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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by ceemac: 4:37pm On Oct 12, 2018 |
CAVEAT No matter the means of funding that Ms. Shokoloko is looking at, Let me be clear about my stand that I totally support her passion as to getting an education whether in class or online to pursuing her passion Whether through loans or grants as suggested or through managing herself through the minimum wage job in the interim as asked about.. Above all, my own is pay all the sacrifices required in the interim to achieving your set academic goal and live happily thereafter. I think with this, I am done this topic #Peace out 3 Likes |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Nobody: 4:39pm On Oct 12, 2018 |
Bsbabe: Aww...so sorry about that. |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by ceemac: 4:42pm On Oct 12, 2018 |
TheCongo2: Can you just do me a favour Sir/Ma by removing my moniker from the said 'mediocrity' post as hinted? Thanks for your cooperation |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by salford: 4:47pm On Oct 12, 2018 |
ceemac:It stuck becuase alot of Nigerians start taking on debt while working minimum wage jobs. They need to show off that financed Nissan Infinity or Toyota highlander at the next parapo meeting. Some take up mortgages on survival wage jobs. So they keep working so as to meet their financial obligations to the lender. Those that are focused work the same minimum wage jobs and go on to better their life. 9 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Nobody: 4:50pm On Oct 12, 2018 |
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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Boss13: 4:57pm On Oct 12, 2018 |
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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by TheCongo2: 4:59pm On Oct 12, 2018 |
ceemac: OMG... am I dealing with a bully now? Sorry sir/Ma , I can't remove it. I can't be bullied You have the option to ignore my post 13 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by AZeD1(m): 5:00pm On Oct 12, 2018 |
TheCongo2:LOL!!! 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by TheCongo2: 5:03pm On Oct 12, 2018 |
AZeD1: Lol... n'es ce pas mon ami AZeD1 |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by ceemac: 5:20pm On Oct 12, 2018 |
TheCongo2: If there is any bully here, you sure are the one! My request posts showed civility and appeals. I responded to issues head on without calling out names apart from the OP which was necessary I did as a pointer to her.. Only for you to mention my moniker in some negative statements which I have appealed on two occasions for you to take down with no intentional action to doing so.. Who then is the bully? Repeat the question solemnly to yourself and let your mind give you a sincere answer.. 10 Likes |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by salford: 5:21pm On Oct 12, 2018 |
ceemac:Not totally correct. When interviewing candidates at my work place and there is a tie in candidates performance, we would default to the candidate with the higher grade. I am sure other government departments in my province does same too. When we take on Co-op students too, we usually try as much as possible to pick the ones with the highest academic averages, aslong as there are no staff kids competing for the same coop positions. Alot of oil companies in Alberta also ask for transcripts when submitting applications for jobs. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Riddler32: 5:35pm On Oct 12, 2018 |
Fsw (single applicant) Aor 21st April Med passed and IP1 - 26th April Correspondence letter - 4th Sept IP2 and passport request letter - 12 Oct. London office (according to notes recieved on August 16th) Asked to send my passport to Islamabad, Pakistan. What is the connection? |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Riddler32: 5:40pm On Oct 12, 2018 |
I currently reside in Nigeria oh!!! Riddler32: |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Tojued: 5:47pm On Oct 12, 2018 |
Riddler32: Someone in kiev doesn't know their geography. Or human error. Contact London, kiev and main IRCC by mail requesting for another VAC. |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by maternal: 5:47pm On Oct 12, 2018 |
Shokoloko: I feel you're trying to run before learning how to walk. As a result, you're bound to make some mistake. I'm trying to figure out why you're in a rush to enter school so quickly ? You're a PR or will be. I'd enter the country, stay in your AnB until you secure a place in peel region. Register your child in school while you get a job. ANY JOB. Even if na McDonalds. Then sit down, conduct your research on what benefits you're entitled too, then make a game plan. Boss 13 said : "In Canada, more Particularly Ontario - you need to ask. If you don’t ask, nobody would direct you." That was my biggest mistake back in the days. Not doing my full research to know what was available to me, to make my life easier. Just some benefits: 1. Mature students like yourself may be available for free school https://www.moneysense.ca/news/new-osap-rules/ 2. Your child will have their medical and now prescription drugs covered by the Ontario government. So you know their medication treatment/ needs is fully covered while you get yourself together. https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/medications-now-free-for-anyone-under-25-in-ontario-1.3742407 3. As low income (depending on your salary) you may be eligible for subsidized housing. Meaning you pay rent according to your income to help with the financial burden of housing. https://www.peelregion.ca/housing/apply-for-subsidy/ 4. If you're low income, your child's dental care would be covered by peel region (you region you'll be living in). OHIP will cover eye care, and peel region should cover whatever OHIP doesn't. https://www.peelregion.ca/health/dental-health/fin-help4kids.htm https://www.optom.on.ca/OAO/Patients/Medical_Coverage/OAO/Patients/Medical_Coverage.aspx As a low income your child would be able to register for sports for free. On top of all these benefits, you'll be getting money every month from the government, would get a tax break claiming your child on your taxes, etc. I would cool down. Spend a year working while researching all these benefits, then make a comprehensive plan that would benefit you and your child not only for today, but for the future. You and your child are assets here, aka future tax payers. The government will never let your needs go unmet. I've met single mothers in medical school surviving and being successful in school. You're situation is not even that serious. my 2 cents 72 Likes 30 Shares |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by dustydee: 5:58pm On Oct 12, 2018 |
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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Riddler32: 6:01pm On Oct 12, 2018 |
Thanks for the suggestion. Tojued: |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by ceemac: 6:05pm On Oct 12, 2018 |
salford:Not totally correctWhen interviewing candidates at my work place and there is a tie in candidates performance, we would default to the candidate with the higher grade. I am sure other government departments in my province does same too. We are saying one of the same.. While I agree that most coop positions considers grades, I am also in the know that some organizations require transcripts on application for mostly Graduate Entry level jobs..I intentionally made mention of 'vast majority' and not 'all'. Most IT jobs which is like the largest employer of labour will only require how proficient you are with their various software platforms and the related skills and certifications you can use to back those up and not necessarily institution grades.Not wrong either 2 Likes |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by salford: 6:18pm On Oct 12, 2018 |
ceemac:I see where you are coming from. I guess recruitment procedures in the IT field differs from non- IT. Since IT openings often relies on certifications which do not carry grades. |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by AZeD1(m): 6:28pm On Oct 12, 2018 |
salford: |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Riddler32: 6:30pm On Oct 12, 2018 |
Please can i have email addresses to the offices you listed. Thanks. Tojued: |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Tojued: 6:34pm On Oct 12, 2018 |
Riddler32: Kiev: Kyivimmigration@international.gc.ca I'm tempted to insist you share a proper PPR testimony on the sister thread before I give you the remaining two. It's not fair o, you just dropped only timeline? What's your ielts story... Your eca story... The emotional journey etc... What can we learn from you? Anyway, just because of God [s]and before you find the addresses yourself [/s]: Accra: accra.immigration@international.gc.ca Ottawa: CPC-CTD-Ottawa@cic.gc.ca 24 Likes 6 Shares |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by salford: 6:35pm On Oct 12, 2018 |
quote author=AZeD1 post=72026076][/quote] Your field is a bit confusing. If IT relies on knowledge, why do Google, Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft e.t.c scout for high flying graduates from top universities in the US? 2 Likes |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by TheCongo2: 6:39pm On Oct 12, 2018 |
salford: When companies go on different campuses, they go for the best students Even Universities recruite or keep their best students as lecturers So there is no such thing as grades are irrelevant 3 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by AZeD1(m): 6:51pm On Oct 12, 2018 |
TheCongo2: https://www.businessinsider.com/how-google-hires-people-2013-6 That was published in 2013 and the summary is Google found out that GPA is completely useless when it comes to hiring. 1 Like |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by AZeD1(m): 6:58pm On Oct 12, 2018 |
salford: I have been contacted 3 times this year by Amazon recruiters for jobs in Seattle and I have no degree from any US universities. The reason why nobody cares about GPA anymore is because there are lots of people in those firms(Big 4) who are self taught developers with either high school diploma's or totally irrelevant degrees and they've realized that using GPA to recruit means they are missing out on a lot of talented developers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJZCUhxNCv8&feature=youtu.be Summary of the video This guy is in UBC Computer Science. He says his GPA is 2.3, he's been on academic probation for the past four years, failed two programming courses and that he wasn't accepted to Co-Op because of his grades. Yet, he's worked at NVIDIA, Amazon, and Facebook and he is going back to Amazon for full time. The hardest part of getting a job in Tech (software development ) is getting an interview because a lot of companies like to recruit via referrals. 8 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Riddler32: 7:05pm On Oct 12, 2018 |
Thanks. I will share all the moments, right now i am at cross road with this Islamabad, Pakistan ish. Need to sort this out before my passport will enter voicemail Tojued: |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by salford: 7:11pm On Oct 12, 2018 |
AZeD1:Interesting This is an eye opener. Seems some of these companies are using a radical approach to recruitment by sourcing for "talents" instead of using the traditional academic qualifications approach to bring people in for interviews. Let say he goes back to Amazon or drops out of Uni. Would not having a degree or having a mediocre one have an effect on his remuneration and promotion when compared to say a colleague recruited at the same time, but has say a computer science or software engineering degree from Caltech or other renowned institution? 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by AZeD1(m): 7:14pm On Oct 12, 2018 |
Point to note as regarding Tech jobs: Going to top schools helps because this companies actually have recruiting events in this tops schools so there's a higher chance of a human being going through your resume. Don't ever, ever use the word "certified" your resume. It's far and away one of the most prominent red flags in resume screening, bordering on a dead-giveaway round-file 86-that-bad-boy no-review-required situation, if you know what I mean. (If you don't know what I mean, well, you know the old saying about not knowing who the sucker is at the poker table.) Culled from http://steve-yegge..com/2007/09/ 3 Likes |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by AZeD1(m): 7:17pm On Oct 12, 2018 |
salford:Yep. The whole MIT computer science curriculum (lectures, reading list, et al) is online so anybody in the world can actually have an MIT education without the certificate so why restrict your talent search to a limited pool? 1 Like |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by salford: 7:18pm On Oct 12, 2018 |
AZeD1:One more question. Let say he goes back to Amazon or drops out of Uni. Would not having a degree or having a mediocre one have an effect on his remuneration and promotion when compared to say a colleague recruited at the same time, but has say a computer science or software engineering degree from Caltech or other renowned institution? |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by AZeD1(m): 7:20pm On Oct 12, 2018 |
salford:As for the bold, the answer is NO. When it comes to promotion, your work along with company politics will speak for you. Company politics along the lines of working in high impact projects, your rapport with your manager and the likes. From my experience working in Tech, your degree is only good for your self confidence and bragging rights. 2 Likes |
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