TFW's in the hospitality industry

[Yelsew]

I'm wondering if anyone knows of any hotels or resorts who are looking to hire full-time temporary foreign workers in any capacity. A young person I met recently on an overseas trip asked me about this. He has already been working in various positions (desk clerk, receptionist, cashier) in some fairly upscale tourist hotels over the past few years in his home country. I directed him to the Canada Job Bank, and indeed there are a number of related advertisements which he is eligible to apply for, although no responses yet. But they all seem to be employers seeking to fill a single position, and often not in major tourist destinations. I'm thinking he might improve his chances if he was aware of any large hotel chains or resorts in major tourist spots who are doing 'mass hirings' this year and are accepting applications from outside Canada. Do they typically advertise in the Canada Job Bank or more likely on their own websites? Also, do employers in the hospitality industry typically pay the air fare for their TFW's?

 

[Naturgrl]

I'm wondering if anyone knows of any hotels or resorts who are looking to hire full-time temporary foreign workers in any capacity. A young person I met recently on an overseas trip asked me about this. He has already been working in various positions (desk clerk, receptionist, cashier) in some fairly upscale tourist hotels over the past few years in his home country. I directed him to the Canada Job Bank, and indeed there are a number of related advertisements which he is eligible to apply for, although no responses yet. But they all seem to be employers seeking to fill a single position, and often not in major tourist destinations. I'm thinking he might improve his chances if he was aware of any large hotel chains or resorts in major tourist spots who are doing 'mass hirings' this year and are accepting applications from outside Canada. Do they typically advertise in the Canada Job Bank or more likely on their own websites? Also, do employers in the hospitality industry typically pay the air fare for their TFW's?

Airfare not paid by employer. This person not only needs a job offer but an approved LMIA. The employer pays $1k and files for LMIA proving no one in Canada can do the job. Most hotel job offers are scams. If a young person and from Europe may be eligible for IEC.

 

[scylla]

I'm wondering if anyone knows of any hotels or resorts who are looking to hire full-time temporary foreign workers in any capacity. A young person I met recently on an overseas trip asked me about this. He has already been working in various positions (desk clerk, receptionist, cashier) in some fairly upscale tourist hotels over the past few years in his home country. I directed him to the Canada Job Bank, and indeed there are a number of related advertisements which he is eligible to apply for, although no responses yet. But they all seem to be employers seeking to fill a single position, and often not in major tourist destinations. I'm thinking he might improve his chances if he was aware of any large hotel chains or resorts in major tourist spots who are doing 'mass hirings' this year and are accepting applications from outside Canada. Do they typically advertise in the Canada Job Bank or more likely on their own websites? Also, do employers in the hospitality industry typically pay the air fare for their TFW's?

Please tell your friend to be very careful. There are a lot of scams out there and fake jobs. If anyone is offering to pay for airfare, it's a scam.

He can try applying for jobs through jobbank, indeed, linkedin, directly through employer websites, etc. It's genrally quite difficult to secure a job since the employer must obtain an approved LMIA which is quite a lengthly and expensive process.

Please do warn him about the scams.

I'm not aware of any large hotel chains that conduct mass hirings of foreign workers.

 

[Yelsew]

Airfare not paid by employer. This person not only needs a job offer but an approved LMIA. The employer pays $1k and files for LMIA proving no one in Canada can do the job. Most hotel job offers are scams. If a young person and from Europe may be eligible for IEC.

"Most" hotel job offers are scams? This is quite concerning now. I thought that any employer posting in the Canada Job Bank with a 'globe' symbol in its ad (rather than a maple leaf) would have to show it already has a LMIA before getting its post approved by whoever screens/moderates the listings in the Job Bank. Since the Job Bank seems to be highly-touted as a 'go to' source on the federal government website, I had assumed it was a safe, legitimate place to begin searching.

 

[Yelsew]

Please tell your friend to be very careful. There are a lot of scams out there and fake jobs. If anyone is offering to pay for airfare, it's a scam.

He can try applying for jobs through jobbank, indeed, linkedin, directly through employer websites, etc. It's genrally quite difficult to secure a job since the employer must obtain an approved LMIA which is quite a lengthly and expensive process.

Please do warn him about the scams.

I'm not aware of any large hotel chains that conduct mass hirings of foreign workers.

Thanks Scylla. I will suggest he explore LinkedIn and Indeed. I didn't realize that TFW's are expected to pay their own air fare--I thought it was the employer's responsibility to cover their initial travel costs and then deduct some or all of that cost from the worker's pay, over a period of time. I may be mistaken, but I thought in the case of Seasonal Agricultural Workers, many of whom come year after year, their employers pay their travel costs. But maybe the same benefit does not apply to all TFW's. I can imagine it is quite a burden for many applicants, especially from some of the poorer countries, which might limit the pool of TFW applicants for the employer to choose from. However, I can see it from the employer's perspective too, as they already have the costs of the LMIA, etc.

 

[scylla]

Thanks Scylla. I will suggest he explore LinkedIn and Indeed. I didn't realize that TFW's are expected to pay their own air fare--I thought it was the employer's responsibility to cover their initial travel costs and then deduct some or all of that cost from the worker's pay, over a period of time. I may be mistaken, but I thought in the case of Seasonal Agricultural Workers, many of whom come year after year, their employers pay their travel costs. But maybe the same benefit does not apply to all TFW's. I can imagine it is quite a burden for many applicants, especially from some of the poorer countries, which might limit the pool of TFW applicants for the employer to choose from. However, I can see it from the employer's perspective too, as they already have the costs of the LMIA, etc.

Yes, there are a few very limited circumstances where the employer pay airfare. But very limited. The vast majority of TFWs have to pay their own way. It's certainly not the employer's responsibility. For a hospitality worker, they should expect they will have to pay their own way, including flight, accommodations and food. Any hospitality job promising to pay airfare is a red flag for a scam.