Calling Canada!
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- FallowDeer
OK so im planning on moving to Canada in the next few months, so I thought I would ask any qbn peeps whats the job front like in toronto for graphic / web?
Any bits of advice would be great!
- brandelec0
make sure to dial 1 first
- FallowDeer0
Anything else?
- Tungsten0
That other thread really had an impact on you didn't it?
- Tungsten0
have you worked out your Visa situation yet?
- brandelec0
lots of jobs out here, also lots of applicants. where are you coming from? have you been out here before?
- No never been Canada, my friend has just moved to VancouverFallowDeer
- what the? i thought this bugged out, oh wellbrandelec
- Corvo20
It's a wide expanse of land, full of bears. You go ahead and report to this very same thread. Thanks.
- FallowDeer0
Yeah im onto it at the moment, doing the police checks and getting health reports as well
- brandelec0
have you been before? where are you coming from?
lots of jobs out here i think, but also lots of people looking. wish you the best!
- brandelec0
try out vancouver!
- Or Toronto or MontrealTungsten
- I think those are the main 3 destinations, kinda looking for a life change really, which one would be most inspiring?FallowDeer
- big city, toronto
art city, montreal
good weed, vancouverbrandelec - Don't! it's hard enough to find jobs here already! chicks here are easy tho lolpango
- FallowDeer0
Yeah my friend has just moved there, he is freelancing at the moment, which is an option, but just wondering if any permanent positions are available or come up often?
- canuck0
Don't come now it is very cold, and you will want to leave back to Manchester asap. Wait until at least May.
- -29 in Toronto tonight.Tungsten
- holly shit!!
what about rain, surely it cant rain more than here?FallowDeer - I bet Vancouver rains as much as ManchesterTungsten
- It was very wet last year. But usually it's not too bad in Toronto.canuck
- Spring = rain
Summer = rain
autumn = rain
Winter = Snowpango - i'm talking about vancouver of course.pango
- Yeah, I was going to say that it really doesn't rain as much in Toronto.Jaline
- I have a friend from Manchester in Van and he reports that it rains much less.danthon
- opps rains less in Van than Manchesterdanthon
- FallowDeer0
Where would be the best place to live?
Vancouver, Toronto or Montreal?- It's more "where am I likely to get a job". 1. Toronto, 2. Vancouver 3. Montreal (helps if you know french)canuck
- Don't forget Calgary! Also nice place.canuck
- hadnt picked that up, thanks for the heads up, will check it out!FallowDeer
- gf knows some French, but ill have to learnFallowDeer
- sikma0
visit us in the spring.
if you want to know what a vancouver winter is like listen to some "Skinny Puppy"
- brandelec0
do you like outdoors stuff? if so, go to bc, no contest
- sikma0
Montreal - culture
Toronto - business
Vancouver - outdoors- Cheers sikma, I think im kinda swayed by the culture element although looking at my friends photos in Vancouver it looks amazing!FallowDeer
- AMAZING!FallowDeer
- Toronto also has culture.Jaline
- Yes, Toronto has tons of culture.Tungsten
- FallowDeer0
Also I think thats why we are picking Toronto first, as it has more jobs?
- Also thinking July would be a good time to come then?FallowDeer
- pango0
ya beach and skiing are like 25 to 40 mins away
- sikma0
July would be a good time to visit....but do keep in mind the winters can be brutal.
Do you know French? Keep that in mind for Montreal....