You are probably thinking that Canada would be a great place to live, work, and possibly even start a family.
However, making the decision to immigrate to a new country is a difficult decision, especially if you are not sure whether you will be able to find a job.
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During the 1960s and early 1970s (as well as after) the United States was deeply embroiled in the Cold War. Relations between the United States and China were almost non-existent. It is at this time that the US and Chinese ping pong teams entered into the picture.
Over the past few years, one Canadian city in particular has proven to be a golden opportunity for international candidates who want to immigrate to Canada. Right now, a terrible situation has put all of that on hold.
It does not matter how old you are, what language you speak or if you live in a big city or a small village. Without doing this one thing, your chances of getting a job in Canada are so small that it is almost not worth it to apply.
What is this one thing? When you hear the answer it will be obvious. However, you will be surprised to hear how many people lose out on jobs in Canada because they don’t do this one simple thing.
Did you make this mistake? Yes, we are talking about you. The person with all the skills and qualifications in the world but never gets a response when applying to jobs in Canada.
Many people looking for a job in Canada assume that the best time to approach Canadian employers is when these employers are looking to hire candidates. Of course, applying to open and posted job positions is very sound strategy. However, there is definitely another and perhaps more strategic method of finding a job and immigrating to Canada.
Over the last year hundreds of workers in the food service industry have been coming to Canada and getting jobs with Canadian companies. These workers have also been getting permanent residence status in Canada and, therefore, unlike most of the many workers who have come to work in Canada in the food service industry in the last decade, were actually able to remain and settle in Canada.
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Every year Citizenship and Immigration Canada receives hundreds of thousands of immigration application for all types of immigration programs. Every year, CIC also inevitably flags some of the applications as containing a misrepresentation. The consequence of making a misrepresentation in your application can be severe: the applicant can be banned for years from being able to apply to immigrate to Canada. It is, therefore, essential to understand how to avoid making a misrepresentation in your application.
Relying on an international employer to discover you is like trying to be number one in the Google search rankings. Take for example Canada and the Express Entry system. It is estimated that there are currently approximately 50,000 individuals waiting to be selected in the Express Entry pool.
For the first time ever, Statistics Canada reported that 18 million Canadians were working. Some industries are declining, while others are growing. Certain provinces saw gains in employment while others saw declines. Of course, no one can predict the future, but if you are looking to find a job and start a new life in Canada, it will be key to keep track of where the trends and opportunities may lie.
If you are applying to immigrate to Canada as a worker on either a temporary or permanent basis then it is essential to appreciate how important a role the employment letter plays.
Regardless of which worker program you are applying under, immigration authorities will look at your work experience and evaluate whether that experience matches up against the required criteria. If it doesn’t match then you will likely have your application rejected.
Many people around the world have the goal of immigrating to Canada. The country has numerous positive attributes. Among many others, it is stable, prosperous, safe, welcoming and multicultural.
Those who wish to immigrate usually take a very short term view and ask whether they can immigrate today. The Canadian immigration system is structured such that in order to immigrate to Canada you need to qualify under one of several different categories each of which has its own specific criteria. In order to succeed you need to satisfy the criteria in one of these categories.
The emergence of the Express Entry system has been a psychological game changer for economic immigration into Canada. With permanent residency status so seemingly attainable, there is now more than ever a desire to enter into Canada under the Express Entry system.
Of course, the question is whether or not putting all your eggs into the Express Entry system is the only strategy to follow, even if your goal is to find certainty and to attain permanent residency status in Canada. As usual, the answer is that it depends.
It is no surprise that many international candidates looking for work overseas have trust issues when it comes to potential international employers and job openings. Everyone has heard the horror stories of unscrupulous agents and apathetic employers. So, how does an international candidate figure out if an employer or their representatives are really authorized and more critically willing to offer you a job in Canada?
Assessing an employer’s intention is not an easy task and there is no magic wand to prevent fraud or time wasting. At the end of the day, determining if an employer is trustworthy requires discipline and the ability to ask the right questions.
If you are thinking of coming to Canada to work then it is useful to know where to start. An incorrect initial move often results in wasted time and, on occasion, can result in worse things such as accusations by immigration authorities of misrepresentations.
In recent years the Canadian immigration system has been altered in a way that the entity in the immigration driver’s seat is the Canadian employer. The gatekeepers under many of the economic immigration programs, whether provincial or federal, are Canadian companies wishing to hire international workers. The thing then to focus on first is getting a job in Canada with an employer that hires international workers. With a job in hand, the rest of the process is far easier.
In 1987 a remarkable experiment was carried out by researchers in the United States.[1] Experimenters took a large group of Asian-American women students and divided them up into two groups. Each group was required to solve math problems. However, prior to commencing with the solving of the math problems each group was asked about different things.
Every year, chefs from all over the world come to Canada to work and start a new life. In fact, given the cultural diversity and thus incredible variety of restaurant cuisines found in Canada, there are ongoing employment opportunities for almost every type of Chef looking to find work in Canada.
However, just being talented or having lots of experience as a chef is not the key to landing a job in Canada. Of course, having a desirable CV is an important part of the equation. But what many people don’t realize is that how you put together your CV or job application may be even more important, and in fact could be the reason why you never successfully get a chef job in Canada.
Last week we laid out a hypothetical interview in which a work permit applicant was interviewed by an officer (to access that article please visit: http://www.uniivaa.com/133-what-are-the-causes-for-no-work-permit-to-canada). In that interview there was an exchange of numerous questions and answers between the applicant and officer. Ultimately, as we indicated in the article, the applicant failed to receive a work permit.
What were the causes of failure? While there may numerous possible reasons for failure in general, oftentimes a limited subset of reasons comes up frequently. We will dissect the interview from last into its component reasons for failure. Take this first exchange:
When an international candidate prepares for a job interview with an overseas employer they usually think about how to stand out against all the other international candidates. However, given the nature of international recruiting, oftentimes it is not the other international candidates that are your true competition.
Instead, what you are really competing against is the assessment of how you would perform relative to the existing employees already employed by the company. In fact, conquering this existing employee comparison is a must if you want to land a job and start a new life in Canada.
The following is a hypothetical interview that has been inspired by many similar cases that we have seen over the years. The interview consists of an applicant, Mr. Applicant, who is applying for a work permit and who is providing answers to questions that relate to the type of questions that are addressed in work permit applications and that immigration officers think about when evaluating such applications.
The person doing the interviewing, Mrs. Work Permit Gatekeeper, is the one asking the questions. Mr. Applicant ultimately fails the interview and does not get a work permit. Take a look at the interview with particular focus on the reasons why the application failed. Next week, we will discuss the reasons for failure and how to avoid them when preparing a work permit application.
At the risk of sounding overtly obvious, finding a job and immigrating to Canada is a hard thing to do. Not because there are a small number of immigration jobs available to international candidates. In fact, we know that many thousands of economic immigrants enter into Canada each year.
In fact, the most difficult component of starting a new life in Canada is getting over the psychological hurdles that create tension, frustration and hesitation at the very initial stages of the process. But for those who will stop at nothing to find a job and immigrate to Canada, wrapping your head around these initial barriers is not as difficult as you think.
Interviewing for an international job position is unlike all other job interviews. Between the cultural differences, language barriers, past frustrations and logistical uncertainties, many things can go wrong when trying to immigrate and start a career abroad.
In fact, sometimes the secret to impressing an international employer is not about who you are and what you have done, but rather in making sure that your interview is not lost in translation.
Imagine that you are a scout responsible for hiring players to your country’s national soccer team. Let’s say that you get two candidates who apply to join the team.
The first candidate is an amazing athlete. He plays not only soccer but also baseball, cricket, basketball, hockey, and football. He scores highly on general fitness tests in categories such as speed, explosive power, and strength. He can bench press 400 pounds.
The second candidate does not play multiple sports. He does not score as highly as the first candidate on general fitness tests. His skill set is much less diverse than the first candidate’s. However, he does play soccer very well. He has played soccer and no other sport his entire life.
Which candidate would you likely choose?
Are you hoping to interview for an international job posting? If so, it is extremely important to understand the critical role open-ended questions play in assessing honesty within the international candidate interview.
Philip Tetlock, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, conducted a set of forecasting tournaments between 1984 and 2003. The forecasters consisted of 284 experts from numerous fields, such as government officials, professors, journalists, and among others. Many of the participants had advanced degrees and a large proportion had PhDs with numerous years of experience working in their fields. As part of the tournament, Tetlock gathered roughly 28,000 predictions. The predictions were related to all types of future events such as economic and political forecasts.
More and more companies are using technology to find employees. In fact, a recent study by the Society for Human Resources Management estimates that 65% of companies have hired candidates through social media in the past year. Of course, social media is only one of many technology search tools. That is why it is critical to really think about why employers are turning to technology as opposed to which specific tools they are using.
This is especially true for the international candidate looking to find a job in Canada, and the answer just might surprise you.
One of the questions that potential immigrants to Canada have is about the difference between the Express Entry Skilled Worker program and the various provincial nominee programs. People wonder, for example, whether as a skilled worker, it is better to apply under the express entry program or a provincial nominee program.
Recently, the government of Canada released a mid-year report on its electronic immigration selection system called Express Entry. Transitioning to the new system where candidates compete against each other in a ranked computer system has certainly been confusing and frustrating to many international candidates.
Clearly, no one wants to apply into a black box. However, based on the recently released data, one thing is for certain. If you already have a job there is a drastically better chance of winning Canada’s immigration beauty contest.
On January 1, 1962, the Beatles, who were a relatively unknown band at the time, auditioned for Decca Records at the Decca Studios in West Hampstead in north London, England. Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison and Pete Best performed in front of a group of Decca staff. The Beatles played a total of fifteen songs in just under one hour. The manager of the Beatles at the time, Brian Epstein, and the Beatles chose to play a selection of covers the Beatles had performed in various clubs over the years, as well as three Lennon–McCartney originals.
Everyday, thousands of potential candidates are searching for jobs to immigrate to Canada. We know that the whole process can be frustrating. However, if you put yourself in the shoes of the employer you will quickly realize that it is equally as frustrating a process for the company looking to find that perfect international candidate.
That is why you want to make it as easy as possible for the overseas employer to look at your application and say yes to the ever so valuable call back. Fortunately, there is one simple step that can reduce pain for the employer and increase your chances of getting a job in Canada.
As most people already know the Canadian federal skilled worker program was revamped significantly and re-launched at the beginning of 2015. The program currently encompasses two stages. The first requires that candidates receive 67 points which are allocated on the basis of several factors. The second requires that those candidates who attained the 67 points be put into a pool with all such candidates and then the candidates with high enough scores are chosen from the pool to get PR status.
How difficult is it to get in?
In the old days, employers would make connections with local recruiters in international countries in order to find overseas candidates. Basically, this was the only way to properly evaluate talent in a timely manner.
Of course, those days are quickly coming to an end. Employers and governments are starting to understand that computers are better at evaluating international candidates than humans and are embracing technology as the new weapons of evaluation against all international candidates. Hopefully, you are ready to do battle in these new technological job wars. If not, it may be a long time before you find a job and immigrate overseas.
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Perhaps it is true that millennial are taking over the world. With their hipster beards and constant attention to Facebook, who would not be intoxicated by a belief system that romanticizes living in your parent’s basement and playing Xbox all day.
Unfortunately for International Candidates, the twentysomething generation, along with it’s negative work ethic stigma, is a reality that employers have to both embrace and be weary of at the same time. As such, it is no surprise that many employers have defaulted to the position that everyone they are about to interview has the hazardous value system and work ethic of a Millennial. So, whether you are twenty or fifty, it is imperative that you Do NOT leave the following Millennial impressions if you want a job in Canada.
On the basis of the following information please evaluate in your mind whether the person described would make a good leader: resourceful, intelligent, strong, relentless, and calculating.
Next, on the basis of the following information about another person, please also evaluate whether the person described would make a good leader: scheming, unyielding, tough, shrewd, and inventive.
Can you survive? That is the question every employer will be asking himself or herself when interviewing you for a job in Canada as an international candidate. You may be the most intelligent person in your town with the best technical skills in your company. Maybe you even graduated top in your class.
However, all that means nothing if you cannot survive a new job with a new life in a new country. How can you demonstrate the ability to survive? Here are three social skills that you can use in your overseas interview to help demonstrate the ability to “survive” in Canada.
In order for an international worker to get a work permit to work in Canada it is necessary, in most cases, for the worker to have a job offer from a company in Canada. The job offer, however, must be from a company that has received a positive labour market impact assessment. A labour market impact assessment is carried out by the Canadian Government to determine whether the particular company that has applied for the assessment should be granted with authorization to hire non-Canadians for a particular position. In order for the Government to provide a positive labour market impact assessment it must be convinced that Canadians could not be found to fill the position applied for.
One of the most common complaints you will hear from employers in Canada is something called the skills gap. Basically, skills gap is the problem of employers not being able to find workers with the necessary skills to fill their current job openings. Of course, this problem is not unique to Canada. However, there is one distinct Canadian characteristic to skills gap problem. Pay attention! Because knowing this distinctively Canadian problem could help you greatly improve your chances of finding a job and immigrating to Canada.
Every year hundreds of thousands of people apply to immigrate to Canada. Of those, some are rejected. Many people who have worked hard putting together their applications feel dejected if their application is denied. They often lose hope thinking that nothing can be done and that the result was out of their control. This, however, is often not the case and there are things that can be done in order to re-ignite the immigration process.
In a world of increasing danger and misery, many people are desperate to immigrate to Canada because it is safe. Just how safe? Well, if you are thinking of finding a job and starting a new life in Canada then you just might be stepping into a time machine because police reported crime rates in Canada have just fallen to the lowest levels since 1969. Especially in one specific area that affects international job candidates.
The ancient Greek poet Archilochus included in one of his writings the following: “The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.” The distinction between the hedgehog and the fox was later expanded upon by the British philosopher Isaiah Berlin in a famous essay that he wrote.
Berlin said that people can be divided into two groups. One group, the hedgehogs, consists of people who tend to relate mostly to one single vision, organising principle or concept in terms of which they think, feel, and understand the world around them. The other group, the foxes, often pursue multiple ends, many of which are unrelated or even contradictory. The foxes often have thoughts that are scattered, moving in many different directions without having some larger unitary vision connecting them. Many people have drawn on the distinction between the fox and the hedgehog to illustrate various ideas.
Bertrand Russell was a British philosopher, mathematician, logician, political activist, and social commentator among other things. He illustrated the problem of unexpected events by using the story of a turkey.
A turkey in captivity was being fed by his human owner every morning at 9:00 am. The turkey enjoyed his morning meals but being a natural sceptic and diligent inductivist, the turkey did not want to succumb to any illusions about the future likelihood that his breakfasts would continue and that his human owner was actually a friend who cared about the turkey’s well-being.
A recent debate has emerged in Canada as to what are the best cities for women in Canada. Much of this debate was triggered by a research report completed by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) that compared the status of women and men in the areas of economic security, leadership, health, personal security, and education.
The results of the study have shocked researchers, academics and many people in general. However, when it comes to women who are International Candidates, it is critical to think strategically about this information in order to create the best opportunity to find a job and immigrate to Canada.
One of the things that basketball fans enjoy watching is a player on “fire”. Basketball players who are on fire appear to make one basket after another. They seem to be in sort of mental zone that bestows upon them divine basketball playing powers. Basketball coaches love it when players are on fire because these seeming magicians can lead their teams to an almost singlehanded victory. Fans watching games can immediately spot players with hot hands and then cheer on these hot-hand heroes.
When people decide that they want to start a new life in Canada they instantly think about finding a job. Of course this makes perfect sense, as the best partner to help you immigrate into Canada is an employer.
Unfortunately for most people, finding an employer to offer you a job in Canada is a long and tiring process. However, there is an approach that might make the process a little less frustrating, especially with respect to the job application process.
Making money in the real estate market is really an exercise in good timing. No one can outsmart the market. The best you can do is to recognize when to act because you are standing at right place at the right time.
In many ways, changing your life through immigration operates under the same premise. Timing is everything. Canada is quickly turning into the next hot immigration luxury neighbourhood. However, you must act fast because while you can still afford to buy into this neighborhood, it won’t be long before everyone else recognizes the opportunity of a lifetime.
In the ancient story of King Solomon, two young women living in the same house and who both had infant sons came to King Solomon for judgement. One of the two women claimed that the other woman had accidentally smothered her baby while sleeping and had switched the two children around in order to make it appear that the living child was hers. The second woman claimed that this was untrue and that the living baby was hers. In other words, both women claimed ownership to the living baby but there seemed no way to prove ownership and give the baby up to the rightful mother.
Many years ago, Canada was filled with a large number of prosperous yet medium sized cities. These idyllic locations, such as Hamilton or Moncton, had an abundance of industrial and manufacturing jobs and a real sense of community. Unfortunately, as the industrial and manufacturing jobs began to disappear from these mid-tiered cities, many of these locations fell into decline.
Fortunately for new immigrants looking to find a job in Canada, a new strategy has been developed for these mid-tiered cities and large part of that strategy has to do with international candidates. In fact, if you are looking to start a new life in Canada, a recovering city may be your best chance at success.
In approximately the 12th or 13th century B.C., in ancient Greece the Trojan War erupted. It was triggered after Queen Helen of Sparta was abducted by the Trojan prince, Paris. Helen’s husband, Menelaus, convinced his brother Agamemnon, king of Mycenae, to lead an expedition to retrieve Helen.
So the Greeks, led by Agamemnon who was joined by the Greek warriors Achilles, Odysseus, Nestor and Ajax, went to Troy. They were accompanied by a fleet of more than a thousand ships. They crossed the Aegean Sea to Asia Minor to attack Troy and demand Helen’s return by the Trojan king.
Gary Klein, a research psychologist in the United States, has been a pioneer in the field of decision making. He describes one of the situations in which he studied the decision-making habits of firefighters.
Several firefighters entered into a building where there was a reported fire. As the firefighters entered the building they looked around and felt intense heat inside the building. They were trying to locate the source of the heat and, hence, of the fire, so that they could assess the fire and begin to extinguish it. It was initially believed that the fire was on the first floor of the building where they had entered.
Are you trying to find a job in order to immigrate to Canada? If so, then you know how challenging it is to figure out which jobs are immigration or express entry jobs and are capable of helping you come to Canada.
In fact, even if you are resourceful enough to identify a few immigration jobs in Canada the next problem you face is to win the race to apply for the job against the countless other international applicants also looking to start a new life in Canada. In many cases, by the time you hear about an immigration job from a recruiter or through word of mouth the position has probably already been filled. The competition is on to apply for immigration job postings, and in this race technology always wins.
One of the secrets to finding a job in Canada as an international candidate is to understand that not all employers are created equal. Some employers get dragged into interviewing international candidates while other employers really want to hire international workers.
As an international candidate your goal is to identify employers who really want to hire you. Knowing and recognizing the difference between the ‘draggers’ and the ‘wanters’ can make all the difference in the world when it comes to successfully starting a new life and immigrating to Canada. Undoubtedly, identifying internationally friendly employers is not an exact science. However there is one test that will help you improve your chances of getting a job in Canada.
In the years 207-265 China was engaged in the War of the Three Kingdoms. During that period the famous Chinese general, Chuko Liang, was in charge of leading the forces of the Shu Kingdom.
At one point during the war, Liang dispatched his forces and remained in a small town with a limited number of his soldiers. Having done so, he exposed himself to the threat of attack. While in the small town he learned from one of his men that 150,000 troops under the command of his enemy, Sima Yi, were fast approaching the small town. Having only a few dozen men with him, Liang was massively outnumbered by Yi.
One of the most challenging aspects of getting a job in Canada as an international candidate is the job interview. We cannot tell you how many times we have heard international candidates say that they just did not feel ‘right’ after a job interview with a Canadian employer.
Upon reflection, many people believe that language and culture are the main reasons why they cannot feel comfortable in a Canadian job interview. In fact, it is more likely that you are simply using the wrong approach to interviewing for a job in Canada. If you want a job in Canada, you must avoid these three job interview mistakes.
Imagine the following scenario. Let’s say that the best athletes in India playing what is arguably India’s national sport, cricket, were enticed to play against the best athletes in Canada playing Canada’s national sport, hockey. When these teams were told that they would be playing the other, each was only told that “Team Canada would be playing Team India”. There was no mention to the Canadian Hockey Team that the Indian team was actually a cricket team, nor was the Indian Cricket team told that the Canadian team was a hockey team. Naturally, the Canadian team assumed that the Indian team was the Indian hockey team. By the same token, the Indian team assumed that the Canadian team being spoken about was the Canadian cricket team.
Steven Levitt, a University of Chicago economist, is a person who enjoys a good adventure. In the 2000s he spent a few years at the Harvard Society of Fellows. The Harvard Society of Fellows includes many prominent academics who meet periodically to discuss various topical issues. The Society includes Nobel Prize winners on its roster of members.
One of the things that the Society does is to meet for dinner once per week. During dinner, wine from the Society’s cellar is served. Many of the wines that are served are of a fancy and expensive variety.
Recently, a training document used by Canadian Immigration officers to determine the legitimacy of sponsorship marriages in Canada was revealed to the public. Many people were shocked to find out that the way you took your wedding photos or the lack of a ‘diamond’ ring might actually get your spousal sponsorship application rejected.
As a result, people are complaining that the immigration process is too subjective and not based on data or objective criteria. In fact, some have called the entire system racist and offensive. While this may be true it should come as no surprise. What it really shows is that the best way to start a new life in Canada is to take as much subjectivity out of the process as possible and the most effective way to do this is to be matched up with an employer before you apply to immigrate to Canada.
Find a Job in Canada. Immigrate to Canada. Do you want to get in contact with LMIA companies who hire people from your specific country? If so, email us at membership@uniivaa.com
The above-mentioned is intended for general information only and is not intended as legal advice. For more information please email contact@uniivaa.com.