Skilled Canadian wants to go to Ireland

YoungCanuck

Hello everyone, I am a 23 year old male from Newfoundland, Canada. I have a degree in Information Systems and a lot of experience in web design, networking, programming, systems admin, tech support, etc. I am desperate to get to Ireland to work. I have my passport ready to send for but I find it very hard to find a job or anyone who will deal with me because I am international. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

Richard Roma

the Irish government has a special scheme to attract people with certain skills to this country,one of these skills is IT. this scheme basically issues a sort of work permit to the person without them having secured a job.

Victor

I think its the work visa you need to look for.

See here: http://www.oasis.gov.ie/employment/working_in_ireland/work_visas_authorise.html?search=work+visa and here: http://www.oasis.gov.ie/moving_country/?CONTACTSID=9f4625ad8e9cb9bf0eeede1f8f1b63d1

EdgarAllenPoo

Really none of my business why you would want to leave Canada and come here(most people do the opposite) but the one thing you should be aware of is that a lot of IT jobs here don't last very long, mostly because of the expensive running costs here. A lot of businesses move from here to India or China because it's cheaper. You could try the UK as well.

Naked Lepper

GDM wrote:

Really none of my business why you would want to leave Canada and come here(most people do the opposite) but the one thing you should be aware of is that a lot of IT jobs here don't last very long, mostly because of the expensive running costs here. A lot of businesses move from here to India or China because it's cheaper. You could try the UK as well.

the same applys in any western country
there are plenty of huge software / i.t companies here who have been here for over 10 years and still going strong..


intel, hewlett packard, symantec and loads more

Saruman

Most people do not do the opposite... urban myth or whatever.. Irish people DONT leave their country.. seriously!!! We may leave for a while to travel but we usually come back.. only a small few actually leave to emmigrate somewhere else for good. Many of which have started moving back here since the late 90's

Best country in the world once you are not the type to constantly complain about cost etc...

Anyway its not going to be easy due to you not being an EU citizen.. I think you will still need to have a job offer before you can get the working Visa. Have you been here before? Best bet is to come here for vacation then decide if you still want to work here.. then do some interviews.

Can you as a canadian get Dual UK/Canadian citizenship? If you can then do it and you can work here under your UK citizenship with no problems.

lodgepole

GDM wrote:

Really none of my business why you would want to leave Canada and come here(most people do the opposite) but the one thing you should be aware of is that a lot of IT jobs here don't last very long, mostly because of the expensive running costs here. A lot of businesses move from here to India or China because it's cheaper. You could try the UK as well.

Newfoundland has strong links to Ireland and no IT Industry of its own. Moving to Toronto or New York wouldn't be that different to coming here.

Your best bet, IMO, is to contact Swap in Canada (there's two Travel Cuts offices in St. John's) and enquire about a single year work Visa. Get over here and impress for the year. With hard work and some luck you may be able to acquire a full time job and be able to stay.

Where in Newfoundland are you? I travelled through there last September.

YoungCanuck

GDM wrote:

Really none of my business why you would want to leave Canada and come here(most people do the opposite) but the one thing you should be aware of is that a lot of IT jobs here don't last very long, mostly because of the expensive running costs here. A lot of businesses move from here to India or China because it's cheaper. You could try the UK as well.

Lodgepole is exactly right. Right now I am 23 year years old, single, and ready to see the world. I can move anywhere in Canada and find a job but hey I can do that when I get older, right now I want to explore and get great experience. Where's the best place to start? Ireland of course! It's very similar to Newfoundland (so I hear) and not that far away when you really look at it. Good scenery and good people, what else can you ask for?

Lodgepole I live in Port aux Basques which is a 9 hour drive from St. John's and is where the ferry docks on the island. I will check with SWAP and in the meantime keep plugging away at monster.ie

lodgepole

Try www.nixer.com and www.jobboard.ie as well. While the Travel Cuts offices in St. John's should be able to help you, you might be better off contacting one of the Toronto offices (specifically SWAP). Toronto and Vancouver get the most traffic and thus the people working there have more experience. They're going to start getting really busy in May when students start heading over, so get in touch with them sooner rather than later if you're going to consider it.

I came through Port aux Basques, up from Nova Scotia. Spent some time in Gros Morne before heading on to St. John's. Newfoundland is similar to the West of Ireland though the country as a whole is more similar to Nova Scotia. They do however share quite a lot socially.