Best place to look for work
 

I am currently in the process of applying for an express entry visa
I need a job for my application to be sucesfull
Where is the best place to look and will i need a work visa to be able to apply for the job
I'm looking in the Toronto outskirts up to Peterborough and Lindsay
Many thanks

Re: Best place to look for work
 

What kind of job, what do you do?

Best thing to do is get out there and job hunt in person - have a look at the Job Hunting section of the Wiki to find out more, loads of useful advice in there.

You don't need a work permit to apply for a job, you can't get a work permit without a job offer, so it's the other way around.

So to give you an overview of the process - you'll job hunt, hopefully find an employer prepared to go to the cost/hassle/paperwork of your LMIA app, then they'll apply for the LMIA (figure about 3 months or so for processing that), once you've got the LMIA and job offer you'll apply for the work permit and also that will give you the extra 50 points for arranged employment under Express Entry.

HTH, good luck.

Re: Best place to look for work
 

I am an it engineer with over 20 years field experience

How do I get to look at the jobs in thw express pool do I need to start my application to be able to do this

I need thw job because i am 47 so get no points f9r my age
I'm open to any help that would get me my visa without a job offer
Many thanks
Mark

Re: Best place to look for work
 

Not sure what you mean by 'jobs in the express pool'? The Express Entry pool is the pool of applicants that have applied and are hoping to be selected and invited to apply for PR.

How many points are you currently scoring, both as a FSW and on the CRS?

Re: Best place to look for work
 

Can you give more details on what you mean by Engineer, i.e. what discipline? Do you have an engineering degree?.

To work as an engineer and sue the title in Canada you must be registered and licensed by the provincial authority. This requires 1 year of Canadian experience. Before that you would need to work under the supervision of a licensed engineer.

Re: Best place to look for work
 

He says IT engineer

Re: Best place to look for work
 

I saw 'it engineer' and just thought it was bad grammar, as is so commonplace today.

Guessing he needs to drop the 'engineer' bit and be more specific about the area of expertise without using the word engineer.

https://engineerscanada.ca/frequentl...uestions#faq-2

Re: Best place to look for work
 

Locomotive Engineers (traction)
Marine Engineers (steam-powered ship)
Stationary Engineers
Power/Operating Engineers

All the above have the legal right to use the term 'Engineer' provided they don't state 'Professional Engineer' as they have Certificates of Qualification (COQ) issued by a Province or Territory.

HRDC also use the term 'Engineer' in Software and other IT job descriptions/NOC

NOC 2011 - 2147 - Computer engineers (except software engineers and designers) - Unit group

NOC 2011 - 2173 - Software engineers and designers - Unit group

:)

Re: Best place to look for work
 

I am a field service IT engineer repairing mainly epos systemsas well as printers and associated peripherals
I am a btec and city and guilds qualified electronics engineer as well
I have 20 years of manufacture accreditations from the likes of HP, IBM and Toshiba

Hope that helps
Mark

Re: Best place to look for work
 

But what are you scoring as a FSW and on the CRS? According to your previous post you were only scoring 54 as a FSW?

Re: Best place to look for work
 

Well according to the Canadian government scoring system, with a job offer I am eligible to apply through EE
I haven't proceeded through this as yet as I dont have a job offer as yet

Thanks
Mark

Re: Best place to look for work
 

I think you need to look at this yourself - being eligible to apply is one thing but then once you've applied and are in the pool of applicants, only those scoring high enough are selected and invited to apply for PR.

So your scores really are crucial. Start here and work out what you'd score as a FSW - https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration...d-workers.html

That's the first step, if you score enough (67 or more) then you can apply under Express Entry. That's when the next score comes in to it, the CRS, and this is the score that will determine if you just sit in the pool or if you're selected and invited to apply for PR. Here's the CRS points test - Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) tool: skilled immigrants (Express Entry)

Take both of the above (you can just guess your IELTS score for now), and that will soon tell you if you are eligible or not. If you're not scoring enough to get PR via EE, then you might want to look at other options such as a different province where PNP is more likely.

HTH.

Re: Best place to look for work
 

Not withstanding the information above that IT and software engineering is a bit of a grey area outside of licensing this role would almost certainly be referred to as a technician in Canada.

2242 Electronic service technicians (household and business equipment)

The general definition in Canada, and indeed most the world, is that an Engineer designs the system or product and a technician services and maintains the system or product.