Jobs in Australia: search by city, trade or industry
Find office, trades, care, hospitality and tech roles across Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and the other cities. Free to search, free to apply, and your details stay private until an interview is booked.
How job search works here
Pick a city or a role and read what the job involves before you apply. Each role is broken into plain tasks, such as "prepare payroll runs" or "operate a forklift", and you rate your own experience against them. That means a tradie with ten years on site and a thin résumé can still show what they do every day.
Employers do not see your name or contact details until an interview is arranged. Candidates are never charged, by us or by any recruiter working through us.
Which Australian cities can you search?
Each city page gathers its vacancies in one place. If you work in two states, or fly in and out, search each city on its own and compare.
Sydney and Melbourne are the biggest job markets, with Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide close behind. Perth is a common base for resources and mining-linked work, while Canberra leans towards government and professional services. To see how a role page reads, try electrician jobs in Perth, aged care jobs in Brisbane or software engineer jobs in Melbourne.
Popular Australian roles, in local names
The wording changes between countries. Here a back-office role is often an "administration officer" and a forklift job is "warehouse work", so we use those names.
Office and admin work draws the biggest searches, followed by software, marketing, engineering, HR, teaching and aged and disability care. The roles directory lists every role we cover, each with an Australian page.
Australian jobs by industry
Start from the sector if you are not sure of the job title. Trades and care roles in particular go by several names.
See every sector in the industries directory. Mining and resources work, including FIFO and DIDO rosters, appears under the engineering, maintenance and trades pages where employers list it.
Work from home, part-time and apprenticeship jobs in Australia
How you want to work narrows the search faster than anything else. Each of these has its own page.
We list employee jobs at companies, on a permanent, part-time or casual basis. Freelance and gig work is not part of the board. For a job you can do from your own place, start with work from home jobs. Casual work, where you are paid by the hour without leave entitlements but usually at a higher hourly rate, is common in hospitality, retail and warehouses, and each listing says whether it is casual, part-time or permanent.
Apprentices, graduates and first-job seekers
Apprenticeships are the most searched way into a trade, and the apprenticeship page is the place to start if you want to earn while you qualify as an electrician, plumber, carpenter or similar. Students and school leavers can look at part-time jobs that fit around classes. Recent graduates will find roles that ask for little experience on the entry-level page, and internships sit on their own page.
Once you have a few years behind you, the designations page lets you browse by level, from executive to manager to head of department.
What VVeRecruit offers in Australia
In Australia, VVeRecruit is a job board. Employers can post their own roles: every company gets one free basic post, then paid packages for more, and you choose per job whether your company name shows.
Recruiter-led hiring, where a vetted recruiter works the role and you pay when someone joins, and monthly embedded recruiters are not offered here yet. State employment-agent rules come first, and we will not open a service until those are met. Employers can see how hiring works and post a role today.
Australian job-hunting terms, explained
- Package
- Total yearly pay, which usually includes superannuation. Always check whether a quoted figure is "plus super".
- Casual, part-time, permanent
- Casual staff are paid by the hour and have no fixed hours. Part-time and permanent staff have ongoing roles and leave entitlements.
- Award rate
- The minimum pay and conditions set for an industry or occupation.
- Tickets
- Licences and certificates for trade or site work, such as a white card for construction sites.
- FIFO and DIDO
- Fly in, fly out and drive in, drive out. Rostered work at remote sites, mainly mining and resources.
- Apprentice
- A paid trainee in a trade, working towards a qualification.
Questions about jobs in Australia
Is it free to use VVeRecruit as a job seeker in Australia?
Yes. Searching, applying and building a profile are free, and no recruiter is allowed to charge you for finding work. Employers are the only side that pays.
Do I need a résumé?
Most Australian employers ask for a CV or résumé, so add one. Your profile also lets you rate yourself against each role's daily tasks, which helps when your experience is practical rather than formal.
How do I find trade jobs and apprenticeships?
Use the apprenticeship page or open a trade such as electrician, plumber or carpenter, then narrow to your city. Listings say which tickets or licences you need.
Can I get a job in Australia from overseas?
You need the legal right to work in the country, and some employers can sponsor a visa. Where an employer says it can sponsor, the listing says so. Check current visa rules with the Department of Home Affairs before you apply.
Are the pay figures before or after super?
Each listing states how its pay is quoted. When it only says "package", assume super is included, and confirm with the employer before you accept.
Who sees my details?
Employers see a masked profile until an interview is arranged. Your name and contact details stay with you until then.
Ready to look?
Create a free profile and tell us your city and trade. Hiring instead? Post your first role.