We divide the whole process of job hunting in a broad sense into nine steps

1. Change the concept of employment, correct the attitude of employment, apply for a job with a positive attitude, and complaining won't help.

2. Evaluate your interests, skills and goals correctly, especially position yourself appropriately.

3. Understand the job market situation through various channels. And aim at your own target market.

4. Prepare your own application materials and submit them to your favorite position

5. Interview

6. Send a thank-you letter to the interview unit

7. Track the dynamics of the recruitment unit and continue to send application materials

8. Get employed. Some procedures for employment

9. Change your position or keep a good job at an appropriate time. The following are some discussions:

1. Face the employment dilemma positively. Many new immigrants were successful in China when they came, but they felt plummeting when they first arrived. The achievements in China have been made in several years or even more than ten years. You can't expect to reach the position in China for more than ten years in 1-2 years. You should be mentally prepared from scratch.

2. Know your own interests and advantages and disadvantages, and truly match people with jobs. People are self-aware, so don't make too many comparisons and have impetuous psychology. Especially in a new country like Canada, don't stick to your narrow professional field.

The two should be able to connect smoothly. It is inevitable that many people just come to Canada to wash dishes and work as cleaners in restaurants, but they need the support of long-term beliefs. However, some people quietly kill their will under the pressure of daily heavy work, and they can't wash their bowls for a lifetime, giving their hopes for development to the next generation with their own sacrifices.

4. Looking for a hidden job market to improve the hit rate of employment. Many western enterprises recruit, Employees within the enterprise have the priority to apply for the position. If they are basically interested in the candidate, they may announce the recruitment information according to the routine procedure, but at this time, the possibility of hiring from outside is very small. Therefore, the open employment market information is often distorted.

5. Canadian employment is increasingly emphasizing people's adaptability and convertible skills, because the professional connotation itself is also changing. Market competition also needs to constantly change careers. Therefore, it is unrealistic to think of a career as a whole. If you have the opportunity to do more jobs, you will accumulate useful experience. There are also many careful people who find business opportunities from it.

2. Employment information channels

There are many channels for employment information in Canada. The following are some simple introductions:

1. Classified advertisements for newspapers

Generally, local newspapers are published every day. Some will also have a special page on careers every week. Large companies publish larger pages, while small and medium-sized companies publish smaller pages. There are also some special recruitment magazines available for free. This information needs to be collected and analyzed carefully. Here are four advertisements in the newspaper. See the appendix "Newspaper Abbreviations"

Data Entry Clerk Cranbrook, BC I.S.P.Is in Need of Langley. small warehouse

We req. a data entry clerk, skilled a Web Designer/Programmer. Shipping & mfg. F/T. benefits

at fast, accurate data entry for Must know Perl, MySQL, Unix, $11/hr to start. Fax 534-669

our accounting department. Linux, Apache Web Server.

Knowledge of A/P or A/R an Training is available. Excellent CASHIERS F/T & P/T positions

asset. This is a full time position, communication skills are a must. Avail. Vanc., Richmond &

Mon. to Fri.,9-4:3. Plese send E-Mail: resume@cinttek.com Langley locations. Boating exp.

your resume & covering letter to an asset. Send resume to:

Linda Van Os Fax 64-276-7812_

Vancouver Condo Service Ltd.

412-1288 W. Georgia St.

Vancouver , BC V6E 3J7

2. The government human resources development department or the government employment center < P > has a huge number of career information for people with social insurance numbers to query, among which Job Bank is the most important recruitment database in Canada, where immigrants can query for free. Government staff will also guide them to find job information effectively. And there will be some expert lectures on employment.

3. Immigration and community service agencies

Some immigration and community service agencies will post some job advertisements, and other employers will contact the immigration service agencies on their own initiative, and the immigration service agencies can recommend people to apply for jobs.

4. Phone books and business directories

Enterprises in the whole industry can be found in the yellow pages of local phone books or business manuals. This kind of information is in the commercial category of public libraries, and some of them are put on computer CDs. The administrators of public libraries will help to look up the relevant professional information.

Whether these enterprises need to recruit personnel, the outside world may not know, and some may be recruiting internally or brewing. You can call door-to-door to confirm first. If there is an opportunity, you can get there first. This is the hidden job market.

5. Private employment agencies or headhunting companies

Some private employment agencies will introduce junior or transactional jobs and may charge one or both of the recruiters and applicants; Headhunting companies focus on the recommendation of senior executives, especially providing employers with a full set of talent services, including advertising, reviewing resumes, interviews, written examinations, including poaching from existing employees, and it will also plan the packaging of senior talents in order to finally reach the satisfaction of both parties. Its services only charge the employer. Generally, it is a certain proportion of the annual salary of the employed person.

6. Computer network < P > There are some professional websites in Canada, and many enterprises often publish recruitment information on their own websites. Through the keyword search function of the network, It is efficient to find job information. There are computers in government human resources departments, immigration service agencies and public libraries for searching job information online.

Here is a detailed list of Canadian job websites:

/Chinese/homepage/6 _ abroad/go _ abroad/career/career _ exploration/ Canadajobs.htm

7. Institutions of higher learning or vocational schools

These schools have employment service guidance institutions or special web pages, and they also set aside places to post job advertisements for employers free of charge. Of course, these jobs are often temporary or holiday jobs.

It is also very important to have internship opportunities recommended by schools to enterprises. Some of them are often the prelude to formal employment.

8. Talent exchange meetings

Relevant organizations in all parts of Canada will hold several large or small talent exchange meetings or job distribution meetings every year, which are usually job meta-releases of government departments and high-tech enterprises. The effect of the application is not necessarily good, and the application environment is not very ideal, just like in China. However, it provides opportunities for direct contact with employers. It's easy to understand employers' real needs and mentality.

The information of talent exchange meetings is usually released in the local media a few days before the start.

9. Shop-head recruitment advertisements

Some shops, supermarkets and restaurants are reluctant to advertise in newspapers, but just post help wanted advertisements at the door or on community bulletin boards. At this time, you should often go to the downtown area to see if there is a suitable job for you.

1. Tell everyone you know around you and let them know that you are looking for a job.

In fact, this is the most important channel for successful employment, that is, getting information from relatives, friends and people you know and asking them to recommend you to enter the company. The boss thinks that the internal recommendation is more reliable than the complete stranger, which may be the "relationship study" in Canada. This also shows the importance of interpersonal relationship. You should ask your friends to look for opportunities for you. You should gradually form your own interpersonal network at ordinary times.

11. Volunteer

Volunteer can not only gain Canadian work experience, but also improve your language level, and sometimes get a job. Some institutions often select outstanding people from the workforce when recruiting, and these institutions are already quite familiar with volunteers. At least the inspection process is saved.

If you consider getting job opportunities from volunteers and going to organizations with professional counterparts, you still need to give priority to dedication and not be too utilitarian to do voluntary work.

12. Sell yourself door to door

Some people may go to busy commercial areas and office buildings to ask about the recruitment situation from door to door, of course, they may get some dirty looks. But some bosses like to hire these enterprising people.

The above job market can be divided into open job market and hidden job market. As mentioned earlier, the open job market accounts for 2% and the hidden job market accounts for 8%, while 8% of job seekers are in the open job market, so we should pay more attention to the hidden job market to improve the success rate of job hunting.

III. Resume and cover letter

1. Resume. (2) Home address and postal code; (3) contact telephone number; (4) E-Mail address; (5) the position (target) applied for; (6) qualification summary; (7) introduction of work ability; (8) Work experience; (9) Educational background; (1) Volunteer experience; (11) Social posts and rewards; (12) Professional certificate and business license; (13) personal interests and hobbies; (14) Language and special skills; (15) About references.

Of course, not every resume needs all the above contents.

2. Types of resumes

There are three ways to write resumes in Canada:

(1) Chronological method, that is, to write down professional experiences in chronological order. This resume is suitable for long-term single occupation. And now you are applying for similar positions.

(2) Functional method. That is, organizing experiences according to different types of abilities is to highlight various work experiences, which is suitable for the situation that the original work is diversified, but now you need multiple specialties.

(3) Combined. It is a combination of the above two methods. It is suitable for changing careers to apply for a position.

See the appendix "Job Search Resume Style" for the Western-style resume

3. Precautions for writing a resume

(1) If a person's employment experience is complicated, not all the information may be reflected in the resume, and the resume should be organized according to the position applied for, and some irrelevant experiences can be omitted or omitted. Relevant experience can be highlighted. This practice does not violate the principle of good faith. An employment counselor said well: "The resume must be true, but all real experiences may not be reflected in the resume." If you go to a restaurant and your resume is marked as a doctor, you may be afraid to use you.

(2) For different job applications, you may have to prepare several different resume "versions". However, we should pay special attention to what kind of resume to invest in which company, and never confuse it, so as to avoid the situation that the bull's head is not right for the horse's mouth in contact or interview. It is recommended to have a record book for job hunting to indicate this information.

(3) Generally, you should not mention more than 1 years' experience in your resume unless it helps the recruiter to understand the whole resume.

(4) All time events in your resume are in reverse order. That is, what just happened (position, education) comes first, and what has a long history comes later, which is just the opposite of the resume in China.

(5) Because the hiring supervisor only has a few seconds to decide whether to interview, it is required that the resume be short, and generally a brief calendar is an A4 page; If the experience is complicated, you can use 2 pages; No one may read the three-page resume. _

(6) From the perspective of employment equality law, the applicant's gender, age, marital status, nationality, political outlook, religious beliefs, body characteristics (height and weight) should not be stated in the resume, and employers should not discriminate against the applicant because of these factors. Otherwise, it's illegal.

(7) "Highlight of Qualifications" generally consists of 3-4 items, 2/3 is professional expertise, and 1/3 is personality characteristics (such as hard work, eagerness to learn, punctuality, etc.).

(8) In terms of work experience, education and other items, it is generally used from. You don't need to be precise until the month or the day.

(9) Besides academic education, it is beneficial to write other short-term and medium-term training courses in "education".

(1) Only a few hobbies related to applying for a job are written in "personal interests".

(11) The recommendation information is usually written as "References available upon Requ"