thinking seriously about getting a job in canada if your candidate loses the presidential election next week? you may face plenty of competition from your fellow americans. job searches by americans looking for open roles in canada are already up 58% this year over the total 2015 number, according to job site monster. between january and october, 30,296 queries from u.s. users included the keyword canada, compared with 19,693 for all of 2015. that is still a small fraction of total searches; more than 69 million job queries are performed every month on monster.com. the top occupations those users searched for up north were engineering and information technology, a sign that workers with critical expertise may be toying with the idea of relocating. other popular searches were for accounting, banking, sales and human-resources positions. monster doesn<u+2019>t have evidence that there is a direct connection between the data and a rancorous race that has sharply divided american voters. but the overlap is striking, says a monster spokesman. working in canada isn<u+2019>t as simple as buying a ticket to toronto, eh. most foreign workers, temporary or permanent, must have a permit and a job offer from a canadian firm, and the application process can be lengthy. some professionals may be eligible for the express entry immigration process if they qualify as skilled workers , a designation based in part on work experience, education and language ability. the good news: for 2017, the canadian government has approved a 7.4% increase , to 172,500, in the number of immigrants it will take through its economic programs, which include skilled workers. a separate survey from ziprecruiter, also an online job platform, surveyed job seekers in late october and found that 47.8% planned to vote for hillary clinton and 39.8% for donald trump. the site reran its poll on monday, following the news that the fbi was reviewing newly discovered emails of mrs. clinton. support for mrs. clinton rose incrementally, to 48.5%, while mr. trump<u+2019>s moved to 39.9%. the remainder of expected votes mostly went to the third-party candidates gary johnson and jill stein. write to lauren weber at lauren.weber@wsj.com
ahead of election, u.s. job seekers look to canada  - wsj
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