Good luck with your job hunting and thanks for the help & info you gave me and many others on this forum. I hope you find exactly what you are looking for and have a successful career.
Don't know what it's like in Canada but in the UK unemployed people claiming benefit have to go to the DWP office every 2 weeks and provide evidence that you are activley looing for work. Failure to provide at least 3 job aplications per week may result in stoppage of your benefit. When I was unemployed (I'm self employed now as I couldn't find work) going to the DWP office was an experience and a half. You sit amongst mainly ronkers and 14 year olds with 4 kids and subjected to a demoralising 'interview' then handed your paltry pittance upon sufficient 'evidence' then told to come back in two weeks. After 3 months they find you a job which could be anything and if you refuse to take it you get no benefit at all.
