JIREN01:
A full fledged data engineering role it appears; I appreciate your heads up ma’am; I’ll like to ask if all the final interviews you did were in person or virtual?

Yea. I guess they just advertised as an analyst role to manage Salary expectations. It’s actually an analytics engineer role IMO.

My first job offer, it was a pre-recorded video interview for the screening, and the next 2 were physical interviews. My 2nd offer, all virtual interviews. 4 stages. The company is fully remote.

But honestly, I don’t think Interview mode matters. Prepare, be very bold and assertive and hope for the best.

Zeewirld:
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Difficult writing on your japa page due to insufficient permission something.

Thanks for share a real life experience with us.

Considering your experience and knowing what you now know....Would you advise;

■A family to land together or the PA comes in first for some months and try to settle in first by getting a job,accommodation and other stuffs before others come in??

■Do you think it's a wise decision for a PR to start off from Ontario

■For PR holders,who aren't PNP,without any support system in Canada and low on cash.....Where would you suggest they start from??

Wishing you all the best

Well, It really depends. I landed here alone and honestly, the only reason I chose Ontario is because my brothers family is here. I stayed with them ( for 5months) till I found my first job and only moved after working for a month and I also had savings that I brought with me to canada (MY POF was intact and even had some extra till I landed). I later used the bulk of the savings for accommodation and settling the deposit, first rent and doing the basic furnishing for my apartment. Even though I had family support and soft landing, the job market situation was still very frustrating and overwhelming.

So, it depends on your savings, the size of your family, your career path and industry (tech, healthcare) etc.. What I will tell you is that the cost of living in Ontario is very very high and the competition is very high, even though there are opportunities. Yes there are govt support initiatives if you are PR, but honestly, its hard to live on those. There is a wait time for everything here. To find school for kids, family doctors, etc, you will have to get on a waiting list. Ontario is a very big province, some cities/towns are a bit cheaper to live in. if you can, Avoid saturated cities( Toronto , Brampton, ).

If you & your spouse both have jobs now in your home country, then one person can come land and start the hustle and bring family later. the other persons income back home can then sustain the family while the landed person keeps on hustling. The landed spouse can even find a shared appt or something to manage to just keep the hustle going here and save money before the rest of the family joins. Rent is very very high.

PR is great, but honestly at the point of application Everybody is applying to the same job pool. PR, Work permit, study permit, Refugee, Citizens. As far as the job market is concerned, it is not really your residential status that matters. Manage your expectations and pray for favour. The land will favour you. Wishing you the best..

RelaxingEnd:


Hi, it was interesting to read your diary. This data analyst job you found, what is it like?

Not that I want to become a typical data analyst, but I want to get some analysis skills I could use in other jobs.

I'm currently taking SQL and some other data analysis courses.

I'm just wondering what your actual day-to-day duties are like in the job you found.

Thank you!

Data analysis is different in each organization.

My role is a combination of everything. Sourcing data, building ETL pipelines , data cleaning, wrangling, some analysis, data modeling and presentations. Many tools out there but SQL is still king.

Landed in CA about 6 months ago in March as PR. Its been a long ride , finding a good job in my field (Data ) and finally settling in. I got my first job offer in June, resumed in July, and then another one I started in August. People say that was fast. lol. It was a long and stressful period but I can say that coming to Canada is not vibes. Preparation and resilience is important.
Having support in your first few months after landing is super important. Family support, community support or any kind of support.

I have documented most of my experiences here on Nairaland. https://www.nairaland.com/7989437/maple-land-japa-diaries

I believe one or two people may find some info useful from my experience.

Afolavid:


Haha, nice to see someone from the Forest city. London was my playground before I moved to the West coast. I know the city like the back of my hand and I had most of my evergreen Canadian memories there. Are you in London South, Central or North London?

PS: found some old pics taken in London in my gallery 😆

North London. Somewhere between Masonville and Fanshawe main campus.

Wide reach, but if anyone lives in London (ON), kindly reach out or send a PM. Looking to connect with more people around.