How hard is it to find a job in Canada while living in the U.S.?
I would like to live near Calgary and have worked in health care (Allied Health-not nursing) for over 25 years, most recently in a supervisory position. I have a Bachelor's Degree as well. Would I be able to find something comparable up there before I move or do Canadian employers only deal with those who are permanent citizens? I have no work visa as of yet but I would like to find a job waiting for me there when I move.
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Over 30 years ago, the Canadians got tired of American rif-raf. So, they started using a point system, to determine who could get 'Landed Immigrant' status. You can pretty much, only get Landed Immigrant status if you have a job offer, and you can ONLY get it if you were offered the job while you were still in the US. In other words, you may not go there and look for a job, you can only look for that job by long distance. Further, you may not be able to get such a situation in Calgary. However, you might be able to get such a situation in Whitehorse. I assume they will let you look for a job in Calgary while you're employed in Whitehorse. I wanted to live in Toronto............. Never got to.
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www.cic.gc.ca is the Canadian immigration website. It isn't the easiest site to make one's way through, but check it out and see how you do on the point section. If you have some special skill, you might get an invitation to be interviewed for a job while still in the US and then the employer would fast track your application. That really is mostly for PhDs and engineers and the like. However they seem to be short of just about every kind of worker in Alberta these days. All other things being equal, employers prefer to deal with citizens and premanent residents - it's simpler. I don't know what you mean by "Allied health", so I can't say if there is likely to be a comparable job in Calgary.
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http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/work/index.asp temporary work permit http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/index.asp skilled worker emigration http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/work/noc.asp which job on this list most closely matches your title (section 3 health occupations)
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Notto difficult, just need to go through the proper channles. Deport illegals, and keep the dream alive.
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