The Canada job networking thread

red menace

This might be a dumb idea that wont work but hey it's worth a show.
Seeing at there are lots of eyes on lots of Jobsites here how about trying to keep a list of people looking for jobs in case someone else knows of something suitable.
So Prob just mention where in Canada you are and what kind of work you are looking for and maybe we can help each other out..

monkeerina

Heading over on June 2nd...flying into Toronto but willing to go anywhere! Looking for a (graduate) civil engineering job...or something in envir sci or energy if they'd take me!

red menace

keep an eye on the Alberta jobs, lots of building going on over this direction, sorry have no leads for ya but will keep my ears open

mac123

get a linkedin profile and try make some connections with people from the irish-canada chamber of commerce.

red menace

I was in Banff for the weekend.(Located in the Rockies about an hour from Calgary)
Nearly every shop and restaurant had a help wanted sign in the window.
Maybe not ideal for a lot of folks but might be worth getting out the directory and making a few calls
Stunning place with a postcard view around every corner.
Money may not be huge but would be an amazing place to live for a few months.
I'll post some pics later

kiwijbob

Heading over to Calgary or Edmonton with the family July/August
sort of time, Have 11yrs experience as an Architectural
Technician/Technologist although strongly considering a
career change...

red menace

For those that don't know Town burned pretty much to the ground by wild fires

http://edmonton.kijiji.ca/c-jobs-general-labour-Labourers-W0QQAdIdZ285733832

Money OK but lots of hours by the looks of it:

A labourer will provide construction work and support. They may operate hand and power tools of all types and a variety of other equipment and instruments. May clean and prepare sites, clean up rubble and debris. May be responsible for the setup, safe installation and operation of scaffolding and ladders while on site. May load vans/trailers with contents on site as required.


* Good physical condition and able to lift up to 50 lbs.
* Previous construction experience would be an asset.
* IICRC training would be an asset.
* Required to work with and take instructions from Emergency Supervisor.

* Willing to take on assigned tasks with enthusiasm and with minimal supervision.
* Willing to work as part of a team.
* Has a clear safety record and willingness to follow safety practices.
* Must be able to wear personal protective equipment possibly including a full-face respirator safety mask with a complete seal.

* Candidates will be expected to work a work week of 14 days of work and 4 days off.
* The number of hours of work in the day will be 10 – 12 hours and will be at the discretion of the direct supervisor. Breaks and rest periods will be provided.
* Shift work may be required.
* Overtime will be paid as per the Alberta Employment Standards Code.
* Candidates must have personal transportation to and from their own accommodations or must be receptive to living in a base camp (Command Centre).
* The rules and regulations of the worksite and the Command Centre will be followed at all times. Individuals not following the rules of the work site or the Command Centre will be required to leave.
* Candidates being housed in the Command Centre will have meals provided.
* Wages offered will be $15.00 for Cleaners and $16.00 for Labourers.
* Candidates will be asked to undergo a criminal record check.
* Steel-toed safety shoes will be required and must be provided by the candidate.


If you are qualified and interested in this employment opportunity, screening interviews will be held as followed:

Saturday, May 28, 2011

Time: 10:00 – 4:00

Location: Elsa’s Restaurant and Banquet Room
6117 52 Avenue
Athabasca, Alberta

(Highway 2 West, just past the University turnoff)

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Time: 10:00 – 2:00

Location: Peavine Inn and Suites
3905 51 Avenue
High Prairie, Alberta


Monday, May 30, 2011

Time: 10:00 – 2:00

Location: FirstOnSite Restoration
15001 89 Street
Grande Prairie, Alberta

red menace

My Company is looking for 2 temps for a couple of days in downtown Edmonton
Might keep someone busy for a few days

Head Office is looking for 2 temps to help out our Finance department the week of June 13th or June 20th (depending on availability). The assignment is for three 7 hour days. The job involves a lot of heavy lifting so the temp must be physically fit.

PM me if you are interested
Downtown on 103 and Jasper

retalivity

Ive been for interviews for lots of .net developer jobs. Anyone with 3+ years .NET, SQLServer experience. I'm in London ON, lots here, and even more in Toronto

myleftfoot

retalivity wrote: »

Ive been for interviews for lots of .net developer jobs. Anyone with 3+ years .NET, SQLServer experience. I'm in London ON, lots here, and even more in Toronto

Plenty of this in Vancouver as well.

red menace

http://edmonton.en.craigslist.ca/tch/2444059985.html

Looking for solid desktop support candidates to work 250 kms north of Yellowknife. (Transportation and Accomodations will be provided). Ideally candidates have some Lotus Notes (email client experience) and some Windows 7 expeirence, solid desktop support skills in a Microsoft environment.

Must Have Skills:
Desktop Support - (3-5Y)
Excellent communications and presentation skills - (>5Y)
clean criminal background - (>5Y)


Candidates will work two weeks on and two weeks off (for the duration of 5 months)
Candidates must be healthy and NO DRUGS in their system. They have a zero alcohol and drug policy. They do an extensive medical check as the location is remote.

Open to new graduates with couple years of experience (or Co-Ops/Internships etc).

Might be good for someone to see a side of Canada that not many people do!

TechnoPool

I should be able to find someone work in the restaurant i work if it's something just to get the ball rolling and money in the door for someone.


in Calgary

nixys

Hi, We are looking to immigrate to Canada for some time. My husband is looking for work as the Canadians call it Site Superintendant (Construction). Really want to secure job before moving us all out there, preferably for my husband and the hope is for him to go out there for 6 months and get settled in his job, accommodation etc and then I would follow out with the kids. He did get a very positive response from a big const. company in edmonton (met in person at work expo in dublin) and the HR person told him to contact her, but now the HR person not returning calls or emails - so not looking good - do you give up or become a pain (rang 4 times and left messages). I am currently completing my hons degree in Computer systems & networking - I believe the jobs in IT are particularly in programming - is this true? Any help or advice is really appreciated.:)

jjbrien

Well I done the move myself from Ireland to Toronto and I got a job with one of the major It companies within 3 weeks of me arriving here was quiet suppressed really. Ur husbands best bet is to go over to Canada and look for a job locally shows an employer he is more serious about moving over.

If anyone reading this wants a good starter job in IT in Toronto let me know and I'll refer u if u send me ur cv

Galwaaygirl

Hi,
I'm looking for work in the social services in Toronto. I have a masters degree in Youth and Child care and six+ years of experience in the disabilty sector
I'd love to hear from anyone working or volunteering with not for profit companies.
Thanks and good luck to everyone who is job searching. Keep the faith!

ShortskirtCiara

Heading over in a few weeks, im a recent gradaute and hold a BBS(Hons) in Marketing with a view to securing a position preferably in the music/retail/fashion industry. If anyone sees any job vacanies please let me know!

red menace

ShortskirtCiara wrote: »

Heading over in a few weeks, im a recent graduate and hold a BBS(Hons) in Marketing with a view to securing a position preferably in the music/retail/fashion industry. If anyone sees any job vacancies please let me know!

Where abouts you heading?
Its kind of a big country

Eutow

Living in Toronto and looking for a job in purchasing/supply chain. I have a Bachelors Degree in this field and twelve months experience working in a buying office.

ShortskirtCiara

red menace wrote:

Where abouts you heading?
Its kind of a big country

Haha, ooops! Suppose that 'little' piece of info would be necessary! Vancouver at first but if that doesnt work out then toronto!!

DaveDaRave

Any hope for a comp sci graduate with no exp ?
Would like to do software development sort of stuff.

retalivity

DaveDaRave wrote: »

Any hope for a comp sci graduate with no exp ?
Would like to do software development sort of stuff.

Youd be lucky. I had 3 years experience with my comp sci degree.
Experience gets you in the door, interview gets you the job. A lot of companies will see no experience and bin the cv, unfortunately...

DaveDaRave

retalivity wrote: »

Youd be lucky. I had 3 years experience with my comp sci degree.
Experience gets you in the door, interview gets you the job. A lot of companies will see no experience and bin the cv, unfortunately...

Yeah i guess its the same everywhere.

Daith

Hey there,

What are the best job sites for work in Canada? Looking at IT, tech support/desktop stuff.

Cheers!

Dubhdara

Anyone know what the job chance's are like for someone with 5 years working in Software Development (mostly mainframe), but no Qualifications in IT (qualifactions in business tho)?

trixie_belle12

What is the situation for someone with no degree but a hr diploma and over 10 years admin & 3 years hr experience at hr admin and specialist level?

Hitch11

Hi,
I am looking to move to Vancouver (preferably) in June 2012. I'm a qualified quantity surveyor with approx 2 years experience. Does anyone know if construction is booming around this area? Anyone any tips about apply for this sort of work over there? Thanks

jjbrien

Hitch11 wrote: »

Hi,
I am looking to move to Vancouver (preferably) in June 2012. I'm a qualified quantity surveyor with approx 2 years experience. Does anyone know if construction is booming around this area? Anyone any tips about apply for this sort of work over there? Thanks

hard it can be difficult to get a job in Vancouver you would be better off heading to Calgary or Toronto to grab a construction job. The condo market in Toronto is still quite good so theres jobs to be got. Winter is a slow time for construction in Canada so be warned about that gets better from march on.

JohnMearsheimer

trixie_belle12 wrote: »

What is the situation for someone with no degree but a hr diploma and over 10 years admin & 3 years hr experience at hr admin and specialist level?

Not having degree is not a problem. It's work experience that counts.

trixie_belle12

Thank you, not having a degree appears to be my major stumbling block for Australia as I'm over 30 now. That's good news!

token101

ShortskirtCiara wrote: »

Heading over in a few weeks, im a recent gradaute and hold a BBS(Hons) in Marketing with a view to securing a position preferably in the music/retail/fashion industry. If anyone sees any job vacanies please let me know!

I know of this website myself for that kind of thing, but they do seem dead set on Canadians more than migrants:

http://www.mediajobsearchcanada.com/job_browse.asp

Might want to check out the Generation Emigration section of the Irish Times aswell for job sites for Toronto, they had a write up some time ago. And networking through Twitter.

I'm looking for something in marketing myself. Probably head to Toronto, but for some reason I really like the look of Calgary. Seems like an unreal city. Can't see there being massive amount of professional type jobs there though, it does seem like an industry orientated city.

SineadV

kiwijbob wrote: »

Heading over to Calgary or Edmonton with the family July/August
sort of time, Have 11yrs experience as an Architectural
Technician/Technologist although strongly considering a
career change...

Heya, just came across your thread and was wondering what its like to work as an architectural technologist???

I have a degree in Architectural technology and want to get experience in it in either Vancouver or Toronto...still deciding where to go!

Hope you can give me some advice in terms of jobs. Thanks

Helix

anyone here have a strong track record in sales/ marketing/ advertising who's in or is heading to Toronto? 28+ years old preferable. this is a speculative post, Im not necessarily saying I'm going to hire, but depending on if you were to fit there might be a good opportunity

toetatoe

Heading over in April/May with bf. I'm looking for anything in archives / records management, ideally in Vancouver but we're fairly flexible about location. Himself is looking for artic driving work.

token101

Helix wrote: »

anyone here have a strong track record in sales/ marketing/ advertising who's in or is heading to Toronto? 28+ years old preferable. this is a speculative post, Im not necessarily saying I'm going to hire, but depending on if you were to fit there might be a good opportunity

Why 28 if you don't mind my asking? I'm 25, BA and postgrad diploma a year and a half of sales/ marketing/social media experience with a major Irish state company. Would there by any chance you would PM the details?

Helix

token101 wrote: »

Why 28 if you don't mind my asking?

experience, maturity and the lack of receptiveness of the market over here to younger people, mainly

token101

Helix wrote: »

experience, maturity and the lack of receptiveness of the market over here to younger people, mainly

Are there graduate/junior/entry level roles in this particular sector that you know of?

Helix

no idea man, not really my field. we've hired a few young Canadians who couldn't get much else, but it's not really worked. for what we do (selling advertising in a couple of particularly lucrative sectors) it's all about the little black book. no contacts no sales unfortunately, and its a long grind those relationships from the ground up

that said, marketing and PR should have plenty of vacancies based on the turnover i see in those sectors. the companies around the fashion district cover most of the entry level positions so far as i can see, so if you focus there i reckon you'll find something

high road communications are worth enquiring with
lots of interesting brands and lovely people

token101

Helix wrote: »

no idea man, not really my field. we've hired a few young Canadians who couldn't get much else, but it's not really worked. for what we do (selling advertising in a couple of particularly lucrative sectors) it's all about the little black book. no contacts no sales unfortunately, and its a long grind those relationships from the ground up

that said, marketing and PR should have plenty of vacancies based on the turnover i see in those sectors. the companies around the fashion district cover most of the entry level positions so far as i can see, so if you focus there i reckon you'll find something

high road communications are worth enquiring with
lots of interesting brands and lovely people

Thanks for the info, much appreciated. I've researched this endlessly and it seems a bit thin on the ground for people with years experience, mostly unpaid stuff. And the boutique agencies can be hard enough to get into in Ireland where I have experience and references from the most reputable people going, let alone somewhere where I am starting from scratch! But thanks again!

Helix

well if you had references from someone who has an arm over here you might be alright. edelman for example are here, as are m2universal, carat, cohn & wolfe, and a few of the others

token101

Helix wrote: »

well if you had references from someone who has an arm over here you might be alright. edelman for example are here, as are m2universal, carat, cohn & wolfe, and a few of the others

I don't. I wish I did. The thing is, like a lot of places, the entry level jobs aren't even advertised half the time. Networking and all that. I'm hoping Linkedin will work for me. I reckon it's going to be an uphill struggle though

kiwijbob

SineadV wrote: »

Heya, just came across your thread and was wondering what its like to work as an architectural technologist???

I have a degree in Architectural technology and want to get experience in it in either Vancouver or Toronto...still deciding where to go!

Hope you can give me some advice in terms of jobs. Thanks

Hi Sinead,

I've had two interviews in Alberta and I've had two two offers and both of the offers are more rewarding wages wise than the good times at home.... v.nice.

make sure you have a kick ass portfolio as that is ALL that seems to matter and if you're trained up on Revit it's a bonus.. good luck

SineadV

kiwijbob wrote: »

Hi Sinead,

I've had two interviews in Alberta and I've had two two offers and both of the offers are more rewarding wages wise than the good times at home.... v.nice.

make sure you have a kick ass portfolio as that is ALL that seems to matter and if you're trained up on Revit it's a bonus.. good luck

Thanks a million for getting back to me...Must get started on my portfolio so!
I use Revit so hopefully that helps me, heard it's pretty widely used around Canada which is great.

kiwijbob

SineadV wrote: »

Thanks a million for getting back to me...Must get started on my portfolio so!
I use Revit so hopefully that helps me, heard it's pretty widely used around Canada which is great.

I'll be turning a job down if you want their details, they want a REVIT Arch
tech to do loads of technical details. how much experience have you?

Jimmmy McNulty

kiwijbob wrote: »

I'll be turning a job down if you want their details, they want a REVIT Arch
tech to do loads of technical details. how much experience have you?

I don't really know what REVIT is but I know my friend got a positive LMO based off having experience with it. His employer just said that they can't get anyone with experience using it and that they need him for that reason mainly.

kiwijbob

Jimmmy McNulty wrote: »

I don't really know what REVIT is but I know my friend got a positive LMO based off having experience with it. His employer just said that they can't get anyone with experience using it and that they need him for that reason mainly.

REVIT is an architectural drafting program taking over from AUTOCAD, to put
it very basically.

Jimmmy McNulty

kiwijbob wrote: »

REVIT is an architectural drafting program taking over from AUTOCAD, to put
it very basically.

I've heard of AUTOCAD alright. Handy skill to have at the end of the day.

infowars.com

you just cant jump on a plane and go there looking for work you have to have a job offer from an employer first

Jimmmy McNulty

infowars.com wrote: »

you just cant jump on a plane and go there looking for work you have to have a job offer from an employer first

Who are you answering?

infowars.com

not you anyway

Jimmmy McNulty

infowars.com wrote: »

not you anyway

"Answer" - You didn't really answer. You did however, rule me out. Well done.

SineadV

kiwijbob wrote: »

I'll be turning a job down if you want their details, they want a REVIT Arch
tech to do loads of technical details. how much experience have you?

Yeah that would be great thanks...I used Revit in college and iv done the odd bit of work on the side with it when I can actually get work so iv got some experience with it but I wouldn't have years of experience behind me like yourself.