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Advice to find work in Toronto from other province?

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Nov 27, 2016
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Advice to find work in Toronto from other province?

Plan move to Toronto next year, IT - Frontend, any advice or suggestion are welcome. Thanks.
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Apr 18, 2017
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Do you have friends or family in Toronto? If so then just use their address on your resume. I did that and it worked
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Nov 27, 2016
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hockeyfan1990 wrote: Do you have friends or family in Toronto? If so then just use their address on your resume. I did that and it worked
Thanks for the tip... I already used Toronto number but no luck so far.
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Oct 16, 2013
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Toronto is super competitive. What is OP field?
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Oct 18, 2014
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Based on the available details, it will be challenging.

Many of the bright (and cheap) tech talent in the US have started to migrate to Canada from the US due to H1B visa issues. They work twice as hard as locals for half the pay.

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Jan 31, 2016
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Burnaby, BC
raichu1 wrote: Toronto is super competitive. What is OP field?
If OP wants the big bucks, he/she should apply for big firms at the financial sectors in Toronto. However, you have lots of people (esp international students) aiming to go there. Other sectors (mainly service or manufacturing) will not be very promising in terms of money.
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papermoney wrote: If OP wants the big bucks, he/she should apply for big firms at the financial sectors in Toronto. However, you have lots of people (esp international students) aiming to go there. Other sectors (mainly service or manufacturing) will not be very promising in terms of money.
the financial sector is cheap at the lower to lower mid levels. It takes a lot of work to move up. The trades pay well if you find a company willing to take you in. OP can make it big if they can become a police officer or work for the government.
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Aug 16, 2017
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You can't, I tried this before when I was in SK (early last year). I got a few calls but never got pass to the job offer part. Always losing to someone already in Toronto. It's very competitive. This experience actually prompted me to move to Toronto without any job secured. A face to face interview is important too as they would like to see if you would fit into their office culture.

I am also in IT like you.
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Nov 27, 2016
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DimsumDeals wrote: You can't, I tried this before when I was in SK (early last year). I got a few calls but never got pass to the job offer part. Always losing to someone already in Toronto. It's very competitive. This experience actually prompted me to move to Toronto without any job secured. A face to face interview is important too as they would like to see if you would fit into their office culture.

I am also in IT like you.
Thanks. Looks like company can’t afford to take the risk and hire. I might take the same route as you, will see.

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