10 Reasons To Take A Working Holiday In Canada
Posted June 11, 2018 in Working Holiday
“We took an entire week to ski and surf over on Vancouver Island. This was definitely the highlight of my year so far.” Has anyone else done the ski and surf combo on Vancouver Island? 🎥: @itsbigben 📍: @mountwashington, @tourismtofino, @tourismvancouverisland #ExploreBC . Have a photo or video of BC that you want us to see? Tag …Continue Reading
5 Tips For Writing A Canadian Internship Cover Letter
Posted April 5, 2016 in How To Guide, Study & Work
Internships, internships, internships. If anybody has noticed, that’s been a recurring theme for our articles lately – and for a good reason too! With the International Experience Canada (IEC) releasing a majority of their International Co-op Visas at this point (check out our IEC 2016 Masterlist here), we thought that it would be important to help lay down the …Continue Reading
7 Tips For Writing A Canadian Internship Resume
Posted March 28, 2016 in How To Guide, Study & Work
You’ve probably already planned on completing an internship abroad sometime in the near future. Now, whether you need to complete an internship abroad because you need the credits for University in your home country OR you simply want to see the world while building your resume, you need apply to internships before you can secure anything! While participants in …Continue Reading
How To Apply For A Canadian Income Tax Return
Posted November 25, 2015 in How To Guide
So you decided on coming to beautiful Canada and you’re either currently working at your Working Holiday City Job, Working Holiday Resort Job, or have just finished your program. You may have even been initially surprised by the idea or concept of “paying taxes” here in Canada. You may not have ever experienced anything like that back …Continue Reading
Top 10 Tips To Ace Your Canadian Internship Interview
Posted November 16, 2015 in How To Guide, Study & Work
Are you ready to start interviewing for a Professional Internship in Canada through our Internship Programs or Education Programs? Do you have little experience with interviewing professionally? Have you never interviewed for a professional job or an internship before? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, don’t hesitate! If you are coming to Canada via an International …Continue Reading
Stepwest Stories – Guillaume, Student Internship
Posted December 2, 2014 in Stepwest Stories, Study & Work
Stepwest Stories is back, and our star today is Guillaume from The Netherlands, who has been doing a Graphic Design and Marketing internship in Canada! We spent some time with Guillaume in order to find out more about his international internship experience in Canada! If you’re under the age of 35, are registered as a student in …Continue Reading
Stepwest Stories – Gema, Working Holiday City Job
Posted October 24, 2014 in Stepwest Stories, Working Holiday
Each month, we highlight one of our program participants experience through Stepwest Stories, the best way to discover about their professional internships or working experiences in Canada. Gema came to Canada last May 2014 through Stepwest’s Working Holiday City Job Program and she became one of Stepwest Stories Star! Getting the chance to improve her English and have a working …Continue Reading
Stepwest Stories – Claudia, Working Holiday in Vancouver
Posted September 26, 2014 in Stepwest Stories, Working Holiday
If you’re under the age of 35 (or 29 in the case of Mexico) and from one of many eligible countries around the world, getting a Working Holiday Visa for Canada will allow you to experience living and working in Canada, without undergoing the usual costly expenses of finding work sponsorship in advance or going on an …Continue Reading
Stepwest Stories – Melanie from France & her Engineering Internship Experience
Posted September 3, 2014 in Stepwest Stories, Study & Work
Throughout the year, university students from all over the world come to Canada to gain valuable international work experience through co-op and internship positions. This was exactly the case of Melanie, a young engineering student from France who spent 6 months doing her engineer internship in Canada. Headquartered in Vancouver, Melanie’s host company is an international energy …Continue Reading
Stepwest Stories – Madeleine, Marketing Internship
Posted August 14, 2014 in Stepwest Stories, Study & Work
As part of the Stepwest monitoring process, we get monthly feedback from our participants that we have placed at different companies around Canada. We want to know how they are doing, and if they think that they are achieving their career related goals. We hear some great stories every month and some of them are definitely worth sharing! …Continue Reading