Relocating
You can work in a city before you commit to living in it
We cover British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, and Washington. If you are moving to one of them, temping is the most useful reconnaissance available. There is one thing to settle first, and it is not negotiable.
Switch between the four and watch the right-hand panel
The cities change. The currency changes. The important part does not.
Where we operate
Four regions, and nowhere else
British Columbia
Rates set in CADMarkets with a published rate card
- Vancouver
- Burnaby
- Richmond
- Surrey
- Coquitlam
- Victoria
- Langley
- Kelowna
- Abbotsford
- Nanaimo
- Kamloops
If the city you are moving to is not on this list, we are not there yet. We would rather tell you that than take a posting we cannot fill.
This panel does not change
Registering to practise in British Columbia is between you and the regulator there.
Whether your qualification is recognised, what an application involves, and how long it takes are decided by that jurisdiction, not by us. We cannot advise on it, transfer it, or speed it up, and anybody in staffing who tells you otherwise is guessing with your move.
The same is true of your right to work. Ask the regulator and, where it applies, an immigration professional. Come back to us once that is settled and the rest is straightforward.
Being extremely clear
There is a great deal about moving that we are not qualified to tell you
You may be making a decision about where to live partly on the strength of pages like this one. So here is the line, drawn where it actually sits rather than where it would be convenient.
We cannot tell you
- Whether your qualification is recognised where you are going
- What a registration application involves, or how long it takes
- Your right to work, visas, or anything adjacent to immigration
- Tax or residency questions, particularly across the border
- Whether a market is a good financial move for you personally
Ask the regulator where you are going, and where it applies, an immigration professional and an accountant. Not a staffing agency, and not a forum.
We can tell you
- Which cities in our four regions have a published rate card
- What the set rate is for your category in a given city
- What temp work in that market tends to involve, day to day
- Getting you working once your registration is sorted
Rates are held in each region’s own currency with no conversion between them, so we do not publish comparisons either. Whether a move is better for you financially depends on far more than an hourly rate.
The order matters more than the effort
Almost every relocation that goes badly goes badly because somebody did these in the wrong sequence and found out about the first one last.
- 01
The regulator, first and before anything else
Registration in the place you are moving to. Nothing else you plan matters until that is answered, and it is the step with the longest and least predictable timeline.
- 02
Your right to work, if you are crossing a border
A separate question from registration, with separate people to ask. Between the Canadian regions and Washington this applies in both directions.
- 03
Then talk to us
Once you can legally work and practise there, setting up a profile takes minutes and you can be looking at what is available in your new city before you have unpacked.
Once you can work there, use temping as reconnaissance
This is the genuinely useful thing we have to offer somebody who is moving, and it is worth more than any amount of research.
Work a few days before you sign a lease
A city looks different from inside three of its practices than it does from a listings site. Temping is the cheapest reconnaissance available and you are paid for it.
Find out which part of the city you want to be in
Commutes are the thing people get wrong when they move. A fortnight of shifts across different neighbourhoods answers that better than a map does.
Meet people before you need them
Moving is lonely and dentistry is a small profession. Working in six practices in a month is an unusually efficient way to know people in a new place.
Then decide whether you want something permanent
By which point you will know which practices you would actually want to work in, which is not information you can get any other way.
Tell us where you are heading
Even before the paperwork is finished. We can tell you what work looks like in that city so you at least know what you are moving towards, and you can set a profile up ready for when you arrive.