IMMIGRANTS IN BC
Mar 1st 2011, 1:30 pm
#46
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Re: IMMIGRANTS IN BC
Er, aren't you more likely to be applying to me?
Mar 1st 2011, 2:36 pm
#50
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Re: IMMIGRANTS IN BC
Really, why are you even in Canada. You seem to hate it and everything that is done there.
I have news for you, if you have never networked and you work in any professional business whether in the UK, USA or Canada then you clearly have an attitude problem.
Networking is part of business life and if you see it as just bollocks then you are short-changing yourself and sending a clear negative message to management that you do not want to invest in your own career.
As a manager I look for those candidates who take their career seriously and are willing to network to educate themselves throughout life making them an asset that any organisation wants.
If you are young you can be forgiven for being nieve about the realities of working life, but once you hit 30 you have no excuss unless you are in a low paid job where progression prospects are low.
I have news for you, if you have never networked and you work in any professional business whether in the UK, USA or Canada then you clearly have an attitude problem.
Networking is part of business life and if you see it as just bollocks then you are short-changing yourself and sending a clear negative message to management that you do not want to invest in your own career.
As a manager I look for those candidates who take their career seriously and are willing to network to educate themselves throughout life making them an asset that any organisation wants.
If you are young you can be forgiven for being nieve about the realities of working life, but once you hit 30 you have no excuss unless you are in a low paid job where progression prospects are low.
You are David Brent AICMFP!
Mar 1st 2011, 5:14 pm
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Re: IMMIGRANTS IN BC
How we have been treated with different things, eg: work, credit history, no one here seems to know how things work, people are sometimes too laid back that they stop. We have been here 2 and half years and dont seem to be at the mo and closer to what we came to Canada for. Which was a better life for our children. A better life for us. At the mo we are struggling more here than what we did back home. The job he came over to do did not turn out to be what they made out. So at the mo we are slightly miffed at the way things have turned out. May be depression has set in I dont know. But I would be gutted if we had to go home. Because I would miss it here. Its just work and some peoples attitudes.
Mar 1st 2011, 5:32 pm
#53
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Re: IMMIGRANTS IN BC
Well for one we dont have a attitude problem. I look on the internet for jobs everyday. In Grand forks you cant even get a part time jobs. 2 major companys here have both just laid a load of people off. Which isnt good. As for us we have just moved to a new house. Had a major problem with our main sewer pipe which means our basement has to be dug up and the pipe replaced. Our house at the moment is unsellable. With no job the problem cant be fixed which means we are stuck here till we find work to fix the problem, then either look somewhere else to move to or go back home to shitty England. We do love Canada, we do love Grand forks, nice place to live if you can find work and keep it without keep being laid off. Lovely people all friendly. But it does have it problems, I surposed like some other places here in Canada. But I only know about our situation.
How we have been treated with different things, eg: work, credit history, no one here seems to know how things work, people are sometimes too laid back that they stop. We have been here 2 and half years and dont seem to be at the mo and closer to what we came to Canada for. Which was a better life for our children. A better life for us. At the mo we are struggling more here than what we did back home. The job he came over to do did not turn out to be what they made out. So at the mo we are slightly miffed at the way things have turned out. May be depression has set in I dont know. But I would be gutted if we had to go home. Because I would miss it here. Its just work and some peoples attitudes.
How we have been treated with different things, eg: work, credit history, no one here seems to know how things work, people are sometimes too laid back that they stop. We have been here 2 and half years and dont seem to be at the mo and closer to what we came to Canada for. Which was a better life for our children. A better life for us. At the mo we are struggling more here than what we did back home. The job he came over to do did not turn out to be what they made out. So at the mo we are slightly miffed at the way things have turned out. May be depression has set in I dont know. But I would be gutted if we had to go home. Because I would miss it here. Its just work and some peoples attitudes.
That leaves you with the no money to fix the sewer/unable to sell with the sewer unfixed problem. In other words, a short-term loan. If the bank will not offer an overdraft have you asked any of the local realtors? I know some in my area who will lend a client the money to fix up their home - as long, of course, as they get the money back as well as their commission when the house sells.
Mar 25th 2011, 11:06 pm
#54
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Re: IMMIGRANTS IN BC
Well I quite agree with you we have thought about going home but the lad does seem to like school here better than back home where he was struggling and getting no help from his teacher. As you say the way they work here is crap, my hubby has been welding back home for 23 years but as for BC he is not qualified, which does pee you off. when it is good enough for immergration to let us in but as for imployers you have no chance. The way we feel at the mo its a case of well you have spent up now bugger off back home.
What I will say is in my experience it is much easier to find work in Saskatchewan although most do not see it as high on the places to live list!
