3 Qualities Job-Seekers Must Have

To end this series, I’d like to high­light three qual­i­ties job-seekers should develop to cope with the job-hunting process: patience, will­ing­ness to learn and flexibility.

5 Canadian Work Culture Tips (9/10)

The Cana­dian work cul­ture is, on many aspects, very dif­fer­ent from other coun­tries’. So, what Cana­dian employ­ers value? What are the unspo­ken rules that help you fit in?

Here are 5 tips to help you out.

3 Potential Career Challenges (8/10)

Most new­com­ers to Canada, no mat­ter whether they were cho­sen for their skills or joined some mem­ber of their fam­ily, expe­ri­ence some work-related issues at one point or another.
Here are the three most com­mon poten­tial career challenges.

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.