Originally Posted by Judy in Calgary

If you don't already have authorization to work in Canada, recruitment agencies cannot help you. Yes, you could have an informational interview with one or two of them to get a sense of what salary you might be able to earn, what skills are required for the field in which you want to work, and so on.

But, beyond one or two meetings with head hunters, you should focus your efforts on potential employers.

You should phone several of them and send your resume to them before you go to Canada on a recce trip.

Then, when you go on your recce trip, take spare copies of your resume (and also take an electronic version of your resume on a memory stick so that you can print off more copies if needed). This will enable you to give your resume to prospective employers whom you may meet during your recce trip.

If you haven't already done so, you would do well to read all the articles in the Job Hunting-Canada section of the Wiki.

You can get a rough overview by reading Quick Job Hunting Instructions-Canada.

Although you need to read all the articles in the Job Hunting section, the one that would be of most immediate use to you, I believe, is Finding Job Opportunities.

Hope that helps.
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Originally Posted by me.julie23

Hi Tracy,
Welcome to BE, join the club of British leaving the UK. Canada is a nice place to live where ever it may be. I think people wanting to come just have to get the jobs they are able to get and maybe think of moving to the place they wanted when they have their PR. Some are lucky to get job offers on the place the wanted to settle.
This place is full of info and nice happy bunch of people.
Good Luck to your family.

Originally Posted by nikki dreaming

Is it really ok to just walk in to a company and give them your resume'?

Originally Posted by tracys

Yes, we found this was fine, infact the more face to face networking you can do the better. We found after speaking to a potential employer they also gave us details of other places they knew were looking for staff

I wouldn't take kids to a show personally, depends on their age, but for most I would say they would be bored rigid!!!

Originally Posted by Julie_p

Hi Tracys, good luck to you we originally wanted to go to nova scotia but found work hard to find, hubby has a job offer now in calgary and we are hoping to move by the end of the year, what does your OH do?

Julie x

Originally Posted by sim2point4

My hubbie is a plumbing & heating engineer, and has had a good response in NS with his job hunting, don't think that he will have problems finding work once we have permanent residence.

Originally Posted by sim2point4

My hubbie is a plumbing & heating engineer, and has had a good response in NS with his job hunting, don't think that he will have problems finding work once we have permanent residence.
I think that some of the more remote areas are more desperate for plumbers, and if you don't mind where you go, it is worth a try to mabey get an LMO, then fast track PR.

Originally Posted by Julie_p

This is probably true but we didnt want to wait the 5years or more for pr, so we chose the twp after hubby secured a job with good pay in calgary, have you gone for the skilled worker route yourself?

Julie

Originally Posted by tracys

Sounds like you're nearly there you must be so excited. It seems that plumbers are in demand everywhere! and not just Polish ones

Maybe OH should have decided on a different career. From what I have learned so far IT is an area where there are shortages of manpower but it seems to be mostly in web dev. or support positions. The fact that my OH has climbed the ladder to the position of director may not be in our favour. We will just have to keep looking and hope there is a job out there for him somewhere. At this stage we are just desperate to get out of here so any of the maritimes or BC will be given serious consideration.

Good luck with your medicals, hope all goes smoothly for you

tracys

Originally Posted by tracys

Hello everyone,

My family and I are hoping to get to Canada asap. Have applied under skilled worker visa, but we all know how long that takes, so are hoping that my OH will be able to secure a job sometime soon. We have already visited Calgary, Vancouver and the rockies and been on a recce to Vancouver Island, which we loved. We were set on VI as a destination untill we were told by our immigration lawyer that it would be virtually impossible for my OH to secure a job there before we land with PR.

After our second visit to the emigrate show this year we were told we had more chance of getting a job offer in Nova Scotia as they are more in need of people, everyone seems to be going west apparently. So I've done some research and booked a recce for August of this year. I just hope it is as beautiful as it looks!

Tracys x

Originally Posted by Daniel E.

Hello Tracey's,

Sounds like my kind if place. For as long as I can remeber I have found myself drawn to the ocean. I read somewhere that NS is like Cornwall, which I love, only with friendlier people. The low crime aspect is also very important as we have two young children. It is one of the main reasons for wanting to leave the UK.

The fact that there are more job prospects in NS is the main reason that we decided to look into it as a possible stepping stone on our journey to BC. But once we started to do some research we realised that NS could actually be the better option for us. Shorter flight times from the UK, I in particular hate flying and the children aren't too keen either. Cheaper housing, or more for your money than on V Island. Plus it looks simular to our lanscape here in blighty. I am absolutely in awe of the mountains but I'm sure I would miss our rolling green landscape a little after a while.

I'm sure I will have lots of questions as time goes by, especially after our trip, so thank you so much for the offer. Its great to be able to chat to like minded people about our plans. People who understand why we want to do this and what it is like to go through this process. I don't know about your personal experience but I am finding particularly hard to talk to my very close friends about my dream as I am essentially leaving them behind It's hard because they probably don't understand why you want to leave them when they are such an important part of your life. Just wish I could take them with me.

Originally Posted by tracys

Thanks again for your kind offer,

tracys

Originally Posted by Daniel E.

There is an excellent Government website that will give you a nice overview of the Province and alot it has to offer, try:

http://novascotia.com/en/home/default.aspx

Daniel Chisholm, Fall River