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Mississauga, City of

 

City of Mississauga
New Grad Review from The Career Directory (2012):
By Kristina Leung and Julien Gagnier, Mediacorp Canada Inc. staff editors

Description:
Canada's sixth largest city, Mississauga is home to 734,000 residents and 55,000 businesses, including 63 Fortune 500 companies with Canadian head offices or major divisional head offices

Highlights for new grads:
  • Average starting salary: $45,001 to $50,000
  • Formal leadership training
  • Health benefits for new employees
  • In-house training program
  • Mentoring program
  • Online training program
  • Orientation program for new employees
  • New entry-level positions (last year): 130
  • Student employment: summer and co-op
  • Tuition subsidies
  • Vacation (after first year): 2 weeks

Typical positions for new grads:
Graduates would occupy Planner, Firefighter, Finance, Engineer, Information Technology, Horticulture and Librarian positions.

New grads hired here typically have these academic backgrounds:
  • Bachelor of Arts: Architecture - Design/History, Architecture - Landscape, Geography, Urban Geography / Planning
  • Bachelor of Commerce / Business Administration: Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Information Systems, Marketing, Public Administration
  • Bachelor of Engineering: Architectural / Building / Construction, Civil, Computer Engineering, Electrical, Environmental, Mechanical, Surveying / Geomatics, Water Resources
  • Bachelor of Science: Computer Science, Geography
  • Community College Diploma: Accounting, Agriculture / Horticulture, Animal Health, Autocad, Automotive Mechanic, Communications / Public Relations, Computer Science, Electronics Technician, Engineering Technician, Facility Management, Financial Planning, Forestry, Human Resources, HVAC Systems, Information Technology, Office Administration, Recreation Studies, Secretarial, Urban Planning
  • Master of Architecture: Architecture, Architecture - Landscape

On-campus recruitment at:
University of Toronto

Current jobs (all levels) on Eluta.ca:
4

Updated: Nov 04 2010
This Employer Review has been viewed 23,313 times.
©2012 Mediacorp Canada Inc. All rights reserved. Used by Eluta with permission. For comments or questions on this employer review, please contact Mediacorp's editorial team.





   

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