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The analysis on HN is way off. The Skilled Worker program brings in skilled people without jobs lined up in the expectation they will find a job once they get h
by sunir 16y ago
The analysis on HN is way off. The Skilled Worker program brings in skilled people without jobs lined up in the expectation they will find a job once they get here.
Computer related industries must not be hiring, or at least not hiring immigrants. Because having thousands of unemployed skilled workers in Canada is not the goal of the program, they delisted it as a category.
By the way, it's possible this happened because people don't want to hire immigrants despite competent developers being in high demand in Toronto. Here's a blog post I wrote about that a long time ago:
http://www.freshbooks.com/blog/2007/07/23/immigrant-quebecois-newfoundlanders-not-wanted/ http://www.freshbooks.com/blog/2007/07/23/immigrant-quebecoi...
- jacabado 16y agoI am thinking in going to Toronto to work in web development(C#, javascript with 2 years of experience). One of the reasons was because I see Toronto as a sophisticated city. I'm portuguese, would I have a problem with my nationality/origin/accent? I was not worried at all with this until I read your blog post.
- huhtenberg 16y ago> would I have a problem with my nationality/origin/accent? No, you will not have a problem.
- whiskeyjack 16y agoLots of portuguese as well as many many other nationalities here. We even have a little portugal. You'd be fine here.
- jacabado 16y agoThanks for your replies!