HOW HIRING! Employment Opportunities worth mentioning!

[Superchecker]

Hello! Not sure if we have a big enough audience here for this topic, but here goes:

Opportunities come and go all the time at various Transit & Government agencies... CHECK OFTEN!

If you were to go to the CAREERS page over at http://www.translink.ca you would discover approx a dozen opportunities just with TransLink...

-Click onto COAST MOUNTAIN BUS COMPANY, and discover another 5 or 6 postings INCLUDING: CUSTOMER INFORMATION CLERKS, PTT, $20.19hr PLUS 22% while "temporary status"

-Click onto BCRTC (SkyTrain) and discover even more opportunities INCLUDING: SKYTRAIN ATTENDANTS, PTR, $29.57 an hour plus benefits, 20 hours a week!

You can also click onto TRANSIT POLICE, AIRCARE AND HANDYDART to discover their ever changing opportunities...

http://www.protransbc.com for CANADA LINE opportunities...

http://www.westvancouver.ca for Blue Bus opportunities...

[Blue Frost]

LOL Super, I want to move, and get me a job there, wish I could.
Oh, in the last year we got 4,012,064 hits that's a few .

[Superchecker]

Richmond based Canada Line is now accepting EXTERNAL applications for Full Time Canada Line Attendants, $29.63 an hour after training...

www.protransbc.com

[Superchecker]

If you know of a-n-y-b-o-d-y- who's looking for a decent paying job in the lower mainland, this seems to be THE WEEK for opportunities at Transit!

-14 opportunities over at TransLink
- 6 MORE at Coast Mountain Bus
- 6 more at SkyTrain
- 4 more at Canada Line
-HandyDart, AirCare & even Transit Police have new opportunities listed this week!

[Blue Frost]

Transit Police might be interesting if you want to be the complaint department on the move I bet they get all kinds of grief.
I wish I was young, and up there, those are some great opportunities, and you know they are not going away anytime soon. .

[Superchecker]

Coast Mountain Bus Company is now accepting applications for: SIGN PAINTER, GENERAL MECHANIC & PLUMBER...

Canada Line is once again looking for a RECEPTIONIST, $22.38 an hour... www.protransbc.com

[Blue Frost]

I used to help my dad paint signs when I was a kid, I could do that job.
We had a lot of stencils, and some nice brushes.

[Superchecker]

$36.18 an hour, plus full benefits... 4 day work week, 4 on-3 off....

[Blue Frost]

I wish I could move, and work, that would be my job I would think there would be many people trying to get those.

[Superchecker]

$20.91 an hour to start, PLUS an extra 22% while "temporary" status, in lieu of benefits:
CUSTOMER INFORMATION CLERKS, for their Surrey call centre, open every single day of the year 6:30am til 11:30pm, SHIFT WORK, 6 weeks full time hours for training, and then approx 2 shifts a week, PLUS on call as needed...

Click onto Coast Mountain Bus Company, on the Careers Page, over at www.translink.ca

[Superchecker]

I know very few people are seeing this thread but: Coast Mountain Bus is accepting applications this week for SERVICEPERSONS...

SERVICEPERSONS ususally start out on nights, like maybe 8pm to 5am, 4 nights a week; getting buses ready for the next day.
They refuel buses, check oil and coolant levels, wash buses, sweep out buses. drive empty buses around to where they need to be...
It is a dirty, dusty, oily, outdoor-all weather type of job... Coveralls and breathing masks supplied... Showers on site too...
There are afternoon and even day shifts, but most start out on nights... They have a shift sign up once a year, and bid on any vacancies in between sign ups... 7 different work sites: Marpole, Oakridge, Burnaby, North Vancouver, Port Coquitlam, Richmond & Surrey... Plans to build a new east Richmond-HAMILTON depot, to finally replace North Van & Oakridge, in 2015....
$19.30 an hour to start, with a top rate nearing $26 an hour after 2 years... (Raises every 8 months, PLUS April 1 as well)...

[Blue Frost]

WOW nice pay it sounds, and good job.

Hey Super, with cost of living being high there, how much would you need to buy a house, and live comfortably ?
Wage, food house, travel, and upkeep .
Might not be so easy to answer maybe .

[Superchecker]

Well... If you want a house in the actual c-i-t-y- of Vancouver, You are talking nearly a Million dollars!!
It's a real struggle for many...
Many people end up renting out suites to help pay the mortgages.... Or settle for smaller places such as townhouses or condos... Or live further out of the city...
Houses like 30 minutes away from the city are more into like the half million range... Townhomes into the $400,000 range...
Minimum wage is $10.25 an hour, but many say a "liveable wage" is much closer to $20 an hour...
Some work 2 or even 3 jobs... Some share small condos/apartments...

The Mrs and I are doing OK, but we didn't go out and buy a $750,000 home either... It would have been a much bigger struggle if we had had kids...

I'm sure that there must be some here in the lower mainland that will never actually pay off their mortgages/debt...

[Blue Frost]

Yeah $10 to $15 even isn't manageable by the sound of it unless with someone.
I would think there is no saving unless you do the rice, and bean meals.
Affordable housing should be something politicians should be working on since they likely created the mess.
I could likely buy a town home, but then what would I do for food .

[Sharlee]

Hey Super, my daughter is away right now but will be looking for a full time summer job that can possibly go part time when she starts university again in the fall. Any suggestions on where to apply?

[Superchecker]

Hey Super, my daughter is away right now but will be looking for a full time summer job that can possibly go part time when she starts university again in the fall. Any suggestions on where to apply?

Hi Sharlee! I typed up a huge response to you, and for some reason it wouldn't let me post it??? Maybe information overload?

Does she have a particular industry/interest?

The Casinos are 24/7, and are often always hiring... Google: Great Canadian, and Gateway casinos...

Most employers have already posted, and even filled their summer/seasonal opportunities...

Over at Transit, TransLink has a couple of "student" postings up now...
Over at Coast Mountain Bus, there are some postings up, but none that I think fit with going back to school in the fall...
I haven't seen a FAREBOX posting in like a year, but that might be ideal, approx 5 hours a night X maybe 4 nights a week, emptying fareboxes... $19 an hour...

One of my favorite sites to check in on is http://www.civicinfo.bc.ca/16.asp the list of opportunities changes daily!

I can give you more websites to check, if interested...

The city of Vancouver has a Careers page, with a SEPERATE Short Term/On Call page... AND a seperate link to PNE/PlayLand jobs too!

[Superchecker]

I haven't updated all of them, but there are well over a dozen threads on the Employment sub forum over at memebee... Many are still very helpful...

[Superchecker]

City of Richmond is in need of LABOURERS... Full time, but only til Nov 1... $25.42 an hour....

www.richmond.ca/employment or www.civicinfo.bc.ca/16.asp

[Blue Frost]

WOW, nice pay rate, to me it looks like they would have 100000+ people putting in for them.
Is that a good pay there, it would be good here.

[Sharlee]

Too bad it goes through September and October. My daughter would like to do that but she has to go back to school in September.