How to get a carpentry job offer?

[danandlouisa]

Can anyone help?

I am 31, and to emigrate to Canada under any visa system I am eligible for, I need a job offer that is full time, for at least one year. This is one of the four main criteria one must satisfy to even bother with application under the Federal Skilled Trade visa. I am not on the new updated list of the old type called Federal Skilled Worker visa that relies on points. Confusing I know!

If the system allowed me to get to Canada first, then get a job when I have arrived, life would be sweet. This is not an option though.

How do I get a job in carpentry in Vancouver? How does a tradesperson like myself entice an employer 4000 miles away to employ him, wait for a visa to go through, technically fill the application with someone who is not able to start for ages etc etc.

Employers, regardless of if there is a "shortage" of carpenters, will need someone fairly quickly to ensure contracts are to get completed, hence the reason for employing more people in the first place!

What can I do to bypass this issue? Is there an angle I am not considering? Special websites with employers like this?

Help!!!

 

[iam_toby]

There's a skilled worker thread:
>> http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/skilled-worker-professional-immigration-b4.0/

Your chances of getting an answer related to said immigration stream are higher there.
However, getting a job offer if you're not physically present in Canada can be tough, we all know that. All you can do
is check monster.ca, craigslist.ca, jobbank.gc.ca for jobs and apply.
It's a hard way for sure, but it's your best bet.

And like you said, most employers won't be willing to employ a foreign worker as it is a lot of paper work and time that
has to be invested in that process.


Good luck!

 

[Leon]

The way you do it, you apply until you are blue in the face and then some. You may not be able to find a job in Vancouver but you keep applying, you will find one somewhere. If the employer gets an LMO for you, you can apply for a work permit. If you work as a carpenter on a work permit for a year, you can apply for your PR under CEC. It may also be possible for the employer to sponsor you under PNP before that, depending on the province.

There was a carpenter on this forum a couple of years ago who did this. I remember him messaging me a lot. He eventually found an employer in Saskatchewan who agreed to sponsor him under PNP.