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Hi all, I was thinking about moving my music CD collection from Germany to Canada, but I'm not sure how feasible that is and what to look out for? The collection is quite substantial (I think somewhere around 150 CDs) and I did not declare them on any "goods to follow" documents when getting PR...

In the IT sector the "Canadian experience" thing isn't as much of a thing as in other sectors in my opinion. Sometimes you'll have coding assignments even before a first interview regardless of your resume. Doing well in these assignments will give you a good foot in the door for an interview...

The Quebec government released a list of exceptions to the curfew today: https://www.quebec.ca/en/health/health-issues/a-z/2019-coronavirus/confinement-in-quebec/#c81010 One of them is: a person returning home on a night flight from a work-related trip abroad; I thought "work-related" is...

I would advise to go for apartments where you can directly talk to the landlord and not use a realtor. Yes, credit history, personal references, pay stubs and letter of employment are documents you usually need, but if you don't have some or any of them you can still get your foot in the door...

Hi all, I feel like this is a dumb question, but I actually couldn't find an official resource for an answer. My wife and I are thinking of inviting her mother to Canada to stay with us for a bit. We are living in an apartment where she could have her own room, but we would all share one...

I would think that the competition in Canada is harder than in other countries. The competition is made out of the number of applicants per job posting. So you can either see it from the perspective of not having enough jobs or from the perspective of having too many high skilled people for the...

As mentioned, with the current situation siblings are not considered immediate family (only parents, spouses and children of a PR/Canadian citizen are considered immediate family). Also, even if siblings were included just coming for a visit will probably count as non-essential travel and you...

Hi all, I am looking for experiences from people that are German citizens and then went on to become Canadian citizens while keeping their German citizenship (so in short: dual citizens). I am a German citizen and currently a permanent resident in Canada, as time passes the question of...

As far as I know you'll need to present your isolation plans to the border officer. That can be in your own residence or a hotel you booked. If you don't have a place or a sufficient plan they'll designate you to a facility. See here...

I got to Canada with a work & holiday visa at first and got an interview while I was still in Germany. The job was posted in a Facebook group and I contacted the job poster directly. I explained my situation, that I'll have a work permit and when I'll be arriving in Canada and then got invited...

I agree with canuck78, In my opinion AI/Machine Learning/Data Science Developers are very much in demand. If your skills are good you might even have good chances without previous experience. A couple of times I was invited to take pre-interview coding tests where you have to solve a task with a...

In my opinion you will pretty sure find something eventually, but should be prepared for a period of desperation and unemployment once you arrive in Canada. 1) Having Canadian work experience is important to most employers. If you don't have any, your resume will most likely get overlooked a...

Not sure about Iranian nationals. I am a German national and had an Iranian visa in my passport (so am excluded from the ESTA system and need a US visa from an embassy). I flagpoled about a year ago (April 2019) and didn't have a US visa and it worked out. They had a lot of questions about my...

Getting a job from outside Canada is almost impossible. Without a Canadian address and phone number your resume will most likely not even be looked at in 95% of cases if you just apply on LinkedIn or over companies websites. While you're outside of Canada your best bet is to try to make personal...

I would think that differs based on employer, field of work and your home country. I came from Germany and work in IT and employers did do a background check to verify my German university education. I just needed to show my German degrees and they would check with the university to verify. No...

Having a precise resume with 1-2 pages is very important. That is what gets a recruiters attention. If you want to do something before landing I would also think getting certifications is the best way there. It's difficult to get into the Canadian market from outside Canada, already applying for...

80k for 4 people is cutting it very close in Toronto. If by "decent lifestyle" you mean living downtown with short commutes in a nice, new, 2 bedroom condo with parking (and having a car to do weekend trips), being able to go out for dinner and/or cinema at least once a week and still be able to...

In my opinion you shouldn't be concerned too much about how other people are doing, that just gets you in a bad emotional place. Focus on what you can do to improve yourself. Work on projects for a portfolio to show to employers, try to get certificates (even if it's just from free online...

In short: I applied on LinkedIn with the "Easy Apply" function. So I just sent my resume and that caught the attention of the recruiter. In a bit longer: There was another position before with the recruitment agency that I applied for but that didn't work out. Sent my resume on LinkedIn with...

As mentioned and also in my experience most recruitment companies are not there to get you a job. They are there to get someone a job so they get their commission. But there are also good ones, I found a permanent position through a recruitment company. Most of the time when I sent my resume to...