Finding new job or transferring? Experiences please

[Graihn]

Hi,

I hope to move to Canada in December as a permanent resident. I am interested in finding out how others have managed to find jobs in their field. Just a background on me:

1) Have worked in Canada for two years as tech support and also a production manager.

2) Currently working in Sweden as an IT Consultant at a top 5 global consulting firm

3) Excellent verbal and english communication skills (just posting this as a potential interviewer wouldnt think I would suck around clients)

I need to know;

a) Have people successfully transferred to an office overseas?
i) If so, how did you word it to your boss and/or career counselor?

b) Has anyone been successful in landing a job before getting to Canada? (Please exclude experiences where you have a contact within the company who has worked hard for you to get an interview, this is what happened when I had all three interviews with my current employer in Sweden (from Canada) over Skype)

c) Does anybody here work for either CapGemini, Accenture, McKinsey, PwC, Deloitte, Descartes or similar and can say if any of them have been very good about the fact that you applied for the job from another country?


Thanks!

 

[Graihn]

BUMP

 

[Jalex23]

a) Have people successfully transferred to an office overseas?
i) If so, how did you word it to your boss and/or career counselor?

Yes. It depends a lot in the company. Each case is different, from managers all into it, to managers that would require you to quit and then apply overseas.

c) Does anybody here work for either CapGemini, Accenture, McKinsey, PwC, Deloitte, Descartes or similar and can say if any of them have been very good about the fact that you applied for the job from another country?

All these companies have the policy that as long as you don't burden them with immigration stuff they are willing to hire you as if you were in the country (of course abuse on new "immigrants" is a constant).

Also if you do need them to help you with immigration stuff then please don't trust their advice, they can't care less of immigrants so their advice is kind of rookie, basically because they can afford to lose any amount of talent.

 

[Graihn]

Yes. It depends a lot in the company. Each case is different, from managers all into it, to managers that would require you to quit and then apply overseas.

Yeah I have already looked into this. Since I have been emplyed for less than 12 months a transfer is not an option. HR in Canada said I would have to quit and be re-hired. Already applied for positions.


All these companies have the policy that as long as you don't burden them with immigration stuff they are willing to hire you as if you were in the country (of course abuse on new "immigrants" is a constant).

I thought me working for a top tier firm in Sweden would make me well qualified in Canada. BUt I understand that the fact that I haven't even worked for a year here makes my experience be 0 years...

Also if you do need them to help you with immigration stuff then please don't trust their advice, they can't care less of immigrants so their advice is kind of rookie, basically because they can afford to lose any amount of talent.

No need for immigration help as I have been granted PR

Thanks for your reply! My answers in red

 

[Jalex23]

Yeah I have already looked into this. Since I have been emplyed for less than 12 months a transfer is not an option. HR in Canada said I would have to quit and be re-hired. Already applied for positions.

Good.

Being inside the company you can use the global directory to make contacts and to advrtise yourself. I had an acquaitance that was looking for an opportunity in the UK, so he started looking for positions in there and contacting via Lync HR over there. Quite simple and he convinced HR to just "transfer" his job over there.

I thought me working for a top tier firm in Sweden would make me well qualified in Canada. BUt I understand that the fact that I haven't even worked for a year here makes my experience be 0 years... Sad

No. Many people immigrate here from "top tier" firms and they are not qualified at all. That means little. Canadian experience is what matters in here really.

Less than a year experience is also not very good. At least you won't be annoyed by the fact that you might have lots of non-Canadian experience that won't be taken into account because it is not "Canadian experience" which these companies love to use as an excuse to give you a lower salary.

No need for immigration help as I have been granted PR

Immigration is more than just "getting a PR", it also means relocation expenses, time to settle, etc. etc. To make myself clear, these companies will be willing to hire you as long as your "moving in" is no burden to them (asking for a day off for looking for a house is a burden, for example).