hello there assam alaikum welcome to our
channel travel with sophia zeb where we post about canadian immigration and our life in canada
vlogs with three kids as most of you know that i was studying a full-time course
during the last year in 2021 and i was working as well so and most of you as you
have seen in my stories and videos that i studied uh digital marketing so i got a lot of queries
how is this as a career how is digital marketing career in canada and whether you should opt for
it or not as a pr or as a student who is coming here to canada for um as an international student
so guys first of all let me tell you that um this is an this is a one-year course which included
two semesters of courses and one semester of co-op or work work term or internship whatever you
call it i will tell also tell you the difference between these three so stay tuned and uh let's
go so guys this is going to be a pretty long video so i will cut it into two parts this is
part one where i will tell you what did where did i study and what was the program all about and
what am i doing right now and then in the second part i will tell you how is the digital marketing
career in canada like in the industry what the jobs are how you can apply for this digital
marketing jobs in canada after the course so um and let's go to the first part and first of
all as i said it is a two semesters course so if you are uh if you want to apply um as a pr
if you are in canada the best part is that this is fully funded by osap this program and i studied
at george brown college toronto and this is their website this is how you can apply you can go to
ontariocolleges.ca if you are a domestic student or an international student apply there give the
registration register ontario colleges dot ca and pay some fees that was around one uh 150 125
to 150 dollars i think they have increased it a bit and once you register there you can apply to
different colleges uh there are three options that you can apply to and different colleges different
programs or even if you have if you if you can if you want to apply you can apply to two different
programs at the same college so what i did was i wanted to study specifically digital media
marketing in canada that's why i opted for george brown college because uh there was a course uh at
seneca college and at centennial college and both were first of all i would say that um george brown
college is at the hub of in in downtown toronto so first of all the because of the location secondly
because it is uh one of the top colleges that is offering this a course that was the shortest
plus in the plus because of the location because of their rating because of their professors and
because of the co-op term i really wanted to go for the co-op term it's uh let's talk about the
course itself first of all let's talk about the program it was eight months two semesters included
and we i started in may it was the spring semester and uh which started in may so the first semester
was may june july august we had our mid break and after the first semester which was
around two weeks and then we we had our second semester starting in uh september october
november and uh december so it was like you know it's usually um around three months one semester
is usually around three three and a half months and you get some break in between as well and
so the whole december was like we had our final exams we had our assignments we had our projects
to hand over and complete and from december 16 up till december uh up till january 5th i had my
break and uh our internship or co-op was supposed to start from january 5 up till april uh 22nd of
april so why i would say that i opted for this program which includes the co-op internship
first of all let's talk about what is the difference between these three co-op is basically
it usually pays you it is funded by most of the times it is funded by the government they pay
the companies the employers uh some minimum wage and it really depends upon the employers as well
if they they will usually give you somewhere around 14 to 20 dollars because it's a co-op
position everybody knows that you are fresh out of college and the employers unfortunately like all
the other countries they are not willing to give give you a permanent position straight away with
a lot of benefits and with a lot of like with a higher weight salary so that is one thing and the
co-op is usually 35 hours to 40 hours it really depends upon the company differs from company to
company and the wage also differs from company to company and saturday sundays obviously you don't
work so you will not get the pay for that so this is this will be very minimum wage but your
tax will be deducted and it will it will come to your bank account after the deduction of the tax
tax and everything okay and uh now coming to the internship position what is the internship
internship is basically lesser than the uh co-op and lesser hours lesser wage and um it
is kind of same but it is usually and it can be paid or unpaid and usually pay you a step in or
and the work term is usually not it pays zero okay so as we were talking about the um funding
osap is like osap fully funds this program but the best part was because i was doing it during
the times of corvette during last year 2021 so i had to do it all online and i was working also on
from home so it was uh the perfect scenario for me i used to take flexible shifts at my workplace
like you know depending upon my classes and whenever i used to finish my class i used to
start my work and also i used to work saturdays and sundays and i used to take two week days off
so it was a pretty hectic schedule in terms of like when you are a family when you have kids and
when you have a family like you know you have to give them time but then you know i started
it off and it was a short course so i just you know um i just jumped at it and i was like
okay fine you know time flies by and it did so i'm happy that my decision um was uh the best
because that was the best time i could study from home now they are starting the same course you
have to go it's a hybrid model for most of the programs so you really have to find out which one
is best because usually the online courses are designed as such that uh for for working
schedules for busy schedules who have work so some some of them are fully funded by osap
some of them are usually partially funded all the online courses are usually partially funded by
osap so you really have to find out get all that information call the college and find out what
the requirements are and about the requirements the admission requirements you really have to have
a either a three-year diploma you have to have a bachelor degree or some relevant experience in the
marketing because i had both so i had no problems i gave the english placement test either you have
to give the english placement test or the isles and there are a few uh colleges
that exempt you from that niagara college and like some others but i didn't
want to go that like go to those colleges because uh we were not sure when the in-person thing
will start and i couldn't go to niagara for sure uh for my in-person classes so this was the
best decision and then i started my co-op then there was a portal uh gbc careers where i
applied for my uh internship co-op everything is advertised there all the employers put in
their job requirements their job positions for the interns and co-ops and you can apply
there put in your cv it's a dashboard you create your profile along with your documents and see
resumes and cover letter then you send it to your specific whoever you like like you know if you
like some job uh just apply through that portal and you will get the reply from this with the
same from the same portal first of all why should you opt for a co-op or work done position because
although it is tougher when they don't pay you if it's an internship or work term when they don't
pay you they usually give you very less hours and very less pay like you know academic work term
is you work somewhere but you don't get get paid at all but those are very limited so you can work
in the other hours you can work whatever your job is at a like you know at tim hortons or walmart
or whatever or work from home or do whatever job you're doing you know so they give you enough
time so that you can support your family as well you can earn the bread and butter as well
along with this unpaid internship to get your feet um you know in the industry i would say that
this is the best thing that you are being pushed i would say by your college uh to do and to do a
co-op to do an internship and they actually give you a full platform where you can apply so that's
about it if you have any questions you can write in the comment section below and let's talk about
the international students who want to apply here as this is a one year uh course so you
can apply as an international student the domestic student fees is around four
thousand five hundred dollars canadian dollars but for international students it's around
15 000 to 16 000 canadian dollars everything is on their website you can go check it there
and how to apply as an international student there will be the student advisor you can call
them up you can email them and they will give you all the information and also since it's a
post graduate certificate so so you can and one year program so you can come here study and also
bring your spouse and dependent children with you and second thing is because it's a one-year
program so you will get a one-year work permit after this so and you can work and then you know
count those uh that score count your score towards the pr or express entry or whatever the
immigration uh pathway you want to choose so many people do that they go for one-year degree
a one-year program this program and then they take another program one year whatever they feel
that their need is probably in strategic marketing or in international business or whatever
graphic designing from some other college so they they their course is of uh becomes of
two years they start study duration extends to two years and then they get the work permit
for three years to stay in canada and work and by the end of that complete uh two plus
three years five years or in between there they accumulate enough points to score as a to qualify
uh to apply for the pr program so it is totally up to you what you decide is good for yourself if
you can pay that fees as an international student because even if you are in canada on a student
visa then you apply again for another program you will have to pay the international fees so that
is going to be but then you will be earning on the side you will be earning in canadian dollars
so that's totally up to you i hope you have and if you have any questions you can reach out to
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