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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by canadaman18: 5:07pm On Mar 11, 2019 |
Mapleking: Yeah Kanata is a hotspot for tech jobs. As a matter of fact, 80% of tech jobs in ottawa are in Kanata 6 Likes 6 Shares |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Zutlin: 5:13pm On Mar 11, 2019 |
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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by nkay1888(f): 6:50pm On Mar 11, 2019 |
salford1: Hello salford, I have a masters degree in microbiology and 2 Years Experience in the food industry, please can u advice me on the bridging program that will enable me secure a job in the food industry. I will be landing in May and hope to reside in Calgary |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by overcomer296: 8:21pm On Mar 11, 2019 |
AZeD1: Thank you for your response @AzeD1 |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Doctorfitz: 9:12pm On Mar 11, 2019 |
Pls house I need help with a Canadian address to evaluate my credentials with ices.. Ur help will be highly appreciated. Thanks |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Mapleking: 9:20pm On Mar 11, 2019 |
canadaman18: Thanks |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by freshjayy: 9:41pm On Mar 11, 2019 |
Afro24: Nice landing gist. Pls can you share why you chose to settle in Halifax 2 Likes |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by salford: 9:54pm On Mar 11, 2019 |
@thecongo,@maternal,@blackbuddy, lawyers in the house and anyone out there with experience. A family member got an offer for a job elsewhere. The new employer offered a better work life balance. She has signed and accepted the offer. Now the current employer is begging her not to leave, and now adjusting her hours to accomodate an even better work life balance. My question: is/are there any legal implication if she decides to back out of the new offer, even though she already signed and submitted an offer letter. She is thinking of consulting a lawyer. 2 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by salford: 9:55pm On Mar 11, 2019 |
nkay1888:i dont knownmuch about micro, but a good place to start of will be alberta occ info. Also checking out on google bridging programs in alberta for microbiologists. 1 Like |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by TheCongo2: 10:13pm On Mar 11, 2019 |
salford: There is none. 6 Likes |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by salford: 10:14pm On Mar 11, 2019 |
TheCongo2:Thanks at theCongo. ![]() 1 Like |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by bellamafia: 10:17pm On Mar 11, 2019 |
nkay1888: Hey Nkay, i land calgary in May too. What date and airline are you using? I’ve been searching for a travel partner |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by SixSigma1(m): 1:56am On Mar 12, 2019 |
salford: TheCongo2: I am not a lawyer, but just like @TheCongo2 said, there is no legal implication to back out after accepting an offer. I have done so more than twice in the past in this Canada. However, my reason for backing out was not because I accepted counter offer from my then current employer but because I got multiple offers at the same time and the one I wanted the most came last. Just like you as an employee can back out after accepting an offer without any legal implications, so also can the employer withdraw an offer, for virtually any reason, after you have accepted it but before you start the job. The only reason they can not give to withdraw the job offer is for discriminatory reasons (e.g. gender, religion, race, age etc). However, no employer that is worth it salt will withdraw an offer for any reason except they are closing down. The reason for this is not far fetched. It does not speak well of them as words travel fast and nobody will want to work for such employer. Having said all of this and by virtual of my experience as a hiring manager, I will strongly suggest that your family member do not accept the current employer's counter offer. It never ends well most of the time (I will say 75% of the time). If the current employer values your family member they would have done the right thing without an offer from another employer. Any person in the know of how employers think when you tell them you are leaving them will never advice you to accept a counter offer from your current employer. Please note, this is by no means a rule not to accept counter offer but just a suggestion based on what I know and I have seen happened numerous time few months after counter offers are accepted. Your family member may however be one of the few exceptions that did not get burnt after accepting counter offer from current employer. Just take this into consideration before declining the current offer and accepting the counter offer. And by the way, what your family member should have done was that before letting the current employer know about the new offer, she should have talked to the current employer about her concerns and what she expected them to do about it. If they agree to do and do what she wants, then she says. Otherwise, she quits. But it is late now to adopt this strategy. Whatever she eventually decides to do, I wish her good luck and all the best! 67 Likes 14 Shares |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Afro24: 3:48am On Mar 12, 2019 |
Provincial Nominee. freshjayy: 1 Like |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by canadaman18: 4:15am On Mar 12, 2019 |
canadaman18: Alright Ive thought of a good first project . A while ago I had to develop a simple plagiarism detector. It compares two (text) files and computes a similarity percentage. This was all done in Plain Java now I want us to create a web application with a front end where users can upload two text files themselves and the app generates the plagiarism score. The source code for that is here While I work on creating our environment , feel free to take a look at the code and let me know if you have any questions e.g how the code works , choice of data structures etc.. I've tried to ensure the code is optimal from an algorithmic POV but of course suggestions to improve are welcome( I believe one way would be to use some ML to ensure better results but I think for our purpose this works) . NOTE : there are some simple text files and synonym file which I used as a test , feel free to update the synonyms file with more content and try out different text files. Again let me know if you find any bugs. In order to keep this thread from being derailed , let me know if you want to join by sending an e-mail to 'expressentrycoding@gmailDOTcom' There is a list of things I need to do to get us started ; Create an architecture diagram for the app Planning on hosting the code that computes the plagiarism score on an AWS lambda Host the front facing web app on AWS Set up a public repo where the project will be hosted and add Continuous Integration , Code quality check e.t.c Set up an Agile board where we can track progress Once all this is done , we'll divide what needs to be done based on areas of interest and pick our tech stack . Theres gonna be a lot of relatively simple front end stuff e.g home page, result page , error page so lots of learning opportunity. Theres also gonna be back end work to process the uploaded files. Not sure when Ill be done my part as Ill mostly only be working on it weekends but Ill let you guys know when that is . Cheers 17 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by salford1: 4:35am On Mar 12, 2019 |
SixSigma1:Thanks very much for this. She has decided to go with the new employer's offer after a thorough brainstorming with some of her colleagues in the industry.. She also realised her career will progress faster with the new employer as there are fewer ladders to climb to the top. I also told her about the loyalty angle that her relationship with her curremt manager might never be the same again if she had accepted the counter offer. I simply told her they likely find faults in her work and might look for a way to fustrate her out of the company. It is always good to go with statistics. Just as you mentioned, some will luck out and fall outside the bell curve i.e outside the 75%, but why take such a risk. 29 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Doctorfitz: 4:47am On Mar 12, 2019 |
Doctorfitz:. |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by SixSigma1(m): 6:11am On Mar 12, 2019 |
salford1: You are most welcome @salford1. You made a lot of valid points in your post as to why it is not encouraged to accept the counter offer from her current employer. There are also other valid points beyond those that you listed as to why counter offers should not be accepted but we do not need to go into those right now. I am very pleased to know that she is going with the new employer. Going with the new employers is the smart thing to do in this case. Good luck to her ![]() 8 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by salford1: 6:13am On Mar 12, 2019 |
SixSigma1:Thanks my brother ![]() |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Contumely: 6:38am On Mar 12, 2019 |
Folafikemi: A butterfly at times thinks itself a bird just because it flies. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by fizzile(m): 10:56am On Mar 12, 2019 |
Guys, can someone shed more lights on some hotspots for those in the environmental field. I have gone through some career information on eco canada but haven't really found some specific locations, hubs or hotspots for that field. Help out please. |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by laminaria(m): 1:26pm On Mar 12, 2019 |
For guys in Canada, especially in Calgary do you guys play football like Sat or Sunday. How do u cope playing football under minus degrees?I don’t want to lose my fitness biko. #FootballIsBae 1 Like |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by dustydee: 1:59pm On Mar 12, 2019 |
SixSigma1:Please kindly share so we can all learn. A friend recently accepted a counter offer and a promise of promotion and shortly after the environment became passively hostile. The promotion did not come at the end of the year as promised. The person was lucky to get another offer soon after and left. 7 Likes |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Blackbuddy: 2:31pm On Mar 12, 2019 |
salford: Hi salford, so sorry I came late to the party but as has been already confirmed to you, there is really no implication to rejecting the outside offer she got before resumption. People even resign just 1 week after starting a new job if it is not the right fit. But in this situation, I'd agree that I would not accept the offer from the current employer who are making a counter offer. They will never view you in the same light they did before and at the earliest opportunity, they will replace you with some one else. It appears they only need you to plug the gap your exit will create at this time but once they find someone else, you will be eased out, directly or indirectly. This is an assumption based on experience here please. Taking into consideration all the advice and experiences shared with you so far, I'd say it's safe to make a decision to move on and enjoy the new opportunity with good memories of the old one. 16 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by gabbytabby: 3:46pm On Mar 12, 2019 |
MissTobs:safety first |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by salford: 3:54pm On Mar 12, 2019 |
Blackbuddy:Thanks so much Blackbuddy. I really appreciate all the comments and advise. The person in question is actually my wife. One can't go astray by opening up and asking for directions. ![]() 31 Likes |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Santino1(m): 3:58pm On Mar 12, 2019 |
In a completely unrelated matter, if anyone is interested in seeing the Raptors-L.A. Lakers game on Thursday evening let me know as I have a spare ticket. 1 Like |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by CanadianNaija: 4:23pm On Mar 12, 2019 |
Afro24: Lol..funny read. I'll be landing single like you too when PPR finally comes, so this story resonated with me. I wish you luck in your new home. 5 Likes |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Blackbuddy: 4:34pm On Mar 12, 2019 |
Santino1: Oh, nice. Would have jumped at this but will be in Niagara for March break on Thursday. Hope you have a great time supporting our Raptors. 2 Likes
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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Santino1(m): 5:05pm On Mar 12, 2019 |
Blackbuddy: That's too bad. It would have been a great opportunity to meet the man, the myth, and the legend. I hope to get a ticket to one or two play-off games in April, I'll let you know in case you are still interested. Of course I'll be rooting for the Raptors because "We the North" plus I can't wait to see Kawhi Leonard go toe to toe with LeBron James. That should be exciting. Enjoy your vacation in Niagara. 4 Likes 2 Shares |
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