hiring question

[txsportsscribe]

i have a news general assignments opening at a very small daily in texas i need to fill and am in the initial stage of reviewing resumes. one of the resume that i've put in the "further consideration" file is from an applicant in canada. does anyone know of any hoops you have to jump through when considering hiring an applicant from canada?

 

[mike311gd]

I heard it's preferential treatment to U.S. residents before those overseas, but I'm not completely certain that's the law.

 

[DGRollins]

I heard it's preferential treatment to U.S. residents before those overseas, but I'm not completely certain that's the law.

What ocean is located between Canada and the US?

And I'd contact the Canuck to find out if he/she has duel citizenship. If he/she doesn't, I doubt you will be able to hire him/her for a small daily. You have to show that the Canadian you are hiring gives you skills that you can not find in an American--it would be one thing to hire a Canadian as your NHL beat writer, another to get one to cover preps....

 

[mike311gd]

There are some lakes. Perhaps I should have said international applicants.

 

[Diabeetus]

I heard it's preferential treatment to U.S. residents before those overseas, but I'm not completely certain that's the law.

What ocean is located between Canada and the US?

And I'd contact the Canuck to find out if he/she has duel citizenship. If he/she doesn't, I doubt you will be able to hire him/her for a small daily. You have to show that the Canadian you are hiring gives you skills that you can not find in an American--it would be one thing to hire a Canadian as your NHL beat writer, another to get one to cover preps....

I think you missed the sarcasm ;)

 

[HejiraHenry]

I think you have to provide them with a frozen lake to skate on during off days ... can be expensive.

 

[Cansportschick]

I thought a Green Card, criminal/child abuse check....but heck what do I know, I never applied to the States. I do know doctors have to go through this to work States side

 

[ColbertNation]

You have to show that the Canadian you are hiring gives you skills that you can not find in an American

You know -- nunchuck skills, bow-hunting skills, computer-hacking skills ...

 

[Ace]

Do not hire someone from Canada. They use too many vowels. You run out, and then what are you gonna do?

 

[DGRollins]

Do not hire someone from Canada. They use too many vowels. You run out, and then what are you gonna do?

Do me a favour. Please don't belabour that point. It colours my view of you.

 

[Mystery_Meat]

Do not hire someone from Canada. They use too many vowels. You run out, and then what are you gonna do?

To say nothing of all those manhours spent changing -re to -er.

 

[Angola!]

I thought a Green Card, criminal/child abuse check....but heck what do I know, I never applied to the States. I do know doctors have to go through this to work States side

My paper hired a Canadian citizen. He had a green card and everything was fine, though he was already living in the States when he was hired.

 

[Birdscribe]

I heard it's preferential treatment to U.S. residents before those overseas, but I'm not completely certain that's the law.

What ocean is located between Canada and the US?

And I'd contact the Canuck to find out if he/she has duel citizenship. If he/she doesn't, I doubt you will be able to hire him/her for a small daily. You have to show that the Canadian you are hiring gives you skills that you can not find in an American--it would be one thing to hire a Canadian as your NHL beat writer, another to get one to cover preps....

I don't think that's necessarily the case on this side of the border.

A good buddy of mine is Canadian. We interned at the same TV station 19 years ago. He went back to Canada, then came over here and worked in Montana, Spokane and elsewhere as a Canadian citizen.

He married an American woman and became an American citizen after his parents died. But before then, he was working in television in the U.S.

I know since we've had this discussion about Americans going to Canada, that your theory about finding Canadians to do the work first is accurate, although I had a partial interview with the former No. 2 in Edmonton on my honeymoon and asked him if there would be any problems on hiring me. He didn't seem to think so.

 

[forever_town]

Do not hire someone from Canada. They use too many vowels. You run out, and then what are you gonna do?

To say nothing of all those manhours spent changing -re to -er.

I had a Canadian intern last summer. I actually didn't have to do much of that at all. Turned out to be one of my better writers.

 

[HeinekenMan]

I'm tired of the damned Canadians taking all of our American jobs! They can forget about me eating their bacon. I'll buy the American stuff every time now! And I don't care if it's so fatty that I have to fry it and drink it from a shot glass!

Also, Mike Myers really isn't that funny.

 

[DGRollins]

I'm tired of the damned Canadians taking all of our American jobs! They can forget about me eating their bacon. I'll buy the American stuff every time now! And I don't care if it's so fatty that I have to fry it and drink it from a shot glass!

Also, Mike Myers really isn't that funny.

Like maple syrup, Canada's evil oozes over the United States.... [/obscure cult movie reference]

 

[RedCanuck]

I thought a Green Card, criminal/child abuse check....but heck what do I know, I never applied to the States. I do know doctors have to go through this to work States side

That's basically it, but as I understand it, the green card process has become extremely difficult, especially since 2001. Basically, the paper has to be committed to helping that person, and I believe they do have to demonstrate the candidate is more qualified or more specialized than an American applicant.

 

[DGRollins]

I thought a Green Card, criminal/child abuse check....but heck what do I know, I never applied to the States. I do know doctors have to go through this to work States side

That's basically it, but as I understand it, the green card process has become extremely difficult, especially since 2001. Basically, the paper has to be committed to helping that person, and I believe they do have to demonstrate the candidate is more qualified or more specialized than an American applicant.

On a serious note...

Does the same thing apply to the hiring of Canadian stringers? I live about 15km (sorry, 7 miles) from the border and the thought has crossed my mind that there might be work to find this high school football season.

 

[JR]

Like maple syrup, Canada's evil oozes over the United States.... [/obscure cult movie reference]

Canadian Bacon starring John Candy.

Written and directed by SportsJournalists.com's favoUrite lefty, Michael Moore. :)

 

[Flash]

Do not hire someone from Canada. They use too many vowels. You run out, and then what are you gonna do?

Do me a favour. Please don't belabour that point. It colours my view of you.

But we add glamour and honour to a newsroom.