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If Albertan oil does not run out before you finish your PhD, and if you will be ready to tolerate extreme North weather, and if you find a company that will not be scared by your PhD (which tends to be viewed as overqualification - myself I have a PhD too) then you have a sensible chance of...

Yes, indian experience is not considered as the equivalent of canadian as this is not surprising. If an immigrant from South Sudan moved to India, would his experience be considered as the equivalent of Indian??? Countries often tend to underestimate skills of people from those countries that...

In order to be considered for meaningful job positions you need to be based in Canada and have no work restrictions (i.e. Permanent residence visa). Not to mention canadian references etc. If there is an international agency that promises you a job without these, then this is the same as me...

Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver has most openings for these jobs, but job markets are overcrowded here. Hard to penetrate at even entry level. Moreover, for any position above customer service agent or billing clerk, you will need local industry qualification like CIFFA or dangerous good...

If it is easy to find an analyst job in Calgary, then Sierra Leone will become world's largest economy in 2020 and Bujumbura will receive more visitors than Paris. Trying Alberta job market only increases the chances of getting a good job compared to overcrowded Toronto and Montreal, but does...

Depends on the city you go to. Provinces have different minimum wages. Normally entry level non-skilled or semiskilled jobs like cashiers, cleaners etc. pay on average 10$ per hour. Call centres, gas stations, grocery stores and food courts are major points for this kind of jobs.

There is no ideal city in Canada. Job hunting nowadays depends on luck almost entirely. And you never know where your luck lies. I suggest applying from coast to coast and moving wherever you get job offer. I landed in east coast, grabbed first survival job on my way and continued applying...

It is good to hope for good things, but I suggest you be prepared for the most pessimistic scenario to avoid disappointment. Meaning stuff your pockets to the top with cash before landing. Finding a good job nowadays in such a competitive and saturated job market as this is like climbing...

If you go to Oil Sands - yes, pay is handsome. But I am not sure you are willing to live in work camps, stand long shifts and, how should I say, not the most exciting weather possible.

Coming to Canada on a 6-month work holiday visa and hoping to get a quality job is like going to Los Angeles with a 6-month tourist visa and hoping to get married to a Hollywood celebrity within 6 months. Jokes aside, it will be deadly difficult. Even for many permanent residents with no work...

thanks! with oversupply of university graduates job search depends on luck more and more. and the only way to win lottery is to try, overcome the defeat and try again.

Bravo! This is the best approach. The only two ways out of immigration to Canada - either persist and continue surviving until the right job comes along or to return home. But sitting at home and complaining all day long how bad Canada is is just a waste of time.

I was in call centres, customer service, which is much better compared to most other survival jobs like toilet and window cleaning, but still the pay was close to minimum wage, work schedule was floating like crazy (sometimes finishing at midnight and starting 8 am next day) and customers rude...

Thanks emamabd, Job hunting is like backgammon - some part of success is due to qualifications but most of it is determined by luck and circumstances. The only way to get smth out of lottery is to keep trying. The important thing is to be always in action whether it is survival jobs, non-paid...

Even myself, a graduate of three World Top 100 unversities from Europe and a full-scale PR of Canada, spent 16 months on survival jobs before getting a meaningful job. If those agencies guarantee employment for fresh newcomers, some alarm bell should ring in applicants' minds.

I found a very well paying corporate job in my field 16 months after coming to Canada and doing low-level survival jobs with no contact in industry. And I found it by applying online. So Yes, it is possible to find a job online but you must be very lucky to encounter the following factors at the...