Living and working in Canada
 

Hi there

Just joined this evening and I was wondering if anyone could give me some good information regarding getting a job in Canada (names of agencies etc. with email addresses would also be good).

Could somebody also give me info as regards to the best town/city to locate in (I have been reading up on some of the major cities) and also any links to the cost of living and what a 31 year old university graduate (in modern languages), currently managing in the logistics industry could expect to earn.

Any info regarding the cost of living compared to the UK would also be apprecated.

Look forward to hearing from you. Please send any emails to <<email address removed to protect privacy>>

Thanks
Daniel

Re: Living and working in Canada
 

With all due respect, please try using the advanced search feature, Its all there in glorious technicolor.

Iqualuit is supposed to be a nice place with tons of well paying jobs.

Unfortunately job agencies are unlikely to do anything but spin you a line about how many great jobs you would be suited for once you get here. Once you get here unfortunately the reality is a bit different, as reported many times here before. Canadian Experience yadda yadda yadda. Very few people are lucky enough to get a job and work permit thorough agencies. Skilled worker migration is the usual route. (www.cic.gc.ca)

Minimum wage in Ontario is $7.45 an hour. Many fresh immigrants are lucky to make that.

Re: Living and working in Canada
 

1C and snowing right now ... positively tropical for Canada :D

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But 71 degrees F here in Bath..... go figure .... global warming huh ;)

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Erm, Google is a wonderful tool, although granted you have all the pesky business of doing your own research rather than someone emailing you all the details. Try 'logistics jobs' and much will be revealed. You might also try the Canadian Institute of Traffic and Transport (CITT) at www.citt.ca or supply chain & logistics canada http://www.sclcanada.org/ . This website also might help http://www.jobsinlogistics.ca/cgi-lo...=jilca-can-scl

AX

Re: Living and working in Canada
 

Thanks for all the suggestions...I have actually been using the internet to look for answers to my questions but thought I would get the view from the horses mouth with those people who have already moved out to Canada.

Re: Living and working in Canada
 

Sorry, I was a bit snippy there. Gets a bit boring answering the same thing over and over here.

I meant the advanced search feature for this forum, as your questions have been covered before by people who have already moved out to Canada.

http://britishexpats.com/forum/search.php

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No worries...thanks for pointing me in the right direction. Fellow Liverpool fan ?

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The key to getting a job here is networking.
Try ringing managers directly.

The UK methods of getting work don't apply here. You'll be
unemployed forever if rely on agencies and newspaper ads.

The best cities to find work are usually the unpopular ones
which receive very few immigrants and hence have less competition.
Places like Regina, Saskatoon, Edmonton, Lethbridge and Winnipeg.

Most immigrants head to Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal
and consequently this is where you'll find most competition.
It's a total nightmare trying to get a job in Toronto as there
are literally thousands of other desperate highly educated immigrants
all fighting to get work.

The cost of living varies incredibly across Canada.
Vancouver is horribly expensive, Toronto less so.
Parts of the praries and the maritimes are very cheap.
You can get a huge house in New Brunswick for the price
of a small studio flat in Vancouver.

Re: Living and working in Canada
 

A generalisation there my aquatic friend but also some grains of truth. Its not impossible to get a job through the conventional seeing the ad in the paper and emailing in your CV route. Well at least not here in some of the 'unpopular' cities in the forgotton Atlantic Canadian province out there beyond the Maritimes! An for the OP's info being as he's in Logistics, I too work in Logistics & took a step UP rather than down the career ladder when I moved here. I hope the links I posted might be of use in your research. The grains of truth are that you can get a decent house in many places outside of Toronto, Vancouver etc. Here in sunny Newfoundland I have an acre and a detached pile at a price that would buy me a terraced house in Essex or probably a 1 bed appt in TO!