The standard required to get an arranged employment is ridiculous - not only you need to have the job offer, but the job offer needs to be continuous, non-seasonal, and INDETERMINATE in nature, if your job offer falls under NOC Skill 0, A, or B.Regina said:EVERYBODY outside of Canada are in THE SAME situation. So there are not many people with jobs (with LMIA) in Canada in occupations of NOC 0,a,b. When CIC get "cream of the top" "few" applicants with jobs and LMIA , it will turn to those who is without jobs and job offers.
If my interpretation is correct, "INDETERMINATE" means permanent. It is ridiculous because which employer will give permanent job offer to a foreign worker, given how bad the economy is in Canada now? Most jobs nowadays is contract-based - lasting for one year or less.