alilane

Hi

My husband is a skilled carpenter/joiner with over 20yrs experience. We really want to move to Canada to start a new life but we're having major hurdles trying to find a job!!

We know his skills are in demand, and have been looking in various places for a vacancy. Either we contact a company directly and we never hear from them again (wonder if its anything to do with the hassle of employing an immigrant?) or we find its linked to a recruitment agency who start spouting off fees etc. My head is buzzing with all the information I'm trying to take in .. all we need is a job offer - so how do you secure one??

Beginning to think we'll never get over there..

terese677

Hi
Have a look at the Wiki on the top of the page, its very helpful. There have been lots of people with those skills here, just use the search tool and hopefully you'll come across some threads that might help
Good luck
Terese

Judy in Calgary

Hello, alilane, and welcome to the BE forum.

As terese677 said, there is information in the Wiki section of this website.

I think the best Wiki article for you to read, to start off with, is the one called Quick Job Hunting Instructions.

You also might try Atkins West.

Hope that helps.
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alilane

Thanks so much and thanks for the welcome..

I've called atkins west .. seem quite helpful and fees are more reasonable - I also had a look on Wiki but as I had already followed a lot of those steps anyway there wan't much more to go on for the time being.

Fingers crossed now!!

LMBrian

Hi Alilane,

Another good website is www.alberta-canada.com/jobs. The employers advertising here usually are familiar with employing foreign workers and
are aware of the immigration system. Good luck!

Judy in Calgary

Thanks for the excellent link, Brian. I have added it to the Wiki article called Finding Job Opportunities-Canada.
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