Desi News Corp - Index

Desi News Corp - Desi News - April 2009 - Index

Looking for a job?
You’ll find many of these
websites useful:
• • www www.hotjobs.ca
www .hotjobs.ca
• • www www.employcanada.com
www .employcanada.com
• • www www.monster
www .monster
.monster.ca
.monster .ca
• • www www.canjobs.com
www .canjobs.com
• • www www.careerexchange.com
www www.careerexchange.com
.careerexchange.com
• • www www.jobboom.com
www .jobboom.com
• • www www.workopolis.com
www .workopolis.com
Search federal government’s
Employment Centres
by province or territory, city
or town, or postal code, at
www www.hrsdc.gc.ca.
www .hrsdc.gc.ca. Click on
‘Services where you live’.
Starting your
own business
Planning on starting a business?
Go to www www. www . sbe.gov
sbe.gov.
sbe.gov
on.ca.
on.ca.If on.ca. you have a great
business idea and don’t know
where to start, look up www www. www
canadabusiness.ca.
canadabusiness.ca.
26 Desi News April 2009
• Exchange your money for
Canadian currency
• Find accommodation
• Have some identification
(ID) with you
• Get a map of the area
and find out about transportation
in your area
• • Get your own telephone
book
• Contact an immigrantserving
organization in your
community
• Fill out the forms for a
Social Insurance Number
card and a Health Insurance
card (turn to page 24 for
details).
CHECKLIST
CHECKLIST
First things first
A checklist from the Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration
to help you get the important things done first
In your first few weeks In your first few months
• Find permanent housing
• • Get a telephone installed
• • Register your children in
school
• Get a family doctor
• Have your children immunized
• Open a bank account
• • Look for a job
• Carry your address and
telephone number with you
• Try to make friends —
join the Host Program
• Know where the Language
Instruction for Newcomers
(LINC) centre is in your community
and register.
• • Apply for the Canada Child
Tax Benefit:1-800-387-1
1-800-387-1
1-800-387-1193.
1-800-387-1 193.
• Apply for the GST/HST
credit. Call 1-800-959-1953
1-800-959-1953
for more information.
In your first year
• Get your driver’s licence
• Improve your language skills
• Register for adult continuing
education classes
• • • Take time to relax and participate
in community activities
• Understand your rights
and responsibilities under
Canadian law
• Know that you can apply
for Canadian citizenship after
living in Canada for three
years