atw: Technical Writing Opportunities in Australia

Hello Syed. Most tech writing jobs are in the bigger cities. The number of opportunities tends to be driven by the local economy. For example, the oil, gas and mining sector is doing well here in WA at the moment so there are more TW jobs advertised in those areas. Other states specialise more or less on IT, defence, government, and so on. My impression is that there is a reasonable amount of TW work around at the moment, especially compared with a couple of years ago the market was very tight.
Nearly all the jobs I see advertised require you to be an Australian citizen or to have a visa that entitles you to work here. I think it would be rare for an employer to sponsor someone to come from another country, because it would take a lot of time and paperwork. Usually when an employer decides they want a TW, they want them to start straight away. The exception might be if they urgently needed someone with specialist skills or experience that is in very short supply.
Many job ads only ask for a minimum of 2-3 years experience, so if you have 4 years experience as a TW that should be more than enough. I'm afraid your Masters probably won't help much. If an employer specifies a qualification it would usually be something like IT, engineering, commerce or science.
It would help if you could show work samples and demonstrate that it really is your own work.
So to sum up, there are opportunities around but realistically you would need to be here and already be entitled to work here at the time you approach recruiting agencies or apply for an advertised job. 

Regards

Stuart
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