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转眼间，来到加拿大已经四个月了，上班也将近一个月了。回顾这段时间，和大多数新移民一样，有初来时的不适，也有改简历和准备面试的痛苦。从刚来时的对在加拿大找工作一无所知，到最后在短时间内找到了一份理想的专业工作，其中参加加京华侨服务处(OTTAWA CHINESE COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTRE)免费求职研习班使我受益非浅，得到了很大的帮助,获得了很多实用的信息.现在将自己的经验和感受写出来，回报大家。
1、好的简历是敲门砖。我来加之前，在国内有7年的跨国公司工作经验，也因工作需要在国外短期工作过。但如何将这些言简意赅，简洁有力地在自己简历里反映出来，以及这边写简历的模式，我在参加了求职研习班之前，并不清楚。在求职研习班讲过如何写简历之后，我知道了Qualification Highlights的重要性，并开始以这边写简历的方式开始写自己的简历，但还是脱不掉堆砌事实的习惯，再加上英语不是母语，简历写出来还是有些拖泥带水，不着要害。但经过求职研习班的讲师帮我一改，我的简历变得很有起色，尤其是Qualification Highlights简洁有力，一目了然，依照新的框架，我又重新充实了内容，最后我拿到的面试机会证明了这是一份成功地简历。在我的面试通知里，就说通过看你的Qualification Highlights，我们愿意给你安排一次面试。
2、面试是一次表演，需要精心排练。提到面试，刚开始真的非常紧张，一是对自己的英语缺乏信心，再有不了解这边面试如何安排会有哪些问题。听过求职研习班关于面试的课之后，对面试和面试中的一些通用的问题以及应该如何回答，大致做到了心中有数。但说起来容易做起来难，在求职研习班最后一节课，模拟面试的时候，我自己感觉自己10分钟的模拟面试很不理想，之后看录像，发现自己表情很僵硬，回答问题不是很有针对性。除了自己反复练习之外，再接到面试通知之后，我又专门和求职研习班的专家约了一次1小时的针对性练习，后来证明非常有效，练习中提到的一个问题，“如何更新自己的知识”，在面试中就被问到。在练习中我的回答很不理想，之后我想到应该给出一些知名期刊，这样就很能切中要害。如果不是在练习中提到，我肯定不会想到，也不可能去准备，和给出一个非常有针对性的答案。
3、还有什么资源你可以利用？除了免费求职研习班，我还利用了以下的资源：
• 大学：我在卡尔顿大学选修了一门研究生课程，这一点让面试者印象深刻，我认为他们可能觉得我很积极。
• 同学会：我参加了大学同学会，很幸运的碰到一位校友，帮我投了简历。
• The National Capital Region YMCA-YWCA Job Connect Program (Funded by the Government of Ontario): 他们提供一对一的就业咨询，并且提供资金支付你的一部分工资帮助你就业，我开始几个月的工资的一部分就是他们支付的。这个信息也是从免费求职研习班获得的。
在找工作过程中，多次听到这句话，“求职本身就是一份全职工作”，有时候觉得真是坚持就是胜利，当然还需要一些好运。希望我的经历对大家有用，祝大家好运！
How did I get a professional job at Ottawa in a short time
Time flies, I have been Canada for 4 months and started working about 1 month. Meanwhile I had same feeling of discomfort as most of new immigrants, and suffered pain when writing resume and preparing interview. At the beginning, I had no idea how to find a job in Canada, the free job hunting program given by Ottawa Chinese Community Service Centre provided me great help during the time of my job hunting. Now I would like to share my job hunting experiences with you.
1. Resume is the key to an interview. Before I came to Canada, I have about 7 years working experiences in international companies, and I have been sent to US and Sweden for short time work as well. However, I have no idea how people write resume here in Canada, and it is difficult for me to highlight my strengths in my resume in English. After I took the class of resume writing in the free job hunting program, I knew I could use Qualification Highlights to highlight my strengths, and I tried to write my resume in the way I learned from class. But because I am not a native speaker, I still feel it is hard for me to write my resume briefly and effectively. The lecturer of the free job hunting program helped me to revise my resume, especially for the qualification highlights. The interview I got proved that my resume is successful, and in the interview notification, they said “After we went through your qualification highlights, we would like to give you an interview”.
2. Interview is a drama, and you have to prepare it very carefully. As to the interview, I was very nervous at the beginning, one reason is the language, I am not quite confident with my English. On the other hand, I have no idea what kind of questions will I be asked for. In the class of interview in the free job hunting program, I learned the general questions and answers. The last class is a mock interview, I didn’t think I had done a good job for the 10 minutes mock interview. From the video took for my mock interview, I saw myself too nervous and didn’t hit the right nail on the head when answering questions. After that, I did a lot of practices. Before my interview, I made an appointment with the expert of World Skills for one hour long mock interview. In the mock interview, I was asked a question how to keep your knowledge updated, and I didn’t answer it very well. I figured it out after the mock interview that I should give some famous journals in my working field. This question was asked in my interview, and I gave a perfect answer.
3. What else could help? The following gave me great help as well:
• University: I took a graduate level course in Carleton University. This gave a deep impression to the interviewers, and they may think I am a quite active person.
• Schoolmate reunion: in my university schoolmate reunion, I met one schoolmate to help me hand in my resume.
• The National Capital Region YMCA-YWCA Job Connect Program (Funded by the Government of Ontario): They will assign a job counselor to you, and they can pay part of your salary in first several months to help you find a job. Part of my first several month salary was paid by them. I got this information from the free job hunting program.
When I was looking for a job, I heard many times that “looking for a job is a full-time job”. You persist in that, and with some good luck, your dream will become true. Hope my experiences are helpful, and good luck to everyone!
转眼间，来到加拿大已经四个月了，上班也将近一个月了。回顾这段时间，和大多数新移民一样，有初来时的不适，也有改简历和准备面试的痛苦。从刚来时的对在加拿大找工作一无所知，到最后在短时间内找到了一份理想的专业工作，其中参加加京华侨服务处(OTTAWA CHINESE COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTRE)免费求职研习班使我受益非浅，得到了很大的帮助,获得了很多实用的信息.现在将自己的经验和感受写出来，回报大家。
1、好的简历是敲门砖。我来加之前，在国内有7年的跨国公司工作经验，也因工作需要在国外短期工作过。但如何将这些言简意赅，简洁有力地在自己简历里反映出来，以及这边写简历的模式，我在参加了求职研习班之前，并不清楚。在求职研习班讲过如何写简历之后，我知道了Qualification Highlights的重要性，并开始以这边写简历的方式开始写自己的简历，但还是脱不掉堆砌事实的习惯，再加上英语不是母语，简历写出来还是有些拖泥带水，不着要害。但经过求职研习班的讲师帮我一改，我的简历变得很有起色，尤其是Qualification Highlights简洁有力，一目了然，依照新的框架，我又重新充实了内容，最后我拿到的面试机会证明了这是一份成功地简历。在我的面试通知里，就说通过看你的Qualification Highlights，我们愿意给你安排一次面试。
2、面试是一次表演，需要精心排练。提到面试，刚开始真的非常紧张，一是对自己的英语缺乏信心，再有不了解这边面试如何安排会有哪些问题。听过求职研习班关于面试的课之后，对面试和面试中的一些通用的问题以及应该如何回答，大致做到了心中有数。但说起来容易做起来难，在求职研习班最后一节课，模拟面试的时候，我自己感觉自己10分钟的模拟面试很不理想，之后看录像，发现自己表情很僵硬，回答问题不是很有针对性。除了自己反复练习之外，再接到面试通知之后，我又专门和求职研习班的专家约了一次1小时的针对性练习，后来证明非常有效，练习中提到的一个问题，“如何更新自己的知识”，在面试中就被问到。在练习中我的回答很不理想，之后我想到应该给出一些知名期刊，这样就很能切中要害。如果不是在练习中提到，我肯定不会想到，也不可能去准备，和给出一个非常有针对性的答案。
3、还有什么资源你可以利用？除了免费求职研习班，我还利用了以下的资源：
• 大学：我在卡尔顿大学选修了一门研究生课程，这一点让面试者印象深刻，我认为他们可能觉得我很积极。
• 同学会：我参加了大学同学会，很幸运的碰到一位校友，帮我投了简历。
• The National Capital Region YMCA-YWCA Job Connect Program (Funded by the Government of Ontario): 他们提供一对一的就业咨询，并且提供资金支付你的一部分工资帮助你就业，我开始几个月的工资的一部分就是他们支付的。这个信息也是从免费求职研习班获得的。
在找工作过程中，多次听到这句话，“求职本身就是一份全职工作”，有时候觉得真是坚持就是胜利，当然还需要一些好运。希望我的经历对大家有用，祝大家好运！
How did I get a professional job at Ottawa in a short time
Time flies, I have been Canada for 4 months and started working about 1 month. Meanwhile I had same feeling of discomfort as most of new immigrants, and suffered pain when writing resume and preparing interview. At the beginning, I had no idea how to find a job in Canada, the free job hunting program given by Ottawa Chinese Community Service Centre provided me great help during the time of my job hunting. Now I would like to share my job hunting experiences with you.
1. Resume is the key to an interview. Before I came to Canada, I have about 7 years working experiences in international companies, and I have been sent to US and Sweden for short time work as well. However, I have no idea how people write resume here in Canada, and it is difficult for me to highlight my strengths in my resume in English. After I took the class of resume writing in the free job hunting program, I knew I could use Qualification Highlights to highlight my strengths, and I tried to write my resume in the way I learned from class. But because I am not a native speaker, I still feel it is hard for me to write my resume briefly and effectively. The lecturer of the free job hunting program helped me to revise my resume, especially for the qualification highlights. The interview I got proved that my resume is successful, and in the interview notification, they said “After we went through your qualification highlights, we would like to give you an interview”.
2. Interview is a drama, and you have to prepare it very carefully. As to the interview, I was very nervous at the beginning, one reason is the language, I am not quite confident with my English. On the other hand, I have no idea what kind of questions will I be asked for. In the class of interview in the free job hunting program, I learned the general questions and answers. The last class is a mock interview, I didn’t think I had done a good job for the 10 minutes mock interview. From the video took for my mock interview, I saw myself too nervous and didn’t hit the right nail on the head when answering questions. After that, I did a lot of practices. Before my interview, I made an appointment with the expert of World Skills for one hour long mock interview. In the mock interview, I was asked a question how to keep your knowledge updated, and I didn’t answer it very well. I figured it out after the mock interview that I should give some famous journals in my working field. This question was asked in my interview, and I gave a perfect answer.
3. What else could help? The following gave me great help as well:
• University: I took a graduate level course in Carleton University. This gave a deep impression to the interviewers, and they may think I am a quite active person.
• Schoolmate reunion: in my university schoolmate reunion, I met one schoolmate to help me hand in my resume.
• The National Capital Region YMCA-YWCA Job Connect Program (Funded by the Government of Ontario): They will assign a job counselor to you, and they can pay part of your salary in first several months to help you find a job. Part of my first several month salary was paid by them. I got this information from the free job hunting program.
When I was looking for a job, I heard many times that “looking for a job is a full-time job”. You persist in that, and with some good luck, your dream will become true. Hope my experiences are helpful, and good luck to everyone!
