Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, located in the southern tip of Vancouver Island. This province is popular a tourism destination, attracting more than 3.65 million visitors a year. Tourism injects more than one billion dollars into the Victorian economy as well as being a major job creator for this area. Job prospects in this area include Hotel catering, transportation including cruise ships, marketing and finance as well as other business sectors that are associated with tourism.
Victoria is in close proximity to the Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt which is the Canadian military’s main Pacific naval base. This base provides a lot of economic benefits to the province of Victoria as well as creating a lot of job opportunities for many people. Jobs that are offered by the Canadian force are full time jobs in the Navy, Army and Air force. Job fields on offer include Information technology, Engineering, Accounting or finance, Military service, Buyers and part time Human Resources.
Downtown Victoria has a great m multitude of night clubs, theaters, restaurants and pubs. These entertainment centers attract a great number of Victorians as well as visitors and are very busy spots. These entertainment centers offer jobs in many areas such as in managerial posts, Accounting and Finance, Maintenance, bar tenders, receptionists, disk jockeys and many other jobs that are linked to entertainment provision.
The city is also very popular and it hosts quite a number of sporting events among which included the 2005 Ford World Men’s Curling Championship, 1994 Commonwealth games and the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup. All these events always ensure that the Victorian community is ever a hive of activity. So there are always job opportunities in Victoria due to some of these special events be it part time jobs or full time jobs in diverse fields.
The Victoria Advanced Technology Council (VIATeC) is promoting high tech industry development in the Victoria region. This technological advancement in the Victorian region has resulted in a creation of jobs in the Information Technology area as well as giving an opportunity for those mothers and home keepers the opportunity of working from home with online work from home programs such as article writing.