This was on a while ago and I got knocked back because of experience they wanted atleast 2 yrs .It could be an opportuninty for some on this site .Anybody know anything about relocating to Canada companies experience etc .I wouldn’t mind doing it in the future ? I’ll cpy and paste just incase yous could be in luck .
Vacancy from Jobcentre Plus
Job No:
OPB/11647
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SOC Code:
8211
Wage
$67,000-$85,000 PER ANNUM
Hours
70 PER WEEK 15 OVER 21 DAYS, EVENINGS AND WEEKENDS
Location
CANADA, ALBERTA
Duration
Permanent
Date posted
12 October 2011
Closing date
01 October 2012
Pension details
No details held
Description
4 year contract. Must hold HGV Class 1 licence, able to pass a pre employment drugs test and have a clean police record to get work permit. Will pick up, deliver, load/unload sand or CO2 to facilitate on site operations. Responsible to transport and maintain equipment. Directed by senior operator/supervisor in regard to rigging in/out and job execution. Shared accommodation and meals provided. Travel costs to interview to be paid by worker. Travel costs to take up work paid by employer. UK employment legislation does not extend outside the UK. Employment terms and conditions to be agreed before accepting work abroad. Successful applicant to ensure employer provides correct work permits/visa before entering a non-EU/EEA country to take up work. Applicant should sign Working Time Regulation waiver agreement with employer as working over 48 hours.
How to apply
You can apply for this job by sending a CV/written application to Eugenie Mekenkamp at VRV Global Ltd, emekenkamp@vrv.ca.
Employer
Have a look on the ex pat forum taffy trucker has recently started there he has put a diary up.
Winseer am I missing something what did you expect the firm in Canada to do?
kr79:
Have a look on the ex pat forum taffy trucker has recently started there he has put a diary up.
Winseer am I missing something what did you expect the firm in Canada to do?
He probably launched one of his bitter attacks on the northern working man, droned on about wages and house prices in the north south divide and then explained how he would be the man for the job because he would work 5 hours a week and make the rest on benefits.
kr79:
Have a look on the ex pat forum taffy trucker has recently started there he has put a diary up.
Winseer am I missing something what did you expect the firm in Canada to do?
I ddn’t expect them to say “no” on account that I was not “well-heeled” enough not to be walking away from the bad debt that would have been my unsold house… I was expected to have paid my mortgage off essentially, which would require me having at least the cash available to do just that… What price I then sold it for would then be of no importance. I didn’t expect an employer in a far away land to essentially object to my cavalier attitude towards what to them was an overseas third party debt walkaway, something I would have thought should be none of their business…
I was quite happy to pay for a “holiday” over there to do the interviews etc. confident that my DRIVING background would see me through. Still, look on the bright side - I was rejected out of hand on the “equity” questions before I’d actually laid any money out setting up the interviews, etc.
If I’m ever to emigrate, it would have to be on the basis of actually being sponsored by the employer to the degree that they don’t give a ■■■■ if I don’t have a pot to ■■■■ in at the point of departure. That’s how most other immigrants over their short history got there after all! - If you can pay to get yourself on a boat, then bob’s your uncle - not subject to “credit checks” like all this modern bullcrap!
I’ve been offered a job by h&r and there was no mention of this. They pay for your flight to Canada you have to pay for your accommodation and driving lessons test etc. I believe a few years back they paid for this to but had so many leave they stopped. They say a figure of around 5k Canadian to see you through until your first pay day although someone who done it a while back posted on here or another forum he done it for about 3.5k by staying out of the bar and been a bit frugal where he ate etc.
USA, Canada and indeed most countries will knock anybody back for immigration who is not financially sound. The way they see it is that if your not financially independant then you may well become a liability to them in the future for state handouts.
Winseer:
I ddn’t expect them to say “no” on account that I was not “well-heeled” enough not to be walking away from the bad debt that would have been my unsold house… I was expected to have paid my mortgage off essentially, which would require me having at least the cash available to do just that… What price I then sold it for would then be of no importance. I didn’t expect an employer in a far away land to essentially object to my cavalier attitude towards what to them was an overseas third party debt walkaway, something I would have thought should be none of their business…
Sorry to hear that, could you not rent the house out and tell them you have sold it?
Was out in Canada in Jan this year. In going through Passport control I got asked 40 odd questions and when asked occupation said Truck driver, right away I was asked if i wanted to work in Cn i said no just on vacation visiting friends one of which was a trucker out there, again was asked and i said no… the guy then looked at me and said if i changed my mind just go to any gov immigration office and they would green card me without any problem, told the guy i had a 18 yr old son back home and the reply was oh ok well we’ll give him his green card too as you’ll get a job out here without any problem… plenty of work out there if you want it
No, because they actually did the credit check on me!
The credit score shows what you owe upon your house, and any other credit. In my case, the other credit was zero, but the mortgage being £35k above the value for properties of my postcode meant that they expected me to have at very least the £35k after I’d paid to get on the plane, etc.
I COULD have rented out the place IF I could have got past the “not having enough cash in hand to pay the negative equity” bit. Chicken and the egg situation, as the income from renting was irrelevant UNTIL I’d crossed the atlantic, and I couldn’t qualify UNTIL I’d demonstrated that I was good for all outstanding debts before leaving the UK. Having a guaranteed well-paid job lined up and some rental income later didn’t cut it apparently. The employer was happy, the Canadian immigration authorities were not. By the time I’ve paid my mortgage off, I’ll probably be too old to feel like emmigrating anyways.
That is a shame, I was in negative equity myself in the 1990s and it is a bit of a trap. Eventually I came out of it though and I suppose you will too in another few years especially if you keep paying the mortgage down.
I have high hopes that Boris Island gets built, and the heathrow extension is binned to allow that to take place.
An airport in North Kent would double the differential value of my house by the time it’s built I reckons, not to mention decent hauliers like Saints opening up a depot in my back yard, and I’d be able to overpay the mortgage off my back in double quick time from all those meaty earnings - A job worth going back to full time for you might say!
We have noticed our mortgage is falling rapidly since the interest rate fell like a stone and should be paid off a few years early. Our mortgage is always .5% above base rate
