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Newspaper Classifieds
If you happen to move to a major city like Toronto or Vancouver, you
will find the newspapers packed with literally thousands of career
opportunities each week. Even if you aren't a "newspaper person", the
Help Wanted classifieds alone will make a subscription worthwhile. If
cost really is a factor, you might wish to pick up the newspaper only
on days when the Careers special is published. For example the Toronto
Star, Canada's biggest-selling newspaper, is almost bursting at the
seams with job classifieds every Tuesday and Saturday.
Apart from the mainline papers, you might also like to scan through the
weekly Employment News, available free, or trade publications in your
field of expertise.
Most employers ask that you fax your resume rather than mail it, so
ensure you have ready access to a fax machine and also be careful to
set your resume in a type that can be easily read.
If the experience of immigrants interviewed for this guide is anything
to go by, you should expect a call within a week or two after sending
in your resume. If you haven't heard anything by then, chances are that
you have failed to make the cut. Few employers bother with replying to
applicants who haven't been considered for a post.
Assuming you do get a call, you might then have to go through a phone
interview, before being called in for a face-to-face meeting.
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