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[cansha]

It depends. I have taken interviews for my employer. We interview about 150 folks to find one guy who could even pass phone screening. So that 500K coming is usually not much help to us as most are not that well prepared. Actually recent grads from Canadian universities perform much better.

If that is true issue could be in your job description and person sorting through resumes as well. Don't put it all on candidates if the recruiter is not doing their job well.

 

[GandiBaat]

If that is true issue could be in your job description and person sorting through resumes as well. Don't put it all on candidates if the recruiter is not doing their job well.

Could be. My employer never specifies any tech. Actually, folks are never recruited specific to any tech anyways. Most of our "tech" is in-house. That means most JDs specify what the position is all about while requirements are just flat: CS/Math/EE/Eng. Degree or 3 years work exp. Knowledge of one main stream programming language. Problem Solving. Algo, DS. Design.
Thats all. Even the interview process is never anything specific to any tech.

 

[cansha]

Could be. My employer never specifies any tech. Actually, folks are never recruited specific to any tech anyways. Most of our "tech" is in-house. That means most JDs specify what the position is all about while requirements are just flat: CS/Math/EE/Eng. Degree or 3 years work exp. Knowledge of one main stream programming language. Problem Solving. Algo, DS. Design.
Thats all. Even the interview process is never anything specific to any tech.

That sounds very open ended but even with that,150 interviews just to screen is tad too much. The recruitment process could be much more efficient than that.

 

[cansha]

People leave to Canada for dumbest reasons. I talked to a colleague of mine (he is from India) about why he came to Canada. You know what he said? "It's cultural. Everyone told me that the West is so much better and I was pressured in trying to leave".

I would say in this case your colleague is the dumb one if he let other influence a major life decision like that. I mean he is a grown adult, and his logic is I moved because others told me to. Are these kinds of people really making 200K kind of money with zero critical thinking applied to their own life. Just wow!

In this day and age no one has any excuse of not researching enough. If one spends even 30 minutes on the web, they can find out all the information they want with respect to parameters which they value. In any case, may be the context of your conversation was different and maybe he just said that because he didn't want to have a long discussion. But if that is the real reason he moved then no words.

 

[Shubham6120]

Hi guys,
I want to book appointment for SIN number for Langley, Vancouver b.c.
Can seniors guide how to book the appointment for the same.
Please share the link.
Also, kindly let me know what documents are required for obtaining the SIN number.
Also Is address proof mandatory?

 

[Deleted member 1083629]

So companies are willing to lower their standards to just hire someone cheaper? What if that person messes up everything with bad code or just fails at the job after a few months? Companies are willing to risk that?

Exactly that. Check out Boeing and Indian software engineering:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-28/boeing-s-737-max-software-outsourced-to-9-an-hour-engineers . It's behind the paywall but if you google, you will be able to crack it.

If Boeing did that what makes you think that companies where a cost of mistake is not that high don't go the same route? Plus, most of the jobs are pretty easy. When the last time your bank (TD, CIBC) rolled out anything significant? When the last time Walmart did the same? What about Manulife? What about 99% of other service providers in Canada? This is where most of the newcomers will be applying. Not FAANG, Uber or other tech. companies.

 

[Deleted member 1083629]

I would say in this case your colleague is the dumb one if he let other influence a major life decision like that. I mean he is a grown adult, and his logic is I moved because others told me to. Are these kinds of people really making 200K kind of money with zero critical thinking applied to their own life. Just wow!

In this day and age no one has any excuse of not researching enough. If one spends even 30 minutes on the web, they can find out all the information they want with respect to parameters which they value. In any case, may be the context of your conversation was different and maybe he just said that because he didn't want to have a long discussion. But if that is the real reason he moved then no words.

Maybe. Who knows. I don't know why majority of people move to Canada. Really don't. I understand Russians; it's dangerous to live in Russia right now if you are a man. I understand Ukrainians. I understand Iranians. I understand if one doesn't have basic necessities and quality of life is just terrible; it makes sense to move. Why would you move if you have a decent job, your family is near, your friends, you have a roof over the head.

 

[Deleted member 1083629]

Hi guys,
I want to book appointment for SIN number for Langley, Vancouver b.c.
Can seniors guide how to book the appointment for the same.
Please share the link.

Why don't you give them a call or check the website? Took me roughly 30 seconds to find the link and get the form to book an appoitment.

 

[Deleted member 1083629]

Could be. My employer never specifies any tech. Actually, folks are never recruited specific to any tech anyways. Most of our "tech" is in-house. That means most JDs specify what the position is all about while requirements are just flat: CS/Math/EE/Eng. Degree or 3 years work exp. Knowledge of one main stream programming language. Problem Solving. Algo, DS. Design.
Thats all. Even the interview process is never anything specific to any tech.

I guess you are at FAANG. This sounds like a typical Amazon interview.

 

[cansha]

I guess you are at FAANG. This sounds like a typical Amazon interview.

@GandiBaat is definitely a big shot. He even travels on a helicopter for meetings Companies don't pay for that for mere mortals.

 

[cansha]

Maybe. Who knows. I don't know why majority of people move to Canada. Really don't. I understand Russians; it's dangerous to live in Russia right now if you are a man. I understand Ukrainians. I understand Iranians. I understand if one doesn't have basic necessities and quality of life is just terrible; it makes sense to move. Why would you move if you have a decent job, your family is near, your friends, you have a roof over the head.

People move for a variety of reasons. There is even a thread on this forum somewhere specific to US / UK / EU folks moving to Canada. Some people do move for basic necessities, and some are much higher on Maslow's hierarchy of needs and still make a move. I mean I have no issues for any sort of reason to move other than someone saying that they moved because someone else told them to.

 

[Deleted member 1083629]

@GandiBaat is definitely a big shot. He even travels on a helicopter for meetings Companies don't pay for that for mere mortals.

When I used to work for oil and gas, they would take us to rigs in helicopters. Those companies get special rates.

 

[GandiBaat]

That sounds very open ended but even with that,150 interviews just to screen is tad too much. The recruitment process could be much more efficient than that.

Basically, its the scheme followed by all FAANG companies. There is no real focus on individual tech.

 

[GandiBaat]

People leave to Canada for dumbest reasons. I talked to a colleague of mine (he is from India) about why he came to Canada. You know what he said? "It's cultural. Everyone told me that the West is so much better and I was pressured in trying to leave".

There are many reasons and he is not when he says its cultural. Going to Canada/UK/US is a rite of passage in many north India "provinces" like Punjab, Haryana and Delhi. You will laugh at it but you may get a better choice of "relationships" (ie marriage) if you are in Canada or going to Canada.

Back when I was single, we used to joke that if we can not find a girl to marry, we will just get our Australian / Canadian PR and put up an ad in Punjab/Delhi for marriage and mentioned "Canada Settled".

Except... its not a joke. It happens too often to be called rare. Though people are now getting more aware of difficulties in living here.

 

[GandiBaat]

When I used to work for oil and gas, they would take us to rigs in helicopters. Those companies get special rates.

Its one or two travel management companies who manage travel for lot of corporates in north america. They consolidate their bookings and reap discounts and pass a part of it to their customers.

My Boss used to book rental cars for day trip to seattle long time back. Our entire team of 4-5 folks used to travel to attend conferences. Many times we got quite swanky ones due to this bulk booking. Thats what they had in the inventory that day so thats what we get.