I got to say I feel like this is a real broken system. I have the maximum possible score for my first Language ability, a undergrad and a PhD from a decent school in the US, and have been currently working in Europe developing sensors and I'm in my early thirties yet I haven't gotten an ITA since October. Somehow I only have a 469.
Thought Canada would be a nice place to live and work but I think its about time to call it quits ; would have had a better shot with the previous conservative government. I guess with the changes to the EE scoring recently, FSW candidates without a job have absolutely no chance.