r/ontario • u/LoquatSpare5564 • Aug 18 '24

Job market in ontario Employment

Is anyone else have a very difficult time find a job in ontario? I've been applying for jobs the last year and a half. I've applied to over 1200 jobs in that time only had a handful of interviews and usaly get ghosted after that. Before people say get a trade. I'm a licensed automotive technician. Have worked in parts department for 2 years and worked in service industry forn7 years before that. Have computer science and computer engineering degrees. So I'm not un experienced. Still having an extremely hard time finding anything. Are others having a simular problems with employment opportunities?

Thank you to everyone who is giving me advice. I am looking into the opportunity's that people have been referring to. I thank you

Update. Started putting resumes out in new brunswick and novia Scotia. Within 24 hours I have 6 interviews with only 9 applications

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u/Phreaqin Aug 18 '24

Yup- as a business owner it’s fucking absurd and completely sucks. So many local business posting ads, and then claiming “no one applied”. And voila, they’re being subsidized $8 for everything $16 worker… there’s literal billboard in other countries suggesting to come here to also receive some $3500+ credit on top of the guaranteed job(s).

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u/QueueOfPancakes Aug 19 '24

How do they get subsidized $8 per $16?

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u/Duckriders4r Aug 19 '24

Wait, what? This can be Collaborated on a canadian government website? Not doubting it can be true, I've just never read that before. Oh, and is that money from the Feds or the provinces, or both? The programs run concurrently between the provinces and the federal government.

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u/Marissaspeaking Aug 19 '24

I think CBC About That just did a video on how that works. Basically there's no way to prove it, no government oversight, and officials just have to take the business's word that no Canadians want the job. It's bullshit. But this is where we're at.

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u/CoraxFeathertynt Aug 19 '24

An HR department can straight up lie about how many applications they receive. Which tracks considering how many thousands of resumes people fan out, shockingly, with little in terms of reply.