Anoche nevó, así que lo de la primavera es todo una mentira de Harper para ilusionar a los inmigrantes y someterlos a un sistema de esclavitud basado en la esperanza de temperaturas más cálidas. Esto con Martin no pasaba. Los Tories son terribles.
De paso: Cambié la encuesta, por sin no lo vieron… No me hacen la gauchada y se dan una respuesta? Ayer entraron 37 tipos y contestó uno solo! Pilas viejo!
En el Post de “60 lucas…” hay una muy buena discusión acerca del tema en los comentarios. Les recomiendo darse una vuelta (por el post y por los comments) Si quieren, pueden opinar.
Pequeño ranking estúpido (pero como recién llego a la oficina y estoy medio fiaca…)
- Mis saludos a los sites que más direccionan lectores para este lado…
| Los Amado en Quebec | 356 |
| losmargeencanada.blogspot.com | 256 |
| caracasquebec.blogspot.com | 138 |
| vamospaquebec.blogspot.com | 97 |
Pero no se confíen por que se viene corriendo de atrás el blog de Meliser con muchas ganas de ser puntera.
- Una pregunta… Como puede ser que todavía reciba lectores desde un weblog que hace meses y meses que no se actualiza y encima avisa que ya no lo escriben más?
- Lo más leído…
01. Los Ziegler en Canada (7468)
02. Archivo Septiembre 2004 (167)
03. Archivo Octubre 2004 (156)
04. Archivo Abril 2005 (156)
05. Archivo noviembre 2004 (146)
O sea, se lee mucho acerca de lo que se hacía durante los trámites. Perfecto, estamos cumpliendo la misión entonces. Eso es bueno!
- Según el otro counter que tengo, la mayoría de los lectores (lejos) son de Canadá. No es loco? Hubiera pensado que lo leía más la gente de afuera que todavía está en etapa de trámites.
Ultima: El otro día salió en el diario la jeta de un sonriente inmigrante de Calgary con su cheque de 400 dólares (“Prosperity Check” o algo así) que el Gobierno de Alberta envío a cada hombre, mujer y niño de la Pcia. por que les sobra la guita (no etiendo por que no se la reparten entre ellos! Un político argentino a la derecha por favor) El artículo también decía que Alberta tenía alrededor de un 3% de desocupación y que en las ciudades como Calgary y Edmonton había mucha demanda de trabajadores (no calificados, por supuesto) Obviamente, y como contracara, se señalaban los problemas de infraestructura derivados de esto: falta de viviendas suficientes, falta de médicos suficientes en los Hospitales, etc. Aún así me parece que son muy buenas noticias y se viene viendo la tendencia desde hace algún tiempo largo. Me recuerda un mail que mandó Omar Baceski a la lista de Gatineau en Octubre de 2004 (“Subject: alguna data laboral de sistemas interesante” – Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 14:55:53 -0000) Allí transcribía un mail de un conocido de él desde Calgary que les paso aquí…
…… The fact that you speak English, French and Spanish is a very good factor. There are many companies in Canada that want to expand to Latin America, so your Spanish would be very useful. Also, companies in Canada’s Quebec province favour people who can speak French. The rest of Canada is English speaking, but knowledge of French would be good.
As for locations to live in, you will find that Ottawa is both a technology centre and a federal government centre (since it is the nation’s capital). If you are thinking of looking for work in the
federal government, your French knowledge will be an asset since there are some positions that mandate bilingual people.
The other two locations in Canada to consider are Toronto and Calgary. Toronto is the centre of economic activity in Canada, and is home to the largest number of head offices. Calgary is the centre of Canada’s energy industry, and has the second largest number of head offices. I am pointing out this head office count since our profession is typically one that is based out of a head office. For example, the IT
department would be located in a head office and manage the company’s branch plants from that location. Montreal is another location to think about, but it is a declining centre.
Another consideration for job prospects are the regions in Canada. There are some generalities that can describe a region and its job prospects. Canada’s regions are:
· Martimes (Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, PEI, New Brunswick) – Predominantly sea-based and natural resource industries. The whole are is economically depressed since the federal government has closed the fisheries due to over-fishing.
· Quebec – Canada’s French-speaking province. The province is home to diversified industries with the third-largest number of head offices in the country. Most of the industry is focused on Quebec,
with some larger companies doing business across Canada. The economic prospects are overshadowed by politics (and the talk of separation you may have heard about).
· Ontario – Canada’s manufacturing centre. A very prosperous province with good economic prospects. This is the province where Toronto is located.
· Prairies (Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta) – Calgary is located in Alberta, the most prosperous province in the country (due to the energy industry). The other two provinces are rural, heavily dependent on agriculture and have little promise for high-tech jobs.
· British Columbia – The westernmost province. It is a centre for start-ups and entrepreneurs mostly due to its lush climate and relaxed way of life. If you are an entrepreneur, this may be a
consideration. Otherwise, it operates in a branch-plant economy (except for forestry and mining, which are the local main industries). However, the provincial economy was hard hit from 15 years of
mismanagement by a series of poor provincial governments.
· Arctic – A very sparsely populated area with little in the way of an economy, except for federal government activities in the city of Yellowknife, and (believe it or not) a major diamond industry (the
third largest in the world behind South Africa and Russia!). The only reason to move to the arctic would be to manage the technology of the diamond mines (I know one person who did this, but moved back to BC since his wife did not want to leave her job in BC).
Another factor to consider is housing prices. In Canada there are two main types of living accommodations: condominium (either low-rise or high-rise apartment dwellings) or house. The pricing for these are heavily dependent on the area of the city you live in. There are “estate” areas where prices are significantly higher than dwellings in “middle-class” areas, which are themselves significantly higher than the areas we call “the wrong side of the tracks”. Myself, I live in an upper-middle class neighbourhood in a house with easy access to schools, shopping, public transportation and easy driving to the office. In Calgary, this type of house would cost about C$300,000 to purchase. In Toronto (actually, one of the outlying municipalities) a similar house would be about C$400,000 and in Vancouver (again, one of the outlying municipalities) about C$500,000.
Base annual salaries in Canada for networking professionals (based on the Robert Half 2004 Salary Guide):
· Network Architect – C$63k to C$91k
· Network Manager – C$63k to C$85k
· Network Engineer – C$58k to C$81k
· LAN Administrator – C$34k to C$61k
· LAN/WAN Administrator – C$43k to C$68k
· Telecom Manager – C$64k to C$83k
· Telecom Specialist C$51k to C$69k
These salaries would vary by +10-15% for a Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert certification. Salaries would also vary based on the city: Toronto: +3.8%, Calgary: +2.8%, Montreal: +0.2%, Ottawa:
-2.6%, Vancouver: -3.6%.
Ahora sí me despido hasta mañana.
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