Job Bank is the federal job board, and it has a newcomer section that starts with the SIN, credential recognition, and a free account that can match you to postings.
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Start here before you pay for a job-search coach. The newcomer page is short on purpose. It puts the SIN and the licensing question ahead of the resume, which is the right order. A licence you do not have yet will not be solved by a Canadian-format CV.
The Plus account is still free. Use it to see how Canadian postings describe your work, then take that language to a settlement agency's employment workshop if you want a person to review it. Job Bank will not sponsor you or tell an employer to hire you.
Anyone who can legally work, or who is preparing to. Employers post jobs across the country. Your work permit or PR status decides whether you can accept a job, not Job Bank.
Open the newcomer page, then create a Job Bank Plus account with your SIN once you have one. You can still browse postings before the SIN arrives.
CICIC explains who is allowed to recognize your studies or your occupation, and points to its directory of occupational profiles by province and territory.
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IRCC's help centre says an Educational Credential Assessment done for immigration does not license you to practise a regulated profession in Canada.
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A Job Bank search that tells you whether your occupation is regulated in a province or territory, who to contact, and what else you could do while you wait.
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