Question for those who managed to get a job sorted out prior to emigrating

How did you find your job.....for instance did you use www.monster.ca or similar?

Did you use an employment consultant and if so how much did they cost? (we spoke to one who told us that we would be charged £2000 if they secured an approved job offer)

Do you have any tips?

How long did it take you and was there much interest?

Did it significantly speed up your skilled worker application?

Thanks in advance

Not sure this will help, but here goes...

I had no plans to come to Canada, but was approached by a head hunter while at my previous employer. (I have very "nichey" work experience, what can I say!) There was some mention of relocation, but I was thinking 100s of miles, not 1000s! still, I was young enough then to think "why not...nothing to lose", and here I am, loving it.

I came on a work permit, and after a couple of years applied for PR from within canada (via Buffalo NY) Work permit took 3 months to get, PR about a year. Think of it as test driving the country before buying into it. My Citizenship application is now about 10 months old, should be due for the test soon.

Hard to give tips, i think it is very dependent on the kind of qualifications and experience you have, what work you are looking for , and in my case a big hunk of dumb luck.

Iain

IIRC The HRDC approval process must be payed for by the employing company, so watch out for anyone who wants to charge you for that. What exactly is your $2k paying for? There are a lot of unscrupulous people out there trying to take desperate emmigrants/ applicants for every penny they can get....there are good guys too as well, but "buyer beware"

Exactly the same for us. Having a "nichy" profession certainly helps but just search the job ads. Check out the Globe and mail careers ads for example - noboidy says you can't apply for those jobs just because you don't yet live in Canada