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    Finding a job in Canada can be challenging for new immigrants due to a lack of Canadian work experience and unconscious bias among hiring managers. However, the job market is strong, and networking, tailoring resumes and online applications to each job, and gaining industry experience can help immigrants overcome barriers to employment. With determination and a long-term vision, most immigrants are able to become successfully employed in Canada within 6-12 years.

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    Finding a job in Canada can be challenging for new immigrants due to a lack of Canadian work experience and unconscious bias among hiring managers. However, the job market is strong, and networking, tailoring resumes and online applications to each job, and gaining industry experience can help immigrants overcome barriers to employment. With determination and a long-term vision, most immigrants are able to become successfully employed in Canada within 6-12 years.

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    Finding a job in Canada can be challenging for new immigrants due to a lack of Canadian work experience and unconscious bias among hiring managers. However, the job market is strong, and networking, tailoring resumes and online applications to each job, and gaining industry experience can help immigrants overcome barriers to employment. With determination and a long-term vision, most immigrants are able to become successfully employed in Canada within 6-12 years.

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    Finding a job in Canada is hard for a new immigrant.

    There are multiple challenges you face, Canadian experience probably being the biggest
    one.
    You will start trying to find reasons why things aren’t going according to your expectations.

    “This Canadian dream is a pack of lies” , “It’s my race”, “How do they expect to get
    Canadian experience if they don’t give me a job?”

    In your case, “The job market is down”.

    The Job Market is booming!


    I’m not sure where you got this information from, but according to Statistics Canada, the
    unemployment rate in Canada is currently at 5.9%
    According to Job Bank job market trends, the second quarter of 2017 was up by 17.2%
    (Year-over-Year), the third consecutive quarter with YoY increase.
    But numbers are boring.

    Why don’t you do a search on Indeed for your specific job and see how many returns you
    get.
    And remember, what you see is the minority of advertised jobs in the market.
    You’ll have to take the extra effort of networking to tap into the majority of the hidden job
    market.
    2008 is well behind us. Canada’s job market is as healthy as her stock market. (for now,
    Dec 2017)
    Recognition of work experience
    If the Canadian government does not recognize your experience and qualifications how did
    you manage to migrate?

    Perhaps you meant ‘Hiring Managers’ don’t recognize your experience and qualifications.
    Because those are the people who give you jobs. Not the government.

    So here’s the truth - Hiring managers don’t give a crap about the immigration system.

    All they care about is if you can solve the problem they have, and if you will work well with
    their team, and if you will stick around with the company.

    If you can prove the above, better than anyone else applying for the job, you’re in.

    But you are right. There is an unconscious bias in the minds of hiring managers and
    recruiters.

    If they see no Canadian experience on your resume, they will automatically think
    “Immigrant” in their heads.

    “This person’s English may not be good”. “This person may not understand our culture”.
    “This person won’t communicate effectively with my team”.

    What do all these thoughts have in common? They are all assumptions.
    One benefit that assumptions have? You can control them.

    If you take an active approach do your job search and contact hiring managers directly, and
    network with professionals in your industry, you crush these assumptions before they are
    made. This is how I got three job offers in two weeks after landing in Canada.
    This is why I’m a strong advocate for networking. When you meet people in person, they get
    first hand knowledge of your communication skills, style and personality. A resumé just
    cannot provide these valuable elements of your candidacy.

    Without a networking strategy, you are at the mercy of how well you can communicate your
    candidacy on paper. While you may be the best person for the job, you are losing to people
    who met the decisions makers in person.

    There is also another side to Canadian Experience for regulated jobs like Teaching,
    Medicine and Engineering.

    If you’re in these fields and waltzing into Canada without doing your research, that is, to put
    it mildly, stupidity.

    A doctor who practiced medicine in a country where there is no such thing as malpractice
    cannot expect to treat patients in Canada where law suits for malpractice reach into the high
    100s of 1000s of dollars.

    Would you hire this doctor?

    How about an engineer who built bridges in hot countries and now has to build bridges in
    Canada where it’s expected to withstand -40 to -50 degree weather conditions?

    Would you drive on a bridge this engineer built in winter?

    Regulated jobs are governed by strict laws in Canada, and if an immigrant is not prepared
    to go back to school in these fields, they should rethink the decision or change careers.
    I will the first to admit, immigrants in regulated fields have it the hardest. But the determined
    ones pull through.

    If you’re doubting your qualifications and work experience, I suggest returning to Indeed and
    scan the job descriptions of your field and see if they match your skills.
    Why encourage immigration? They want you to live and breed!
    More population = More economy.

    Canada is the second largest country in the world (by landmass). But we’re just 36M
    people. The US has 9 times more people than Canada.

    There’s a lot of room to fill.

    The 2018–2020 immigration plan will bring in close to 1M new immigrants to Canada.

    The country sees the benefits of new blood into the country. And your children will be part of
    that economical boost.
    The journey is easy, IF you learn to do it right!
    Despite rumours and the one-off stories of some immigrants who continue to struggle, the
    statistics shows that around 80% of landed immigrants are employed.
    But! What is not accounted for is underemployment. The infamous analogy of doctors
    driving taxis comes to mind doesn’t it?

    I’d be lying to you if I said the immigration journey was easy.

    Immigrants do face underemployment, and they must find the same grit and determination
    they had when they started out their careers to climb back to the top once again.

    An expert I follow says that it takes a new immigrant anywhere from 6–12 years to reach the
    level of lifestyle and career they left behind.

    How long it takes is entirely up to you and the willpower you have to embrace Canada as
    your new home.

    You can complain and frown and watch your career wither.

    Or you can roll up your sleeves and start climbing the corporate ladder once again.

    I’m on year 3.

    My personal vision is that by the time my daughter is in high school, I’ll be living the
    Canadian dream. That thought keeps me going.

    If you have a vision of how your life could be in Canada, you will fight for it no matter what.

    There will be challenges.

    But you can overcome them. You can start by watching these three 5-minute videos I
    created on the three pillars of a job search in Canada:

     Perfect Resumés
     Networking the right way!
     Standing out when applying for jobs online
    You can access these videos here: Job Search Makeover
    Since I’m in Canada, I do the research for my fellow newcomers on what job search
    techniques works here, so that you don’t have to.

    To your success in Canada!


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