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How to Find a Job in Canada: Common Problems and Effective Solutions

How to Find a Job in Canada

ISBN: 9780195427950

  • Provides newcomers with detailed information on all aspects of finding work in Canada.
  • Answers questions to most commonly faced newcomer issues in an easy to use Problem/Solution format.
  • Connects with newcomers through stories about immigrants’ authentic experiences and successes.
  • Engages readers with dynamic maps, graphs, and tables that help them relate to and understand the text.
  • Encourages newcomers to be active readers and personalize the universal information in the book to their specific needs with the Creating Your Canadian Experience feature at the end of each unit.
  • Includes a glossary of key terms to explain new, unfamiliar, and specifically Canadian words.
  • Offers readers additional information through tip boxes and references to useful websites.

How to Find a Job in Canada: Common Problems and Effective Solutions is a comprehensive job guide that includes traditional topics and addresses them from a newcomer’s perspective; topics include résumé writing, composing cover letters, and interviewing techniques. The book also features topics that are specific to immigrants’ concerns, including pre-arrival preparation, survival jobs, and newcomer employment services. How to Find a Job in Canada provides the guidance necessary for newcomers to overcome having no Canadian experience, and helps immigrants reach their full potential in the Canadian job market.

Written by Efim Cheinis, a Russian immigrant to Canada who lived through the difficulties of finding a job, and Dale Sproule, the publisher of Canadian Newcomer Magazine, the book combines their experience and knowledge into a problem/solution model written in straightforward language.

Online Resources

Click here to download information about the Newcomer Series Launch.

Click here to view the How to Find a Job in Canada sample book

Visit the Canadian Newcomer Magazine website: www.cnmag.ca