My family and I have our application in with the CIC and we have our file no.(received april 2002)

On this forum there appears to be a lot of negativity on the subject of job finding.

I have been a telecomms technician with BT for 15 years.
I would like comments on my strategy for employment once in Canada.

1.Find work with a telecomms company.
2.Become an apprentice electrician.
3.Find work as an autocad operator.

I was in Calgary in February and was led to believe there was work available in these three areas.

With regard to the apprentice option would I be expected to start at year one?
This would be a problem as the money is so poor.

If you look in any of the forums (OZ, US) there is lots of negativity about getting employment at the moment. I can't understand how people are not realising that there is a world recession at the moment. With the bubble well and truly bursting on the Internet boom the Western world has been left with lots of people trying to fill few jobs. It is the same in the UK at the moment - I myself have been looking at getting temp/contract work and am struggling.

When I was in Canada last month Nortel and another telecoms company were in the news because they were laying of staff.

I think the best advice is that when you get to Canada be prepared to spend many months looking for work (and hence many months without money coming in).

I also have heard from a number of people the Canadian employers have often turned down new immigrants because of 'lack of Canadian experience' - I don't know how true this is but when I was in Calgary I went to lots of agencies and got mixed feedback.

Like I said be prepared to spend a while looking for work - you may get lucky and find something straight away but as someone else on this forum pointed out....It may be wise not to quit your job here until you have something lined up in Canada...

Thanks for the prompt reply. Good advice.In fact I plan to go over there for a month before I commit myself to the big move in order to get an idea of what is available. If situation is bad I'll think again!

If you are interested I can give you a whole bunch of websites for agencies in Calgary/Edmonton and loads of job sites for Canada. Just send me a private message with your email address and I will send them to you.

What a nice chap I am - and it's only cause your not going to be applying for the same jobs as me!! )

Hi Jap,
I am living in Calgary for the last 4 years with my family.
Contact me by e-mail for more info.
Regards,
Desihoon