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sam_can

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After long wait.....( alomost after 3 years) I got PP request from CHC - London , will be sending my PP in few days. I recently migrated to Australia and living here but still Canada is my passion. Is it possible anyway to secure job in Canada before I move there.I am worried because i spent lot of money to settle in Aus already so I can`t take one more chance of being unemployed. I can update my resume with Canada PR status but will it help me to impress the Canadian employers anyway !!
 
Hi,

As per my knowledge the chances are dim if you are not in Canada and not having a Canadian job experience. But for certain categories, there are possibilities depending on their professional qualification and experience out side. Why not just try on line. There are lot of websites.
 
In one word "Bleak"

Candian work experience is very much required to find a job, so it is even hard for people to find job who are inside Canada. But no harm trying

For more information you can read the below links
http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/how-to-succeed-in-the-canadian-job-market-for-a-new-immigrant-t31106.0.html
http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/educated-immigrants-stuck-in-survival-jobs-must-read-t37252.0.html
http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/this-is-how-you-succeed-in-canada-t29170.0.html;msg168763#msg168763
 
Friends thanks for your immediate replies. Being unemployed or doing odd jobs for 2 -3 years and then getting in to profession.....it is really s.u.c...ks , but whatsoever if this is the reality then I am not exceptional...let me try online and come back with feedback
 
sam_can -
Chances are not very good to get job offer if you are outside canada, again it depends on your skills and exp

I tried last month just to see the response, I am IT Manager, and submit profile to many companies in canada but no one came back to me, I am working in USA from last 4 yrs.. and I did not mentioned in application things like I do not have work permit or I need one.. just an plain application with resume... its tough. Talking about your Canada PR in process will not increase your chance to get i/v call ( again I don't know your expertise and skills..)

betn, If you are on PR in australia then you may want to revisit your decision of moving to canada, this is your choice but i feel you won't find much diff betn canada and australia , provided you want to come to USA after you have Canadian citizenship ??

Good luck
 
pv said:
sam_can -
Chances are not very good to get job offer if you are outside canada, again it depends on your skills and exp

I tried last month just to see the response, I am IT Manager, and submit profile to many companies in canada but no one came back to me, I am working in USA from last 4 yrs.. and I did not mentioned in application things like I do not have work permit or I need one.. just an plain application with resume... its tough. Talking about your Canada PR in process will not increase your chance to get i/v call ( again I don't know your expertise and skills..)

betn, If you are on PR in australia then you may want to revisit your decision of moving to canada, this is your choice but i feel you won't find much diff betn canada and australia , provided you want to come to USA after you have Canadian citizenship ??

Good luck
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As a hiring manager in the US I can tell you that for every open position I post, I get hundreds of resumes and I literally have a few seconds to assess each resume in the first pass. Usually I'm not interested in the story of out-of-state resumes (let alone out of country), all I compute is, "we're not paying relocation for this position", so it gets passed. In the IT field, unless I am looking for a very special requirement, it's not worth my time to deal with someone who is not local. With the Internet if you post a job anywhere, you get all kinds of resumes from everywhere and you get loads of them, some from people who didn't seem to read the position posting at all, and you have to winnow them out fast and get down to the few candidates you want to interview. Sadly too, the civilized process of notifying candidates they have not been chosed is also quickly disappearing so you apply and never hear back.

On the other side of this issue, I have applied to a few jobs in Canada and the only callback I got was for a VERY specific requirement for which I had some experience. I don't think it's an out of country thing, it's a "not local" thing, that's just my opinion of course. I personally wonder if you are better off applying to larger employers too with a global reach already.

That's all just my personal and only slightly informed opinion and comes from the US, not Canada, but I'm letting you know how I personally view non local applications.
 
Qaxlor said:
As a hiring manager in the US I can tell you that for every open position I post, I get hundreds of resumes and I literally have a few seconds to assess each resume in the first pass. Usually I'm not interested in the story of out-of-state resumes (let alone out of country), all I compute is, "we're not paying relocation for this position", so it gets passed. In the IT field, unless I am looking for a very special requirement, it's not worth my time to deal with someone who is not local. With the Internet if you post a job anywhere, you get all kinds of resumes from everywhere and you get loads of them, some from people who didn't seem to read the position posting at all, and you have to winnow them out fast and get down to the few candidates you want to interview. Sadly too, the civilized process of notifying candidates they have not been chosed is also quickly disappearing so you apply and never hear back.

On the other side of this issue, I have applied to a few jobs in Canada and the only callback I got was for a VERY specific requirement for which I had some experience. I don't think it's an out of country thing, it's a "not local" thing, that's just my opinion of course. I personally wonder if you are better off applying to larger employers too with a global reach already.

That's all just my personal and only slightly informed opinion and comes from the US, not Canada, but I'm letting you know how I personally view non local applications.
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Well said, Qaxlor.
 
Thanks, Qaxlor. Your perspective as a hiring manager is very helpful in constructing the covering letter and resume. So far, I've been unsuccessful in even eliciting a reply from the employees. I guess as soon as they see an out-of-country address, they reject it straight away without even looking at the covering letter :(
 
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