本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛First of all, I have to say that I got a professinal job in government with this program. In fact, I got 3 offers(two of them are from other companies) in 3 days before I finished my 4-month internship.
This program has two advantages over the other CO-OP program:
1. After you become an intern, you can get $1500 per month as stipend.
2. The host organizations in this program are some big organizations, such as:
Company: IBM, BELL, P & G, Motorola……
Bank: CIBC, TD, BMO……
College: Seneca, Humber ……
Government: City of Toronto, City of Markham……
For the list of their host organizations, you can visit their website: www.CareerBridge.ca
As a new comer, we have no way to approach to those big organizations before. Now this program provides us such a way working with them and chances are you might get an offer from them after you finish your internship. Actually, I attended the first phase program with 51 positions. After the internship, 17 interns got offers and 33 interns got extension with their internship from 3 to 8 months.
To attend the program, you have to register on their website and pass an english test with reading, writing, listening and speaking. You have to read an article in terms of this program and write something based on that, and then you have the chance to talk with their consultant and listen to some piece of CBC news regarding the program and answer some questions. Don’t worry about that, I’m only LINC 4 level. If you pass the test, you can get a password to approach some intern opportunities posted on their website. If you find the intern suitable for you, you can apply for it with the website. After you pass the interview from the host organization, you would be an intern and you can attend a special workshop intruducing Canadian work environment. It is fairly helpful.
My background is IT and I have landed Toronto over 1 year. Before I attended this program I did the same way as the others to hunt a job. Even I went to some training school (such as the new concept school etc.) to take some courses hoping to get some refrence, but in fact, after I paid lots of money, I realized it’s useless and I would be a loser. I’ve got some interviews from agencies or companies, but I failed with all of them. I don’t know the reasons but I guess that’s due to my English., my Chinese style English. By chance and fortunatelly, I attended the program, passed the tested and the interview. Only after 2-3 months working with a totally english environment, I felt I was much more confident than before. Because I was not sure if I could get a position at my host organization, so I started sending resume outside to apply for some positions. Finally, I got two interviews and led to two offers in two days. At the third day, I got another offer, what I’m doing now, from my host organization. Based on my experience, for new comers, the most important issues for jot-hunting are:
1.Canadian work experience working with an organization or company with good reputation
2. English skills
3. Technical skills更多精彩文章及讨论,请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net
This program has two advantages over the other CO-OP program:
1. After you become an intern, you can get $1500 per month as stipend.
2. The host organizations in this program are some big organizations, such as:
Company: IBM, BELL, P & G, Motorola……
Bank: CIBC, TD, BMO……
College: Seneca, Humber ……
Government: City of Toronto, City of Markham……
For the list of their host organizations, you can visit their website: www.CareerBridge.ca
As a new comer, we have no way to approach to those big organizations before. Now this program provides us such a way working with them and chances are you might get an offer from them after you finish your internship. Actually, I attended the first phase program with 51 positions. After the internship, 17 interns got offers and 33 interns got extension with their internship from 3 to 8 months.
To attend the program, you have to register on their website and pass an english test with reading, writing, listening and speaking. You have to read an article in terms of this program and write something based on that, and then you have the chance to talk with their consultant and listen to some piece of CBC news regarding the program and answer some questions. Don’t worry about that, I’m only LINC 4 level. If you pass the test, you can get a password to approach some intern opportunities posted on their website. If you find the intern suitable for you, you can apply for it with the website. After you pass the interview from the host organization, you would be an intern and you can attend a special workshop intruducing Canadian work environment. It is fairly helpful.
My background is IT and I have landed Toronto over 1 year. Before I attended this program I did the same way as the others to hunt a job. Even I went to some training school (such as the new concept school etc.) to take some courses hoping to get some refrence, but in fact, after I paid lots of money, I realized it’s useless and I would be a loser. I’ve got some interviews from agencies or companies, but I failed with all of them. I don’t know the reasons but I guess that’s due to my English., my Chinese style English. By chance and fortunatelly, I attended the program, passed the tested and the interview. Only after 2-3 months working with a totally english environment, I felt I was much more confident than before. Because I was not sure if I could get a position at my host organization, so I started sending resume outside to apply for some positions. Finally, I got two interviews and led to two offers in two days. At the third day, I got another offer, what I’m doing now, from my host organization. Based on my experience, for new comers, the most important issues for jot-hunting are:
1.Canadian work experience working with an organization or company with good reputation
2. English skills
3. Technical skills更多精彩文章及讨论,请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net