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Location: Canada
Experience: Mid-level
Highest Level of Education: Undergraduate Degree



Job Responsibilities
Liaising with Clinets/Customers and Government bodies on work permits and student visas. My job is to source for a candidate required by the client, advertise, selection, complete application forms. Each responsibility can take an average 2 hours per day up to 4 months depending on the processing time for different applications.
Job Requirements
Besides the education, what really matters here is knowledge, experience and able to think, make decisions on the spot, act fast and critical thinking. Sometimes, what we study is not what we make use of especially in areas like this where you need to think quickly and come with decisions, unlike accounting or medicine where you need to learn in order to perform.
Uppers
Meeting different people and be able to provide assistance. At the same time learn more facts and get an in depth knowledge on the responsibility I take on to do. Practice makes perfect.
Downers
Sometimes the urgency of a particular responsibilty may not be met because of the processing time it may take in obtaining the required approvals, whether it involves internal or external parties.
Lifestyle
The lifestyle is good as a Recruitment Executive previoulsy, it gives you a chance to travel, organize career talks and always in demand in the department. These facts are true of course if you yourself have a high standard of performance, able to meet deadlines and able to work under pressure. The dress code for this position is usually smart and should get involved in more social events because you never know when you will meet someone to be an asset to your company!
Compensation
I am not able to quote an exact amount as it really depends on the Company. Some companies may pay between the range of $35,000 - $40,000 and some companies may pay less. It all depends on the Company itself as different companies has different salary scales. It's best that you do a research about the company before attending the interview, and during interview ask what are the company pay scales like.
Advice to Jobseekers
Its a great job as this field is basically expanding and not only focused on hiring alone. With the newest technology, this industry is growing.

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