how good is software/IT industry in Canada?

[sindhugururaj]

944 is crs score. How is the Java development market in Nova Scotia?

 

[ntwkengg]

How is java Developement Job in Nova Scotia? and are there any openings for Storage(data center/SAN) in NS?
am a Java developer having 5+ years of experience working in India and have received Nomination from NS and PR application is in progress.
thanks.

NS is a small market. try looking for jobs in Halifax and area around on indeed.ca and monster.ca
you will be able to get some job searches for NTT data, TCS and some other consulting firms....
move to Toronto or Vancouver after 1 year in NS will be great....

good luck....

 

[Canadaprseeker]

hi , can we move to other province just after one year ? I doubt if its possible.

 

[YamPower]

hi , can we move to other province just after one year ? I doubt if its possible.

If you have PNP then I think you have to stay in the province for awhile. Otherwise you're free to move around Canada as you please (even Quebec)

 

[Canadaprseeker]

For a while as in how many years ? one or two or three ? If it is one , i can think of Nova scotia

 

[Asivad Anac]

For a while as in how many years ? one or two or three ? If it is one , i can think of Nova scotia

1 year should be enough to display intent of settling down in the province. You can then move out to another province.

 

[sindhugururaj]

It depends on two things: where you live, and how good you are.

I found a job paying $85,000 as a programmer in a couple days. Some people go months without finding a job. I did it without Permanent Residency - people with P/R have an easier time.

How good is your resume? How well do you interview? Do you have code samples? Can you handle a tough interview if they ask you to write software in the interview? What type of developer are you?

These are all questions you have to ask yourself.

If you look at WorkBC (for BC), there are currently about twice as many developers as job openings. If you can be in that upper 50%, you can likely find a job. That market is going to get better. Average salary is $66,000 to $95,000. The median software developer salary in India seems to be around $7,250 or so CAD. This may mean that you are willing to go a bit lower in salary, which can help in finding a job.

If you are a poor candidate, you will have poor chances. If you are a good candidate, you will have good chances.

Hi
can you provide me a sample developer resume ? what kind of resume format are the employers expecting ? how would the interview be?
thanks

 

[Canadaprseeker]

1 year should be enough to display intent of settling down in the province. You can then move out to another province.

Hi i think its two years. My consultant told me . It will be helpful if u can give me any link which states it as 1 year.

 

[ntwkengg]

Hi
can you provide me a sample developer resume ? what kind of resume format are the employers expecting ? how would the interview be?
thanks

buddy go to indeed.ca and search for resumes and then enter your job title to get resumes of people who actively looking for jobs in canada and then try to modify your resume with that format and skill set as per your experience....

Thanks...

 

[kateg]

Hi
can you provide me a sample developer resume ? what kind of resume format are the employers expecting ? how would the interview be?
thanks

Sure. Here's an old one of mine.

I'd highly recommend not using that particular format. It doesn't say a lot, deliberately. I skip education entirely, and leave lots of things out, because I want them to ask questions of me.

With CVs, one of the biggest problems you will face is that employers have too many applicants. There are hundreds of people applying for a single position. Because of this, you have a few seconds to make a good impression.

When I was hiring people, the first thing I would do was a cull. If the resume had obvious mistakes, it went straight to the trash. If the person had difficulty communicating in English, it went straight to the trash. If it used Comic Sans anywhere in the entire document, it went straight to the trash.

After the first cull, we moved on to the second cull (putting people on the short list). Here's where we removed anyone who was less qualified. If they did not meet the requirements of the job, we would throw them out (no matter what letter they sent accompanying it). This left us with about 75 people to interview.

Next, we started calling down the list. If the applicant did not answer their phone, we would try again and then throw the resume out. This got us down to around 65 people. Once that happened, we interviewed people.

For our company, a resume that stood out (in a good way) was a lot more likely to make it through the culls. Someone who sent us a resume like this:

http://www.bitpublimedia.ro/themeforest/resume-v2/index-4.html

Was a lot less likely to be thrown out. In this example, it's clear what this person has worked on. His skills are clearly highlighted, and he didn't just shove a whole bunch of keywords in for the purpose of making it through the filters.

Something like this (the light version) would have worked as well at our company:

http://shiftcv.themerex.net/

Very, very easy to tell what the person does, how they rate themselves, the portfolio is available if we want it, and good contact information.

Here's another example:

http://bitpublimedia.ro/themeforest/cv-portfolio-v2/style-2/index.html

This one's a bit artsy. If you're more on the boring side, the same information can be shown in a more corporate approach:

http://bitpublimedia.ro/themeforest/cv-portfolio-v2/style-1/index.html

All of these themes come from ThemeForest.

 

[Amy2Canada]

Sure. Here's an old one of mine.

I'd highly recommend not using that particular format. It doesn't say a lot, deliberately. I skip education entirely, and leave lots of things out, because I want them to ask questions of me.

With CVs, one of the biggest problems you will face is that employers have too many applicants. There are hundreds of people applying for a single position. Because of this, you have a few seconds to make a good impression.

When I was hiring people, the first thing I would do was a cull. If the resume had obvious mistakes, it went straight to the trash. If the person had difficulty communicating in English, it went straight to the trash. If it used Comic Sans anywhere in the entire document, it went straight to the trash.

After the first cull, we moved on to the second cull (putting people on the short list). Here's where we removed anyone who was less qualified. If they did not meet the requirements of the job, we would throw them out (no matter what letter they sent accompanying it). This left us with about 75 people to interview.

Next, we started calling down the list. If the applicant did not answer their phone, we would try again and then throw the resume out. This got us down to around 65 people. Once that happened, we interviewed people.

For our company, a resume that stood out (in a good way) was a lot more likely to make it through the culls. Someone who sent us a resume like this:

http://www.bitpublimedia.ro/themeforest/resume-v2/index-4.html

Was a lot less likely to be thrown out. In this example, it's clear what this person has worked on. His skills are clearly highlighted, and he didn't just shove a whole bunch of keywords in for the purpose of making it through the filters.

Something like this (the light version) would have worked as well at our company:

http://shiftcv.themerex.net/

Very, very easy to tell what the person does, how they rate themselves, the portfolio is available if we want it, and good contact information.

Here's another example:

http://bitpublimedia.ro/themeforest/cv-portfolio-v2/style-2/index.html

This one's a bit artsy. If you're more on the boring side, the same information can be shown in a more corporate approach:

http://bitpublimedia.ro/themeforest/cv-portfolio-v2/style-1/index.html

All of these themes come from ThemeForest.

Very Impressive resume Kate !

Thanks for sharing

Cheers,
Amy