Recruiting in Vancouver from the UK
Jun 29th 2012, 11:38 pm
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Re: Recruiting in Vancouver from the UK
I think luck plays a big part too, my interviews and tests for my current job went very well and they really wanted me.
I also had to overcome not being a PR/Canadian citizen as it was a government job.
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Jun 30th 2012, 12:13 am
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Re: Recruiting in Vancouver from the UK
I am a planner, took me 2 years to get a planning job. I worked at staples for 9 months as a computer technician on just above minimum wage. I left there as it was going no where and interned full time unpaid for 6 months at a local municipality to get more Canadian planning experience.
During my internship I applied for a job with the bc ministry of transportation and infrastructure and got a job as a planning technician.
I am a recent graduate from the UK and was living in Toronto at the time I applied for that job, it is possible to get a job, just a lot harder than in the UK.
During my internship I applied for a job with the bc ministry of transportation and infrastructure and got a job as a planning technician.
I am a recent graduate from the UK and was living in Toronto at the time I applied for that job, it is possible to get a job, just a lot harder than in the UK.
Jun 30th 2012, 12:58 am
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Re: Recruiting in Vancouver from the UK
Its not easy at first but it was worth it.
I now have a great job (I get paid more than I would in the same position in the UK even with the exchange rate) that I love and I live in a beautiful place were I can be in the mountains after work to go running, skiing or biking.
Jun 30th 2012, 1:31 am
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Re: Recruiting in Vancouver from the UK
I think for me, its better in Canada!
Its not easy at first but it was worth it.
I now have a great job (I get paid more than I would in the same position in the UK even with the exchange rate) that I love and I live in a beautiful place were I can be in the mountains after work to go running, skiing or biking.
Its not easy at first but it was worth it.
I now have a great job (I get paid more than I would in the same position in the UK even with the exchange rate) that I love and I live in a beautiful place were I can be in the mountains after work to go running, skiing or biking.
Jun 30th 2012, 1:38 am
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Jun 30th 2012, 11:12 am
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Re: Recruiting in Vancouver from the UK
I think that even in easier to get positions its almost vital to be in Canada to obtain them.
How can an employer seriously consider an employee whos not even here (unless they are some rare much in need scientist or similiar). The employer is taking a risk when taking on a new employee anyway, they would want to mitigate that risk as much as possible. If the potential employee is not even in the country then the employer knows that situations can arise and they may not even arrive, no matter how keen they seem.
Therefore that job is still not filled, they have taken it off the market and now they have to start again.
How can an employer seriously consider an employee whos not even here (unless they are some rare much in need scientist or similiar). The employer is taking a risk when taking on a new employee anyway, they would want to mitigate that risk as much as possible. If the potential employee is not even in the country then the employer knows that situations can arise and they may not even arrive, no matter how keen they seem.
Therefore that job is still not filled, they have taken it off the market and now they have to start again.
Jun 30th 2012, 7:41 pm
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Re: Recruiting in Vancouver from the UK
......... Waiting for the op ......
Jul 2nd 2012, 7:53 pm
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Re: Recruiting in Vancouver from the UK
To the Original Poster:
Don't be put off by negativity, it's easy for people who have already made the jump/got their PR etc to shoot down your dreams.
If you're young (and childless I assume), put your stuff in storage, get a WHV, get over to BC and see what you can cobble together. Life is too short to never take risks.
As a Canadian I can tell you, it's a great country! Try not to have too specific a goal in mind, go with the flow and see what comes your way. If you have the skills/personality and mindset then who knows what could be in the horizon.
And if it all goes tits up, you've got good ol' Blighty to fall back on:-)
Best of luck!
Don't be put off by negativity, it's easy for people who have already made the jump/got their PR etc to shoot down your dreams.
If you're young (and childless I assume), put your stuff in storage, get a WHV, get over to BC and see what you can cobble together. Life is too short to never take risks.
As a Canadian I can tell you, it's a great country! Try not to have too specific a goal in mind, go with the flow and see what comes your way. If you have the skills/personality and mindset then who knows what could be in the horizon.
And if it all goes tits up, you've got good ol' Blighty to fall back on:-)
Best of luck!
Jul 2nd 2012, 8:16 pm
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Re: Recruiting in Vancouver from the UK
To the Original Poster:
Don't be put off by negativity, it's easy for people who have already made the jump/got their PR etc to shoot down your dreams.
If you're young (and childless I assume), put your stuff in storage, get a WHV, get over to BC and see what you can cobble together. Life is too short to never take risks.
As a Canadian I can tell you, it's a great country! Try not to have too specific a goal in mind, go with the flow and see what comes your way. If you have the skills/personality and mindset then who knows what could be in the horizon.
And if it all goes tits up, you've got good ol' Blighty to fall back on:-)
Best of luck!
Don't be put off by negativity, it's easy for people who have already made the jump/got their PR etc to shoot down your dreams.
If you're young (and childless I assume), put your stuff in storage, get a WHV, get over to BC and see what you can cobble together. Life is too short to never take risks.
As a Canadian I can tell you, it's a great country! Try not to have too specific a goal in mind, go with the flow and see what comes your way. If you have the skills/personality and mindset then who knows what could be in the horizon.
And if it all goes tits up, you've got good ol' Blighty to fall back on:-)
Best of luck!
Jul 2nd 2012, 9:09 pm
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Re: Recruiting in Vancouver from the UK
um, no offence Jenny but that's pretty much what we all told him to do (WHV etc) And we got shot down, so yeah.
Jul 2nd 2012, 10:03 pm
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Re: Recruiting in Vancouver from the UK
But the OP is a Brit so we are just addressing him as he should expect. I think the OP has been given lots of useful and usable advice on this thread (including yours). However, it seems he doesn't want the advice we have given. He wants someone to fix him up with a job.
Jul 3rd 2012, 12:05 am
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Re: Recruiting in Vancouver from the UK
To the Original Poster:
Don't be put off by negativity, it's easy for people who have already made the jump/got their PR etc to shoot down your dreams.
If you're young (and childless I assume), put your stuff in storage, get a WHV, get over to BC and see what you can cobble together. Life is too short to never take risks.
As a Canadian I can tell you, it's a great country! Try not to have too specific a goal in mind, go with the flow and see what comes your way. If you have the skills/personality and mindset then who knows what could be in the horizon.
And if it all goes tits up, you've got good ol' Blighty to fall back on:-)
Best of luck!
Don't be put off by negativity, it's easy for people who have already made the jump/got their PR etc to shoot down your dreams.
If you're young (and childless I assume), put your stuff in storage, get a WHV, get over to BC and see what you can cobble together. Life is too short to never take risks.
As a Canadian I can tell you, it's a great country! Try not to have too specific a goal in mind, go with the flow and see what comes your way. If you have the skills/personality and mindset then who knows what could be in the horizon.
And if it all goes tits up, you've got good ol' Blighty to fall back on:-)
Best of luck!
I came on TWP .
Jul 3rd 2012, 12:06 am
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Jul 3rd 2012, 4:50 am
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Re: Recruiting in Vancouver from the UK