Job Search in Canada

So, you landed in Canada, congratulations, you are now an immigrant or you are on study permit or you have an open work permit, first thing to do is search for a job, right? Right. 👌

Oh, one thing is you’ve had 5 years experience in your country and just thought, my experience will count for me, right? Wrong. 👎

Searching for a job is annoying. You have to tweak your resume so much it doesn’t even look like you anymore. So, you have resumes with different names: “Resume Admin, Resume Accounting, Resume Engineering, Resume Customer Service, Resume finance……”. 😏.

Well next thing you know, even with your 10 years experience as a Professional Accountant or Engineer or Pharmacist with your first and second degrees, you can't practice in Canada. Like seriously? Oh well, apply to CPA or APEG or PEBC and you learn you have to write 10 prerequisite exams. What??????????. THAT'S NOT FAIR. 😭😭😭😭

So, how did you get your first job? By luck, networking, referrals, how exactly? What strategies did you use?

Please share your stories. Thanks.

Titi