GlitteringStar:



Ask your question on the Canadian student visa thread---https://www.nairaland.com/3948393/canadian-student-visa-thread-part

gentleiphy:


Welcome to our YYC Wura and Tone23...we have a solely naija calgarian whatsapp forum created by myself to bring those landing newly together and help them stay together and mingle with the old ones like us who landed 4yrs ago.send me mail if you are landed already with your whatsapp phone number at iphyonyeabor@yahoo.com and i will sure add you to the forum.its called NaijaCalgarians.



For those landing in Calgary and asked about a whatsapp forum,i gave out my email here for you to reach out to me to be added..please use my email to send me that request as i cant read any nairaland mail sent.

i got nairaland mail from Bidfido,Oyamade,Wura27 and Adiahabasi...but cant read it.Send a mail to my yahoo at iphyonyeabor@yahoo.com.

I have already added those that sent me request using my email account.

Cheers

Blackbuddy:


Welcome back to the thread and welcome to Canada. You came in job boom season, all the best ahead

czaratwork:
https://www.bebee.com/producer/@javierbebee/i-ve-sent-out-300-resumes-and-only-got-one-interview-what-am-i-doing-wrong

Networking is key.

double08:
For those looking for jobs, you know you have to tailor your resume according to the job description Cos if you keep sending off one generic resume for every opening chances are you won’t get that call from HR. Cos most company seive our resume with the keyword software. (Forgotten the name) anyways I used this website; jobscan.co and it helped me immensely hopefully it helps another person. Greetings from The 6ix!!

Yooku:


Can't over emphasize this enough...One internal referral in a company is much more worth than the 300 resumes the chap sent!!

pleasureosondu:
Please, for those living in Canny, what's the cost of getting a class 1 driver's license in BC? Where can one find the cheapest driving school in BC with air brake certification?

simiolu1:


The thing with IT is it's quite very wide and a lot of people do not know where to start from. A lot of people visit Google looking for information about the IT industry and end up being more confused than before. It happened to me.

So, I think the starting point for most people is to look for that point where their current job or something they would like to do in the future intersects with IT. That way, it is easily relatable and narrowed down. For example, someone interested in programming should first ask the language used to write that HR software they use at work; someone interested in the web should ask the languages used to develop websites. Someone interested in networking should ask himself or herself who the leading manufacturers of routers are before taking any classes.

Another misconception a lot of people have is that IT all about programming. This is not true as there are many jobs in the IT industry that do not involve writing a single line of code.

double08:
For those looking for jobs, you know you have to tailor your resume according to the job description Cos if you keep sending off one generic resume for every opening chances are you won’t get that call from HR. Cos most company seive our resume with the keyword software. (Forgotten the name) anyways I used this website; jobscan.co and it helped me immensely hopefully it helps another person. Greetings from The 6ix!!

salford1:


Spot-on...

My thoughts from my experience so far:

Canada's diversity is sort of limited to large urban centres though. Alot of smaller cities are still very white except for a few philipinos here and there.

Not sure about Montreal being one of the worst job market in the world. Alot of large industries are located in Quebec, I mean world large not Canadian large... There are professionals in Calgary that have being underemployed/unemployed for over two years cos of the downturn, but this doesn't make it one of the worst place on earth to get jobs in the world. Jobs only became more competitive.

Provinces do engage in dispute alot. Alberta and BC are not in good terms at the moment. Just last week, BC would not allow a pipeline from Alberta to run through it to access the coast. Alberta retaliates by banning importation of wine from BC. Suprisingly, both provinces are governed by NDP. 2 or 3 weeks before that. Alberta work vehicles were not allowed on Sask construction sites and vice versa. Quebec would rather buy crude from Saudi instead of letting Alberta run a pipe to their province, yet they get the largest share of the equalization payment lol.

Yes. Heavily regulated industries and the job market is small. Jobs are also spread out. Not uncommon to leave your province to work where the job is located even if it's 15hrs drive away. Small population, big country.

Residents of smaller cities or provinces seems to be a lot friendlier than residents of bigger cities. Genuine friendliness still exist in smaller town/cities.

Canadians are laid back compared to other developed countries. That could be also be termed "not ambitious" by some. Alot of canadians are educated to atleast diploma level. Diploma holders earn good money, so they most times do not bother to get a degree. Trades even earn much more. When you study up to Msc level in Canada, you could easily become over qualified for alot of jobs; hence highly educated professionals tend to move south of the border where highly educated professionals are more appreciated.

Things are very expensive due to the cost of shipping goods around. It's even more expensive in remote locations up north. A jug of milk would easily cost $10 or more in yellowknife or somewhere in NWT. Canada also protects it markets by making it difficult for foreign (especially US companies) to move in. Alot of Canadian home grown companies would go under if US companies find it easy to move here. To put things into perspective, the economy of California ($2.4 trillion) is larger than that of all provinces in Canada combined ($1.5 trillion), and American companies are aggressive, always seeking to expand. The protective regulations by the Canadian government indirectly creates a monopoly which allows price fixing among Canadian companies. (WestJet and Air Canada are notorious for price fixing). Telecoms are not better off too.

In terms of the nationalism. It's not easy to give your 100 percent to a country when you are a dual national. Alot of Canadians hold dual nationality.

As per the Canadian experience. People have different interpretation to it. It's just natural for alot of recruiters to have more confident in a tested product than an untested one. Just as I mentioned some pages back, if the economy is booming, no one really cares if your resume was submitted in Ibadan or Aba format. They would make do with the people they have on ground.

Still, I cannot think of a better country to immigrate to at the moment, except maybe Australia. Once an immigrant integrates fully into the system, all listed above would seem just normal.

Yooku:


Emphasis on the boldened....EVERY application must be customized....Spray and pray is like putting your resumes in a shredding machine. It just won't work. Case in point....I was at a recruiting event and approached one recruiter....She took my resume, read just the first line of my career profile and when she saw some key words she just stopped and looked up at me and said "Yes i'm hiring for roles in this area so you are in good shape for this". Customizing is work but the more you do it the better you get at it. Jobscan.Co is good but it's paid after a while right?

maternal:

Really, couldn't you say this about every developed nation ?

Yooku:


Truth!! IT is a big field but everyone can find something IT-related to do. Basic Networking (CCNA) and Systems (Windows Server/Linux) and Cloud (AWS) will be more than enough to get you started of pretty well here. And the great thing is that you can teach and learn yourself most of the entry level IT skills for absolutely free on YouTube (well you need to pay for internet access). Not all IT is programming, although that is one of the hottest skills here too. If you can learn a bit of that you are even better off because it's all about software these days...

salford1:

I remember my days of dabbling into IT (networking). I stopped after obtaining CCNA. It's a very fast paced industry and certifications cost money too..It requires a lot of dedication and determination.
I still encounter c++ once in a while. A lot of devices in the electrical industry still run on c++ or similar languages.
IT guys, una dey try oo.

9jaAlien:
@landed seniors who have stayed over 3 years in Canada, please share your experience about getting a Canadian passport, can one really get the passport after 3 years or is it like this job hustle too. Please let put this in perspective as we balance the conversation, cos for some esp. those with biz in 9ja, it is the passport that is the ultimate prize.

Kmgb:


Really interested in the answer to this question. Seniors pls shed more light

Kmgb:


Really interested in the answer to this question. Seniors pls shed more light

salford1:

Once you have a class 1, you would automatically have an air break endorsement.
Best bet would be to search on kijiji for cheap schools, but the quality of training may not be top notch.
The school used by one of my past employers for newly recruited electricians usually cost aroun 6k for 4weeks training.

pleasureosondu:

A travel agent told me that one of the major required skills to quickly get a PR was via truck driving. According to him, they are in high demand, especially in BC.He said it takes 3-4months and the visa is out.How valid is this claim?

salford1:

To qualify for the passport is pretty straightforward. 3 years of residency as a PR and around 1 year of processing.
If you come in as a student, 2 years plus on a trv can count up to a max of one year credit towards the 3 years resudency rule i.e 1 year from TRV, 2 years as a PR and around 1 year of processing.
Processing is around one year if no criminal record, well completed application form, pass citizenship test, and all requested extra document request from cic are submitted before the given deadline on the request letter.
Just keep your copr and pr cards as they may request for it too.

maternal:


Just to add. For those trying to move to Canada just for the blue passport (visa free travel), the government will make you invest a significant amount of time here before giving you that blue passport.

pleasureosondu:

A travel agent told me that one of the major required skills to quickly get a PR was via truck driving. According to him, they are in high demand, especially in BC.He said it takes 3-4months and the visa is out.How valid is this claim?

maternal:


Not only is this a lie, it's laughable. This is the biggest nonsense I've ever heard. The government of Canada will give you papers if you can drive a truck ? The whole Nigeria would be lining up.

Yooku:


Truth!! IT is a big field but everyone can find something IT-related to do. Basic Networking (CCNA) and Systems (Windows Server/Linux) and Cloud (AWS) will be more than enough to get you started of pretty well here. And the great thing is that you can teach and learn yourself most of the entry level IT skills for absolutely free on YouTube (well you need to pay for internet access). Not all IT is programming, although that is one of the hottest skills here too. If you can learn a bit of that you are even better off because it's all about software these days...

shinaboy:


Which one pays better networking skills or programming?