need your help

[ikoo]

hi evry one , i m from montreal , and i m planing to moove to toronto, i want to know , what are jobs websits to apply for a job, how to get a rental and for how much, and my english is verry bad , can i find a job

[terry2144]

I am not from Toronto so I'm not sure of specifics for there. I guess you are french speaking? I would think that's a plus. There are many free esl english as a second language programs offered for free in my city. This might be a good place to start expanding your opportunities. Hope your move is smooth. I love Toronto.

[ikoo]

yes i m a french speaker, bur english was allways my fair, i m mooving to toronto for that to get english at least
but i live a woderful job a great house and a lot of frends , i gess to find a similar think at toronto

[terry2144]

Wishing you only the best ikoo!!

[jstoronto444]

For jobs sites try the following: Indeed, Monster, Workopolis, service Canada has job alerts at workingcanada site. Sorry can't help with rentals but if I'm out I'll check for you. If you're bilingual there are often good opportunities with government either provincial or federal and also through companies like Air Canada or Jazz. Best of luck.

[ikoo]

thanks a lot

[Ciel]

The French newspaper L'Express in Toronto is published every Tuesday. http://www.lexpress.to/ There are few classified ads in the paper but you can see where a social group meets weekly. Not likely to find rental listings in the paper.

Sometimes there are jobs posted on that site-look at the top of the website page where Emplois is shown (they are usually professional jobs).

Last week, the paper had an article about Centre Francophone's new location near Bathurst St. The organization has employment services in French and soon the medical clinic services will be operating from the site. CF is basically the main organization for all services French. Otherwise, public service organizations and government jobs are the places that tend to offer French or French/English bilingual jobs. Government jobs usually require language proficiency levels for speaking/reading/writing.

http://www.centrefranco.org/

I think to access English as a Second Language programs, you'll have to inquire at the public school board (Conseil scolaire Viamonde http://csviamonde.ca/Pages/default.aspx , the French public school board) as to programs. The anglophone public school board is Toronto District School Board (www.tdsb.on.ca ). ESL is usually offered to newcomers to Canada through federal funding. I'm not sure how the language training works for Francophones moving from Quebec to Ontario>most likely, it will be through your registration as a taxpayer affliated with a particular school board, if the board offers programs through the Ministry of Education funding for ESL programs for adults.


The Catholic French school board in Toronto is http://www.csdccs.edu.on.ca/

The Toronto Public Library has some branches that have some French books/magazines but I am not certain outside of the Reference Library branch where you can interact with a French-speaking staff member. There are programs you may wish to know about that are in English. http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/s...p?N=4294952217

http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/french/

Anne Whitten is a temporary job agency that specializes in bilingual jobs. I'd suggest you look at their postings to see if there are French-only jobs. https://annewhitten.ca/ Be aware that some AW jobs are in cities around Toronto (Markham, Vaughan, Woodbridge)-you probably want to stay within Toronto where the TTC bus/subway service is available. Places like Mississauga might have customer service/bilingual head office jobs in industrial parks not known for their public transit service frequency or any bus service. If you have a car, then you are not limited to transit accessible jobs.

Some private (non-government) employers that post jobs on Workpolis.com for French jobs may mention the need for Quebec French. Not sure how the employers assess one's level of Quebec French for interacting with Quebec customers for business.

You might be surprised at how high rent is in Toronto. Is it possible for you to plan a short trip to Toronto to get a sense of what services exist/transit/rentals before committing to a move?

The main English newspaper is the Toronto Star. www.thestar.com. Also http://www.starclassifieds.com/marketplace/ to see rental ads. Any jobs in the paper may be found on Workpolis.com.

At the city-level, you may find that French language services don't really exist-Toronto only recently decided to bring back the French language committee to help the City with French language input on City services/Francophone needs but that committee is not more than a sounding board. The mayor speaks French but is not on the committee http://www.lexpress.to/archives/15038/. At the Ontario government and Canadian federal government buildings, you can receive French language service.

http://www.ontario.ca/