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As part of my job search, I decided to take a different approach, as you have to be more proactive than just setting up some RSS feeds and sitting back. I previously listed some Vancouver companies I’d applied to, or looked at applying to, but there are a lot of companies in Vancouver. Not a lot of Fortune 500 headquarters, but there are some major employers in Vancouver.

Finding the biggest employers in Vancouver circa 2010 proved harder than just a quick Google, easier to find was the top employers in BC/Vancouver as voted by, well as voted by somebody. I then went through that list and some other websites and collected the following direct links to career/job posting pages.

• 6S Marketing
• airG
• BC Housing
• BC Hydro
• BC Lottery Corporation
• Clearly Contacts
• Davis LLP
• Goldcorp
• Golder Associates
• Growthworks Capital
• Harbour Air
• Ledcor
• Next Level Games
• Nintendo of Canada
• Parklane Homes
• Sierra Systems Group
• Sophos
• Telus
• Vision Critical

I never thought of looking for a job at BC Housing, I know a few VP types there, and I have DTES cred. I also turned up this link which has more links on looking for a job in Vancouver. I haven’t used them all, but I checked the career/job postings on all the companies listed above, some have no openings, some have several, alas none seem to be looking for me, with the possible exception of Vision Critical. I know a lot about technology and market research…

Update January 19th 2013

This post although ever more out of date continues to be popular. I’ve written a new post with the best jobseeker advice I can find. I previously updated this post with the largest companies in BC by revenue, but that data is now two years out of date. Recently the list of Fortune’s best companies to work for in 2013 was posted to Twitter. Most if not all of these are American companies, thus not headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have offices here. I shortened the list to just those that have a large presence in Vancity.

• Salesforce.com bought a Vancouver company
• Deloitte has a significant presence in Vancouver
• Ernst & Young LLP also has offices in Vancouver
• Marriott International has one or more large hotels in Vancouver
• Microsoft opened a new video game studio in Gastown recently
• TEKSystems posts jobs in Vancouver sometimes
• Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts runs one of the largest hotels in Vancouver
• Accenture also has offices in Vancouver

Related posts:

1. Hotel Vancouver
2. Moving to Vancouver and Finding a Job

This entry was originaly posted on May 6th, 2010, it was last edited on January 22nd, 2013 and is filed under: BC, Vancouver and tagged: companies, employers, employment, firms, hiring, job search, jobs, openings, resume.