what does seem the best way to get a job in alberta?? do i just apply for all the vacancies i see on the internet or should i go on a job seeking holiday ?? any advice would be great, also can any one tell me what standard of living i would get if i was earning 30k pa in uk how does that transfer to alberta??

Hi there welcome to the forum.We used a company to help us find jobs but a good way is to do as you said and send as many resumes as possible out and also try and arrange a few interviews.
What kind of work do you do and where you planning to go?
The standard of living here is expensive.Depending on your family size and what your spending habits are,we have a famaly of 5 and couldnt manage on less than $100,000 a year,but then others could manage on alot less.
Rentals arent cheap here and we spend atleast $400 on utilities and about that again on a months food shopping.
Hope that helps
Mandi

Only $400 a month on food for a family of 5 and yet you need to earn $100,00 per annum - I dread to think what you are spending on alcohol each month what are you doing with all your money ??

For the OP, assuming your mortgage will be the same over here as it is in the UK and most other things being comparable, you should be able to live comfortably on $65,000. $100,000 a year is a very good salary (even a combined income) and most Calgarians survive very well on considerably less

I totally agree with Almost Canadian. $100,000 a year should give you, conservatively over $4000 net a month. You only spend $400 a month on groceries for 5 people??!! That's less than $3 a day each! What the heck are you eating? Hard to imagine where the rest of your money goes.

hi mandi, what company did u use? and what did they provide service wise?
thanx

If you double the £30k to $60k per annum - not a bad salary but it does depend whereabouts in the country you are. For instance, had we wanted to go to a kajor city such as Calgary OH would have earned a damn sight more but the damn sight more would have been eaten up by property costs.

We decided to go for a smaller town (but still just over 80,000 residents) that had everything as a family that we needed and property wasnt as dear as the most important factor for us was our quality of family time together.

Would say that if you had a skill that was in extremely high demand then your salary could very well be in line if not more that in the UK.

My hubby did take a small cut in his salary but he does have to requalify certain aspects of his English Chartered Accountants quaification to bring it up to the Canadian qualification. His employer is paying for all of this ie the prep course, flights, hotels and exam etc which would cost $000's and they gave him a relocation package too to move to Canada.

I would think that once he qualified then he would be getting a pay rise as at the mo he doesnt have the Candian designation to practice - even though he holds a UK Chartered Accountancy Practicing Certificate.

HTH

Gaynor
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Woh i better stick up for myself here We get paid every 2 weeks.the 1st of the month we get $3000 between us and pay $1700 rent and $650 child care.the next pay we do our shopping and pay the bills and then it has to last a month.We usualy have around $2000 a month left.When you have 2 teenagers playing sports and a hungry car to feed with petrol it dosent go far.
Before i got a job hubbies wages were $4200 a month and we barley managed.We dont drink much at all so god knows where it all goes

Hi Claire we used Atkins west.They found Darren a job,helped us with healthcare,social security,schools,gave us usefull websites for houses etc and even viewed a few rentals for me.
There great to work with,we didnt pay them a penny because the company that employed us pays for there services.
We paid for the WP at POE but the LMO etc was all done by them and paid for as was all the WP forms.
I still get help from them now and there doing our PR when we get round to it.
I have sent you there contact details
Mandi

hi thanks for all the info iam a mobile crane operator, but i dont really like big citys ,my wife likes the coast , iam not too sure where we would like to be i was in alberta 15 yrs ago near wainwright i liked it there not too big etc etc. i know the oilsands makes good money but not sure how far 34 dollars an hour will go and dont know what the cost of everyday living is eg fuel,food,heating,taxes, so iam trying to work it all out . a short trip out there would be ideal but at the moment things are too busy, thanks again for the help.wags

Apparently i under budgeted for the food,sorry,our big shop is $400 but we still average atleast 50-100 a week on all the things we run out of like water,pop,bread milk etc