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safex:
If I were in the shoes of those asking/seeking one question/clarification or the other, I would just wait till the special thanksgiving service is over. #IMO #ladymarshall #peepeehaa

Swear down!

ladymarshall:
My people o, it's Peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, as in PPR

Turndownforwhat!!!!
Congratulations to da Marshal lady!
See you in Maple land!
You deserve all the accolades there is

I just now realised I don't know how to type on my own without replying to someone's post on nairaland., was lost for 10 secs trying to figure it out. (Silent readers' association )
Anyways, ko matter!


COS IT'S PRÊT POUR VISA (PPV) PEOPLE!!!!!!!!



tatafo coming soon....

Hello Good people,

Please I'd like to join March AOR WhatsApp group, could someone help me with the link please?
The wait is something else!

Thanks and God bless you!

Guccigucci:
Hi house

I don tire o! IELTS result June 1st
2nd attempt
LSRW 8.5, 8.5, 9, 6.5

Imagine
I and my spouse are in tears right now

Help me pls!

Don't lose hope.
Your result is beautiful!
I believe with prayer your writing will change after remaking.
So please apply for a remark asap!

Fidesa:
Hello House,

please i have a friend who has evaluated credentials and gotten other requires documents, but the problem is with her IELTS.

She has written 4 times and the particular issue is with writing, she just got 6 in writing while the LRS is 8,8,7.5. Now i understand the unprofessionalism of BC.
if she gets 7 in writing her CRS will stand at 462 which is super great.
Frustration is almost killing her and she has given up on retaking the IELTS due to funds and the stress of the job.
please what else can she explore at this point cz shes tired. Is PNP possible?... her degree is in banking and she has accounting experience.

someone please help here.

OOOOOOOOM!
This one dragged me out of my shell!
Infact I feel like starting an "OPERATION QUIT DASHING BC/MOD IDP YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY".

Okay, take a deep breath, calm down and type what you want to type! (Calms self down!)

First of all, shout out to @Johnnybravo, @wasseynewest, @Topsmamen and all the great people who have been helpful on this thread. Na trailer una dey use pack rewards o. God bless you all!

So I've been reading about folks taking IELTS 4/5/6/...8 times with this tight economy?!
Haba! E good for our eye so?!
If we start pooling the money our fellow Nigerians have pumped into IELTS it will reach POF o!

On a serious note now, I'd like to note a few observations I've made so far as the possible causes of this trend:

1. BC/MOD IDP is both an examining body and a business venture, don't be deceived, they love your money! So they won't go easy on you.

2. Most of the people on this journey are super busy with work, with little or no time to prepare for exams.

3. Failure to reach the required score in one or two modules ignites a "spiritual" desire to quickly take another one and prove that you're not a failure without adequate preparation.

4. We read IELTS, ITA, PPR and even LANDING GISTS and are eager to get to where others got to within a minute without realising that Rome was not built in a day.

5. Fear of Failure. Chai! Fear is wicked!

6. ETC.

NB: If anyone knows any more possible causes, kindly add it to the list as one of the keys to solving a problem is the identification of the causes.

Here are the possible solutions that might be of help (I'm sorry I'm not sharing IELTS tips o, them plenty online).
1. Take time to PREPARE OOOOOOOOOOO!!! We know you know English but humble yourself and take time to know it "IELTStically". I feel every prospective test taker should be prepped enough to know their weak points and improve on them even before the first attempt, unless it was done years ago. While you prepare for your test, do other things like your ECA evaluation, getting your documents together, researching for more info.
YOU DON'T WANT TO DASH THEM YOUR MONEY DO
YOU?!

2. I say eat, sleep, breathe, think, work, walk English the IELTS way before your exams. Get yourself speaking buddies, writing buddies, clean your ears to be used to hearing and deciphering correct info quickly, practice reading exercises like you're playing a game.
ONCE AGAIN, NOTE YOUR WEAK POINTS AND IMPROVE ON THEM!
SEEK HELP IMMEDIATELY IF YOU NOTICE NO IMPROVEMENT, DON'T DECEIVE YOURSELF! WE ALL NEED HELP IN THIS LIFE!

3. You are your best examiner, unless you lie to yourself. If you're satisfied with your preparation, meet one of our gurus here to finalize, trust me, you'd make it easier for them to coach you when you have prepared well. Then go and conquer!
The confidence wey you get from your preparation will knock out any fear of failure.

4. My brother, my sister, life na turn by turn. One step at a time, one day at a time. All of us go reash where we dey go.
If you hurry too much, you go fall. If you take time calculate your moves wella, even if you fall, you go stand stronger and better!

5. Lastly, pray to your God to bless your efforts, He rewards good works.

6. AOB (Hehehe...)



Please elders of our land, add your input.
I know say we don overflog this issue but e never still die!

Together we win!


I AM "APOLOGETICALLY" SORRY FOR THE LONG POST.
(kikikiki)

guitarlife2:
Alot has been said already about carrying oil, bribing customs, beautiful landscapes, I do think the real reason most leave the comfort of their own Country is to get a decent job in Canada.
And to me this is the prayer of many including myself so I am not gonna bore you with what airlines I took or what we ate on the plane, that has been overflogged already.

I am gonna focus mostly on what I think is the best approach to getting a job as soon as possible based on my own experience. I do think IT practitioners would benefit most from this post but I believe there would be some take home for everyone regardless of which is your profession.

I was just about a year and some months into IT before I left Naija, Although I had written CCNA more than 10 years ago which eventually proved extremely pivotal in getting this wonderful role with a great company. To put things in proper perspective, my experience was very superficial and extremely disjointed. I could not claim to be a database admin, or network expert, or security professional or infrastructure guru.
So I claimed to be a service desk/helpdesk/desktop professional.

Point 1 : If you have atleast 1 year experience in IT your best route is to look towards the Servicedesk/Technical support /Enduser support role to get a lee way into the world of IT in Canada, If you have considerable experience in IT I'd advise you do a certification in that area to give you some credibility in the eye of the employers.

So how does this affect all the other professions or what can other professions too take away from this. I have a friend a physiotherapist in Naija but her profession will require some exams before she could practice. What happens is that even if she eventually passess the exam she would still be overqualified for most entry level roles and Canadians don't usually throw people without Canadian experience into managerial positions except in very rare cases. Rather than just wait for months to get into a particular role, you could plan to get into a role that is related into your targeted role even if the pay is not much. The idea is to hang around the corridor of the career you wanna do long term.

For health professionals, I'd advise you do a First aid / Aed course first week of landing and start looking out for Personal Support Worker jobs or something related to that. For people in Engineering, you could do a 3 month plc programming course in Naija and edit your resume as a technician instead of an Engineer to give you an edge. This brings me to my next point..

Point 2 : Most jobs in Canada do not require an MSC so please loose the MSC and put ur BSC

This point has already generated enough debate, but I stand on my premise. You will miss out on many job opportunities by putting MSC on your resume. I have experienced it. This is because Canadians do not accumulate degrees. Majority are content with a college degree and diploma.
HOw do you want an organisation to hire you if you have an MSC when your prospective supervisor only has a college diploma. It will be better if you put certifications on your resume.
More than 90% of jobs advertised in Canada require no more than a BSC, that should tell you how superfluous a MSC will be.
This is pretty straight forward, you put a MSC on your resume you already overqualified yourself. Except for roles like Senior Business Analysts and Data Scientists .
But if you are targeting entry level roles/intermediate level roles, please a BSC is just enough. They will not tell you they are not hiring you because of your MSC, except the job is requesting for a MSC please leave it at BSC.

Point 3: Your resume is the key to your happiness


Point 4 : Whatever you plan to do long term and regardless of how much money you carried try get into any kind of job at most 3 months but make sure your survival job will give you chance for interviews and job fairs.
I see alot of Nigerians with their arrogance and entitled mindset about not wanting to do survival jobs. My mindset changed the day I saw a chinese lady driving a 2018 model Toyota CRV car and still working at Walmart. She probably has another great job but has some days off and decided to work walmart. My own job is 4 days on and 3 days off, What am I supposed to be doing for 3 days that I am off ? Lounging or playing Candy Crush ? I have a unifrom now, yes ! A security guard uNIform well fitting sef lol. So I work 4 days work 2 days as a security guard and rest for 1 day.
Atleast for the first 2 years I believe an immigrant should be in hustle mode . There is nothing shameful in working survival job. Just dont let your work hours prevent you from going for proper interviews. YOu can learn to drive forklift in 1 day for about 160 Cad. You can apply to 7-11 stores etc.


Point 5 : Job fairs are critical

Point 6 : Connect with a NIgerian in your intended profession and if only to have them share their Resume with you
I was in Calgary for about 3 weeks and I did not get any interviews, I was lucky to reach out to a Nairalander who shared his resume with me. I modified my resume after his own resume and interviews started flying in.

Point 7 : Understand that your technical skills are less than 50% of the reasons you will be hired. Employers here want to see how conversational, relatable and confident you are . So look them in the eye, present a firm handshake and smile always. When you are answering any questions, be confident about it, even if you are saying rubbish smile with confidence and dont be shy to let the interviewer know you do not have answer to a question . They will appreciate your candour.

Point 8 : If you have multiple resumes which is pretty likely in the early days of hunting for jobs, please delete all information from your LINKEDIN account.
I remember applying for some business analysis positions with a very strong resume and I wondered why I did not get any feedback. Shortly after that I checked my linkedin account and realised most of those I applied to had checked my linkedin profile . Unfortunately my linkedin profile was designed at the time to highlight my Application Support experience and not business analysis.
Please do not make this mistake. If you are applying to different jobs with very different resumes, please delete information from your linkedin profile because the recruiters will look you up on linkedin.

Point 9 : If you are in Calgary and have banking experience please consider the BOW Valley college CRTP programme. I have heard good testimonies about that programme.


Point 10 : Create a compelling professional profile on INdeed, glassdor and monster with your location . Hiring managers will contact you from searching these platforms for potential fit staying around the job location.

Point 11 : Please apply for jobs in different cities or regions but put just Canada as your location on your resume. If your resume shows that you are not physically present in the location of the job you are applying to, most recruiters will not pursue you as they will not want to pay for relocation especially if the job is entry level.



[b]Point 12 : Respect the ATS as it throws out 95% of applications. Go on Indeed and glassdoor and identify the tools, processess and methodologies that your intended role demands in Canada. There is something called the Applicant Tracking System (ATS) which will screen out your application if these exact words do not reflect on your resume. 95% of applications are screened out using the application tracking system, for example as an IT person you would have worked with a customized IT service desk platform but the popular one in Canada is either ServiceNow or Remedy, it works exactly the same as our regular service desk so instead of putting another name for Service Desk tool that you can use, go on youtube, watch videos on Service now and REmedy for incident management and problem management (edureka channel on youtube has some lovely videos on this) then put that in your resume.

Here are some great links to look up if you are planning to land in Calgary. THese programmes are competitive and there is living allowance paid during the programme. Please apply early if you plan to attend to ensure you are selected.

For production workers and supply chain/industrial engineers
https://momentum.org/what-we-offer/get-a-good-job/trades-training-2/
http://www.motiveaction.com/
For IT people planning to switch to IT
https://momentum.org/what-we-offer/get-a-good-job/tech-plus-networking-and-cloud-technology-training/
For transitioning to supply chain roles
https://www.lifemark.ca/supply-chain


to be continued............

May God bless you beyond your imagination for this act of love.
You're a living saint sir!

Pabodan:
I would really appreciate if you could help with this enquiry. Please who would you advise should be the primary applicant based on the below profile:

Wifey - 27 years, just commenced her Residency training (She is a Dentist), has about 3 years work experience considering her house job, NYSC, and residency training.

Husband - 33 years, B Sc and ICAN qualifications, 7 years post NYSC experience.

I would greatly appreciate your opinion on this.

The wife should be the PA. She has age advantage, and her profession is evaluated as a professional degree by WES. If she scored the minimum of 8777 in IELTS, has 3 years work experience, her CRS score should be around 473. The hubby can still take IELTS as he'll be needing it future, and it'll also increase their score further.

quote author=lovetree post=76798466]hello everyone .Please for anyone that processed waec for WES.
Please has anyone experienced same? Processed wace transcript for up to 3 weeks now, and nothing has been heard. Called the courier company, was told they've not received the transcript from waec. Please is there anything that can be done. if i go to waec, is there anyone to meet for complaints.
Thanks house[/quote]If you've got your original WAEC certificate, you can courier a clear copy of it with an unscratched WAEC result card to WES, it's acceptable and requires no further verification from WAEC. (Source: WES customer care personnel). Only got to know this while I was waiting for WAEC result verification.
Note however that this would cost you some extra cash. You can go to WAEC office and them where you can get unscratched card.
You can also utilize the opportunity to know the status of your requested transcript.
Mr Eze, 5th floor might be of help.

#mytwocents

Ifeoma77:
God is too good

...Long post alert...

This is definitely infinity/10!

God shall make all things work in your favour in Canny land In Jesus Name, Amen!

I actually feel like it's my own PPR! (covers face). I'm only post ITA

Ifeoma77:
Woke up to THE mail today
It's PPR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations dear! Well deserving for such a phenomenal personality as you.

THANK YOU LORD FOR THIS AWESOME NEWS!

Silent reader o, also been silently praying for @Ifeoma77's PPR!

Good day all.
Special thanks to the admin and contributors for keeping this helpful thread.

Please I need help with WEAC verification. Called WES but was to be patient and wait for WAEC to verify, that I don't need to send scratch card.
My status has been on awaiting verification since 26/11/2018.

Please does anyone here have a contact in waec office that can help with this verification process?

Thanks, I await your positive response.