Best way to get a job in Canada

[jdbecks]

I know this is the USA sub forum, but I thought there might be some Canadians lurking around? I was just wondering what's the best way to secure a job from the UK to relocate in Canada? I'm currently employed as an Engineering Manager.

Anyone know some good websites or recruitment companies in Canada?

cheers all

[SplatSpeed]

which part of canada are you looking at??

i have emigrated to nova scotia

using www.corda.ca

there is a thing in canada called www.kijiji.ca this posts jobs in diffrent areas

hopes this helps

[astonluv]

jdbecks said:

I know this is the USA sub forum, but I thought there might be some Canadians lurking around? I was just wondering what's the best way to secure a job from the UK to relocate in Canada? I'm currently employed as an Engineering Manager.

Anyone know some good websites or recruitment companies in Canada?

cheers all

If you want to work in Alberta:

www.trstaffing.com - they specialise in engineers
www.roevin.ca
www.randstadengineering.ca
www.headhuntersdirectory.com
www.discovercalgary.com and following the links to employment services.

Failing that google "recruitment agencies, engineering, calgary"

[downthepub]

jdbecks said:

I know this is the USA sub forum, but I thought there might be some Canadians lurking around? I was just wondering what's the best way to secure a job from the UK to relocate in Canada? I'm currently employed as an Engineering Manager.

Anyone know some good websites or recruitment companies in Canada?

cheers all

Have a look at www.britishexpats.com on how to get the relevant work permits etc as well as a source of links for recruitment agencies. Canadian bureaucracy is not straightforward; the easiest route is an intercompany transfer (that's what I did).

Have you thought which part of Canada you want to move to? It's a BIG country.

[jdbecks]

cheers guys, sorry I have been quite busy and forgot I had made this post... Location is not to much of a preference, as longs as I can live in a more rural area, or outside a city...

[sawman]

Have you checked the canadian governments immigration site: www.cic.gc.ca
They publish a list of occupations that are likely to attract a positive immigration outcome.

If you are not on the list, you would need to be offered a job which has been validated by the canadian government, they have to make sure that the job isnt being denied to a canadian by being offered to you. This process involves the employer undertaking some paperwork, which in the current climate they may be less willing to do than they were a few years ago. Once this requirement has been satisfied you can be offered a job and move on a work permit - tied to this job, for up to 3 years.

hth

[jdbecks]

I done the online assessment and passed, and my job is on the job list

Ill start reading through all the other requirements and start the process, seems that my fiancee, would need to complete her own visa also? unless we married before we applied.

Edited by jdbecks on Monday 8th November 11:19

[Matt Harper]

jdbecks said:

I done the online assessment

You will fit-in well with the kanuks....

[sawman]

jdbecks said:

I done the online assessment and passed, and my job is on the job list

Ill start reading through all the other requirements and start the process, seems that my fiancee, would need to complete her own visa also? unless we married before we applied.

Edited by jdbecks on Monday 8th November 11:19

I suspect thst if you get a work permit, she would be able to accompany you, tied to your permit, as a common law spouse

If you are applying for permanent residency then yes she will have to fulfill the requirements the same as you.

[MitchT]

My OH and I have been looking at Canada. The implication for a couple, from what we can tell, is that one partner can go as a 'dependent' of the other partner as long as they've been living together for at least a year. I'm not sure what evidence has to be provided as proof of cohabitation though. I await correction!

[RDMcG]

RIght now the place to be in Western Canada, particularly Alberta. Toronto (where I live) has a fairly high unemployment rate, but there is still growth in the West. Calgary and Edmonton are midsized towns, but its not to hard to live on the outskirts. Not much snow there in winter, but viciously cold. Oil/energy still big growth areas, and the companies who service the energy sector are doing well.

Might want to keep an eye on the local papers also......

http://jobs.calgaryherald.oodle.com/

[sawman]

MitchT said:

My OH and I have been looking at Canada. The implication for a couple, from what we can tell, is that one partner can go as a 'dependent' of the other partner as long as they've been living together for at least a year. I'm not sure what evidence has to be provided as proof of cohabitation though. I await correction!

there's probably some guidance regarding this in the www.cic.gc.ca website

also if you are under 30 you may be able to get an open BUNAC work visa for 12 months

[sawman]

RDMcG said:

RIght now the place to be in Western Canada, particularly Alberta. Toronto (where I live) has a fairly high unemployment rate, but there is still growth in the West. Calgary and Edmonton are midsized towns, but its not to hard to live on the outskirts. Not much snow there in winter, but viciously cold. Oil/energy still big growth areas, and the companies who service the energy sector are doing well.

Might want to keep an eye on the local papers also......

http://jobs.calgaryherald.oodle.com/

Additionally Manitoba is an area with a pretty steady economy, unfortunately the climate is an acquired taste, and you are a day or 2s drive from what most folks expectation of what Canada is like.