Canada has opened vacancies for Colombian citizens and does not require English to apply

Canada has opened vacancies for Colombian citizens and does not require English to apply

Day after day, many Colombians make the decision to emigrate to other countries to obtain a better quality of life and an work security The countries of Europe and North America were therefore the favorite territories.

An example of this is the data provided by the Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in March 2023, which shows that almost five million Colombians live outside the national territory, in countries such as the United States (25%), Spain (19%) and Venezuela (16%).

He Department of Immigration of Canada and the Public employment agency Sena They have joined forces to launch various attractive job offers with salaries that they describe as “juicy”. In this case, the province of Quebec, located in eastern Canada, requires Colombian high school graduates or technicians with verifiable carpentry experience.

People interested in accessing the offer do not need to know a second language (English), but they must learn French, which is consolidated as the official language of the city.

  1. The training that the future worker must have must be: baccalaureate, technician or technologist.
  2. Four years of certified experience in the carpentry sector.
  3. Availability of the job, since the opening hours are rotating.
  4. The monthly salary awarded is between six and eight million pesos.
  5. The contract can even be signed for a period of (3) years.
Reference photo of a man performing carpentry tasks.  Retrieved from: easycasa.ar - web portal
Reference photo of a man performing carpentry tasks. Retrieved from: easycasa.ar – web portal
  1. If you pass each of the filters to be employed in the country (tests or interviews), you can count on the support of the employer to complete the immigration procedures from the employer, who in turn could pay the travel costs.
  2. You can access help to find a house.
  3. Study a second language (French).
  4. The employee can extend their temporary work permit until permanent residence.
  • Access the web portal of the Public Employment Agency Sena: https://agenciapublicadeempleo.sena.edu.co/Paginas/Inicio.aspx
  • Go to the “Vacancy” option.
  • After selection, a map appears with international jobs, you must go to the one you prefer.
  • In this case, scroll to the end of the page and appear 213 vacancies in total; 100 in Germany, 1 in Mexico, 12 in Canada and 100 in Florida.
  • It is located Canada (Quebec) then a box appears with the performance area: “Operation of equipment, transport and professions”.
  • Where you can select the “carpenters” option.
  • When selecting, they will give you interesting information; salaries, date of application, number of candidates, etc.
  • When you click, a box appears with data related to the offer and the skills of the candidates.
  • When you read the relevant information, you will be able to access a application windowIf you don't have a username, you can apply easily on the web portal.
Information on the multilingual and multisectoral roundtable on employment which will take place on Tuesday July 11

On Tuesday, July 11, the Multilingual Employment Roundtable will be held at the premises of the Compensar de la 68 headquarters (Bogotá), in which more than 25 national and international companies will be present. offering nearly 1,500 vacancies.

The event will be hosted by the capital's investment promotion agency Investing in Bogotáwhich, thanks to the support of several allies, will organize the 11th edition of the Round Table on Employment which has so far contributed gather more than 50,000 job offers for the city's residents.

As specified by the agency, the meeting which will be held on Tuesday July 11 will bring together 25 companies that need human talent in areas focused on programming, software development, international client management, among others, to establish meaningful working relationships; with bilingual professionals in languages ​​such as: English, Portuguese, French, Japanese, German and Italian.

In collaboration with AmCham Colombia, the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce, Compensar and the Network of Binational Centers – integration between the Alliance Française, the British Council, the Colombian American Center, Colombian Japanese Education, the Goethe-Institut, the Brazil-Colombia Cultural Institute and the Italian Cultural Institute; the day of work intervention aimed at professionals various strategic sectors of the city's economy, such as:

  • Technology, BPO.
  • Hospitality and Tourism.
  • Creative industries.
  • Attention and business advice.
  • Among others.

Furthermore, Investing in Bogotá highlighted that the profiles most requested by national and international companies are those of insurance agents. call center, developers of software of all specialties, logistics coordinators and analysts, accountants, all with bilingual and/or trilingual skills.

It should be noted that regarding second language proficiency, the agency indicated that it is of vital importance in the professional field and can have a decisive effect on employment opportunities. It is for this reason that the meeting is aimed at professionals who use the use of another language as one of their skills.

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