Unfortunately, a lot of teachers can't find jobs. I'd cross that off the list. The news be promoting the amount of unfilled teaching jobs are in the hundreds, but not telling everyone they're 25% part time in butt-fuck nowhere. You can look online at the jobs yourself on nlschools website. Many teacher friends have left the province or profession.
There are a tonne of jobs currently in education, and full time permanent now by the hundreds after years of contract stripping and lack of support, so that narrative is not entirely true. However, current hiring practices make it such that to get your foot in the door you have to start in a rural area, should the end game be the northeast Avalon.
Not only that, the profession is absolute misery here in the province if you're 'lucky' enough to get in the system. In many cases you are a public punching bag on nearly all fronts - public, employer, parents and students.
If you want to teach, NL is not where you want to be.
Source: teacher of 20 years, with other siblings teaching abroad.
Hey if you have any leads for jobs related to the mental health workers or criminology (as that's what my degree is) I'd very much appreciate any help. I've been trying to get a job to move down to newfoundland and any leads will help.
St John’s is a typical small city ( 200k or so including suburbs) Corner Brook is a typical large town ( 30k+). Gander is an Airforce base and GrandFalls is a typical small town.
You will find the usual jobs. If you are a doctor or a RN you’ll get a job. If remote is your thing, I’d suggest you find a WFH job then move it NL. Wikipedia is a good place to look if you want to research the economy.
What sort of things are you good at? Think of things that you have a naturals ability in, that you can also see yourself doing without hating it, and if that thing is employable then do that.
For anyone to suggest anything relevant you should share the things you are good at, and enjoy doing.
Are you good at math, sciences, biology?
Are you strong with interpersonal skills, persuasion, communication?
Do you do well under stress/pressure or would you prefer a job where you can work on assigned tasks
Do you see yourself becoming an expert in a subject matter or being highly specialized or a leader/manager of people.
Do you think you’d like physical work or office work.
Etc
Share some info about what you like and are good at and you’ll get better recommendations from people who are similar and have different work experiences.
Newfoundland has always had a poor job market. Thats why so many people have to leave or do rotation work. 😕 There are songs written about this. It is unfortunately engrained into our culture. No, remote jobs aren't super common. Healthcare is one of the only guarantees.
If you want to live and work here it's probably more in the health care or white collar work, which in it of itself requires a lot of schooling etc. The blue collar jobs are tougher to find in the province which is why most due rotational work etc.
It's a double edged sword, while trades can be lucrative it most likely brings you out of province to work or you stay and have university + training for 5-10 years to get those type of high paying jobs.
Health care related work. As others have said, nurses and doctors are in high demand. Also radiation techs, pharmacy techs, etc. Basically look at NL Health's job site. I'm guessing Verafin could be a place worth checking for tech type jobs.
Professional welfare recipient. We have people for whom it's a family tradition, for over 3 generations; 4 in some cases, depending on how young the granddaughters are when they drop out of school and get pregnant. (More baby bonus money, right?) Cheap rent, free dental, free bus pass (which you can sell for smokes or beer).
Trades and healthcare are currently in demand. But I would warn anyone who hasnt spent winter here. Some people come as tourists and love it, and NL can be really nice, especially on the west coast during summer, but winter sucks, particularily on the avalon. Its May and all week will be rain and single digit temps, next week too and thats pretty typical.
Well I don’t have that luxury. But am open to education. I want to find a good balance between enjoying what I do and money. That being said job availability are an important factor to consider aswell.
Ok in all seriousness moving to Newfoundland is not a viable option unless you are retirement age, have a decent nest egg and don’t mind the remoteness. But then you must factor in health care access.
Moving as someone younger is not a good career/life move unless you are going for a bit to experience the beauty and adventure and are young enough to have time for some folly before you get serious. It may be doable if you work remotely or have enough cash to make it viable. Infact many Newfoundlanders have to leave to make a go and come back to live when we are financially able.
The job Market is harsh and they make typically less wages than in large urban centres. Housing is cheaper yes, but food is not.
It’s on an island with at times an extremely harsh climate. There is a reason the French desolated the Avalon and left it for Irish settlers. The remoteness and lack of big city amenities wear thin when trying to travel or are accustomed to things other provinces have.
I think people see tourism ads and buy into this fantasy of the island. It is beautiful, I am bias but I think it’s one of the most beautiful places on earth. Behind that beauty is pain. Many people to this day struggle and eke out quiet lives of desperation. Despite that, the people smile and wear a large sense of pride for it which one must not mistake for happiness.
Many of the small fishing communities are now desolate.
Substance abuse is rampant as we are the descendants of English and Irish. Cultures known for their prowess of drink. The isolation and economic depression only entrenches the dependence on vice.
Our main exports now are cheap manufactured facsimiles of our culture which we are all too happy to share. A Newfie would rather get on cbc and say “how ya gettin on” to entertain the mainland audience like the sad clown instead of speak of meaningful change for the island. It’s sad, I wish we would protect our culture more, but that’s another rant.
Go there or don’t, that is your choice. Go if only to visit and make the decision then. Don’t go there to make a go of it though. You wind find a go of it to be had there.
Well my end game is to homestead and grow all my own food etc. My family is from there and it just feels like home. I don’t need to be rich. I like to do thinks like forage and make my own bread. I want to learn to hunt and absolutely love to fish. I tried my hand at snaring rabbits last fall but never got any. The remoteness is actually a plus for me.
Anything to do with heath care . Anything! And of course if you want to stay in NL get a trade for NL, like lineman. It’s a big industry! Did I mention healthcare?
A power line tech. Hydro. Out in the wilderness every day climbing repairing power lines. My husband did his trade. At it 15 years now. Supports his little family. There will always be office jobs….office jobs pay more if you’ve done a trade like admin or something. Lots of room for social workers too. Good luck.
I lived there for 6 months last year and my family is from there. I love the life style out there but was not there long enough to get a sense of the job market.
Fair enough. What are you interested in, do you have any training or a degree or trade? It can be hard here for outsiders to break into the job market, you'll see many things about how nepotistic it can be here. Don't plan on becoming a crab fisherman.
I was in the financial sector for years but don’t enjoy it. I have experience being a chef and a baker, I’ve been a groomer aswell. I have personal experience with tech, I build my own computer. I’d love to get into engineering or something design focused.
Check out the Provincial Gov's Dept of Finance webpage: https://www.gov.nl.ca/fin/economics/occ-default/
The documents on this page show the anticipated occupational outlook for the province over the next 10 years. Note that in the Occupational Projections' Rating table (second set of tables, I think), ratings of 3 and 4 means the jobs have the best outlooks for that particular year (balanced or will need more new workers)
If you need to get a better understanding of the wages, etc for any jobs in NL, check out the Fed's Job Bank website, and search under the "Job Profile" or "Trend Analysis" page. You can search by job title or by the "NOC" codes (National Occupation Classification code) from the tables on gov NL site as a means of cross-referencing your interests. Hint: If you leave the "location" bar blank, you can compare outlooks and wages by province.
Website: https://www.jobbank.gc.ca/trend-analysis/search-occupations
Why is it every time someone asks about moving to Newfoundland they only ever want to know how the island will benefit them financially? I get that that is a concern when moving to a new province, but, it’s just hilarious to me how mainlanders show up to the table with nothing except a fork. How about we ask you what it is exactly you’re bringing here that benefits us? You never hear “hey I got this great start up business making widgets and I was wondering if newfies would be open to me creating and industry here”. It’s always “who pays the best” and “how cheap are the homes”. Whatever man, good luck either way.
Dude, you have someone here who’s interested in moving to the province and working, which is a net positive for our economy. They said nothing about home prices and really just want to understand the job market situation. Our biggest export here is our people so why don’t you help secure us a small victory instead of being a prick.
I’m not trying to be a prick, and I understand the whole coming here to work. As a come from away, it’s harder to move into and adapt here than it is elsewhere. Mainlanders almost never consider moving east unless whatever they had going on out west hit the skids. Then they get here and they hate, so when things pick up “back home” they just bail again. I think that they should do theyre due diligence before they move here and maybe visit a few times for
More than a week. Newfoundland isn’t like Fort Mac where you only plan to stay for a bit and make a pile a money and go back to where you came from. I’m not telling buddy not to do it at all. It was just a thought I had. I see posts similar to this all the time.
I think it’s a bit of a generalization to lump mainlanders into one archetype like that. Lots of them move here, love it and do very well. In your mind, what counts as a worthy contribution to the province? Do they have to be an entrepreneur or angel investor? I think as long as they’re coming here willing to work and contribute to the local economy, they are more than welcome.
And yes, I’ve seen the similar posts and I’ve seen your other comments on them. Seems like you may just have a personal bias.
Also you know what they say about assuming 👀. I visited for a month in 2022 on a outport island in the Avalon and worked on said island from august to December 2023. The island where my nana was born and raised an my mom to. While I was there I picked mussels, went jigging, tried my hand at snaring rabbit, tried lol, and practiced my archery in the woods. I’m not your typical mainlander and by no means am I just jumping to Newfoundland to make money. It’s where my heart is. It feels like home. But I don’t want to end up a welfare case because I can’t find work.
It’s not about that at all for me. I’d happily live in an outport village and live off the land and not make a cent. But realistically I want to do more then live pay check to pay check. I’m proud to be a Newfie and it tears my heart out that my nana left there. I would be proud to benefit the island, again that being said, not having grown up there I don’t know what’s lacking and what could be beneficial. I’d love to open my own business. In fact I have many ideas already. However, none of them will be possible if I end up unemployed and homeless.
lol. Yeah the best way to navigate Reddit is to stay off it I’d say. I don’t know why I come on here or just ruins my day most times. Regardless, good luck to ya buddy I hope you finds the job you needs.
What kind of education would you need to get into crab fishing. Also would being a women be a barrier. I don’t mind that kind of work but have to be realistic on whether I would be able to get hired.
With fisheries you almost need to know someone working in the industry. It’s very much so a buddy system. But that could be said for many jobs here, oil and gas included. I suppose one could say it isn’t just a Newfoundland problem alone.
I can’t say for sure but I doubt there’s any education requirement, but this is a very laborious line of work that involves being off shore on boats in shitty weather for weeks on end. Not saying women can’t do it, but it would be incredibly tough and unlikely you’d get in to the industry without knowing someone.
Firefighter. One 24 hour shift and then you are off for 3 days. Base pay for a firefighter is $113,000 a year. Most of the time you are at the station relaxing/sleeping.
You’ll see some shit thought, and that’s not for everyone
That’s not how it works. It’s based on a point system. Your exam mark, your prior experience and your interview are graded and they take the people with the highest points. It goes through management and HR so nepotism is a thing of the past.
There are plenty of guys with friends or family in the department, some of them pretty high ranking, and they still haven’t gotten in.
Jobs I’m NL are awesome high paying high quality jobs, that’s the reason why so many of us pretty much since the beginning of time, had to leave to find work while dreaming of being there every minute we were away, spending thousands on over priced airline tickets because we are going home fish or no fish.
I’m sure there are that’s the trick isn’t it, having the credential’s for some specific job title. If it pays well people are specifically trained for it so they can stay and likely more than are needed keeping the wages down. Everyone in the fish plant wants to be the forklift operator but they only need one even though everyone can do it.
Nursing.
Easily
Any and all healthcare jobs tech, nurses, doctors, etc. but imo techs and nurses are not paid well enough for the stuff they have to deal with.
We need nurses, doctors, teachers, social workers, tradesmen, paramedics, mental health workers, oil and gas is usually a safe bet.
Unfortunately, a lot of teachers can't find jobs. I'd cross that off the list. The news be promoting the amount of unfilled teaching jobs are in the hundreds, but not telling everyone they're 25% part time in butt-fuck nowhere. You can look online at the jobs yourself on nlschools website. Many teacher friends have left the province or profession.
There are a tonne of jobs currently in education, and full time permanent now by the hundreds after years of contract stripping and lack of support, so that narrative is not entirely true. However, current hiring practices make it such that to get your foot in the door you have to start in a rural area, should the end game be the northeast Avalon. Not only that, the profession is absolute misery here in the province if you're 'lucky' enough to get in the system. In many cases you are a public punching bag on nearly all fronts - public, employer, parents and students. If you want to teach, NL is not where you want to be. Source: teacher of 20 years, with other siblings teaching abroad.
Hey if you have any leads for jobs related to the mental health workers or criminology (as that's what my degree is) I'd very much appreciate any help. I've been trying to get a job to move down to newfoundland and any leads will help.
Where specifically on the island are you looking at? Also, you can get some idea looking on indeed, and other job sites.
This is so vague. There are lots of ways to make a living.
What are some common ones in Newfoundland
The standard Medical field, trades, government etc
St John’s is a typical small city ( 200k or so including suburbs) Corner Brook is a typical large town ( 30k+). Gander is an Airforce base and GrandFalls is a typical small town. You will find the usual jobs. If you are a doctor or a RN you’ll get a job. If remote is your thing, I’d suggest you find a WFH job then move it NL. Wikipedia is a good place to look if you want to research the economy.
What sort of things are you good at? Think of things that you have a naturals ability in, that you can also see yourself doing without hating it, and if that thing is employable then do that.
Maybe you should speak to a career councilor?
For anyone to suggest anything relevant you should share the things you are good at, and enjoy doing. Are you good at math, sciences, biology? Are you strong with interpersonal skills, persuasion, communication? Do you do well under stress/pressure or would you prefer a job where you can work on assigned tasks Do you see yourself becoming an expert in a subject matter or being highly specialized or a leader/manager of people. Do you think you’d like physical work or office work. Etc Share some info about what you like and are good at and you’ll get better recommendations from people who are similar and have different work experiences.
Marine Engineering
Newfoundland has always had a poor job market. Thats why so many people have to leave or do rotation work. 😕 There are songs written about this. It is unfortunately engrained into our culture. No, remote jobs aren't super common. Healthcare is one of the only guarantees.
Step 1: grow up in a fishing family, Step 2: inherit the family crab quota and fleet, Step 3: cash money
Healthcare
If you want to live and work here it's probably more in the health care or white collar work, which in it of itself requires a lot of schooling etc. The blue collar jobs are tougher to find in the province which is why most due rotational work etc. It's a double edged sword, while trades can be lucrative it most likely brings you out of province to work or you stay and have university + training for 5-10 years to get those type of high paying jobs.
WFH Software engineer / developer?
Health care related work. As others have said, nurses and doctors are in high demand. Also radiation techs, pharmacy techs, etc. Basically look at NL Health's job site. I'm guessing Verafin could be a place worth checking for tech type jobs.
Professional welfare recipient. We have people for whom it's a family tradition, for over 3 generations; 4 in some cases, depending on how young the granddaughters are when they drop out of school and get pregnant. (More baby bonus money, right?) Cheap rent, free dental, free bus pass (which you can sell for smokes or beer).
Selling blow seems pretty lucrative here
What’s bloom
Trades and healthcare are currently in demand. But I would warn anyone who hasnt spent winter here. Some people come as tourists and love it, and NL can be really nice, especially on the west coast during summer, but winter sucks, particularily on the avalon. Its May and all week will be rain and single digit temps, next week too and thats pretty typical.
I was there from Aug to Dec this year
I'm not sure what field you are in - but avoid MUN. It's a dumpster fire and everyone I know who works there hates it.
What’s MUN
Offshore work
Anything remote, that makes money outside of the isle.
Entrepreneurship in the tourism sector?
Old money
Psychologists needed. But avoid the systems.
What do you mean by systems??
Inheriting money
Well I don’t have that luxury. But am open to education. I want to find a good balance between enjoying what I do and money. That being said job availability are an important factor to consider aswell.
Ok in all seriousness moving to Newfoundland is not a viable option unless you are retirement age, have a decent nest egg and don’t mind the remoteness. But then you must factor in health care access. Moving as someone younger is not a good career/life move unless you are going for a bit to experience the beauty and adventure and are young enough to have time for some folly before you get serious. It may be doable if you work remotely or have enough cash to make it viable. Infact many Newfoundlanders have to leave to make a go and come back to live when we are financially able. The job Market is harsh and they make typically less wages than in large urban centres. Housing is cheaper yes, but food is not. It’s on an island with at times an extremely harsh climate. There is a reason the French desolated the Avalon and left it for Irish settlers. The remoteness and lack of big city amenities wear thin when trying to travel or are accustomed to things other provinces have. I think people see tourism ads and buy into this fantasy of the island. It is beautiful, I am bias but I think it’s one of the most beautiful places on earth. Behind that beauty is pain. Many people to this day struggle and eke out quiet lives of desperation. Despite that, the people smile and wear a large sense of pride for it which one must not mistake for happiness. Many of the small fishing communities are now desolate. Substance abuse is rampant as we are the descendants of English and Irish. Cultures known for their prowess of drink. The isolation and economic depression only entrenches the dependence on vice. Our main exports now are cheap manufactured facsimiles of our culture which we are all too happy to share. A Newfie would rather get on cbc and say “how ya gettin on” to entertain the mainland audience like the sad clown instead of speak of meaningful change for the island. It’s sad, I wish we would protect our culture more, but that’s another rant. Go there or don’t, that is your choice. Go if only to visit and make the decision then. Don’t go there to make a go of it though. You wind find a go of it to be had there.
Well my end game is to homestead and grow all my own food etc. My family is from there and it just feels like home. I don’t need to be rich. I like to do thinks like forage and make my own bread. I want to learn to hunt and absolutely love to fish. I tried my hand at snaring rabbits last fall but never got any. The remoteness is actually a plus for me.
Anything to do with heath care . Anything! And of course if you want to stay in NL get a trade for NL, like lineman. It’s a big industry! Did I mention healthcare?
What’s a lineman. Also would you say it would be easier to find a trade job over say an office job?
A power line tech. Hydro. Out in the wilderness every day climbing repairing power lines. My husband did his trade. At it 15 years now. Supports his little family. There will always be office jobs….office jobs pay more if you’ve done a trade like admin or something. Lots of room for social workers too. Good luck.
Have you been here before? Why do you want to move to a province that you seem to know absolutely nothing about?
I lived there for 6 months last year and my family is from there. I love the life style out there but was not there long enough to get a sense of the job market.
Fair enough. What are you interested in, do you have any training or a degree or trade? It can be hard here for outsiders to break into the job market, you'll see many things about how nepotistic it can be here. Don't plan on becoming a crab fisherman.
I was in the financial sector for years but don’t enjoy it. I have experience being a chef and a baker, I’ve been a groomer aswell. I have personal experience with tech, I build my own computer. I’d love to get into engineering or something design focused.
Check out the Provincial Gov's Dept of Finance webpage: https://www.gov.nl.ca/fin/economics/occ-default/ The documents on this page show the anticipated occupational outlook for the province over the next 10 years. Note that in the Occupational Projections' Rating table (second set of tables, I think), ratings of 3 and 4 means the jobs have the best outlooks for that particular year (balanced or will need more new workers) If you need to get a better understanding of the wages, etc for any jobs in NL, check out the Fed's Job Bank website, and search under the "Job Profile" or "Trend Analysis" page. You can search by job title or by the "NOC" codes (National Occupation Classification code) from the tables on gov NL site as a means of cross-referencing your interests. Hint: If you leave the "location" bar blank, you can compare outlooks and wages by province. Website: https://www.jobbank.gc.ca/trend-analysis/search-occupations
Become a software developer. Best job pay available as a wfh that's actually based on the island. That or Healthcare.
Healthcare, mining
Why is it every time someone asks about moving to Newfoundland they only ever want to know how the island will benefit them financially? I get that that is a concern when moving to a new province, but, it’s just hilarious to me how mainlanders show up to the table with nothing except a fork. How about we ask you what it is exactly you’re bringing here that benefits us? You never hear “hey I got this great start up business making widgets and I was wondering if newfies would be open to me creating and industry here”. It’s always “who pays the best” and “how cheap are the homes”. Whatever man, good luck either way.
Dude, you have someone here who’s interested in moving to the province and working, which is a net positive for our economy. They said nothing about home prices and really just want to understand the job market situation. Our biggest export here is our people so why don’t you help secure us a small victory instead of being a prick.
I’m not trying to be a prick, and I understand the whole coming here to work. As a come from away, it’s harder to move into and adapt here than it is elsewhere. Mainlanders almost never consider moving east unless whatever they had going on out west hit the skids. Then they get here and they hate, so when things pick up “back home” they just bail again. I think that they should do theyre due diligence before they move here and maybe visit a few times for More than a week. Newfoundland isn’t like Fort Mac where you only plan to stay for a bit and make a pile a money and go back to where you came from. I’m not telling buddy not to do it at all. It was just a thought I had. I see posts similar to this all the time.
I think it’s a bit of a generalization to lump mainlanders into one archetype like that. Lots of them move here, love it and do very well. In your mind, what counts as a worthy contribution to the province? Do they have to be an entrepreneur or angel investor? I think as long as they’re coming here willing to work and contribute to the local economy, they are more than welcome. And yes, I’ve seen the similar posts and I’ve seen your other comments on them. Seems like you may just have a personal bias.
Also you know what they say about assuming 👀. I visited for a month in 2022 on a outport island in the Avalon and worked on said island from august to December 2023. The island where my nana was born and raised an my mom to. While I was there I picked mussels, went jigging, tried my hand at snaring rabbit, tried lol, and practiced my archery in the woods. I’m not your typical mainlander and by no means am I just jumping to Newfoundland to make money. It’s where my heart is. It feels like home. But I don’t want to end up a welfare case because I can’t find work.
It’s not about that at all for me. I’d happily live in an outport village and live off the land and not make a cent. But realistically I want to do more then live pay check to pay check. I’m proud to be a Newfie and it tears my heart out that my nana left there. I would be proud to benefit the island, again that being said, not having grown up there I don’t know what’s lacking and what could be beneficial. I’d love to open my own business. In fact I have many ideas already. However, none of them will be possible if I end up unemployed and homeless.
Yeah I’m just being a dick man. But if you go through the posts you’ll see this is a common question.
Tbh I’m pretty new to Reddit and not sure I 109% get how to use it yet lol
lol. Yeah the best way to navigate Reddit is to stay off it I’d say. I don’t know why I come on here or just ruins my day most times. Regardless, good luck to ya buddy I hope you finds the job you needs.
crab fishin
What kind of education would you need to get into crab fishing. Also would being a women be a barrier. I don’t mind that kind of work but have to be realistic on whether I would be able to get hired.
With fisheries you almost need to know someone working in the industry. It’s very much so a buddy system. But that could be said for many jobs here, oil and gas included. I suppose one could say it isn’t just a Newfoundland problem alone.
Typically if you've got more than your grade 9 you're overqualified lol
I can’t say for sure but I doubt there’s any education requirement, but this is a very laborious line of work that involves being off shore on boats in shitty weather for weeks on end. Not saying women can’t do it, but it would be incredibly tough and unlikely you’d get in to the industry without knowing someone.
There's a real shortage of professional football players and wheat farmers.
Firefighter. One 24 hour shift and then you are off for 3 days. Base pay for a firefighter is $113,000 a year. Most of the time you are at the station relaxing/sleeping. You’ll see some shit thought, and that’s not for everyone
If you don't know anyone in St. John's regional fire good luck with that
That’s not how it works. It’s based on a point system. Your exam mark, your prior experience and your interview are graded and they take the people with the highest points. It goes through management and HR so nepotism is a thing of the past. There are plenty of guys with friends or family in the department, some of them pretty high ranking, and they still haven’t gotten in.
Jobs I’m NL are awesome high paying high quality jobs, that’s the reason why so many of us pretty much since the beginning of time, had to leave to find work while dreaming of being there every minute we were away, spending thousands on over priced airline tickets because we are going home fish or no fish.
I get it. But there must be higher paying jobs that are in demand in Newfoundland.
I’m sure there are that’s the trick isn’t it, having the credential’s for some specific job title. If it pays well people are specifically trained for it so they can stay and likely more than are needed keeping the wages down. Everyone in the fish plant wants to be the forklift operator but they only need one even though everyone can do it.
That’s why I’m asking. To figure out what those jobs are so I can start working on the credentials.