Landed 18-June. Both me & my fiancee got a job withing a month. Ask me anything!

[riasat.abir]

I am one of them who made it from dreaming 1 year ago if I will ever make it to having a nice job in less than a month from the landing (my fiancee got a nicer job ).

Because it's IT sector, but it's hard to find job in other sectors
Luckily my wife and I are both from CS background and waiting for our PR now..

 

[astro313]

How do you know that? Any bad experience?

Because it's IT sector, but it's hard to find job in other sectors
Luckily my wife and I are both from CS background and waiting for our PR now..

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I remember reading a post in this forum from someone in the IT industry which was not getting a job. He kept whining all the time and the title was Cold Winter (something similar). At that time that was one of the bad experiences which pushed me back and started thinking why should I move? What if it fails? Bla bla bla... That's why I started this thread, to keep the spirit high on those who want to make the move and have the skills (and some money) to do it.

Remember one thing: There will be more people writing negative experiences than those who write positive ones. That is because the negative experience guys have the time and will to express their selves in this forum (and not because the negatives are more than the positives). But those with positive experience are usually working and rarely look back to the forum.

 

[toludee]

How do you know that? Any bad experience?
https://careers.workopolis.com/advice/15-in-demand-jobs-in-canada-that-are-waiting-to-be-filled-right-now/
Here are the 15 most in-demand occupations in Canada right now

Truck drivers [View jobs]
Registered nurses [View jobs]
Retail Salespersons and Sales Clerks [View jobs]
Skilled Trade Workers [View jobs]
Financial managers [View jobs]
Food Counter Attendants, Kitchen Helpers and Related Occupations [View jobs]
Cooks [View jobs]
Dental Hygienists and Dental Therapists [View jobs]
Barbers, Hairdressers, and Beauticians [View jobs]
Couriers and delivery people [View jobs]
Customer Service Reps [View jobs]
Food and Beverage Servers [View jobs]
Healthcare Technicians [View jobs]
Administrative Assistants [View jobs]
Advertising, Marketing and PR Managers [View jobs]


I remember reading a post in this forum from someone in the IT industry which was not getting a job. He kept whining all the time and the title was Cold Winter (something similar). At that time that was one of the bad experiences which pushed me back and started thinking why should I move? What if it fails? Bla bla bla... That's why I started this thread, to keep the spirit high on those who want to make the move and have the skills (and some money) to do it.

Remember one thing: There will be more people writing negative experiences than those who write positive ones. That is because the negative experience guys have the time and will to express their selves in this forum (and not because the negatives are more than the positives). But those with positive experience are usually working and rarely look back to the forum.

thanks bro ...

 

[djshshajtm]

I landed on June 6th, also in IT. 8)
No pr card yet...
Congratulations in moving to Canada.

What programming language do you guys use there?
And
Did you guys get your cards yet?

 

[astro313]

We got the cards last week, it took about 45 days.
I am not in to programming, I work with implementation projects and database administration. The software which my company develops is in Java. My fiancee is programming in PHP/MySQL.
Technology speaks the same language in every country that's why is easier for the IT sector to find jobs easily worldwide.

I landed on June 6th, also in IT. 8)
No pr card yet...
Congratulations in moving to Canada.

What programming language do you guys use there?
And
Did you guys get your cards yet?

 

[eggsterminate]

Education - In India top Engineering and medical school like IITs, AIIMS cost virtually nothing, same programs runs around 200k in canadian universities. No doubt its free till grade 12 but you pay insane amount of taxes.
Medical - in my city its 7 months wait for an MRI scan, imagine someone with back pain living on pain killers for 7 months before doctors can even see whats wrong. No doubt you can go to doctor and wont pay anything, but you pay MSPs plus they dont cover any prescriptions and surgeries. In india, bypass surgery costs around 12 to 15 lakhs, here they cost around 100k, that too after so much waiting time.
sure you can buy BMW, but you pay for it in 15years. Not the case in India, you buy decent cars, and live debt free. Plus enjoy with your friends. BMW hold the same social status here as honda city holds in India. Which world are you living my friend.

I have one major bone to pick with your comments about education
You do get scholarships and grants for tuition if you have good grades and are willing to put in the extra work required to apply for them. You don't need to pay the entire tuition out of pocket or take loans. Besides most of my Canadian classmates whose parents couldn't support them all belonged to a work-study programme or had side jobs at school. Even I found ways to pay my way through university, with zero support from my parents by finding a job.
I am not aware of any university in Canada that ends up costing 200 grand for a domestic student in an undergraduate degree. International students only pay that much and only in a couple of universities. The highest tuition I have heard for a local student is 20 grand a year.
And FYI an MBA in India is quite expensive and quite unaffordable for the average family in India too. Everyone I know who ended up studying at an IIM ended up taking student loans.

 

[ArjonDJ]

Hi everyone,

There will always be threads with titles: Is it worth to move to Canada? Should I give it a shot? Are there jobs in Canada?

I am one of them who made it from dreaming 1 year ago if I will ever make it to having a nice job in less than a month from the landing (my fiancee got a nicer job ). You can ask me any questions regarding the whole process, if you want to ;D.

Canada is a great place, with great opportunities and exceptional kind and helpful people. I was expecting to suffer a little bit in the beginning but our process went really smooth.

Hello Mate.

Congratulations on your success to CA.

Actually I'm in the process of immigrating there to. My application is in the post AOR phase.

Could you please share with me how long did it take for you to get the PPR from the AOR?

Thank you.