Sportsdude wrote:
thanks for the advice wyk, I've been trying to get a job within the geography department here. So far no luck. [P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"][SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA"]Yw, also do make use of your campus career centre ([A href="https://isweb.mala.bc.ca/CampusCareerCentre/main.asp?module=STUDENTS"]https://isweb.mala.bc.ca/CampusCareerCentre/main.asp?module=STUDENTS[/A]).[SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"] O[/SPAN]nce you get your student work visa (have to wait until February to apply--need to be at your college at least six months preceding the date of your work permit application--the first day of the term is the day to start from--not the day you arrived in Canada) they'll be able to get you going for a summer job if that is what you're planning.[SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"] [/SPAN]If you're planning to go back to Missouri and work for the summer, the work visa will really help when you return in September.[SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"] [/SPAN][?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /][o:p][/o:p][/SPAN]
[P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"][SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA"][o:p] [/o:p][/SPAN]
[P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"][SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA"]I wonder if your international status might be why you're not getting a job within the departments, as they might be hiring Canadian citizens/approved permanent residents first even though you're eligible right now to work on-campus without a work permit. If you're in real bad need of a job right now, the campus career centre can definitely help with that coz as long as the job is on campus you can get working anywhere just to get some money while you wait for the student work visa to be done.[SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"] T[/SPAN]he job might not be pretty (i.e., working in the cafeteria, etc.), but heck, it is money.[SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"] [/SPAN][/SPAN]
[P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"][SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA"][SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"][/SPAN][/SPAN]
[P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"][SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA"]Oh, before I forget if you do get an on-campus job and get paid before Dec. 31 this year, next year when the tax people come calling it can make things complicated as you will have to pay both the Canada and USA government taxes for the 2007 year, and there's a whole slew of paperwork.[SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"] [/SPAN]As long as you do not work in the USA during your student visa time it'll be easier doing the tax thing in subsequent years, but even if you do it still gets easier as most of the paperwork will be already on file.[/SPAN]
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[P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"][SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA"][SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA"][SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"]Okay, I've yabbered on enough. I've spent too much time in the post-secondary system I'm busting with lots of advice.
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