Anne

I'm a Brit and have lived in Toronto, Canada for the last 5 years. Came over as permanent residents and am now a Canadian Citizen.

The job market in Canada is weak at the moment and after 7 months of trying to find suitable work, I've had to look further afield and have landed a contract in London England for 12 months.

Just out of curiosity is there anyone out there in a similar position? If so how do you keep the Canadian / UK tax man in the right side?

Any comments welcome.

A

blobhead

Forget about Canada - it's a dead end!

Anne

Hi blobhead - Where do you live?

Kepler

Hi Anne,

I´m afraid I don´t have an answer for you question but would appreciate your help on this...

I was planning to move to Toronto this year and look for IT Project Manager jobs. Do you think it´s not a good moment for this move? What do you mean by "suitable work"?

Thanks.
K

Anne

Hi Kepler - Fristly my post was written on behalf of my husband who is in IT project management. He looked for work here in Toronto from July 2007 to March 2008 and although he was offered a couple of permanent jobs (nothing exciting), there was no contract work. Instead he's now over in the UK, landed a contract immediately and is there for 6 months. His line of work is implementing IT systems. There is hidden job market here in Canada. They have employment agencies but it's really all about referrals and who you know. Hope this helps.

Dave+Jules

The trick is to take some permanent work, build up a reputation then switch to contract. I live in NB and I think there is quite a demand for IT PM's (get PMP certified and it will help)

mcdavis

Very interested to hear your comments as I am an experienced IT Manager / Project Manager with PMP certification, and we are looking to move to Canada. Our preference is either PEI, NS, NB or Calgary - however, the job market seems a lot better in the Calgary area.

Would appreciate any suggestions you have on looking for IT jobs in the PEI, NS, NB area ?

Martin.

Dave+Jules

Have you tried www.NBjobs.ca ? or www.careerbeacon.com (for Atlantic Canada wide jobs)

mcdavis

Thanks for the suggestions.