Archive for January 28th, 2009

Getting Canada Visas the Easy Way

If you are planning a trip to Canada, one of the first things you’ll want to do is find out if you need a visa to enter the country.
There are visitors to Canada who can be given visa waivers.

They are those visitors to Canada without a visa who must:

  • Hold a valid ticket to a country to which they have the right of entry.
  • Have sufficient money to support them during their stay.
  • Hold a passport valid for three months beyond the date of intended departure.
  • You will be able to stay in Canada for the time granted on your arrival.

Those intending to visit for a longer period must apply for a visitor’s visa.

You’ll get a visitor’s permit
The visitor’s visa is endorsed on your passport and is usually secured on application at a Canada embassy or consulate before you start your trip.

On arrival in Canada you will receive a visitor’s permit which states its expiry date and allows you to:

Visit as a tourist, see friends and relatives.
Study a course of three months or less.
Play sport or perform in cultural events without pay.
Make a business trip.
Undertake medical treatment.
There are conditions to fulfil if you want to stay beyond the expiry date on your visitor’s permit.

Length of stay
Visitors to Canada may stay for nine months in an 18-month period. It is possible to apply for a further three months for a total stay of 12 months.

To qualify for the three-month extra length of stay you must have supported yourself financially, not worked or studied or been sponsored throughout your stay.

If your length of stay was nine months in the past 18 months, you must remain out of Canada for nine months. If you stayed for 12 months you must remain out of Canada for 12 months before you can revisit the country.
Regulations may change
Visa and visitor requirements, including length of stay, may change from time to time, so be sure to check fully with a New Canada embassy or consulate or with your travel agent who should know current requirements.

If, however, you not only want to visit Canada but plan to stay as an immigrant be sure to check with us or the relevant office in Canada Government for immigration requirements.

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01/28
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Canadian Jobseekers – Know Yourself – Your Values

Do you know what it takes to get a job?
Is it training? Experience? Contacts?

If you think all those things are important you’re getting warm. These days Canadian employers are asking for more, much more from the people they hire – they want to know if you are the type of person who will fit into the organization and will grow with the job. In other words, they are looking for employability skills.

Employability skills are basic work  skills that you have used and will use in almost every work situation.

They are needed to help you get work, keep work and progress in your work.

A recent survey in Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta asked small and medium sized business leaders what skills they looked for in employees. Here is what they said:

 

 

Skill
Description
knowing the business
Act with “common sense” in the work context. This means acting in a way that is sensitive and responsive to customer expectations and needs, dealing effectively with customers; talking and writing in a way that is relevant to the organisation through knowledge of the business and its activities; identifying with the company.
exploiting information technology
Be willing to learn new uses of information technology.
behaving appropriately
Act ethically and with integrity; be productive, co-operative, accountable, responsible, flexible and positive (especially about change).
speaking and listening
Receive, comprehend and interpret complex instructions; talk with, provide to and seek and clarify information from co-workers, customers, clients and those in authority, in person and by telephone.
writing
writing clearly and to the point, consistently conforming to grammatical conventions and using correct spelling.
maintaining personal standards
Be concerned with personal well being; maintain standards of hygiene and dress, which conform to an organisation’s expectations.
handling numbers
Extract and record numerical data and carry out calculations with high levels of accuracy, involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and the use of percentages.
responding to problems
Be alert at work and be able to identify, investigate,and evaluate potential and actual problems; be able to report them concisely and clearly orally and in writing.
continually learning
Take responsibility for own learning, learn through working with others, from manuals and from mistakes.
planning
Manage the use of time; master, plan and undertake a number of activities, which are inter-related or overlap in time.
working in teams
Work within and contribute to the effectiveness of a team, respecting differences; take responsibility and be willing to make decisions.
using equipment
Set up and operate equipment that can require selection from options or different settings.
reading
Read to extract information and to interpret instructions from short notes and prose.
 
Canada has identified and made a list of the basic employability skills necessary for today’s and tomorrow’s workforce. employability skills generally fit into three categories:

1.Academic skills
2.Personal management skills 
3.Teamwork skills.

Transferable Skills are learned and developed through our life experiences…for example, through schooling, volunteer work, paid employment, leisure activities. These skills can be used in and “transferred” to a variety of situations, such as work, family, or social setting.

Identify your transferable workplac skills getting your own employability report :
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01/28
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