Job search as a new Immigrant
On several requests from my friends, I am penning down my immigration story from India to Canada. This blog is focused more towards job search strategies. My wife, Pooja and I landed in Toronto on Sept 13th, 2018 and both of us started our permanent jobs in October, 2018 in our respective profiles. Pooja and I had first thought of immigrating back in July 2017 and since then it was never looking back. After several considerations, we finalized Canada and gave our IELTS exam. With a bit of preparation and luck, I got beyond the golden score of 8777 LRWS in first attempt and then it was just about document collection, submission and waiting for our Permanent Residency approval. After getting it, we took 3 months break to travel South East Asia for a month and spend rest of the time traveling and living with our family and friends in India. In July 2018, we booked our tickets for Sept 13th from Bengaluru to Toronto as this was the most common entry point for immigrants. In August,