Non Skilled to Skilled

[@ryan]

Hi All,

I am new to this Forum. Read some posts and felt very useful. I had a doubt and I know surely will get a valid answer here. I applied for express entry during September 2015 and i am in pool right now with 356 score. With help of some friends in Canada I got a job offer as a supervisor in some petroleum company. I am having 7+ years exp in IT industry. This job is a 2 year contract job and falls under Non skilled work. Shall I accept the offer? If I want to migrate to IT field will it lead a problem? Please help me out...

Thanks in advance.....

 

[scylla]

Accepting this job won't create any problems. You can go ahead and take it.

However only jobs that are NOC skill level A, B or 0 get you the extra 600 points under Express Entry. So if the job you have been offered doesn't fall under one of these NOCs - then unfortunately this won't increase your EE score. For the Canadian work experience to count under CEC, the NOC also has to be A, B or 0 skill level.

 

[Gregor.Samsa]

Which NOC code is your offer for?

Most supervisor positions are B level.
A supervisor position under C Level sounds weird.

http://www5.hrsdc.gc.ca/NOC/English/NOC/2011/html/Matrix.html

As said by Scylla job won't harm but won't help for CEC either.

However consider:
- If you're currently working, perhaps it's no worthy for you.
- If you're outside Canada, it's a way to work here and to get Canadian Experience.
- Being here perhaps you can get a NOC B job in the same u other company.
- Perhaps you can be eligible under EE for FST (Federal Skill Trades), with LMIA it's Invitation to Apply guaranteed.
- Some provinces and territories have/had NOC C PNP streams.


Take care to compare job offer duties with NOC code, some companies are hiring skill level B workers under NOC C Level LMIA, that could complicate your PR in the future.


Edited:

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/trades/apply-who.asp

 

[pultyn]

It's probably work as a cashier at gas station which is Skill-C. However, it will bring you here and create better chances to promote or finding something else.

 

[@ryan]

Hi,

Thank you all for the quick turn around and sorry for the late reply...

Scylla,

I am not sure it falls under which NOC. I will ask and update. I am from outside of Canada.

As per samsa, Being here perhaps you can get a NOC B job in the same u other company.

So it will the same category job. I can't migrate to IT field?

Pultyn,

So you are saying to accept the offer and to come there and search for a new job?

 

[Gregor.Samsa]

Hi,

Thank you all for the quick turn around and sorry for the late reply...

Scylla,

I am not sure it falls under which NOC. I will ask and update. I am from outside of Canada.

As per samsa, Being here perhaps you can get a NOC B job in the same u other company.

So it will the same category job. I can't migrate to IT field?

Pultyn,

So you are saying to accept the offer and to come there and search for a new job?

If you take this work and later, for any reason, you want to change, probably you'll get more chances to find a better job being in Canada than waiting in your country for a better option.

But you never knows, there are lots of details to consider.

Coming to Canada working in a lower position can get you stuck on lower rate levels than you'll desire, but it depends onot you, your experience, the sector, the economy, how lucky or insistent you are....

So, finally it's up to you to try know with this job offer or wait.

 

[pultyn]

@ryan depends which way you'll choose to get your residency. Maybe this work will help you to be promoted and switch from skill C to skill 0?
Beeing here will provide you more options and that's a huge advantage.