Re: Hubby needs help finding a job. What's going wrong?
 

The odds of getting a job are slightly better than 14,000,000:1 I would suspect!
Although I did win the lotto last week, but did not get a job.

Re: Hubby needs help finding a job. What's going wrong?
 

I dont play often but I may have won more times on scratchers than winning jobs....lol

Never won the big prize however.

Re: Hubby needs help finding a job. What's going wrong?
 

I found a job within three weeks in a company that wasnt initially looking for anyone but met with me anyway. I started on the same amount as I did in the UK but with a dollar sign in front of it. I was there for a year and will remain ever grateful to them as because of that job we were able to have a status, buy our home and start our new lives. Fast forward 5 years and I was earning more than I probably would be in the UK and in a job I love, still in NS. We are now 7 years in and I continue to be happy.
Hubby was in the police in the UK and it took him a while, and eventually a chat around a firepit, to even get his first proper job, at the airport, for the commissionaires. That led to his job as a sheriff about 18 months later. All is still good for him.
Its a leap of faith for sure but we wanted to be here and live this life so much that it made it worth it. Having said that, I am not sure I would choose to do it all over again without taking a deep breath first.

Re: Hubby needs help finding a job. What's going wrong?
 

Hi.
That sucks he's having the problems he is...
I've had very good success with this web site...
indeed.ca

Post his resume and search for jobs in your area and I'm sure in a short amount of time he'll be getting responses.

Re: Hubby needs help finding a job. What's going wrong?
 

I work in IT and have over 30 years experience and found it almost impossible getting any feedback to job applications while in the UK. To be frank, it was a waste of time trying. When we arrived in Toronto, I networked with several recruitment companies and met recruitment advisors in person and got myself a Canadian cellphone and address. You need to be here to get a job. It is not what you know, it is who you know that counts.

Re: Hubby needs help finding a job. What's going wrong?
 

:goodpost:
+1

Re: Hubby needs help finding a job. What's going wrong?
 

Re: Hubby needs help finding a job. What's going wrong?
 

That's exactly what we plan to do if our EE application is successful. As a manager in the UK who's job involved recruitment for several years (thankfully not anymore, I HATE recruitment) I would frankly toss CVs from anyone based abroad, or even far away in the UK straight in the bin. Why faff around when there are many other applicants based locally with the same skillset?

As has been said many times on here, unless you have extremely specialist skills that are in dire need over there, why waste your time and theirs? Petrifying as it is to move without a job and watch your savings potentially whittle away, I'd rather go there with a Canadian-style resume and a plan of who to contact / network with / apply to and hit the ground running on day one.

Contracting employers in your field from over here, knowing that you won't be able to start for a couple of months or so just risks annoying them so they'll be less likely to employ you when you do get there, IMHO.

Re: Hubby needs help finding a job. What's going wrong?
 

:goodpost:

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I wonder if Loraine has ever seen many of these posts??

There has been no comment from her for some time, yet there are some good ideas!

Re: Hubby needs help finding a job. What's going wrong?
 

Yes. Hubby needs to get on a plane and be on the ground to get a job.

OP, there are tons of previous threads on this topic, many in the same predicament as you, and they've all gone the same way. You need to be on the ground and not try to do it long-distance.

I would also set a red-line financially for when you pull the plug. Unfortunately this gets overlooked by most migrants. Moving country is one of the hardest things you will ever do, it may or may not work out, but you need to set an exit point (ideally before you leave the UK) for where you decide it isn't working and you need to go back. Otherwise you run the risk of having it not working but just saying "if we give it another two months . . . if we give it another two months . . . if we give it another two months . . ." and then all your savings are gone.

The reason you set the exit point before you leave the UK is to ensure that emotion and the heat of the moment don't sway things.

So, in conclusion . . .

1. Hubby needs to get on a plane
2. What is your financial exit point?

I would, be contrarian here and also take the house off the market. Your future in Canada does not sound secure at this point. If hubby comes over and gets a secure job, by all means put the house on the market.

So, what is your financial exit-point or red-letter day? If Hubby isn't going to get on a plane - Christmas sounds reasonable as the prospects of things changing much aren't good.

Good luck.

Re: Hubby needs help finding a job. What's going wrong?
 

So it's been a couple of months and things aren't going so well. I love my job and I'm starting to really settle here. Went back to the UK in Sept for my birthday and TBO couldn't wait to come back. Problem is hubby!

Hubby is here and has been for two weeks with the hope of finding a job and being able to hand his notice when he goes back this week. Unfortunately, this isn't working out well. He's applied for sooo many jobs, rang them all to follow up (more than once) and even been into the companies in the hope of speaking to someone but NO ONE is coming back to him. Friends and even my boss' have looked at his resume and said it's great, so why is he finding it impossible??

The house still hasn't sold and we've not had a single viewing. It's been on the market since July and we've reduced the price.

I really don't want to give up and go back, but unless something drastic happens soon I may have to. We are really starting to struggle now, running the house in the UK and our apartment here. I'm seriously thinking of saying if he's not here by Xmas that I'll have to pack up and go back.

Anyone else been in a similar situation? How long did you give it till you called it a day on the Canada dream?

Re: Hubby needs help finding a job. What's going wrong?
 

My ex-work colleague got laid off last January and is still looking for work. The company I work for has been downsizing for the past three years. However almost every other retail store is advertising for work. I think higher paid jobs are still limited. I did get a job offer earlier this year after looking for 2 years. However it was no better than what I have now, maybe worse.
4 years ago it only took me 3 months to get a job after my company relocated. A lot depends on timing. When I first moved here 10 years ago when the world was falling apart, it took a week to find a job.

A lot is going to depend if hubby is prepared to take a job that is "below him".

Re: Hubby needs help finding a job. What's going wrong?
 

Your husband may have to take any job that will bring in an income while he looks around.

Service industry, retail, etc etc

Don't give up until you have tried everything.

He almost certainly will not find a job from the UK, so he should get over here permanently get a rental agency rent your home out ............... they're best suited to finding a tenant and handling any problems than a relation or friend. Get some income coming in from that.

Then look around for jobs that he can do temporarily until "his" job turns up.


Get him back here pronto as a "settler", stop trying to get him set up before he comes.

Re: Hubby needs help finding a job. What's going wrong?
 

Thanks for the replies,

We've looked at renting out the house and isn't a viable option. When the property market slumped houses in our area were being snapped up for peanuts, this then lead to cheap rentals. Our next door neighbor pays less in rent than we do on a mortgage! Then add on the agent fee's and the insurance and we're losing out big time. The market is picking up but just not quick enough.

I have looked at We Buy Any House which isn't the way I wanted to go, but seeing as the house is costing money and time every month perhaps it's an option to just get rid, make the clean break and get hubby here. They actually aren't as bad as I though they would be. Not made up my mind, but considering it