If you are seeking to obtain a job in Canada, you can get guidance and support from Best Consultancy for Canada PR Visa. Meanwhile, here is an Indian immigrant who succeeded in immigrating to Canada and getting a job offer – Himanshu Reddy (33 years). He moved to Canada in the summer of 2022 and shares his story of exploring the job market and overcoming challenges to get a job. While on the personal front, it was not much tough, professional life did throw up its share of challenges.

Exploring Toronto for a place to stay

“When I landed in Toronto in 2022 July, I had 2 major priorities. One was to find a place for staying and the second was to get a job. There was no job offer with me when I landed and was aware that it was a big step. I was assured regarding my competencies and skills and thus was certain of moving to Canada and exploring the job market.

I surfed in AIRBNB to search for accommodation but the prices were soaring. I was sure that it was not the right place to seek me.  Afterward, I searched on the website HOMESTAYS. I got in touch with a family here that was seeking to rent out a bedroom in their home. Location wise it was a good option as it required walking only 5 minutes to reach the public transport.

Acquainting with the Canadian job market

The Canadian job market was fully new to me and I had to find out the sought-after traits by employers in prospective candidates. I understood that required certifications which were quite new for me. These requirements are not often discussed in India.

Digital Marketing consists of several minute niches and I did have experience in all of them. Canada has both Generalist and Specialist roles in this domain. I belong to the former and thus had to obtain certification in all of these niches for demonstrating my expertise.

So this was among the key challenges for me because it was not expected owing to my background in India as employers here only emphasized previous work experience.

Nevertheless, I recognized that I was in a new country and will have to demonstrate my competencies.

ACCES Employment is an organization that supported me in identifying the options available and helped me integrate into the Canadian job market. I was offered by them a Certification Course of 6 weeks managed in collaboration with Humber College. It helped me to understand the work culture, workplace ethics, and job market in Canada.

Streamlining the job focus opened avenues

The initial job search was highly challenging for me and required almost 3 months. Though I applied for job vacancies I did not get even initial invites for connecting with HR. But later I understood that the need was to streamline the focus of job search even for Generalist roles.

I had to stop attempting to do everything and had to be very specific in highlighting what I was seeking. It required customizing my Resume for the particular job role and nothing beyond that.

It proved to be my turning point.

The alteration made a huge difference and I received several interviews and unlocked opportunities for getting in touch with industry professionals. Furthermore, I got a chance from ACCES to participate in a virtual and accelerated mentoring event. I could interact with different mentors working in diverse firms and with each for ten minutes.

Familiarizing with culture in Canada

Traversing borders across nations is not an easy thing to do. It is even tougher when it is to a developed nation from a developing nation. The scale is fully dissimilar and learned that what Canadians perceived as bad or good was everything good for me.

Whenever I came across residents in Canada who complained about traffic, I thought they have witnessed nothing. Figuring out dissimilarities in terms of developing and developed nations can take a while. But I am trying my best to maximize my exposure to Canadian culture for quickly grasping things.

To me getting familiar with the culture in Canada is more important than staying within my people and culture. In Canada, it is my focus to blend with people from new cultures as I am already familiar with Indian cultures.

I am particular about visiting downtown Toronto on Saturdays to play board games at bubble tea and participating in events that the cocktail lounge host. The people in Canada are nice and very polite. The smiling faces all over make it stress-free to adjust”.

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