Everyone who wants to buy a Toronto waterfront condo or indeed any property needs a job. If you are moving to Toronto, you have the unique opportunity to preface your property purchase with a change of career. In fact, getting a better job can help you afford a better mortgage. Here are some of the top industries in Toronto which have both a high incidence of employee satisfaction and the potential for growth and the creation of new jobs.
Finance
Toronto is the center of Canada's finance and banking industries. Five of Canada's biggest banks are headquartered here making millions of dollars a year off of Toronto mortgages. Toronto also has its own stock exchange, the TSX, which is the third largest in North America. Jobs in the finance industry tend to be centered around Bay Street downtown, which is Toronto's equivalent of Wall Street, and indeed rivals it in performance. According to Forbes magazine, Toronto is the 10th most financially powerful city in the entire world.
Tourism
People flock to Toronto. Some are coming to get treatments in naturopathic medicine Toronto, others to study, others to conduct business, and still others to visit world famous attractions like the CN Tower. Regardless of why they're here, they all need somewhere to sleep and something to eat while they're here, which supports the city's accommodation and restaurant industries. Jobs in this sector are spread across the GTA and include entry level positions like restaurant server, hotel desk clerk, or tour guide, as well as management and small business ownership opportunities.
Entertainment
Also known as Hollywood North, Toronto is a center for arts, publishing, music, and media. Most of Canada's television networks are headquartered here, including CTV and Much Music, and many TV shows and movies destined for Canadian and American markets film here. Corporate catering in Toronto is required to support such productions as is lighting, sound, and transportation. Opportunities to act, write, or play music are centered on this city more than any other in Canada.
Telecommunications
Companies have recognized that computers and high technology is the way of the future and have centered their companies in areas with large highly educated populations like Toronto. Toronto-based companies such as Rogers, Nortel, and IBM have opportunities for engineers, software and hardware programmers, and support workers. They're involved in everything from producing GPS systems for cars from Newmarket driving schools to cell phone networks.
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