Hello guys..
i just want to share my experience in canada. I applied PR under noc 0213 and the processing time took 1 year and 3 months. I have just 7 years experience in c++ and java. I landed with my family on June 9th. After 4 days of rest, I started searching a job through job portals. I received many calls from the day I posted my resume in monster and workopolis. Mainly had calls from consultants and direct companies . I attended one direct company interview and got the job today. I have been a active member of other threads in this forum and would like to say that canada has changed a lot. IT professional is one non-regulated profession and its not difficult to get a job here. however they might not give attractive offer if you dont have canadian experience. But its nice to start from beginning here. We have to prove ourselves in the interview and have references mainly our previous managers and one canadian work reference. try to have one colleaque of yours who is working in canada(onsite) as reference.
C#, java, J2EE, banking , capital markets .. these are the hot selling jobs here.. There might be others, but i dont know. starting Salary comes for a new immigrant from 60K onwards. if its in contract, expect hourly rate of 70.
this forum really helped me a lot in immigrating and getting to know about canada.... So this is my humble contribution ... All credit goes to our Almighty god...
thanks..
thomas