We are off to Alberta in October and wondered how my son would stand with regards to employment. He left school a couple of months before his school year ended due to bullying, he just could not take anymore. He did not sit any GCSE's. He has worked from being 14 on weekends & nights after school and since leaving school has worked as a chef in a hotel, although never taken any exams for this. He is now 19 and is worried what will happen jobwise when we get to canada.

Any help and advice will be much appreciated

You pretty much described the majority of entry level people in Canadian Restaurants/Hotels.

I doubt he will find it a problem getting a job.

He may start in the dish pit, but if he shows any talent at all he should progress.

Not quite the same situation but I have a friend whose daughter dropped out after grade 9 basically because she was lazy. She now works in McDonalds at the age of 20. Her career path is somewhat limited to say the least.

If your son is keen, have a look for FE colleges in the area you are moving to, there are probably courses he can do to challenge his high school diploma as a mature student and then get into a vocational training course. He would still be able to work part time somewhere to earn some pennies.

Chefs were in demand here (not sure if they still are though) (by the standard of some of the restaurant meals being produced they still are if you ask me), he might well find he can get hired on somewhere as a junior with his experience and do part time training that way.

There are always options, you could even look into tutoring or homeschooling if the thought of going back to a classroom environment (even if full of more mature people) is too daunting.
Helen