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mcleanja
3rd July 2008, 03:53 AM
Hi there

Can you claim bonus points in both "identified future growth area" and "area of absolute skills shortage" for Qualifications and Relevant Work Experience at the same time.

I have a BTech in Information Technology and 5 years experience just in the IT industry.

Cheers
Jamie

everythingevans
3rd July 2008, 10:38 PM
from what I've looked into you can only get points for qualifications/work experience in future growth area if you are also claiming points for having a job/job offer. Qualifications/work experience in skill shortage areas are available without a job offer. If you've got points for a job offer then it probably won't matter how many more bonus points you'll get, once over 140 it's all a bit academic.

To see if you get both sets of points just do the online points indicator and work it from there - you can try multiple scenarios.

Good luck.

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