Hints and Tips on moving to and life in Montréal
Posted in Attractions on Jul 27th, 2009
For many the idea that a countryside covered in snow for three months of the year can create great wine is totally impossible. Yet it’s true, Québec makes great wine!
The atmospheric conditions mean that different grape varieties have to be used to produce wine than would be employed in the major regions of France or [...]
Posted in Attractions on Jun 30th, 2009
The 30th Montréal International Festival of Jazz will open tonight with a free concert given by Stevie Wonder. There are rumours flying that there will be a tribute to the late Michael Jackson too.
Montréal’s internationally renowned Jazz Festival runs from today for 10 days and takes place at Place des Arts downtown. For more information [...]
Posted in Attractions on Jun 25th, 2009
A storm blew in today. Within minutes the warm sultry weather turned into pounding rain, hail and wind. Five minutes later the calm had returned.
That’s Montréal weather for you.
The government runs a good weather site at http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca. Forecasting in Canada is an art, The weather can be quite changable.
Here are some photographs of the storm:
Posted in Attractions on Jun 23rd, 2009
The 24th June is the National Day of Québec otherwise known as St Jean Baptiste. There is no particular reason for the choice of the day except that it was an important holiday for the first French immigrants.
There will be concerts and activities all over Québec on the 23rd and 24th to get together and [...]
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 [...]
Posted in Companies, hints and tips on Jun 8th, 2009
Looking for a job can be one of the most stressful and worrying things that one has to do. Our standard of living, security, how we’re perceived by others and our self-respect are intimately tied up with the work that we do.
Add to this a move to a new city or a new country and [...]