Exactly How Bad is it?
May 15th 2009, 6:23 am
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Re: Exactly How Bad is it?
Thanks for all your replys it helps heaps. Any other ideas are all welcome..
I am hoping to have a chat with our IRD commissioner here in NZ as he is Canadian How lucky is that
I work in the corrections feild as well as my job as Tax Officer takes me round to prisons and Law Offices educating and sorting out peoples taxes. I am hoping that this appeals as well as networking is all I seem to do
To be honest I dont want to go back into the Govt sector but would take anything in the clerical field as long as it is a job Im not coming over to be fussy.
I am hoping to have a chat with our IRD commissioner here in NZ as he is Canadian How lucky is that
I work in the corrections feild as well as my job as Tax Officer takes me round to prisons and Law Offices educating and sorting out peoples taxes. I am hoping that this appeals as well as networking is all I seem to do
To be honest I dont want to go back into the Govt sector but would take anything in the clerical field as long as it is a job Im not coming over to be fussy.
May 15th 2009, 8:40 am
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Re: Exactly How Bad is it?
I don't suppose you work within this industry at all please? I'm seeking employment but I haven't seen too many of these opportunities advertised.
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Dave
May 15th 2009, 11:48 am
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Re: Exactly How Bad is it?
Do you have financial experience? Are you already in Canada? If so what work area do you specialise in? I ask as I have a contact that is recruiting in the financial area for business analyst/project manager type roles that want both IT and financial experience.
May 15th 2009, 12:03 pm
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Thanks for coming back to me.
I have nine years commercial credit analysis and relationship management experience, my speciality is in equipment finance and leasing. I arrive in October (Toronto but definitely flexible!) and I have been actively monitoring workopolis/job bank/craigslist & kijiji for jobs within the financial services area however, they seem to be lacking.
I'll be arriving on an unrestricted and renewable two year working holiday permit.
I have nine years commercial credit analysis and relationship management experience, my speciality is in equipment finance and leasing. I arrive in October (Toronto but definitely flexible!) and I have been actively monitoring workopolis/job bank/craigslist & kijiji for jobs within the financial services area however, they seem to be lacking.
I'll be arriving on an unrestricted and renewable two year working holiday permit.
May 15th 2009, 3:48 pm
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Re: Exactly How Bad is it?
Agree with all of the comments with this.
I dont think its that bad, although I am talking of 4 years ago, when I was there. Being an engineer, I too was rather afraid, after hearing the usual horror stories of Phd professors flipping burgers in McDonalds!
But I applied and within 8 weeks, I landed a superb job, in my own field too.
The job market is rather different tho -- it relies a lot on that famous word -- networking! And you have to be adaptable, too, like taking anything reasonable that comes your way initially.
Mind you, its heading that way in England now too....
I dont think its that bad, although I am talking of 4 years ago, when I was there. Being an engineer, I too was rather afraid, after hearing the usual horror stories of Phd professors flipping burgers in McDonalds!
But I applied and within 8 weeks, I landed a superb job, in my own field too.
The job market is rather different tho -- it relies a lot on that famous word -- networking! And you have to be adaptable, too, like taking anything reasonable that comes your way initially.
Mind you, its heading that way in England now too....
May 16th 2009, 4:21 am
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Re: Exactly How Bad is it?
There are still jobs here but could just take a bit of time. I just landed a job and been here 3 months as a PR. I got it through applying online. I started to apply to jobs directly through employers rather then agencies. But I guess it also depends on your field, I work in training and development. I found Monster. ca and Workopolis good. However I found some other useful engines which often picked up jobs that are not even on the job sites such as simplyhired.ca, wowjobs.ca and www.eluta.ca.
May 17th 2009, 8:32 am
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May 17th 2009, 9:52 am
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Re: Exactly How Bad is it?
It always goes back to who you know rather than what you know.
