Did you ever take a year or two off to raise your kids and realize that technology has evolved and not sure where to start? Just graduate from a school and not sure how to land a job? Or moving to a new country and unsure where to go?
Here’s some advice for you coming into Canada or the US that might help:
For those re-joining the workforce:
There’s a lot of restart programs for those coming back into IT. IT jobs are highly sought after. Do a google search for the larger companies (Dell, HP, Cisco, IBM, etc.) with words like “career restart” “career re-entry” will yield a lot of useful sites:
examples from a 5 second search:
If those aren’t the companies you’re looking for, and you’re having trouble – you can always use these as stepping stones to get back into your final destination. Sometimes a journey to your final destination requires more than one step 😉
For those New to Tech:
You can do the same search with “graduates” and your favorite company. A lot of these include graduate programs that take those new to school and give them more advanced training into IT and the workforce. Take a similar search as above with graduate and you can find a lot of special career websites.
For those going into a new Country:
There are company, schools and government programs to help you enter into tech jobs.
I am a mentor at TRIEC (https://triec.ca/) – which is the Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council. This is a free service to help those come into the country and map you to a mentor to help you adapt to the Canadian workforce, get you used to the norms, etc. How to speak up to your manager, how to request or speak to superiors without upsetting or impacting your image, etc.
Also, there’s schools and universities (See my other blogs) like Humber and Ryerson (which I actively support) that help with specialized education and work with employers to help land a position in prestigious companies.
There’s a lot of resources already existing that employers fund to get you started or back into your IT career. A quick search in Google will help provide a lot of info! If you have sites that are useful, let me know and I’ll update the site to help others!
Good luck and stay safe,
Rick
Rick@ITJob.coach
ITJob.Coach 