Hello all,
This subject is of concern I believe for many immigrants who are about to land in Canada. Assuming that you don't have arranged employment before you come, your options- in sequence- for work will be as follow:
Option (A): Looking for a job in your field: This option will only remain valid as long as you have sufficient funds to support yourself while you endeavor to land a job in your area of expertise. However, as time goes by, another option starts to emerge and impose itself as your finances start to weaken (option (B)).
Option (B): As you may expect, its finding a survival job that can reduce the financial burden while you keep looking for something in your field. However there are different categories under this option:
Category (1): Survival jobs that are less intense in their physical requirements (Cashier, call center...etc)
Category (2): Survival jobs that consumes you physically (snow shoving, flipping burgers...etc)
I'm not being pessimistic, however as we are planning to land, we should not only think about the demand on jobs in our field, but also some consideration should be given to option (B), as falling in category (2) in that option will consume you both physically and morally. This is especially true if you will need lengthy time to get licensed, extra studies...etc, which some time takes more than one year, given this considering a place with good survival jobs will have more priority!
I would like to hear from those already landed about their experience with survival jobs, in which category do you see your self and would certain cities offer more survival jobs that don't include much labor? For example a friend of mine mentioned that BC (Vancouver) doesn't welcome newcomers even when it comes to survival jobs as compared to Toronto for instance! would you agree with this.
Of course the reason I'm raising this issue is because all of us are well educated and come from a professional background, and even if you have to accept a survival job, it should be something that you can live with given your academic level and status of not being used to hard labor.
Thank you all in advance for sharing you experiences and input.
This subject is of concern I believe for many immigrants who are about to land in Canada. Assuming that you don't have arranged employment before you come, your options- in sequence- for work will be as follow:
Option (A): Looking for a job in your field: This option will only remain valid as long as you have sufficient funds to support yourself while you endeavor to land a job in your area of expertise. However, as time goes by, another option starts to emerge and impose itself as your finances start to weaken (option (B)).
Option (B): As you may expect, its finding a survival job that can reduce the financial burden while you keep looking for something in your field. However there are different categories under this option:
Category (1): Survival jobs that are less intense in their physical requirements (Cashier, call center...etc)
Category (2): Survival jobs that consumes you physically (snow shoving, flipping burgers...etc)
I'm not being pessimistic, however as we are planning to land, we should not only think about the demand on jobs in our field, but also some consideration should be given to option (B), as falling in category (2) in that option will consume you both physically and morally. This is especially true if you will need lengthy time to get licensed, extra studies...etc, which some time takes more than one year, given this considering a place with good survival jobs will have more priority!
I would like to hear from those already landed about their experience with survival jobs, in which category do you see your self and would certain cities offer more survival jobs that don't include much labor? For example a friend of mine mentioned that BC (Vancouver) doesn't welcome newcomers even when it comes to survival jobs as compared to Toronto for instance! would you agree with this.
Of course the reason I'm raising this issue is because all of us are well educated and come from a professional background, and even if you have to accept a survival job, it should be something that you can live with given your academic level and status of not being used to hard labor.
Thank you all in advance for sharing you experiences and input.
