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hondaicivic
Joined: 01 Jul 2010
Location: Daegu, South Korea
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| Jane wrote: |
I still remember in the early 2000s when women in Korea were marrying 'foreigners' to get a greencard. Not that I'm saying her motives are particularly for the same reasons.
I don't see much opportunity in Canada at the moment, from talking to people living there. A job coach I spoke to in Canada said it takes 6-9 months for a normal job search these days. And that's if you are qualified and have experience. |
A significant number of them still do. It's worse over in China and other southeast asian countries. |
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brento1138
Joined: 17 Nov 2004
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| Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 5:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Jane wrote: |
| I still remember in the early 2000s when women in Korea were marrying 'foreigners' to get a greencard. |
Now it's the other way around.  |
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mellow-d
Joined: 07 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 7:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Hahaha...I'm not a lesbian so I'm pretty sure she's not out to weasel a greencard out of me. |
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Weigookin74
Joined: 26 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 8:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Jane wrote: |
I still remember in the early 2000s when women in Korea were marrying 'foreigners' to get a greencard. Not that I'm saying her motives are particularly for the same reasons.
I don't see much opportunity in Canada at the moment, from talking to people living there. A job coach I spoke to in Canada said it takes 6-9 months for a normal job search these days. And that's if you are qualified and have experience. |
That recently? They sure don't seem to now. At least not from what I see, but maybe a little bit. |
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jvalmer
Joined: 06 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 9:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Weigookin74 wrote: |
| Jane wrote: |
I still remember in the early 2000s when women in Korea were marrying 'foreigners' to get a greencard. Not that I'm saying her motives are particularly for the same reasons.
I don't see much opportunity in Canada at the moment, from talking to people living there. A job coach I spoke to in Canada said it takes 6-9 months for a normal job search these days. And that's if you are qualified and have experience. |
That recently? They sure don't seem to now. At least not from what I see, but maybe a little bit. |
Maybe the early 90's. |
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GoldMember
Joined: 24 Oct 2006
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| Easy. Jump on a boat, burn all of your documents and then claim you are a refugee from (insert cesspool of a country name), then she won't need a job. She'll get free housing and welfare for the rest of her life. Another method is to arrive in a shipping container. |
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Hugo85
Joined: 27 Aug 2010
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| Can she apply to work at the Korean consulate in Montreal? I don't think many of them there speak Korean, English and French. |
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Trinny
Joined: 01 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Fri May 20, 2011 5:08 pm Post subject: |
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Getting a job won't be really easy. I think if she gets a training in health care, she may have a better chance of finding employment (i.e. retirement homes, nursing homes). What else is there? Doing translation for Korean immigration lawyers, private tutoring English/French for Korean immigrants, working in retail sector, volunteer work (if she doesn't have to work).
Make sure to pass Canadian government language test to get CCC/CCC across the board, if she want to work in public sector and get her education accredited. |
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somethingawful
Joined: 26 Nov 2008
Location: Daejeon
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| Posted: Sun May 22, 2011 5:47 am Post subject: |
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Getting any kind of work in Canada that relies on one's expertise in the Korean language is pretty much impossible. There have been Korean immigrants coming here for years with the same idea so any of the few positions available will be extremely difficult to get. Another factor is the relatively low priority in Canada of accommodating people who speak Korean. If it isn't English, French or Mandarin then there isn't much of a demand for it.
Honestly, in Canada, if it isn't one of the three big languages, the general consensus is "Learn English", which sucks for people trying to get some manner of Korean related employment.. Like was mentioned before, it's going to either be retail/service industry or maybe tutoring elderly Koreans in English or Korean born Canadians Korean. |
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