Did you not go over without a job

Sorry to hear it didn't work out for you, it can be hard for sure and commonly here they don't acknowledge your application unlike the UK where I'd always get a polite response regardless.

That said I have had some responses, and I gained welcome invites to apply again from others while waiting for my Nurse registration to process for Ontario (each province I had to register before I could work as a Nurse here, bit annoying to be honest and a waiting game) but it's there now at least.

I find cold calling and meeting people in person works better here too, as in walk in and give them your resume, it's another tip I got from employment centers over here.

not always easy to achieve a job when you arent even here

I sent off 25+ resumes as applications each with targeted cover letters to that company.

I only got 1 response and that was the good old ' your too qualified for what we need'

After that i called a guy who was advertising for Electricians through kajiji and asked him if i could drive to meet him in the morning. We met at Tim Hortons where i had a coffee waiting for him then he offered me the job on the spot. I feel you have to be face to face here. The jobs not the best but i'm getting 4th year apprentice money (better pay than an electrician at home) and this will get me that valuable 'Canadian Experience' so eventually i'll sit my red seal then move on.

Relying on sending out resumes is going to result in disappointment more times than not. Few businesses reply to applications they are not interested in, too time consuming and costly.

There is many a threads on here about networking. This is pretty much the only way to go in a new country, otherwise you are just a piece of paper among many. Go to trade events, cold call employers, drop in resumes on the off chance, join groups and associations. Many jobs go unadvertised, if your resume is in the right place at the right time or you meet the right person you are in with a better chance. The go getters get the jobs.

Not always the case. I had a job lined up before I moved over in 2007. I'm in a Profession mind and they were seeking more of us.

Lucky you

Apparantly I have to spread karma around before I can do so again

I'll take your karmic gesture and raise you 1

So did I but it took about 18 months of trying to secure it from the UK and I think that was pure luck.