AFTER 15 years in Australia Abdullahi Habib is no closer to obtaining a professional job than when he first arrived...You can lead a horse to diversity, but you can't make it celebrate.
"...It is a possibility people from African backgrounds are not given a chance," he said...
Mr Habib said he knew "plenty" of Somalis with impressive educational qualifications, which they gained in Australia, who still cannot get work. Some of them are also driving taxis, a job he has returned to.
... He is soon to undertake a networking course... that he hopes will help him overcome the closed shop, "school tie" network that Mr Tanner highlighted as a probable barrier to African graduates succeeding in the professional job stakes.
'Closed shop, school tie' barrier against Africans
August 1, 2008
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