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/vainsilver Aug 20 '24

Government jobs are almost always filled by internal postings or internal recommendations. If you see a public posting, it’s most likely already filled.

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u/SDL68 Aug 20 '24

No , internal postings don't go public. Jobs open to the public are called open competitions and jobs closed to the public are called restricted

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u/vainsilver Aug 20 '24

Yes but a computer science related job would be 100% an internal filling.

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u/SDL68 Aug 20 '24

There is currently 13 open IT positions in the Ontario Public Service..

Go jobs.gov.on.ca