My first business trip in Toronto – Canada started with heavy snow shower and minus 8 degree Celsius. I took the public transportation from my hotel to meeting place. It was freezing outside waiting the bus for about 20 minutes.
The public transportation in Canada is well connected, and organized. It only cost CAD 2.75 all the way from bus to subway until meeting point, as long as the transportation mode is connected, we just have to pay once. Public Transportation in Toronto is not as clean as in Hong Kong or Singapore, and not fast too, but not as worst as public transportation in Jakarta or most Indonesia cities, probably because it was heavy snow, which made everything dirty.
Finally I met Ms.Audrey Guth, CEO of Diamond Global Recruitment (DGR). DGR is considered the best recruitment agency in Canada, which has been awarded as the best agency for five consecutive years in Canada. DGR is a family own company which already establish for 20 years similar with Binamandiri, and they serve mainly in Live-in Caregiver and just 2006, DGR also places workers under Foreign Temporary Worker (FTW) Scheme in other industries.
It was a very pleasant business meeting with Ms. Audrey Guth and her staffs. Binamandiri received big appreciation as the prospective agency to work with, while other Indonesia agencies either they lack of English capability; they don’t have website nor willing to be assessed by DGR.
Binamandiri received potential demand from DGR especially for Nanny under Live-in Caregiver Scheme and also other industries under FTW Scheme, with approximately salary CAD 1100 per-month or Rp. 10 million, net salary and with possibility becoming Permanent Resident (PR) after two years. The main qualifications are GOOD ENGLISH, Related Work Experience and High School Graduate. ENGLISH will the big challenge for Binamandiri to catch up the prospective demands. It was excellent 3 hours meeting in Sheppard Center.
After the meeting, I went to downtown to look around and feel the atmosphere of Toronto. Believe me it was freezing. So for advice to all prospective candidates, who wants to work in Canada, start training to stay in the freezer at your house.
My second day in Toronto was closed with hot shower and hot tea, to thaw my solid body