IT Skilled workers
Mar 18th 2008 | 9:10 pm
#107
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Mar 18th 2008 | 9:50 pm
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Mar 18th 2008 | 10:55 pm
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Mar 18th 2008 | 11:05 pm
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Mar 20th 2008 | 4:41 am
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Re: IT Skilled workers
Back to the original question, whats the call for tech arch's in Canada?
Mar 20th 2008 | 5:24 am
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Re: IT Skilled workers
Mar 20th 2008 | 8:52 am
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Mar 20th 2008 | 7:36 pm
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Mar 21st 2008 | 9:40 am
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Re: IT Skilled workers
There is a salary checker at Monster.ca click here
anita :-)
Mar 21st 2008 | 9:42 am
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Mar 21st 2008 | 10:08 am
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Re: IT Skilled workers
I've been to Kamloops and would probably be tempted but it is too far from the UK for my wife. It's going to be one of the small cities in the east coast of Canada for us I'm afraid. I just hope that IT companies there are having the same difficulties as you. If so my long experience and skills should be well suited.
Perhaps your company should advertise on www.jobserve.com. Although this is the UK link, from there, if a UK based IT guy wants to seek a job elsewhere in the world such as Canada, he need just check the North American tick box and it links its search to the NA affiliated site. Workopolis, Monster and in particular Monster.ca are not that well known here yet.
A few more things that are probably major factors apart from these job visibility issues are indeed, "the money", seemingly longer hours and very minimal paid annual leave. For prospective UK immigrants I would think the latter is a big turn off, especially bearing in mind many are leaving close family for their new lives. They will feel the need to use their leave to go back to visit aging parents, yet would still like some decent time left over to discover Canada as well. Two or three weeks total just does not allow both needs to happen.
Perhaps this is the key incentive rather than the money if you are to lure more UK IT staff with the skills and experience that are in demand. Well it would be for me anyway.
So are there any leading edge IT companies in Fredericton, New Brunswick that can entice me?
Perhaps your company should advertise on www.jobserve.com. Although this is the UK link, from there, if a UK based IT guy wants to seek a job elsewhere in the world such as Canada, he need just check the North American tick box and it links its search to the NA affiliated site. Workopolis, Monster and in particular Monster.ca are not that well known here yet.A few more things that are probably major factors apart from these job visibility issues are indeed, "the money", seemingly longer hours and very minimal paid annual leave. For prospective UK immigrants I would think the latter is a big turn off, especially bearing in mind many are leaving close family for their new lives. They will feel the need to use their leave to go back to visit aging parents, yet would still like some decent time left over to discover Canada as well. Two or three weeks total just does not allow both needs to happen.
Perhaps this is the key incentive rather than the money if you are to lure more UK IT staff with the skills and experience that are in demand. Well it would be for me anyway. So are there any leading edge IT companies in Fredericton, New Brunswick that can entice me?
