Buckley Search Inc.
Buckley Search Inc.
Telephone :
in Toronto (416) 865-0695
or Toll-free in North America : 1 (866) 996-9984 or After
Regular Hours Voicemail:
(905) 399-3274
Please Email
your requests in confidence to:
kevin@buckleysearch.com
or
anna@buckleysearch.com
Candidates
About Us
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Priority
Searches I
Industry Education
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Freight Career Paths
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Customs Career Paths I
Logistics Career Paths
The following
links are a starting point to familiarize yourself with the many organizations
and websites that assist you in orienting yourself to the resources, facilities
and programs available for newcomers to the GTA. Foreign-trained professionals
and trades people are encouraged to review these sites to help in planning their
job-search.
If you are in freight
forwarding or ocean/airfreight logistics, see this page for the most up-to-date
listing of Freight Forwarders, Customs Brokers and Steamship Company Websites in
Canada on the Internet:
http://freightcustoms.com
One of the key areas of focus for people for whom English is a second language
is to have their English skills assessed by accredited ESL (English as a Second
Language) teachers. There are links below to connect you to the organizations
that provide Assessment services.
It is also helpful when you are in a new country to connect with cultural
associations that speak your language and can identify with your concerns. They
also serve as a strong link to the expatriate business community to help
facilitate your job-search in unfamiliar surroundings. See the links below for
more information.
Distances in Toronto require a clear understanding of the time required to
commute to your new job. Use
Mapquest to
determine the time and distance between your home and your prospective place of
employment.
Use
Google
to research industries, associations and trade councils or chambers of commerce.
The Human Resources Development Canada Resources for
Newcomers government ministry provides Employment
Resources Centres throughout the GTA which offer physical locations and services
to assist in the job-search process. See the 211Toronto.ca link below.
Ontario Ministry of Citizenship & Immigration Newcomer Resources:
- Ontario Regional programs and services
Ontario Employment & Workplace Standards: Ontario Ministry
of Labour regulations governing Hours of Work, Vacation time/pay, Public
Holidays, Minimum Wage, Overtime, Pregnancy and Parental Leave, Termination &
Layoff, Severance Pay, Pay Administration, Benefits Plans, Complaints Handling
To connect with recruiters that are specialists in working with foreign-trained
professionals, please see:
http://www.jobsearchguide.ca/
Some useful sites with recruiters and job boards:
Job Seekers Directory I
http://kevinbuckleycpc.com I
Mediacorp
online
Newcomers are sometimes surprised to find that their overseas experience
is not valued as highly by employers as candidates who have well-established
local experience. Recruiters are hired by employers to find and refer people
with specific training, experience and skills. If the employer insists on
certain local experience, contacts and business reputation in the candidates
they want to hire, recruiters must abide by the clients' wishes. No recruiter is
allowed to charge money in Canada for representing you. There are Consultants
who will charge a fee for a specific self-marketing program, generally they are
classed as Outplacement Consultants and identify themselves as such.
Directory
of Canadian Recruiters:
an on-line list
of links to recruiters in many different disciplines in Canada
For more information about working with Recruiters in Canada please see:
Recruiters- What To Look For
http://www.skillsforhire.org:
SkillsforHire
connects internationally trained professionals with Canadian employers
Canadian
Society of Immigration Consultants:
Newly formed agency regulating Immigrant
Consultant sector
http://211toronto.ca/index.jsp: An excellent site with extensive resources and links, including detailed information about Employment, Education and Training Services
http://211toronto.ca/fs_eet.jsp: This
link provides information about Employment Assessment and Resources centres -
physical facilities available for use by the job-seeker by region of the GTA.
http://www.settlement.org :
An excellent site for newcomers
providing information about Employment, Social and Community programs available,
including an Ontario government forms downloading service
http://www.costi.org:
Provides
educational, social and employment services to help all newcomers in the greater
Toronto area
http://www.costi.org/abtcosti/centre_cal_for.htm:
Centre for Foreign-Trained Professionals and
Tradespeople
Toronto's Virtual Employment Resource Centre: provides free job search resources and a wealth of information, links and useful tools for the Toronto job seeker. Job Start Works: Jobstart, another excellent site for newcomers
http://relocatecanada.com/mississauga/cultural.html: Cultural Associations links for newcomers from around the world - categorized by country of origin
http://www.language.ca/assess/on.html: Language Assessment Centres in Ontario. The Assessment Centres employ certified CLB assessors to administer the Canadian Language Benchmarks Assessment, the new Canadian Language Benchmarks Placement Test, and the Canadian Language Benchmarks Literacy Assessment.
http://www.salaryexpert.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=Home.Dsp_HomePage: SalaryExpert.com – salary ranges for a wide range of occupations in the GTA area
Specific Job-Search
Techniques and Tips
Job Search Resources - Getting Started:
http://jobsearchguide.ca
/
http://kevinbuckleycpc.com
kevin@buckleysearch.com
anna@buckleysearch.com
Tel: (416) 865-0695 toll-free 1 (866) 996-9984
The following information provides Tips on Self-Marketing
and outlines the various directories, associations, publications
and other resources available for review in making direct
approaches to potential employers. The Internet is full of links to useful
sites. Use Google or other search engines to best effect
to identify exactly what you want for your job search.
Recruitment firms:
The Riley
Guide - Canadian Job Search Resources section
Recruitment firms are limited by what their clients will
accept. Recruiters are used by employers to source the best-qualified people for
a particular opening. In the Freight, Customs and Logistics sector, employers
generally demand to see candidates who have well-established contacts, specific
Canadian-based experience and a recognized industry reputation in the
marketplace. Their demand is a logical one. In their view, they do not wish to
pay a recruitment fee for people who don't have the local experience required.
Recruiters often encounter this problem when trying to represent people for
position openings who don't have local experience. Recruitment firms are paid by
the client-employer.
Step-by-Step Self-Marketing Plan
Gather your Resources: See
http://kevinbuckleycpc.com for links to
many articles on job search that accompany the following.
Review the publications and on-line resources which follow these Tips and create
a list of emails and URLs/web addresses of sites you want to review.
Some of these sites should include:
- Review
Association Websites
in a specific industry sector as these often contain the
names of industry member companies
- When you are reviewing an Association website, look for the Member's Directory
as this will list company names
- Internet Recruiter Directory websites - this page in our
Job Search
Guide is a good place to start to identify recruiters
active in your industry
- McGill University has an excellent .pdf that provides updated links to
research
Industry
Sectors in Canada
- The Canadian government has a Job Bank portal which lists
Jobs across Canada
- Other resources could include Chambers of Commerce, Industry Trade Journals
and Publications which are often
found in the Links area of an Association's website
- Salary averages in hundreds of different positions and companies - an
excellent site for research
http://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/toronto-salary-SRCH_IL.0,7_IM976.htm
Do Research on the Internet:
To obtain names and contact information visit the
websites of companies and click on their 'Contacts' or 'Locations'
or 'About Us' or 'Offices' pages. Some companies still list names and emails of
hiring managers in one of these sections
of their site.
Concentrate on those Companies who can
utilize your Experience:
If your experience is in the Far East for example,
approach those companies which are active in Asian trade-lanes -
forwarders, steamship companies, importers/exporters, trading
companies.
Find out if there is a local Chamber of Commerce or Trade
Commission for bi-lateral trade between Canada and your home
country.
Sometimes these organizations will be aware of native-language
newspapers or job-board resources which you can investigate.
Ensure that your Resume is error-free:
If English is your second language, have it reviewed by
someone who is fluent in English to ensure that the text is clear
and there are no mistakes in spelling, grammar or sentence
construction. The same applies to any cover letter which you
might wish to include.
Brief, concise and focused are the keywords in an e-resume; avoid lengthy
descriptions and stick to bullet points that are easily
read and have been polished to eliminate unnecessary words. You don't need to
tell the reader your life story.
Use a business-like email address that includes your name
for ready identification in an Inbox:
Also, since you have an email address, be
sure to note this in your resume and make the link active for people to follow
up with you.
Avoid using an unusual/funny/silly/strange or otherwise un-businesslike tag for
your email address. The person who has an email
tag like weirdman13@xxx.com isn't going to get many replies! If necessary,
create a separate email account just for job search and
make certain that it identifies you by name. This makes it easier to find you in
a list of hundreds of emails received.
Send your Resume to the right Hiring Authority:
If your background is sales & marketing, send your
resume to the Sales Manager or Director of Sales. If your
background is export operations, send it to the Export Manager,
and so on. For the best result, send your resume to the person
who would logically be involved in making a hiring decision for
your experience level.
Research and verify the Spelling of the Hiring
Authority's name:
It is more effective to send your resume to an actual person. We strongly recommend that you take
the time to research the right name and position title of the intended recipient of
your resume. Google search terms example: controller+toronto will bring up
results
that include those search terms in the results. Search terms that include
company/location/title will tend to identify the person who is in
that company, that city and that job. Another method is to use the universal '@'
sign to identify potential contacts in a company, and add the location: '@ibm.com
Mississauga'. Experiment, search terms when used properly are powerful tools to
identify information.
Use a site like Linkedin to quickly search for contacts in a given company or at
a certain position level. This is our company profile
to access:
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Use the Company search and refine your terms.
For more information on using this type of social media, see the
article we have written to introduce the Linkedin resources:
Tips For Using Linkedin Features & Resources
http://kevinbuckleycpc.com
Create a generic email message
in your Drafts folder:
A carefully composed standard message that can be easily modified and tailored
to different positions is very useful to have
to copy/paste. Insert telephone contacts and how you can be reached at the top
of the message.
Make your Email message count - say why you are writing:
Busy executives dislike having to guess why someone is
writing because the sender left the message blank and just attached a resume. If
you have gone to the trouble of sending someone an email, you need to ensure
that you include:
- An attachment in one of the following standard formats: .doc - .txt - .rtf - .pdf.
Avoid .wps or .wpd or unusual file formats
- A Subject line that says why you are writing - do not leave this area blank
- An attachment that clearly identifies who you are: save it in your own name -
don't put resume.doc because it makes you
hard to identify from dozens of icons on the desktop
- Your telephone numbers at the top of the text of your email message - home and
cel - make it easy to reach you
- A pasted .txt copy of your resume below the text of your email message - even
if you include an attachment
- Standard fonts in your resume - times new roman, courier, arial, tahoma are
all easy to read - avoid strange colours
- Keep it professional - avoid cute icons, emoticons and footer banners that
distract from your message
Make your Email message brief
and focused:
Busy executives dislike having to scroll through a
long email message to get to the core of the message. State your objective
clearly and briefly in a few sentences - edit and re-edit. Make sure the Subject
header clearly expresses your objective. Tell the reader that
you are available at their convenience or a message can be left at a given
telephone number.
Ask for the Executive's opinion of your experience:
People like to give their opinions. Rather than
request a meeting, ask for the recipient's comments on your
resume and experience.
Asking to set up a meeting without having established a basis for interest is
usually not very productive.
