Professional Employment Canada

Bear in mind that it is very important, to know your job prospects surrounding the issues of: professional employment Canada. It's going to be extremely difficult for you, as an immigrant, to find professional employment in Canada.

A mistake many immigrant professionals make is to believe that, because they have been accepted to immigrate to Canada as a professional, they will easily find employment in their profession here in Canada and that they do not need to upgrade their qualifications.

The stark reality is that many of you, as immigrant professionals, are never going to get back into your profession or any other profession without first gaining the relevant Canadian professional certification.

This certification requires specific Canadian education or training. This will take time and money. Many of you may have the money, but not always the time.

For many immigrant professionals, such as doctors, university professors, teachers, lawyers, and other lucrative careers etc., your professional careers will be ended, unless you are willing to get Canadian certification in your field.

It's like starting your career all over again. For example, only about 5-10% of immigrant doctors will ever get to practice medicine in Canada, and that's only after spending thousands of dollars and years studying in Canada.

Depending on your profession, it can take you anywhere from 5 to 10 years just to get back to the level you were on, when you left your home country.

Employment Canada: Regulated Occupations

Virtually all professional occupations and skilled trades are regulated occupations in Canada, as is the case in most other countries.

The chances are that if your occupation qualifies you for immigration to Canada, it will most likely also fall under the regulated occupations in Canada.

By "regulated occupation" it's meant that the professions set their own standards of practice and entrance qualifications. This is in order to protect that particular industry and those working in it. Once you meet the industry or professions' entrance requirements, you will become licensed and certified to work in that field.

Most professions set their own standards of practice, but there are some that are regulated by the government to protect public health and safety (e.g., doctors, nurses, engineers, teachers and electricians).

So if you want to work in your profession, which falls under the regulated occupations, or even use the regulated title to describe yourself, you must be licensed, or certified, or registered with the regulatory body for your occupation.

Note: The regulatory requirements may vary from province to province in Canada. Also, (and this is a tough one) regulated occupational licenses and certification from one province, may not always be recognized, or accepted in another province (i.e. sounds like Canadian job protectionism taken to the extreme).

Employment Canada: Non-Regulated Occupations

Non-regulated occupations are those occupations which do not require a licence, certificate, or registration, to work in them (e.g., many jobs in the service industry, hospitality industry, and some unskilled manufacturing jobs).

Although there are some well-paid jobs in the non-regulated occupations, many of these often prefer some Canadian experience. The majority non-regulated jobs are low paid or minimum wage jobs. An unusually high proportion of immigrant professionals can be found working in these low paid "survival jobs".

So! How do you as an immigrant succeed in getting a well-paid professional job in Canada?

Contact us at ImmigrantEmploymentGuide.com for information on,
"An Immigrant's Guide to Getting a Professional Job in Canada".

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