JOBS
DriveCanadaHi, my friends! Today, I want to initiate a topic about JOB. We shall touch base all topics related to jobs, work experience, salaries, tips about your CV/Resume, resources for finding jobs. I can say that the topic is very critical since it is part of the mandatory requirements of EE application and if the visa is granted and you successfully land in Canada you need to start searching for a job or do your own business. There are many details therefore we shall have at least 3-4 sessions. So let’s begin. In today’s session, I will be more focusing on Work Experience.
We had conducted recently a poll about the professions of our subscribers and about 90 people have attended.
Our finding was that 21% are working in IT, 13% in Telecommunication, 13% in Education, 11% Trade, 9% in Finance. We have 14% in Others. We might run another poll to identify the other categories. Since the poll is allowing to add only 8 options we were not able to have all industries listed. In fact, all these mentioned categories are in high demand and have a lower unemployment rate. There are few categories that have some complications and you may need a license, certification, attend the school, and is attested, for example, medical doctors, teachers, lawyers, and some trade categories. These are just a few of them. Be mentally ready for such challenges if you are in one of these categories. See the links for more details: https://canadianimmigrant.ca/guides/moving-to-canada/list-of-licensing-bodies-for-regulated-professions-in-canada
https://www.cicic.ca/928/find_out_if_your_occupation_is_regulated_or_not.canada
Work Experience. It is one of the mandatory requirements for EE application and all Provincial programs are required from candidate to have a certain level of work experience, whether you are applying for Federal Skilled Program (https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/express-entry/eligibility/federal-skilled-workers.html), Federal Skilled Trades Program (https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/express-entry/eligibility/skilled-trades.html), Canadian Experience Class
(https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/express-entry/eligibility/canadian-experience-class.html), Atlantic Immigration Program (https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/atlantic-immigration-pilot.html), Provincial Nominee Program (https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/provincial-nominees/works.html).
In other words, whatever program you select requires some years of work experience. Especially for Provincial Nominee Programs and Atlantic Pilot Program, there are specific criteria for *NOC* (National Occupation Classification), meaning you need to be under specific categories of NOC.
https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/services/noc.html
https://noc.esdc.gc.ca/Home/Welcome/90a844d18cea4f87afb62594ea6ea425?GoCTemplateCulture=en-CA
It is very important to find the correct NOC and indicate it in your application. *Please* *NOTE* that your selected NOC must match the real work experience you have mentioned in your CV and description/duties highlighted in your Work Reference letter/Letter of Employment (we have discussed the details in my previous article).
Especially, in the Provincial Nominee Program, your work experience matching the demanded NOC will help you to gain extra points (max 600) and eventually guarantee you to be selected from the pool (ITA - Invitation To Apply). For example, I applied for the Ontario Provincial Nominee Program and I was able to gain an additional 600 points.
If you are in the IT field (program developer, mobile application developer, Engineer in Network, Infrastructure and etc) and have at least 3 years of experience, in my personal opinion, considering the trend and demand, you will have more chance to be selected. Of course, other mandatory are requirements must be met. My advice to you start learning to code, gain work experience (full time, part-time), learn English and French. It is a self-investment that will open a big future. This will not be only helpful to get a visa, but further to find a job in Canada much easier.
Definitely, there are many other professions that are in demand and you need to study closely the NOC categories and select the appropriate one. For Provincial Nominee Programs and Atlantic Pilot Programs NOC is the key.
Besides, if you manage to gain a Job Offer it will give an additional 200 points.
For this, I recommend you to check the government Job Bank, you will find the legit information (no Scam or Fraud):
https://www.jobbank.gc.ca/findajob
You should be very careful when someone offers you a job invitation for Money. It is illegal.
Please check the below link for understanding the criteria for gaining scores based on CRS. https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/express-entry/eligibility/criteria-comprehensive-ranking-system.html
This is it for today!
Hope the information is useful for you.
We would like to hear feedback from you and questions are welcome!