Hints and Tips on moving to and life in Montréal
Posted in hints and tips on Oct 30th, 2009
It’s here, the list of organizations and people worth following if you’re in or thinking of moving to Montréal:
http://twitter.com/movetomtl/cool-montreal-tweeters
Posted in Attractions, hints and tips on Oct 8th, 2009
The sale of the vast majority of wine in Québec is through a government agency called the SAQ (Société d’Alcool de Québec). Only supermarkets, dépanneurs, restaurants and vineyards can sell wine too.
For wine growers this makes selling their wares complicated. The SAQ is willing to sell Québec wines, but for a $20 bottle of wine [...]
Posted in Areas, Attractions, hints and tips on Oct 4th, 2009
Fall in the Eastern Townships is beautiful. The gently rolling landscapes give you access to the beautiful colours of the changing trees. If you’d like to drive around the townships with a goal in mind, why not follow the Wine Route (Route des vins)?
The grape harvest, or vindange in French, is about to begin as [...]
Posted in Attractions, hints and tips on Sep 30th, 2009
Autumn time is approaching in Québec, which means that the leaves on the trees start to change color. If you’ve never experienced the bright, deep reds and oranges it’s a sight you should see. Why is Québec so blessed to have this symphony of color? It’s due to the abondance of Maple trees here. The [...]
Posted in Attractions, hints and tips on Sep 13th, 2009
Ice skating is an important Canadian tradition that most natives learn as children. It is of course an essential skill for playing the national sport of ice hockey.
As a new arrival in Montréal, you may not have had the opportunity to learn to skate before. So relocating to Montréal gives you the possibility to learn [...]
Posted in Companies, hints and tips on Jun 22nd, 2009
Are you about to finish your studies and wondering where you’d like to begin your career? Many students have contacted Move to Montréal to enquire as to whether Montréal would be a great place to live and work.
Clearly, with its universities and culture, Montréal has an awful lot of offer young people on the professional [...]
Posted in Companies, hints and tips on Jun 17th, 2009
Networking is the new buzzword in job seeking and new technologies are making it easier to network than ever before.
But let’s be clear – building a network with the sole goal of finding a job will not work. Moreover, it’s not honest and not a good way to start your life in Montréal.
Building a network [...]
Posted in News, hints and tips on Jun 16th, 2009
Montréal has become the first city in North America to sign and implement National Geographic’s Center for Sustainable Destination’s Geotourism Charter.
To this end, Montréal has produced a website with major attractions throughout the city including a map.
Check out the website at: http://www.montrealgeo.com/
There are lots of interesting destinations to visit. The map on the site is [...]
Posted in Companies, hints and tips on Jun 15th, 2009
Once you have your resumé you need to distribute it to people who could be interested in you. The no brainer part of this is using the internet job sites such as Jobboom, workopolis and monster. You post your resumé on these sites and subscribe to job agents that will send you interesting jobs.
However, to [...]
Posted in Companies, hints and tips on Jun 10th, 2009
Finding a job in Montréal can take work, in fact it can be considered to be a full time job in itself! The great news is that this is true almost everywhere.
When looking for work, the first thing to fully understand is what you are good at and what your value is for employers. What [...]