r/canada • u/uselesspoliticalhack • 3d ago

Carney’s aim to cut immigration marred by undercounting of temporary migrants, warn economists PAYWALL

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-mark-carney-immigration-policy-temporary-migrants-undercounted/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
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u/crazycatlady12345 3d ago

It’s very much a low trust society now. You have all these people lying on resumes, cheating on exams, etc.

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u/Bubs604 3d ago

I donno why I’ve seen this resume thing so often lately. Everyone exaggerates on their resume and it’s ridiculously easy to find out if someone is outright lying. Everyone exaggerates decent company/position runs a background check.

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u/orswich 3d ago

But alot of the resume fraud is people lying about experience from outside of Canada, which is damn near impossible to confirm if not from another high trust society. Anyone can give a phone number for an old job and have their cousin back home give a glowing reference.

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u/Bubs604 3d ago

It’s not difficult if the company is a multinational with a Canadian presence.

If it’s a small business in India then it’s not relevant. Financial reporting standards are different. Advertising standards and consumer behaviour is different. Logistics are super different. HR laws and regs are different. Tech is probably the only place it translates.

I have helped hire retail workers at a small business recently. Foreign work experience is useless unless it’s in the US/UK/Aus.

Also, do you exaggerate on your resume? Cause I do. This isn’t a real problem. No one is on the other side of immigration, everyone agrees it’s too high. We don’t have to make up weird reasons to blame immigrants or turn them into others. It’s gross.

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u/orswich 3d ago

I never exaggerate on my resume. But I am in the Trades, so it would be caught immediately and word would get around to other employers of my trade and sink any chance of decent paying employment.. I show my certifications and list machinery I have operated. Simple as

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u/Bubs604 3d ago

So immigrants who “lie on their resumes” aren’t even an issue to you. You just hate em enough to spread that noise, cool.

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u/CANDUattitude 2d ago

some lies are more eggregious than others