00:02Farukh Tahiri worked as an accountant in Afghanistan before migrating to Australia in 2021 after the Taliban took control.
00:10She spent a year looking for a job.
00:12Every time I receive feedback from an employer, they told me that you are not qualified.
00:19Migration Support Organization, Settlement Services International, says women are 20% more likely than men to be overqualified in their
00:27job.
00:27I was feeling that I'm not enough.
00:29The psychologists, engineers, teachers, nurses, all are unable to get their qualifications recognised because of a costly, time-consuming and
00:39complicated process.
00:40The support service helped Ms Tahiri find work at The Social Outfit, a Sydney-based company that employs new migrants.
00:48Four years later, her designs were worn by Governor General Sam Mostyn.
00:52And whilst we're celebrating your beautiful creative work tonight, we just really have to take very seriously the fact that
00:58you brought knowledge.
01:00As Australia grapples with a skills shortage, qualified migrants are being overlooked.
01:05We've invited them into the country for their skills, so it's time that we recognise them.
01:09Consuelo Castillo was a teacher in Chile for seven years before coming to Australia.
01:15My only option was working as an assistant in after-school care.
01:20With an estimated 340,000 women working in jobs they're overqualified for, Migration Support Services say they want a national
01:27commissioner to step in and streamline the skills recognition process.
01:31Honestly, I feel that the system is creating problems in itself.
01:38Eager to work, but waiting to be given a chance.
01:41Less in most
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