Hello internet.
I don’t know if I ever bothered the About me section of this blog but here’s a few tidbits. I live in Vancouver and am a web/software developer. I’m originally from Thunder Bay, Ontario as is my girlfriend Brianna. She moved to Vancouver with me but has had a hard time finding a good job. She’s never had trouble with this before. From talking to people I get the sense that the job market isn’t so hot in Vancouver if you’re not part of certain in-demand professions. There are, however, jobs out there but it seems you just might need to be as loud as possible to stand out from the crowd.
In an attempt to help I did the only thing I know how to do: make a website. I enjoyed designing this as I haven’t done much design lately. Hopefully he helps!
As someone who has suffered a recent layoff and is subsequently job hunting, I can safely say it is very, very hard to find a job in Vancouver. I am more or less a native of this city, and have been in my profession for 15 years, and I am not getting any results. However…..I did manage to get a job in Victoria so we are outta here pretty soon. One it of advice if Brianna is still job hunting….the address on your resume. It seems that companies aren’t interested in people who live outside the general vicinity. For instance, we live in Richmond. I was getting such terrible response (looking for work in Vancouver, Burnaby and New West)that I changed the address on my resume to Kits, just for fun. Got a call that afternoon. Irrelevant to me now, as the island is the new game plan, but you get my point. Good luck with the job hunt!
Comment by Sarah — August 7, 2011 @ 3:38 am
Thanks Sarah. Still no luck here. We have a Mount Pleasant address so I don’t think it’s that. We might have to consider leaving as well. I’m always up for a change anyway
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Comment by Ryan Bosinger — August 7, 2011 @ 1:57 pm
did you lose your wallet?
james
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Comment by james — December 29, 2011 @ 5:53 pm