Tuesday, April 29, 2008
G1 License
After third attempt of getting a G1 license, I finally got a license on the 28th of April. This is the same day I received an email from my first employer in Canada. What a lucky day!
Monday, April 28, 2008
It's been a while.
Whew! It's been a while since my last post. I have been busy enough to skip thinking about my blogs. I will make up on my long absence.
Today, I received an email from my prospected employer. The email firm up their offer of employment as Systems Developer. I tell you more details on the following days regarding this.
Today, I received an email from my prospected employer. The email firm up their offer of employment as Systems Developer. I tell you more details on the following days regarding this.
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
CIIP
Seminar done on January 30th 2008 (first session) and on January 31st 2008 (second session). In the heart of Makati City.
CIIP stands for Canadian Immigration Integration Project.
From their website it states that:
CIIP is a project funded by the Government of Canada and managed by the Association of Canadian Community Colleges. The project is designed to help immigrants under the Federal Skilled Worker Program prepare for integration to the Canadian labour market while they are still in their country of origin completing final immigration requirements.
In other words, this service is only available to immigrants under the Federal Skilled Worker Program. Why? you might asked. This is the action of the Canadian government to assist the "new comers" under Federal Skilled Worker class to find the right job for them in Canada. A growing number of skilled trained and educated internationally has been failing to find the right job for them. Canada got the right kind of people but got this people got the wrong job! Why they landed in the wrong job? Well, that question were answered in the CIIP seminar.
In the past, new comers are pouring in Canada without the knowledge of labor market and the knowledge of how Canadian choose the right person for the job. So, after they were shocked on the way things work on Canada they realized that their settlement funds were also running out. So, to survive , the skilled immigrant settle to accept on whatever job they might find on their path. When they landed on the wrong job, it will take a longer time to correct their own course to success because they will be preoccupied on their work most of the time.
From this seminar, I have learned the following points:
These are the common issues of hiring a new comers.
*communication skills - Well, it is a fact that most of the new comers are not very fluent in speaking English/French.
What to do: Know the following services, the LINC services and ESL.
*Educational Credentials - New comers brings with them their diplomas, only to find out that their diplomas is next to nothing because they will be meaningless in Canada if not translated and converted into Canadian Education Standards.
What to do: Know more about Foreign Credential Recognition Program
*Canadian Experience - Of course, new comers naturally lacks this thing called "Canadian Experience". Simply put, Canadian experience is the personal experience of how things are done in a work place in the Canadian way. This kind experience is possible to acquired only by total immersion in the Canadian community.
What to do: Look for voluntary jobs, involvein community service , and look for internship and apprenticeship. These exposure converts to "Canadian Experience".
What else the new comers should know?
1. They should know how their chosen occupation and related jobs are described in Canada.
National Occupation Classification
Career Cruising
Labor Market Information
Job Futures
2. They should know the licensing and other entry requirements for their occupation.
Ex. Professional Engineers Ontario
Canadian Information Processing Society
3. They should know which documents will be required for credential assessment.
Ex. World Education Service
4. They should know about the language requirement for their occupations.
Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB)
Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC)
Occupation Specific English Training
TOEFL
5. They should know how to upgrade their skills and qualifications.
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
Association of Canadian Community Colleges
Apprenticeship and Industry Training
Ministry of Training Colleges and Universities
Service Canada
For post secondary education and skills training
Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
5. They should know how to search for jobs.
www.quintcareers.com
www.worksearch.gc.ca
www.typingtest.com
Mentoring : www.TheMentoringProgram.com
Career Bridge:www.careerbridge.ca
6. They need to know about companies that employ people in their chosen occupation.
Ex. Ontario area: www.gojobs.gov.on.ca
www.ontariojobopenings.net
www.jonsincanda.com
National Level
www.workopolis.ca
www.monster.ca
www.torontojobs.com
www.nextsteps.org
www.hgcareers.com
www.healthjobs.ab.ca
www.texerta.com
www.jobbank.gc.ca/Search_en.asp
www.careerclick.com
www.hotjobs.com
www.jobbus.com
www.jobshark.com
CIIP stands for Canadian Immigration Integration Project.
From their website it states that:
CIIP is a project funded by the Government of Canada and managed by the Association of Canadian Community Colleges. The project is designed to help immigrants under the Federal Skilled Worker Program prepare for integration to the Canadian labour market while they are still in their country of origin completing final immigration requirements.
In other words, this service is only available to immigrants under the Federal Skilled Worker Program. Why? you might asked. This is the action of the Canadian government to assist the "new comers" under Federal Skilled Worker class to find the right job for them in Canada. A growing number of skilled trained and educated internationally has been failing to find the right job for them. Canada got the right kind of people but got this people got the wrong job! Why they landed in the wrong job? Well, that question were answered in the CIIP seminar.
In the past, new comers are pouring in Canada without the knowledge of labor market and the knowledge of how Canadian choose the right person for the job. So, after they were shocked on the way things work on Canada they realized that their settlement funds were also running out. So, to survive , the skilled immigrant settle to accept on whatever job they might find on their path. When they landed on the wrong job, it will take a longer time to correct their own course to success because they will be preoccupied on their work most of the time.
From this seminar, I have learned the following points:
These are the common issues of hiring a new comers.
*communication skills - Well, it is a fact that most of the new comers are not very fluent in speaking English/French.
What to do: Know the following services, the LINC services and ESL.
*Educational Credentials - New comers brings with them their diplomas, only to find out that their diplomas is next to nothing because they will be meaningless in Canada if not translated and converted into Canadian Education Standards.
What to do: Know more about Foreign Credential Recognition Program
*Canadian Experience - Of course, new comers naturally lacks this thing called "Canadian Experience". Simply put, Canadian experience is the personal experience of how things are done in a work place in the Canadian way. This kind experience is possible to acquired only by total immersion in the Canadian community.
What to do: Look for voluntary jobs, involvein community service , and look for internship and apprenticeship. These exposure converts to "Canadian Experience".
What else the new comers should know?
1. They should know how their chosen occupation and related jobs are described in Canada.
National Occupation Classification
Career Cruising
Labor Market Information
Job Futures
2. They should know the licensing and other entry requirements for their occupation.
Ex. Professional Engineers Ontario
Canadian Information Processing Society
3. They should know which documents will be required for credential assessment.
Ex. World Education Service
4. They should know about the language requirement for their occupations.
Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB)
Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC)
Occupation Specific English Training
TOEFL
5. They should know how to upgrade their skills and qualifications.
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
Association of Canadian Community Colleges
Apprenticeship and Industry Training
Ministry of Training Colleges and Universities
Service Canada
For post secondary education and skills training
Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
5. They should know how to search for jobs.
www.quintcareers.com
www.worksearch.gc.ca
www.typingtest.com
Mentoring : www.TheMentoringProgram.com
Career Bridge:www.careerbridge.ca
6. They need to know about companies that employ people in their chosen occupation.
Ex. Ontario area: www.gojobs.gov.on.ca
www.ontariojobopenings.net
www.jonsincanda.com
National Level
www.workopolis.ca
www.monster.ca
www.torontojobs.com
www.nextsteps.org
www.hgcareers.com
www.healthjobs.ab.ca
www.texerta.com
www.jobbank.gc.ca/Search_en.asp
www.careerclick.com
www.hotjobs.com
www.jobbus.com
www.jobshark.com
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Pre-Departure Orientation and Seminar
We have attended PDOS Seminar in Paco, Manila. Basically, there are some materials that overlapped with the IOM materials. But there are also some differences. In PDOS, the seminar takes only 3 hours. The seminar focuses more on the processing of documents. From pre-departure document requirements to landing in Canada document requirements.
The seminar provides answers on what to do if the new comers wish to practice their regulated profession in Canada, it provide answers on what to do if the new comers wish to practice their regulated profession in Canada, it clears the issues on CCTB (Canada Child Tax Benefit) , and many more.
After the seminar, our passports has been issued with PDOS logo sticker. This sticker will be required when immigrant will leave the country.
The seminar provides answers on what to do if the new comers wish to practice their regulated profession in Canada, it provide answers on what to do if the new comers wish to practice their regulated profession in Canada, it clears the issues on CCTB (Canada Child Tax Benefit) , and many more.
After the seminar, our passports has been issued with PDOS logo sticker. This sticker will be required when immigrant will leave the country.
Monday, January 14, 2008
International Organization of Migration Seminar
Today we attended a seminar, conducted by IMO (International Organization of Migration) located in Makati City. The seminar is about general information for the new immigrants in Canada. There are other seminars for migrating to other countries.
I've found the seminar interesting and very informative. I've also discovered some difference in culture which I am still not aware of. One of this differences that is new to me before is that how the resume data should be presented. In our country of origin, A photograph attached in a resume is a must. Also information regarding race, nationality or ethnic origin, colour, religion and sexual orientation. It's a little bit surprise to me because these I am used to include this kind of information in all my resume I made before. In Canada, requiring an applicant to include those above information will violate a law from Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom.
The materials they have are so huge, that it takes 8 hours (including short breaks, and lunch breaks) to discuss all the material presented.
They gave us a list of website urls. And the number of website are lots of lots. If you browse them one by one, it may take you several days to scour all of them. In fact, they have five hundred and seventy (570) websites on their list. Now, can you do the math on how long it will take to browse all of them?
Of course you should not browse all the pages on each website. Some of the websites may not apply at all. There is a note in the list. It stated as "This is not an exhaustive list of website. On your own, you should do a wider search of what is on the internet". And I believed on it. There is more out there on the internet.
For the benefit of the people who are considering to migrate to Canada, I may post all 570 websites in this blog (by category) so that it could help them to decide whether to migrate to Canada or not.
Tomorrow, we are schedule to attend pre-departure seminar to be conducted by PDOS (Pre-Departure Orientation Seminars) located in Paco, Manila.
I've found the seminar interesting and very informative. I've also discovered some difference in culture which I am still not aware of. One of this differences that is new to me before is that how the resume data should be presented. In our country of origin, A photograph attached in a resume is a must. Also information regarding race, nationality or ethnic origin, colour, religion and sexual orientation. It's a little bit surprise to me because these I am used to include this kind of information in all my resume I made before. In Canada, requiring an applicant to include those above information will violate a law from Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom.
The materials they have are so huge, that it takes 8 hours (including short breaks, and lunch breaks) to discuss all the material presented.
They gave us a list of website urls. And the number of website are lots of lots. If you browse them one by one, it may take you several days to scour all of them. In fact, they have five hundred and seventy (570) websites on their list. Now, can you do the math on how long it will take to browse all of them?
Of course you should not browse all the pages on each website. Some of the websites may not apply at all. There is a note in the list. It stated as "This is not an exhaustive list of website. On your own, you should do a wider search of what is on the internet". And I believed on it. There is more out there on the internet.
For the benefit of the people who are considering to migrate to Canada, I may post all 570 websites in this blog (by category) so that it could help them to decide whether to migrate to Canada or not.
Tomorrow, we are schedule to attend pre-departure seminar to be conducted by PDOS (Pre-Departure Orientation Seminars) located in Paco, Manila.
Thursday, January 3, 2008
The time has come.
Moving to Canada is the greatest challenge I have ever faced in my life. This blog will reveal a story of an immigrant from the Philippines who struggled in his journey to thousand miles away continent of Canada, so vast and yet very promising land.
Last month, we got our most awaited VISA-Canada. A big relief feeling, a mixed emotion coming next right at that moment. After long years of waiting and hoping (five years at least), the real challenge become inevitable. There is no turning back. We have to move to Canada, and the time is now.
Last month, we got our most awaited VISA-Canada. A big relief feeling, a mixed emotion coming next right at that moment. After long years of waiting and hoping (five years at least), the real challenge become inevitable. There is no turning back. We have to move to Canada, and the time is now.
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