10 Tips On Workplace Etiquette (7/10)

Being com­fort­able in your work­place greatly impacts how suc­cess­ful you are at work. Here is a list of 10 tips on work­place eti­quette in Canada.

Developing Interview Skills (6/10)

Being called for a job inter­view is both excit­ing and scary. Excit­ing because you are being con­sid­ered for a posi­tion, scary because you may lack con­fi­dence. For­tu­nately, with a lit­tle bit of prac­tice, you will be able to improve your inter­view skills.
Read these tips on what to do before, dur­ing and after job interviews.

Canada's Hiring Culture (5/10)

Canada’s hir­ing cul­ture is very much North Amer­i­can and can be a bit puz­zling at first. It can be summed up in three steps: get the first con­tact right, be proac­tive and build your network.

Avoid Job Scams (4/10)

New­com­ers to Canada are usu­ally very eager to find a job. Add that to the fact that they may not be famil­iar with the local job mar­ket and that when money is start­ing to run out peo­ple would do any­thing, it make them very vul­ner­a­ble to var­i­ous job scam. Learn how to rec­og­nize them!

Finding Job Opportunities (3/10)

If you are look­ing for a job, you may either use staffing agen­cies or browse ads from var­i­ous Cana­dian job web­sites. But don’t for­get to tap into the invis­i­ble job market!

3 Basics To Start Job-Hunting (2/10)

In order to start look­ing for a job in Canada, you need these three basics: an up-to-date resume, a cover let­ter and a few references.

Getting Reading For Job-Hunting (1/10)

Say­ing that last year wasn’t great eco­nom­i­cally speak­ing is an under­state­ment. Pretty much all coun­tries world­wide suf­fered from the global eco­nomic down­turn and Canada was no excep­tion. Yet, a lot of peo­ple are still con­sid­er­ing mov­ing to Canada, while oth­ers are already in the process and are prob­a­bly wor­ried about whether they will get a job at all.

Today, we will cover the basis: who can work in Canada, and what you need to get ready for job-hunting.

Useful Links For Immigration (10/10)

This is the last and 10^th post of the How To…Immigrate To Canada series. I’d like to give you a list of use­ful links about immi­grat­ing to Canada: offi­cial web­sites, per­sonal blogs, forums etc.