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Yes, a lot of people with tattoos have successful careers with no issues. But the fact is, it absolutely will hurt your job prospects. There are some places that will flat out disqualify you if you have visible tattoos, and others will form a negative impression you must work to overcome. While it's becoming less of an issue than it once was, there still exists a stereotype of people with tattoos being less responsible and prone to higher risk behaviors.
"I'm pretty awesome"
You actually said this to a potential employer: "Instead, I wasted my time and my money for nothing. You've pretty much devastated me. Do you understand how I feel?"
You couldn't figure out, or refuse to acknowledge, that she meant "inconvenience"
Spending $4 leaves you destitute
"I live in my grandmas basement"
"Give me 4 dollars then, if its not a big deal. Paypal it to me."
"I only had busfare to get there, and I figured I'd be okay to use my transfer to get home, but since I was (and still am) desperate for a job, I waited, and the transfer expired." Had you done the interview you would have been there for the same amount of time - possibly longer. It is in no way her fault you had to walk home.
And this is just what you've told us. Sorry, but there are A LOT of red flags here. I don't mean to sound harsh, and I do want to help, but you come across as someone incredibly immature.
It sounds like this lady (might have) made a simple mistake by not informing you to call her upon arrival. It's quite possible she's overworked, hence the need to hire someone. An adult would have kept their composure and arranged for another interview. Instead, it sounds like you had a temper tantrum over the phone. I can see why she thinks you have issues.
There are thousands of jobs in Calgary listed below. Have someone you know review your resume. Use these links and get one. If you don't have one by the end of the month you seriously need to think about why no one will hire you. Motivation? Hygiene? Ego? Maturity? etc...
http://www.workopolis.com/jobsearch/whitelabel/calgaryherald/home/
$141,463 is just under 3 times the average annual salary for someone in Canada. Source
It's really hard to feel any sympathy for these guys, ever.
As someone mentioned in a post over at /r/personalfinance this weekend, there's a huge selection bias when you ask posters to state their income. Those making more money are just more likely to post.
I really like Toronto and everything, but I recently had to move to Europe because my cost of living outpaced my wage after 5 years without a raise. Now I have an apartment twice the size for half the price, can drink 24 hours a day if I want to, have amazing access to culture, history and shopping, fresh fruit, bread and meat shops on almost every corner, I pay 1/4 of what I paid in Toronto for my phone bill, I pay 1/5 for my internet. If I want to buy a house, 300,000 dollars will get me a two bedroom 1200 sq foot fully reno'd condo downtown, or a 4 bedroom house in the suburbs. I earn more, working less and spend a fraction of what I made in Toronto, so I'm curious, how are they deciding these liveability indexes?
The only thing I can think of is maybe the older generations are juking the stats. If you're 36 and over, then Toronto is a great place, because you got in before housing went out of control, and you managed to secure a good job before financial crisis, but Ontario has a 17.1% unemployment rate for youth with a bachelors degree or higher education, and rapidly rising cost of living which is leading to brain drain.
I'm not trying to shit on the city, we have a good safe environment, decent infrastructure, great access to music and activities, and all things considered pretty good weather, but we can't just keep patting ourselves on the back with these "most liveable" city awards because it lulls is into a feeling of false accomplishment where we don't focus on addressing the very real issues that are going on in the city, which seem like they're being completely ignored especially when these articles come out and people say "well, I wonder what people are going to complain about now since we're the fourth best in the world" as though this report invalidates the very real concerns people might have.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_European_countries_by_average_wage
You earn more, in media, than 90% of europe. Only 4 countries out of 56 earn more than the average canadian.
I mean you earn in one week in Canada what in portugal we earn in a mounth +/-. So yhea, in Canada, people earn much much more than average europe.
No you're not. Bee Clean starts at $14 and their job advertisements literally never go down; they're always looking.
Looking since September and you couldn't find anything above minimum wage? Bullshit. You're just too picky.
But that's ok because you can clearly afford to be picky. If I was unemployed since September I'd be out on the street. you're lucky you get to be so picky. Just please don't pretend like you're such a victim of circumstance, when you're really just being picky.
http://www.workopolis.com/jobsearch/jobs-in-winnipeg-manitoba
757 jobs in / near Winnipeg. Quit making excuses for yourself and pick one.
So I did a quick check and on this one job site there are 3000 jobs posted for Calgary. While eating your pizza please find a better job. No need to starve here.
Canada is about 80% white. Thanks for contributing to the index of ignorance
It's always amazing to me how wilfully ignorant people can be about something, while still seeming to care a lot about it.
> How can it be argued at this point that ontario teachers are not overpaid
Well, there are these things called facts...
The median salary is 55K. The vast majority are making around that much. So if you want to talk numbers, use that. That is not rich. That is just touch above the overall average salary in Ontario for all jobs (49K). In a home where only one person works, that 55K would put them well below the median household income in ontario (74K).
Only a tiny fraction make over 70K, let alone 75K. You need to have a ton of experience AND education (beyond just a bachelor's to get to those upper ranges). That (frankly small) extra amount is to encourage teachers to continue their own education, remain up to date, etc.
http://www1.salary.com/CA/Ontario/Public-School-Teacher-salary.html
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/tables-tableaux/sum-som/l01/cst01/famil108a-eng.htm
There's plenty of these jobs, especially for those with experience. However, even a junior should be able to find something. I suggest talking with an IT recruiter. It's a good way to get your foot in the door.
Not that I don't take your word for it, but I find it hard to believe that a vast majority of Canadians aren't severely leveraged in their homes.
2.) Once interest rates rise, and they will. Money will become more expensive to borrow an you'll see housing value drop, making a renewal for a mortgage almost impossible for families who have stretched to their limit to purchase a house $49,000 average wage who are buying on average $440,000 Houses remember the average interest rate 20 years ago was around 13.4%, and the US is poised to raise theirs soon. They can't stay at "emergency rates" forever.
3.) Last point, absolutely. That is the textbook definition of "Good Debt" and is a much better option then buying that big screen TV or a motorbike. I agree with you 100% on this one.
And that's a pretty low "average" as well - according to this article the average income for an Ontarian is about $48K.
I'm not saying that it undermines your point at all - I think it highlights the fact that you're being generous in your presentation. It's $8k less than the bottom end of earnings, not the average.
I'm not sure what the CFIB guy is trying to say but it sounds like he is putting misinformation out there. MB has the second lowest gas tax in the country https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_fuel_taxes_in_Canada . And MB has the fourth lowest sales tax out of all the provinces. Id still say we are the most affordable in the country if you include the average price for a home. http://www.workopolis.com/content/advice/article/how-much-you-need-to-earn-to-buy-a-house-in-every-major-canadian-city/
Maybe once you actually get the experience. Getting that first job can be brutally difficult for MIS grads.
This article has IS ranked as the WORST degree for unemployment at nearly 15% granted that probably includes CIS and MIS, not to mention is a couple years old.
With that said, I am an accounting/MIS double major and am very optimistic about my chances of finding a decent job prior to graduation.
http://www.workopolis.com/content/advice/article/dream-date-professions/
>A press release postulates that, “The survey suggests that women are now looking for a mate who is in a creative or caring field rather than a high-powered banker. Although earning power may be important when choosing a mate, job satisfaction, authority, plus concern with the human condition rate highly as turn-ons with both men and women when it comes to sex appeal amongst today’s successful professionals."
Seems like men like women with professional careers as well.
Pretty much all job search engines will list the same jobs. Try Workopolis or any other similar portal. LinkedIn is actually a good resource, and you should be able to contact the recruiters directly. And finally, as someone who worked as a programmer in VA in past, the salary you will get is pretty low here. Use Glassdoor to compare the salaries.
A quick peek at the person's social media accounts will give you a good idea of what that person is like, e.g. is this person professional, does that person truly like the subject (in our case tech and programming), etc.
Be sure to understand exactly what sort of visa you have applied for. Some immigrants have been disappointed when they found out the immigration visa they had applied for through an agent and obtained was a visa that only entitled them to stay for four years.
As a way of looking at what is available for you in Canada I would suggest looking at web sites such as the federal government Job Bank, Workopolis or Monster which will show you jobs that are being advertised, the qualifications they require and the pay they are offering.
My suggestion is to not look at google for jobs. Your better chance is looking through websites like Indeed, Workopolis and, since you're still under 21, heading down to Lutherwood there's a location on King St down by Market Square. Lutherwood is there to help people learn the skills to find work or future education.
Failing all of those, if it's summer work you are looking for, I would also suggest looking in to temp work. I would heavily suggest looking at reviews of the agencies though, before going in, because some are shifty.
Also, also, I would suggest not expecting anything above minimum wage, if it's your first job. If you get more, that's cool too, but don't expect it.
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) has a couple different offices, one of which is in Ottawa.
Jobs currently posted for CNL on Workopolis
I'm not intimately familiar with the industry but it would depend on your desired field. If you're in a program that would put you in a more bureaucratic side of nuclear (eg: regulations and auditing) you'll be more able to live in a bigger city centre like Toronto or Ottawa. If you intend to work in the plant themselves your options are more limited of course.
Apparently Bachelor of Nursing Degrees are the most likely degree to get you a job in your field in Canada. http://www.workopolis.com/solutions/en/article/the-university-degrees-that-earn-the-highest-starting-salaries/
97% for a nursing degree, 94% for pharmacy and 91% for computer science.
Found this job posting - looks like "Spring 2015' is the newest date promised. Although if they're actively staffing then maybe it's actually finally happening!
Your boss sounds like an ungrateful asshole, and a bad employer. I don't blame you for looking for other work.
>Im a Ricoh trained copier field technician.
Based on this information you could consider a...
Just to kinda prove my point:
510 entry-level jobs on Workopolis. Are you sure that if you applied for a bunch of these, you wouldn't get them? So what stops you? It sure isn't immigrants.
Actually, you're right about that...but not about Alberta's youth rate.
I would like to see the real number in terms of the cost of their full wage package including pension and benefits before I judge whether it's too much. I would imagine that number pushes them far over 100k a year. When you consider the average wage in ontario ( http://www.workopolis.com/content/advice/article/how-much-money-are-we-earning-the-average-canadian-wages-right-now/ ) (48900) that is meant to support that cost the it may seem far more expensive.
It is a touchy subject that civil servants in ontario seem to make more than most people working private sector, plus job security and full pensions and benefits. Yes I understand the arguments in favor of it, but that dose not change the reactions of people making half that wage with little hope for more who are paying those peoples salaries.
- http://www.monster.ca/
- http://www.workopolis.com/EN/Common/HomePage.aspx
- http://edmonton.kijiji.ca/f-jobs-Edmonton-W0QQCatIdZ45QQLocationZ1700203
Placement agencies can also be very helpful. Places like Randstad, Staff Bureau, etc.
French Canadian here who used to live in Montreal. If you want to go Québec you have the possibility to go in the West Island part of Montréal. There is a lot of english only speaker there and it's a really nice part of the city.
To find work try to find something using these website:
Canada post present starting wages 23$.
Canada Post most recent offer for new hires.
18.00
Purolator starting relief courier.
http://www.workopolis.com/EN/job/13235222?uc=E12
18.36.
Fed Ex delivery driver.
http://fedexcanadaeng.hire.com/viewjob.html?optlink-view=view-80316&ERFormID=newjoblist&ERFormCode=any
$20000 to $35000
UPS I couldn't find wages on their offer pages.
This is a good job search site. It lists 170 current C E job listings in Canada. If you browse through them, you could get a sense of the market here for your particular qualifications.
Only in certain oversaturated areas. In many fields there's a labour shortage which is only going to get worse as huge numbers of people retire this decade.
Details from the article - The top ten jobs that employers are having difficulty filling for 2015:
- Skilled trades workers
- Technicians
- Sales representatives
- Secretaries, PA’s, administrative professionals, and office support workers
- Drivers
- Engineers
- Management/Executives
- Production/machine operators $54,000
- Accounting and financial staff
- Labourers
Lots of jobs for refugees with limited experience. Just because thousands of us graduated with our BA in English or BSc in Biology and are having trouble finding our dream jobs to meet our expectations (and hey I'm one of them, BSc 2011) doesn't mean there aren't plenty of jobs to be filled in other areas, and employers desperate to fill them.
Hey, they will ask you some basic questions. Here is an article about that with some advice: http://www.workopolis.com/content/advice/article/ten-questions-you-are-sure-to-be-asked-in-every-job-interview-and-how-to-answer-them/
Regarding questions you can ask, try something about the company or the specific operation. I assume curry's is some kind of restaurant franchise? Well if it is, then you could ask how for example restaurant staff use the computers, so what for, etc. Just stuff that is not quite your job, but still kinda relevant. You can also ask questions about the job itself; if you read the description and think of any, you could ask that. The goal is to appear curious and engaged.
It's really great that you are doing all this at your age. Very thorough. Good going! :)
After a brief look around, I found this which says Ontarians in general made more than any other non-tar sand province.
I support controlling costs, but complaining that Ontario doctors make more than doctors in other provinces seems disingenuous.
Thanks for the in-dept reply. I read the about the unemployment rate on this link. http://www.workopolis.com/content/advice/article/was-studying-worth-it-the-university-degrees-with-the-highest-and-lowest-unemployment-rates/ It shows MIS majors have a 15% unemployment rate which is really hard to believe. What exactly is RED Labs? I like MIS as a whole but which area is the most lucrative?
Statistics show a woman increases her chances to get the job if she wears a skirt! Here is the source : http://www.workopolis.com/content/advice/article/why-skirts-are-good-for-your-career/
Even for a job as a biologist, I think she is better off with the skirt. Strangely, it fits the professionalism standards for women. I have an interview tomorrow, I'll go with a straight black skirt, a veston and a blouse. Actually made a thread about that here... I deleted it but everyone said the skirt was better (looks more professional and my other kit looked like the last one you proposed) and it's for an engineer position.
salaried people?
average salary in Ontario: $49,088
so no, not really that close.
sorry to everyone downvoting me, for providing a link and facts.
Police Constables in Ontario make about 90K a year as a top base salary.
The average Ontario salary is 49K.
He is in fact way off with his 5 times #.
Suspended cops get no extra pay. Just base salary.
I've replied to you above - that 16% of people make less than 60k per year.
Of the remaining 84%, 52% goes to those making 60-120k, and 32% goes to those making >120k. Soooo, I'm being misleading how exactly? Cause to address your concerns, the average household income is $49,000. So if you're well versed in stats, you can do the math here.
>150k a year is far from average.
I didn't say average. I said it wasn't that uncommon, especially in the petroleum industry.
Most of the rig workers work 2 weeks on, one week off. They do seven twelve hour shifts at night, then seven during the day, then they go home.
Most of the guys I worked around pissed away their wages, but occasionally an ambitious young guy would pick up extra shifts, working all winter. So then their 77k start out wage became 100k. Because you stay in camp and are fed while working, they just dropped their apartments and food expenses flat.
The smarter ones would work a few winters and buy a house outright, completely bypassing a 20-40 year mortgage. The most brilliant idea I saw was four guys teaming up. They bought a house clear in under a year, then rented it out to another oilfield company as a crew house.
When I worked at DeBeers Canada about 15 years ago(forklift operator, 70k starting wage), the South African members of our crew split a company owned four bedroom house with the day shift. Can you imagine going home and getting into a warm bed that smells like another guy? Ugh.
But those guys didn't pay for a damn thing either, and they were geologists and specialists.
Average Alberta wage, 2015: $60,476 per http://www.workopolis.com/content/advice/article/how-much-money-are-we-earning-the-average-canadian-wages-right-now/
Statscan says Petroleum workers in Alberta made an average of $2,286.20 per week. That would be 118,882.4 if they worked year round, but typically they sit idle during spring breakup and freeze up, and summers tend to be slow. http://www.statcan.gc.ca/tables-tableaux/sum-som/l01/cst01/labor93j-eng.htm
All engineering firms are always hiring Civil Techs, Manitoba Hydro all across Canada too.
Edit: Submitted the link.
USD $33 492-Norway
USD 39,372- Canada
In Norway if you work in Oil your easliy earning $200,000 a year, but if your not its hard to get by. Look at Norways exports. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Norwar_Exports_Tree_Map_(2009).pdf/page1-1280px-Norwar_Exports_Tree_Map_(2009).pdf.jpg
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You're talking about standard of living, he's talking about the economy, those are two different things.
As for someone saying something that is utter crap, it is you. Wages increased at a rate of 2.3-3.5% across Canada. Our average inflation rate for the year was 1.5%. So that means on average Canadians were earning 0.8-2% higher than they were in the year previous (in inflation adjusted dollars).
What we've had is an economic slowdown. Not a recession. Some might call it a "downturn." When oil dropped everyone didn't just get really poor. The poorest of the poor didn't all go homeless. The homeless didn't just suddenly starve. Things didn't get tremendously worse, because inflation rate went down.
http://www.workopolis.com/jobsearch/job/15766828?uc=E12&searchFragment=
If you can do data entry in french... you can make more money.
Honestly, I don't see many listed wages currently.
http://www.payscale.com/research/CA/Job=Software_Developer/Salary/9ac77762/Saint-John-NB
http://www.payscale.com/research/CA/Job=Software_Developer/Salary/e5bce696/Calgary-AB
The wage discrepancy is a bit less now then what it was.
I noticed that the PMH postings didn't have wages in the description so just to give you an idea here is a full time warehouse position in etobicoke for up to $27/hour. It is night shifts so depends what you're willing to deal with but methinks it is much better than minimum wage and likely has benefits included.
Anyway, lots of luck to you!
Edit: don't get hung up on the "qualifications" listed. I just got a job that I had no previous experience in based on the relevant credentials I did have. So apply to shit you might not even think you could get in for. A lot of employers are willing to give you the training they require in exchange for a hard worker who has learning ability.
You should look at studies of the employability based on degree, like this one by Workopolis which found that clinical psych has the highest unemployment rate of any degree holder. If you can get a PhD then psych is a fine choice for a degree, but a bachelour's is not sought after (you'll need very good marks to get into grad school).
Look around for studies on unemployment: they'll give you an idea of the demand (and therefore remuneration) available for a given degree. For example, this one by Workopolis found that psychology, fine arts, history and liberal science have unemployment rates at or above 15% while the natural sciences have unemployment rates below about 3%.
The important question you should ask yourself is: do I want to go to college/post-secondary to get an education or to get a job? If you want a job don't go into the humanities.
Spring 2015.
source: http://www.workopolis.com/jobsearch/job/15466806?uc=E12&cid=SH|national|org
I was really hoping it would have been before winter since i'm around elgin/cooper. Then again I said that last year too.
I would like a source for that because this says they are still supposed to apprehend suspects shoplifting anything over 25$ in value.
You definitely don't know what you're talking about when you wrote that they would face criminal charges and that the suspect would be able to sue.
Edit2: This explicitly states that loss prevention officers are supposed to make arrests. So essentially, you're original comment and everything since is complete nonsense.
Edit: You also don't need to use an Ellipsis to end sentences, that is what periods are for.
Yeah, I totally made it up. It never happens. I'm just lying because recruiters totally take their time to consider what they've read with serious weight.
Again, you may not do it, but this is something that exist and is a apart of the recruitment process for too many employers out there. It's one of the worst tactics out there, and we can't just brush this under the rug because you personally don't do this.
You also wouldn't do this because you've created a bubble where the other candidate has 15+ years of experience. This discussion was scrutinizing one cherry-picked criteria ONLY - the simple dichotomy of whether the candidates have a degree or not, with the faulty assumption that everything else is equal.
>The past four years have been an absolute hell ranging from being kicked out of three different "homes", to an on-and-off again relationship, and to being refused financial aid for a year.
So it sounds like you're a college student. What are your job prospects?
>I just want to be able to afford a room to rent, food, etc. I just want to be able to try and somewhat live my life rather than struggling through every day. I understand things could be much worse, and I have gone through worse in my past.
You don't give a lot of details, so I can't tell if you can't find work, or are working a low paying situation and going to school.
If it's the later, there's no shame in taking some time off to get your finances straightened out.
If you don't have a job, since you have online access, why not look at a site that lists jobs? such as:
Since you didn't specify where you live, you may have to look around. You might do a google search for jobs in your city.
>I don't want to lose the people I just regained in my life because I'm struggling. I don't want to lose another relationship.
Is there any chance that the people in your life could help you out?
Good luck.
We really don't know enough about you to give you advice on such fundamental questions.
However, on paper, the BA training you got isn't worth half as much as your MS in Electrical Engineering. So judging on that little bit of info alone, the engineering path seems more logical/sound.
Also, if you google "jobs of the future" or "trending professions", you get results like this, where technology scores really high. Automation and robotics is on the rise, and software dev is hot. With your profile, you could play in that area and make a good living. Give glassdoor.com a spin with "Electrical engineering" and your location.
marketing and finance? Very difference disciplines.
There are specific temp/employment agencies you should be looking at... maybe in finance you could start to get some experience in accounts receivable or payable for instance.
Also, do you use other search engines like workopolis etc? Lots of post there for junior positions in accounting... look here. Decent lead for entry level (which has a phone number to talk to a human!).
Best luck.
Also RSA is in the mall... the call center there has a healthy turnaround. Might be worth poking your head in there and asking reception about it.... or if you have some time ask people coming out of the office at lunch time if they know how you might apply for a job there. I'd bet dollars to donuts if you present yourself well, people would be happy to help you out with 'insider' info. Worst case scenerio, you spend an hour of your time actually talking to people who may be able to help you out.
Edit: have you also looked at ontario funded programs like available at vpi?
> Waterloo, Ontario
http://www.navtech.aero/company_information/careers/north_america/business_analyst.html
http://sunlifefinancial.taleo.net/careersection/10160/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&job=368938
http://www.workopolis.com/EN/Common/HomePage.aspx
Resumes submitted online I have found are best if you go there first. Make that memorable first impression.
A High School Teacher earns an average salary of C$51,264 per year in Canada, The average salary is $48,250 a year in Canada. Teachers Earn enough for the work they put in plus they never have to worry about their jobs being outsourced or in some cases even being fired.
Most North Americans do.
(2013)
>Although median annual household income rose to $52,100 in June
Granted that is household income, so income per person would be slightly lower (but more than half, since households do include both singles and couples).
Edit:
Average Canadian makes $48K:
I know what he's saying. He's bitching because he says there are no jobs in Ontario and all the jobs are everywhere else like SK. If you search Workopolis there are 678 jobs available compared to Ontario where over 10,000 jobs are listed so I don't buy the "have not" crap and I'm glad you've given up because you just don't add anything to the conversation.
I got my part-time job from here also try Workopolis Toronto They both have helped me find really great paying part-time jobs. Update your resume, be specific on what you want and what you can do for them