More than 2000 workers reportedly vied for 700 jobs in Queensland and Western Australia following the first Skills Australia Needs recruitment camp which was held last May in Houston.

According to a report by The West Australian, US Ambassador to Australia Jeffery Bleich declared the job fair a huge success and similar events around the US would follow in the coming months.

“The nice thing about Americans is we like to do a good job and do our best but we go home afterwards so we won't be taking away any jobs for Australians, we’ll just keep the momentum going for the boom,” he told the newspaper.

“The one group in particular they’re calling out to is skilled veterans because many of them are used to being away from their families for a period of time working in remote locations and are good at the work that they do.”

More than two-thirds of big companies surveyed by the Australian Institute of Management said they would consider hiring staff from overseas to counteract skills shortages,”The West Australian said.

Speaking at a press conference regarding the launch of the job fair in April, Bleich said the program represented a “win-win” situation for both countries.

“One of the great things about US migration here is, as Minister Bowen said, they're mostly 457 visas so we're talking about people who speak the same language, come fully-skilled and then leave, so no job will be taken away from Australians, and in fact that's the goal here – to create prosperity that will employ more Australians down the road,” he said.