example, if you are a carpenter, then you don't have to farm, there is a special carpentry called factory work.

This feeling is good, everyone heard, it is not easy to have a job to eat in this foreign country, and now let yourself choose the work you are good at, then Australia is simply the incarnation of Guanyin Living Bodhisattva.

The immigrants in the quarantine house all know that today is the day of recruitment, and they have only heard of it, and they really haven't seen what the specific recruitment will be like. After breakfast, men, women, and children went out one by one and walked towards the square.

Recruitment of carpenters, 24 silver dollars a month, can include working meals, requirements, with more than two years of carpentry skills is preferred. This is a sign erected in front of the recruitment table of a furniture factory, and some of them who know carpentry skills listened to the girls wearing skirts and bare arms on the side explain the meaning of the recruitment sign, and quickly sat down at the registration table.

"I'm going to do carpentry, sir, you can take me, my craftsmanship is famous in our village, or you can give me an axe and a saw, and I'll make you a chair."

According to the information on the registration of the Immigration Bureau, the man's name is Fei Zhangsong, a carpenter, unlike most single immigrants, his family has come to Australia with the ship, and the family plus the old father and mother and two children, a total of six people want to eat, so they will seem a little anxious, for fear that other carpenters will rob their jobs.

If he knew that the current Dynasty Furniture Furniture Factory was in the initial construction period and needed a lot of carpentry to do the work, he would definitely not be so anxious, but this was obviously a very happy thing for Yi Nan, the owner of the Dynasty Furniture, and he finally didn't have to shout loudly to recruit people.

"Hello, please fill out this form, if there is no problem, you will receive our admission notice within three days, and you will be officially ready to work."

"You still have to write, big girl, I can't write, see if you can help me fill in this, you write and say, what do you think."

"No problem, uncle, what is your name and craftsmanship, you tell me, and I will fill it in for you." "A few girls selected from the first batch of immigrants served as temporary volunteers at the job fair, patiently helping each of them.

"How many people in the family, do you want to fill in this, may I ask the girl, what does these people have to do with work, and what does this resident system mean, and it is also a scholar's family, and many of the meanings in this contract are not understood, and please tell the girl in detail."

The one who spoke was a scholar named Chang Boyu, who fainted on the street because of hunger, and was brought back by Zhao De, and later followed the boat to Australia, and was also one of the few scholars in this group of immigrants, so these few people were registered at the immigration bureau.

"Mr. Chang, in fact, these people have nothing to do with work, because you are a migrant worker, our government takes into account that you have been separated from your relatives for a long time, so we provide each migrant worker with an opportunity to visit relatives in Australia, and then the immigration bureau will issue a visa according to the family population information you provide, if you do not fill it out, your family will be more troublesome if you want to visit relatives in Australia."

After listening to the little girl's explanation, Chang Boyu finally understood a little, but for the official residents mentioned in the household registration can go to work on five days off and two days off, and can also enjoy more benefits such as housing subsidies, etc., the most important thing is that in terms of salary, his current status as a migrant worker in the library is actually half lower than that of the official resident, which is too different.

"Girl, there is still something unclear below, how is there such a big difference between this official resident and me and other migrant workers, the same work, the income is indeed different."

Chang Boyu's words were very loud, and it seemed that some of his companions were deliberately allowed to hear them, so as to embolden themselves, and some people on the side who were ready to sign a contract or had already signed a contract surrounded them, and some even echoed and asked why it was different.

Seeing that the situation had changed, the policemen who were maintaining law and order not far away clenched their revolvers and stared at the crowd as soon as anyone dared to make trouble.

"Mr. Chang, the question you said is written in our immigration law, only those who have settled and worked in Australia for one year can apply to become a full resident, in addition to those who have special skills commended by the government or recommended by enterprises, they can apply in advance, and the rest can only apply in accordance with the regulations, so if you want the same treatment as official residents, you can only apply for Australian citizenship, otherwise you will not be able to enjoy these preferential policies."

"Then don't we want to bully the king and commit treason, no, no," Chang Boyu's head shook like a rattle, until some shrewd people around him heard about it, and they had already made up their minds, and they would apply to become an official resident of Australia after working for a year, and there was nothing bad about being an Australian, there was food and drink. People who have this kind of thinking are often the people who live at the bottom of the Ming Dynasty, they don't care about any bullying and treason, as long as they have food.

At the beginning, the executive committee and the immigration bureau formulated this employment plan, which was also looked down upon by many people, saying that they were oppressing and exploiting their compatriots, but they didn't know how to make a group of adult immigrants accept Australian culture and identify with it as their motherland without using some means.

There is a difference in the difference in salary between different identities, so that people can reflect the difference between being an Australian and being a Ming person. Otherwise, Australia may really become an overseas territory of the mainland in the future.

For those immigrants with skills, they are like a fish in water at the recruitment site, and it doesn't take much effort to sign contracts with various enterprises, and those who have no skills and can't farm can only end up in the end, those over 25 can choose to enter the National Guard for a year, and then become a community security policeman, as for those under 25 years old, they can only choose the National Guard and the Army to serve as soldiers.

At the end of the job fair, all companies, including the military, received the manpower they wanted, and it was considered a successful conclusion.