Finding a job - how was it for you?
 

For all those now in Canada (or still in UK but having secured a job offer in Canada) please complete this Poll. Lots of people say they had to accept a more junior position but is that really the norm?

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I found a job by looking regularly on the website of Dalhousie University, I was determined not to move to NS for just any job, it had to be something I was interested in and be in the right area.

The right job came up in June 2006, I applied and was told I was a good candidate and would have an interview, but after a few months I had an email saying the funding for the post was being reworked. I didnt hear anything else back then I noticed the job appeared again in about April 2007 so I applied again mentioning that I'd be over in June for a wedding and would like to come in for a chat, they were happy to do that and I was offered the job in August.

LMO has just come back positive and we're eagerly waiting for the bankers draft to arrive so that we can send off the work permit application with a view to starting the new job mid-to-late October 2007.

It is certainly difficult to get a job whilst being based in the UK but if you are planning a recce anyway, try to get to see a few people and you never know.

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Apart from a few weeks on a freelance contract in 2002, I have never had a Canadian job.

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I got here on an intra-company transfer, so am pretty much doing the same job for the Canadian market that I was for the UK.

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I work in the media. About 5 months before i left i emailed a couple of newspapers i'd looked up on the net. A nice lady at the Surrey Now newspaper emailed me back and gave me another name. Eventually i got in touch with the head of HR who was English, sorted.

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o/h was a truck mechanic before he went into hgv driving. He did not want to be 'up the road' in Canada so wanted to return to mechanics - he found a job very quickly from over here (quite lucky really) so I would say its on parr with what he would be on position wise in the UK!

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None of the above for the poll.

Started a business in Canada (in a completely unrelated field of work compared to what I did in the UK), and now also have additional contracts as a result of it.

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My OH currently works as a Vehicle Inspector in the MOT centres in NI and has secured a job as a Heavy Duty Mechanic in a Steel Construction firm in Regina.

To say it is a more senior position may not be correct, but it is a better job with good prospects and better pay.

And its in Canada so what more could you want:thumbup:

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Where's the tick box for "trying to blag as much time off as one can possibly get away with before entering the Canadian job market" ?!

However - when that sad day finally comes, it will most likely be a much junior position in a field never tried before - my aspirations are not set too high at this point - then surely I cannot fail? Hopefully .... :o

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I've ticked the better position box, but it's hard to judge........ I'm moving from a international company where the site i'm at employs >2000 people to a town with a population of about 1500 - although technically my position will be higher and I will no longer be a little fish in a big pond;)

(instead I will b a little fish in a little pond:thumbsup:)

Scott

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Oh, and I will be earning more money!:thumbsup:

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Ditto for my husband - whereas I'm still a stay at home mum and generally dogsbody...but in a much nicer location :rofl:

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Mr Y-C-D has a more senior title here but is working with lots of analogue equipment compared to working with lots of digital in the UK. Technology in his field is little behind in NS compared to UK.

Working in the UK oil industry, meant that companies had more funds to spend on latest technology, especially where safety was concerned.

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After just 2 interviews I found a job - it was what I wanted - part time little stress. For awhile anyhow, until my supervisor left and it was upto me to run the show until a new supervisor was found. The Stress kept increasing until it was so bad I left. Just had a lovely long summer and am now looking for a job. I want PT no eve's or weekends, I know it'll be hard finding something as everyone wants FT staff.

Hubby secured his job whilst on Holiday here. He was a Ford mechanic and MOT tester, now he's a Ford mechanic. The beauty of his new position is that there is actually too much work to do - in the UK he had to fight to get jobs to make time, now he has to fight the jobs off, his UK Ford training was also commuted to the Canadian equivelent so he didn't have to re do product training.

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I think I was lucky... Im a Project Estimator in the construction industry.. there seems to be loads of these jobs around Calgary at the moment, Ive been offered a senior estimator position in Calgary, this is a step up from my current position here in the UK.. There are sooo many job websites out there, just takes a couple of hours searching.. its not that hard, the hardest thing is actually getting legal!! Grrr bloody LMOs's!!! :)