Navigating the Ontario Job Market for Foreigners – ASKMigration: Canadian Lifestyle Magazine

Ontario has made it easier for locals and internationals to find a job, as the province no longer requires Canadian work experience. It all starts with the right qualifications, and then checking job advertisements and postings.

You should search through the job advertisements to find one that suits your career and profession. Before applying for a new job, you can compare salaries in Ontario to national averages. If the salary for the work you are interested in does not attract you because it’s lower than the national average salary, continue with the job hunting process until you get one.

According to CIC News the following guidelines will help you as a newcomer or international student on the job market. This is especially true if you don’t have any experience.

Ontario’s In-Demand Skills

If you’re a newcomer and don’t have a career yet, but would like to start one in the future, you will need skills that will help you adapt and fit into the Job market. It can be an advantage to have skills that are in demand. This can help you get a job in Ontario. Many jobs in Ontario are in need of highly-demanded skills, but the available workers cannot fill them. This leaves a gap on the job market. The skills stream is an immigration program that allows foreign employees to obtain permanent residency in Ontario.

Once you get residency, thanks to high-demand skills, Ontario’s Provincial Nominee Program uses the information to nominate the best candidate for the Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) to represent foreigners in the province.

The majority of provinces in Canada follow the same process for finding IRCC nominees. Quebec and Nunavut use the Provincial Nominee Programmes (PNP), which are different. In order to obtain a job in Ontario, and then permanent residency, you’ll need skills that are in demand. Besides, these skills can help you to achieve your dream of a career in Canada.

Get Accreditation

If you don’t have the high-demand skills needed to land a job in Ontario you can become accredited or licensed. Accreditation and licensing can help you to become an expert or professional at what you love. Ontario employers will require accreditation if you want to work in regulated occupations.

Even though they don’t ask for Canadian work experience, employers request accreditation or licence to work as professionals or experts before they can employ you in Ontario.

Accreditation is a way to prove your reliability and to show employers that your foreign training can be used to perform simple or complex tasks in accordance with Canadian standards and regulations. You can become accredited by a Canadian recognized organization before you fly to Canada to search for a job.