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Making it work |
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By Archie D'Cruz » Two words sum up why new immigrants find it so hard to break into the
job market - Canadian Experience. Firms demand it and you don't have it.
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Calgary holds greatest jobs promise |
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By Ethan Caleb »
Prospective immigrants worried about job prospects in Canada might want
to give cities like Montreal and Vancouver a miss and head for Calgary
or the Atlantic provinces instead. A new Statistics Canada analysis, which tracked immigrants aged 25 to
44 over two years, singled out Calgary, Alberta, as having the best
record among all the major cities for providing employment to
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Canada's most wanted professionals |
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Engineers, healthcare professionals and tradespeople are the people
most in demand in Canada today, and will continue to be so until at
least 2007, according to a government report. |
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Jobs, jobs, jobs |
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Finding a job is perhaps the most important concern for newcomers to
Canada. We've compiled a selection of major Canadian employment related
websites, with links to literally thousands of job openings across the
country.
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Jobs for newcomers: The results are in |
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Eighty per cent of prime working-age immigrants find at least one job
within their first two years in Canada, a major national study has
found. |
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15 easy steps to starting a business |
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By Eve Jackson » Yeah, sure
it's easy, and of course, that title is a little tongue in cheek. It
takes a lot of hard work to get a business off the ground. But, it's
worth every hour I've spent getting to where I am now. |
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How NOT to be a small business failure |
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By Eve Jackson » Starting up a small business in Canada is easy. Making it a success is the hard part.
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Want to earn more? Go back to school |
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By Ethan Caleb » Workers who participate in adult education and
obtain a post-secondary certificate make significant gains in wages and
earnings, according to a new study released by Statistics Canada.
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Alberta becoming the new oil mecca |
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By Ethan Caleb » Want to
know the best place to find high-paying employment in Canada? In a
scenario reminiscent of the oil-fuelled jobs boom in the Middle East
over the last few decades, Alberta is laying out the red carpet for
workers as its already booming economy aims for the stars.
The western Canadian province has some 179 billion barrels of reserves
in Alberta's oil sands - second in the world only to Saudi Arabia. With
oil and gas prices expected to remain high for years to come, and costs
of extraction having dipped since 2000, local and international oil
companies such as Total and Shell are rushing in to take advantage.
That means a huge demand for workers - and Alberta simply doesn't have enough of them.
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Preparation key to interview success |
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By Andrew Reed » Like it or
not (and a great majority don't), the key to getting that crucial first
job in Canada is to impress at your interview. A good resume (as CVs
are known here) will only get you so far, it's how well you convince
prospective employers that your foreign skills translate in a Canadian
organization that will land you the job.
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12 steps to a better (Canadian) resume |
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Like it or not, first impressions count for a great deal when it comes
to presenting yourself as a good candidate for a job in Canada. And when it comes
to applying for jobs, your resume is the first impression you give
prospective employers. |
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Fast track your job search |
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Many newcomers to Canada sing a refrain that's heard all too often:
"Why can't I find a job? I've posted my resume at five different job
sites, responded to dozens of newspaper classifieds, and yet... the
best I get is a form letter thanking me for applying." |
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A new approach to job-hunting |
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One of the first hurdles that new immigrants face in Canada is that it
seems impossible to find a job in their field. So what do you do - wait
until the right job comes along or take up whatever is actually
available?
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Home business: Before you begin |
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By John Williams » Chances
are you already have a good idea for what type of business you’d like
to run out of your home. If you don’t have a clue, you can find ideas
for home based businesses online, by doing some serious thinking, and
by talking to other people who are operating them.
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It's working out for veterinarians |
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More than 100 foreign trained veterinarians will find themselves
working in their field sooner than normal, thanks to one of 35 "bridge
programs" aimed at helping newly arrived professionals in Ontario.
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Ontario lab to help healthcare pros |
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Health professionals with foreign credentials are getting high tech
help to gain practical clinical experience that will help them find
jobs in Ontario.
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Job recruitment scam revealed |
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Job-hunters, be warned: A new employment recruitment scam has come to light where people are signed on as agents for "foreign companies", then used to unwittingly transfer stolen funds out of Canada.
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Ontario ends mandatory retirement |
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Ontario has banned mandatory retirement at the age of 65, allowing people in the province to continue working until later in life.
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Are résumé services up to the job? |
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By Carl Mueller » Resume distribution services - unheard of until a couple of years ago - are starting to pop up all over the place, and some job searchers have asked me about whether or not they are worth using.
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Get paid to take surveys online |
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By Chris Price » One of the nice things about living in North America is the ability to supplement your income through various means, like online paid surveys.
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Breaking through job interview bias |
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By Simma Lieberman and Kate Berardo » Wonderful news! You've got a call for a job interview, your first since moving to Canada. You prepare as best you can for the big day. You know your appearance will matter, so you polish your shoes and brush your hair. You realize your interviewer will have your resume in hand, so you've come prepared to explain every minute detail included on it. You've even done practice interviews and prepared your responses to all the trick questions. Are you ready? Not yet.
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Finding short-term jobs in Canada |
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By Jessica Shore » One question that often pops up in our email box is: Can I move to Canada as a temporary worker? The answer is yes, but let's warn you that getting in as a temporary worker needs skills, experience, a great deal of perseverance and, yes, luck.
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Freelance your way to riches |
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By Peter Ferrigan » As a newcomer to Canada, you've probably already
discovered it's not easy to find a job right away. This is especially
frustrating if you are in the field of IT or software, and have come
here believing jobs in this sector are easy to find. Well take heart,
there are options you may not have thought of. |
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Hard facts about home businesses |
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By Andrew Shim » Everybody dreams about it - having a
leisurely cup of coffee on a lazy morning, enjoying life as your
home-based business continues to bring in the big bucks. Well… I hate
to burst your bubble, but this home-based business thing is HARD WORK,
so before you hang up your tie and high heels, here are a couple of
good and bad things to expect. |
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