Hi if you receive a pre-arrival letter stating that you are qualified to register for pre-arrival services funded by the government of Canada is take advantage of it. These pre-arrival services will help you a lot to be prepared on your settlement and employment in Canada.
SOPA (Settlement Online Pre-Arrival) is one of them and is a Canada wide pre-arrival but province specific and the goodness is online. The goodness of SOPA is a ALL IN family settlement and employment focused pre-arrival service. It focuses on connecting you to free agencies that will benefit you and your family before you arrive and after you arrive in Canada because the partner agencies in the different provinces are all post arrival settlement agencies as well. SOPA focuses in addressing your settlement needs and provides step by step information about every aspect of life in your destination province with the help of the Intake Counsellor.
The SOPA courses will help you on how to prepare a Canadian resume, interview preparations, and informs you of the best job search strategies. SOPA, Planning for Canada and Next Stop Canada are partners in helping immigrants before they arrive.
To date there are lots of success stories from their clients and you can see it on their website blog post. Register at
www.arriveprepared.ca