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Finding Your Career in Canada: A Quick Guide: Research and Plan To Visit Job Fairs: Once You Land in

Anchal Sawhney moved to Toronto from India to pursue better career opportunities and quality of life. During her initial months in Canada, she spent time networking, attending workshops, and applying to jobs. Through her networking efforts, she received a referral that led to a job interview and eventual job offer at the Royal Bank of Canada. Anchal emphasizes the importance of preparation, networking, maintaining optimism during job searches, and leveraging all available resources like workshops and libraries to help find career opportunities in Canada. Her experience highlights that the average time to find stable employment in Canada is several months and persistence is key.

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Finding Your Career in Canada: A Quick Guide: Research and Plan To Visit Job Fairs: Once You Land in

Anchal Sawhney moved to Toronto from India to pursue better career opportunities and quality of life. During her initial months in Canada, she spent time networking, attending workshops, and applying to jobs. Through her networking efforts, she received a referral that led to a job interview and eventual job offer at the Royal Bank of Canada. Anchal emphasizes the importance of preparation, networking, maintaining optimism during job searches, and leveraging all available resources like workshops and libraries to help find career opportunities in Canada. Her experience highlights that the average time to find stable employment in Canada is several months and persistence is key.

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Finding Your Research and plan to visit job fairs: Once you land in

Canada, look for upcoming, relevant job fairs. Even

Career in Canada: if a job fair doesn’t exactly match what you are looking
for, it is still a good idea to go and meet new people.

A Quick Guide You may be given a tip that will lead you to a better
opportunity.

When coming to Canada, the first thing on many Use an employment agency: Connecting yourself with
newcomers’ minds is finding a job. It is the foundation an employment or recruitment agency means that they
to life, career and financial success in Canada. Arrive will look for jobs on your behalf. Call or visit a Service
offers the guidance, connections and networking Canada Centre. They offer many resources that can
support you need to help land that job and launch help train and prepare you for jobs that are available in
your career in Canada. the Canadian market.

Prepare Ahead of Time. Tap Into Your Existing Network.


Just like planning to come to a new country, finding Speak to family, friends – anyone and everyone you
the right job takes preparation.There are several steps know. You’ll be surprised at the opportunities that
you can take while still in your home country. First people who are close to you can provide. Keep in mind
of all, prepare a Canadian-style resumé and cover letter that there is a hidden job market in Canada; many
that highlights your education and work experience jobs are not advertised to the public and are only
discovered through talking to people.

Get Job Ready.


Start building your Canadian Network.
Arrive offers many resources to help you prepare
for your job search journey. Along with resume writing, When looking for a job, it’s crucial to build and nurture
you can access tips on how to best use Linkedin, how your network in Canada. Arrive connects you with
to build your network, building your personal brand, to relevant people based on your industry and interests.
name a few. These people know lots of people, and are willing
to share contacts. So, the more people you talk to, the
more your network grows, along with your chances
Look Carefully.
of getting that job. It is also important to stay in touch
You can start looking for a job in your field through with people because you never know where they will
websites such as LinkedIn and Indeed. It’s important to end up.
know how to look in order to find the best results.

Look at companies you want to work for: Visit the Finding the Right Job Takes Time –
website of the company you are interested in. Typically, and Patience.
companies have a page that lists current job openings.
The hiring process in Canada takes longer than what
If you don’t see any job postings for a specific company,
you may be used to. You could easily have several
don’t be afraid to contact them directly. Give them
rounds of interviews before being hired. The average
a call or send them an email to ask if they are hiring.
time it takes to find a job in Canada is between 16 to 20
weeks. There is a theory that states for every $10,000
in salary expectation the job search will take a month.
Using that formula, a $60,000 job would take six
months.

Being prepared could significantly increase your


success rate and possibly reduce the time it takes to
land a job. Read about preparing pre-landing, winning
LinkedIn strategies and how to master your interview.
You can also schedule time to speak with a Newcomer
Specialist.

Getting Hired.
To work in Canada, you are required to have a social
insurance number (SIN). Employers will require
evidence that you are eligible to work in Canada.

The Government of Canada website offers useful


information.

When you get hired, it doesn’t necessarily mean you


will start working right away. Depending on the job,
it may take a few weeks or even months before your
first day of work. Once you begin work, it may take
an additional two to six weeks before you receive your
first paycheque.

Be patient, be prepared, and launch your career and


life in Canada.

The information provided is general information only and should not be relied upon as specific advice for your situation. While the information is believed to
be factual and current, its accuracy is not guaranteed and it should not be regarded as a complete analysis of the subject matter discussed. No endorsement
of any third parties or their advice, opinions, information, products or services is expressly given or implied by Arrive or its affiliates.
Anchal Sawhney
Arrive Community Member

Prepare, Network, During this time, I met many people for coffee chats
and spent quality time on LinkedIn updating my profile

and Stay Optimistic: and building connections. Networking gave me a two-


fold benefit:

Anchal’s Story 1. One of my connections informed me of a job


opportunity with the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC)
and asked me to apply online using their name
My name is Anchal Sawhney and I’m a banking
as a referral. That led me to an interview at RBC,
professional with over 9 years of experience in
and eventually my first job!
customer service, building collaborative relationships,
and providing innovative solutions to address clients’ 2. Another person I met through networking was
concerns. I moved to Toronto in September 2018 from assigned to me as a mentor by TRIEC. She helped
New Delhi, India, and have a post-graduate diploma me with mock interviews, guided me on answering
in banking and financial support services. interview questions, and provided tips to be
successful in the workplace.
My husband and I moved to Canada for a better quality
of life — less pollution, better work-life balance, and I was also fortunate enough to find a profile that
a safe and secure environment to start a family. We precisely matched my experience in India. In my
took a month to settle in and then started with our job experience working with RBC thus far, I’ve observed
search in November. Since the holiday season was soon that each individual is valued as an employee. The
approaching, there were not as many opportunities general belief is that the key to providing better
available. I applied to approximately 50 jobs each customer service is to treat your employees well.
month but none of them converted to an offer. They will in turn value the customers making it a win-
win situation for both.
I spent a lot of time in the initial months networking Preparing well for the interview. Research the
and attending workshops. Here’s my advice on company, their values, and vision.
making the most out of them:
Taking feedback from recruiters constructively.
• Use networking sessions to learn people’s success It will help you perform better in future interviews.
stories, understand their backgrounds, workplace
Sharing thank you notes. It is considered good
culture, and the specific skills needed to grow in
practice to send them to recruiters and hiring
your field of work. Build relationships; the ‘hidden
managers after the interview.
job market’ in Canada can only be accessed through
referrals and networking. Visiting libraries and getting a library card. Libraries
hold various helpful sessions for newcomers related
• Attending workshops hosted by community centres
to healthcare, banking, finance etc. Take advantage
and settlement agencies may help you in:
of them!
V Navigating potential alternate careers by
Using LinkedIn to network with people. Don’t let
leveraging your transferable skills: The beauty
the response rate disappoint you; be persistent
of the Canadian job market is that your skills can
and follow-up. In my initial attempts, I contacted about
be applied to any field.
30 people and only 5 agreed to meet! However, 1 of
V Getting the basics such as resumes and cover those 5 people was the head of the banking division
letters right: The resume clinic hosted by Arrive at a leading bank!
helped me craft my resume as per the Canadian
When the going gets tough, don’t be disappointed.
format and also provided guidance in answering
Keep yourself busy, attend networking events, and talk
interview questions.
to people; it will help you stay optimistic and eventually
If you’re a newcomer in Canada, I recommend: help you find a suitable opportunity.

Preparing an elevator pitch. Have a story and


a personal brand that you can showcase.

Focusing on soft skills. They’re integral to the job


application process and constitute what’s popularly
termed as ‘Canadian work experience.’

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