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Chapter 1
Introduction
Chapter 2
Creating an Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada account
Chapter 3
Submitting your profile to an IEC pool
Chapter 4
Entering a pool of candidates — The eService page
Chapter 5
Entering a pool of candidates — Personal details of applicant
Chapter 6
Entering a pool of candidates — Contact information
Chapter 7
Entering a pool of candidates — Work and education details
Chapter 8
Entering a pool of candidates — Application details
Chapter 9
Entering a pool of candidates — The e-signature
Chapter 10
What if I made a mistake and need to amend my application before the Invitation to Apply?
Chapter 11
Gathering the supporting documents for your application
Chapter 12
Receiving an Invitation to Apply
Chapter 13
Completing your application — Personal details of applicant
Chapter 14
Completing your application — Contact information
Chapter 15
Completing your application — Work and education details
Chapter 16
Completing your application — Application details
Chapter 17
Completing your application — Uploading and sending documents
Chapter 18
Completing your application — Form IMM5707 (Family Information)
Chapter 19
Completing your application — Police certificate (if applicable)
Chapter 20
Completing your application — CV/Resume
Chapter 21
Completing your application — Photo ID
Chapter 22
Completing your application — Passport ID, visas and stamps pages
Chapter 23
Completing your application — Proof of a medical exam (if applicable)
Chapter 24
Completing your application — Submitting the documents, signing the form and paying the fees
Chapter 25
Submitting biometrics
Chapter 26
What next?
20Completing your application — CV/Resume
Completing your application — CV/Resume
This is what the Government of Canada expects:
Basically, you’re asked to provide information regarding your education, skills and work experience.
- Include months and years for start and end dates.
- Specify the city and country. Even if most people think of the UK when they read “London,” you could have worked in Canada, Chile, Kiribati and the US—there’s a city named “London” there too!
- If there are gaps in your work history, explain them briefly—“continuing education,” “maternity leave,” “sick leave,” “travel,” etc. Being abroad travelling is also a valid way to explain a gap in your resume. Enter the location of the trip and the dates.
Gaps in your work or education history are always a resume red flag for employers—and in this case for the Government of Canada. Don’t let any gaps damage your application. There are dozens of perfectly acceptable reasons for not working or studying. Maybe you were looking for a job, renovating your house, taking time off to figure life out, recovering from health issues, raising a child or listening to angry music in your bedroom. Just say so! On the forum, applicants who left month-long gaps on their resume reported they were asked for more information and had to fill out IMM5257 — Schedule 1 listing all their trips abroad. Some of them were asked to provide this info for the past six or seven years—good luck trying to remember the dates of every long weekend and short holiday abroad! If this doesn’t sound like a fun exercise to you, be sure to provide a comprehensive resume without gaps.
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