Hi folks

Can those people who have landed in Canada and successfully found a good job in their own field, commensurate with their experience & skills pls post their stories here. This would really help those people who have already landed/going to land in Canada. We really need some positive stories abt job availability, with all those not so positive posts posted earlier. Anybody pls...........

Thanks in advance for all the help

Shri

In my opinion, those with unfavorable experience in job hunting tend to write about
their problem more than others with no or few problems. This is a kind of selection
bias. So it is appreciated if successful people would participate more in this group.

Regards, Farshid

shri <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > Hi folks
    >
    > Can those people who have landed in Canada and successfully found a good job in
    > their own field, commensurate with their experience & skills pls post their stories
    > here. This would really help those people who have already landed/going to land in
    > Canada. We really need some positive stories abt job availability, with all those
    > not so positive posts posted earlier. Anybody pls...........
    >
    > Thanks in advance for all the help
    >
    > Shri

hello gurus any stories yet

My perception on this is Once a landed immigrant has completed all formality, landed
and found a job and has no further immigration issues they tend not to come to this
site too often. So you probably won't hear that many success stories. But belive me
there are a lot of people that have landed and established well in Canada. Just the
folks that landed in the last 6 months or so especially in computer occupations are
struggling due to the economic conditions. Anyways take a chance and come and try
your luck. Even if 99% of the immigrants found a great job the day they land, it is
still possible that you are in the 1% bracket. The reverse is also true. So instead
of trying to compile these meaningless statistics, just land if you can.

Let me share my experience. I am a Civil Engineer with several years of experiences.

I landed in Calgary in August 2000. First two weeks were busy for SIN, bank,
apartment etc. After that, I sent out 5-10 resumes per day. I followed newspapers and
internet job postings. My wife and son landed in October 2000, still unemployed.

I started to apply for whatever job I can handle: fast food, factory, store. Even for
the minimum wage job, it took me a month to obtain one. It was a job in a cafetaria.
It happened the manager of the cafetaria was an immigrant herself. So, she could
understand I was willing to take whatever job. She did not ask me in detail about my
job experiences. I filled out an application form and basically only explained my
part time job before as a real estate agent. The working ours were great: 6 am to 2
pm, so I had time in the afternoon to search for the job in my field.

After one month working, I got an interviewed from a firm from Saskatchewan. It went
well and the only thing we did not settle at interview was salary. The next day I was
back in Calgary, I got another interview from Edmonton. This company also offered me
the job. In the end, I chose to work for the company in Saskatchewan. However, I have
to settle for the salary of a fresh graduate of Canadian University.

Now, more than one year after working in my profession, I am in the process of
getting license as a P. Eng.

That is my story. My advice is to start looking for whatever job you can handle as
soon as you landed; because, even for minimum wage job is not easy to get one.

Make two resumes: one for the job in your profession and the other for survival
job. You shall not lie for the second resume. You just do not tell the employer
everything, like your degrees and professional experiences. If you once help your
parents or families in their stores, you can describe the experience. Try to
think whatever job you have done before, so you can have something to say on your
second resume.

One important thing is to be positive. Since we are freely to choose to move to
Canada, whatever outcome it has is our destiny. I also agree with one of the poster
that say: if you are comfortably live in wherever you are now, why shall you take the
risk to start your life all over here ?

Hello there,

For the fact that you are asking for sucessful settlment stories in Canada, it is so
refreshing in this NG. I thank you for your positivie attitude and best luck for your
endeavour whenever and wherever in Canada!!

We applied for PR in June, 1999 from US (US citizen and my Chinese common-law
spouse). We were fortunate enough to obtain our PR status through fast-track system
and thus able to land in Toronto around Jan. 2000. I am in bio-medical field and my
spouse is a freelance artist. I found my first Canadain job in June 2000 and I had
1 more until this current one. Through the turmoil of economic slowdown, I have
been able to hold down this job. My spouse continues the freelance work in comupter
graphic. We purchased our home in June 2000 and we've settled in pretty nicely
since then.

If success is defined by the amount of the money people are making in Canada, then
you may not be too thrilled to know that we are making a lot less. I had more than 11
yrs of experience in the bio-medical field in the States but I had to start all over
again here from almost entry level. However our quality of life has tremendously
improved and we look forwards to the prosperity in our future in the next 10 years
for our growing family. As an American, I am humbled by the true multicultural
atomosphere, tolerance and worldly viewpoint in Canada. (And we just won Hockey!!)

We also took people's advise in this NG to establish our Canadain credit history as
soon as we got here. We got the TD Visa (one of the biggest banks in Canada including
TD, CIBC, Royal and Bank of Montreal), Future Shop (equivalant to Best Buy), and of
course the Canadain Tire card almost immediately after we started working. By letting
my US credit history reviewed here, we bought a 97 Toyata SUV just about the same
time as well. 2 years after, our credit line has increased to at least $1500 on each
card. After refinancing our mortage with CIBC, we just got approved for their credit
card too. I think TD is pretty stingy than CIBC on credit line increase. And that
goes with Home Depot and Future Shop.

Of course we have our ups and downs and that nothing is perfect. Yes, even in Canada
    ) However, when we run into some hard times adjusting our life here, we always
remind ourselves that at least we came from the States, image those who are coming in
from outside of North America, or non-English speaking countries, what they have to
endure in a newly adopted country must be even more overwhelming. So we feel content
and life is good again.

I think "success" is in the eye of beholder and since people in this NG tend to use
Canada as a back-up in case their US immigration doesn't pane out, you have to be
strong and question yourself honestly. Like immigrants all over the world, doesn't
matter to North America, Australia, New Zealand, etc..., if it is your dream to
enbetter your life in another country, then go for it and be happy for your decision.
Tears may come from time to time but at the end it is your dream that shines and your
laughters that count!!

Good luck!

Thank You!! I`m sure this would be inspiring to many of us. LNG