Do you have work permit in Canada? If not, once you have a job offer in Canada (excluding the province of Quebec) it takes 1 day to get the work visa.
Carl On 2013-06-26 11:29 AM, "Szabolcs Matefy" <[email protected]> wrote: >Thanks guys, I really appreciate the help! I'll look those site at home! > >Cheers > > >Szabolcs > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] >[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Eric >Thivierge >Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 4:12 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: OFF:Game job in Canada? > >FYI, Hybride is not games. We are owned by Ubisoft though. I'd say >Ubisoft Montreal would be a good choice since they've been around for >quite some time. It depends on availability though obviously. > >Your best bet would be to apply for a job and then get the company to do >the work for the visa. > >Eric Thivierge >=============== >Character TD / RnD >Hybride Technologies > > >On June-26-13 9:47:21 AM, Eric Lampi wrote: >> There's a fair bit of work going on in Canada, but some of it seems >> that there's a significant portion of it driven by the availability of >> subsidies being offered. Take some time and read up what's been going >> on at VFX Soldier: http://vfxsoldier.wordpress.com/ >> >> You'd be better off with a company that has a long presence and a >> proven track record of doing right by their staff as opposed to the >> ones that have just popped up in order to take advantage of that free >> money. Those jobs might not stick around once that money is gone. >> >> I hope this helps, I'm just tired of hearing stories about people in >> our community getting jerked around when all they want to do is work >> and have some kind of stability in their lives. Good luck! >> >> Eric >> >> Freelance 3D and VFX animator >> >> http://vimeopro.com/user7979713/3d-work >> >> >> On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 5:29 AM, Szabolcs Matefy <[email protected]> >>wrote: >>> Hey guys, >>> >>> >>> >>> Anybody knows how hard is to get job in Canada nowadays in games >>>industry? >>> I¹m considering to move to Canada with my family from Europe, but I >>> do not know what opportunities are there, and how things are >>> workingI have fair experience in Character Modeling and I am quite >>> good in Softimage, Maya and Max, and ZBrush, Mudbox as wellSo if >>> anyone has information how to start, I¹d appreciate it. I also >>> consider outsource jobs, so if anyone needs outsource artist let me >>> know J >>> >>> >>> >>> I think nowadays standard job-seeking is not really viable, in many >>> cases I don¹t get any response from the companies I try to contact >>> with, that¹s why I¹m asking. >>> >>> >>> >>> Cheers >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Szabolcs >>> >>> > >
