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| Subject: Job scenario (engineering & medicine) - some truth |
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Dear friends,
It seems people on this forum have misunderstood what I have been asking in my previous post.
I have no intention of discouraging those who want to immigrate to Canada as skilled workers.
What I am asking is a plain simple question "is it true that skilled immigrants, fluent in English language have to do unskilled minimum wage jobs in Canada due to lack of opportunities??"
Please check out the websites mentioned below. I could not believe what I read. Personally , I do not feel that the Canadian government is doing this deliberately. It seems all this happens due to lack of suitable job positions . Hence , I wanted others in this forum to give me the correct information about the job scenario for skilled immigrants.
http://www.discovervancouver.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=10157
http://www.caribbeanmedicine.com/article32actual.htm
http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/LondonFreePress/News/2004/01/17/315744.html
http://www.aipso.ca/doctors_in_waiting.htm
http://members.tripod.com/~donalda13/faq.html
http://www.caribbeanmedicine.com/article8.htm
Why on earth would an engineer with say 10 years experience work as a taxi driver just because he immigrated to a developed western country like Canada ?
[28-07-2005,07:06]
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Niketh |
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(in reply to: Job scenario (engineering & medicine) - some truth)
ok niketh.,
i understand your concerns.But are you trying to be a saviour by posting all these unwanted publicity about canada. people can write any number of bad things about each country. You want me to list 25 bad things about your country. I can do it too.
By the way the problems you mention is similar to the guys in US too. Only thing is they do not come out in forums, just like as you are doing this dirty laundry business.
And by the way why you are so interested about all these articles, if you do not want to come to canada??Everywhere in life one has to take risk and see where it goes...All i can say is if you are very good in what you do and possibly have a western country degree from good school you should be fine..Everybody knows this truth.
And by the way , why does a developed country like canada want to hire some foreigner with 10 years experience when they have educated people here from canada who can do the same job?? Think about it.Dont post all these negative publicity about canada from hereon.
[28-07-2005,12:46]
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Boss |
(in reply to: Job scenario (engineering & medicine) - some truth)
if you come to Canada with skills that require licensing it takes time. Usually people need to earn money while they convert their skills to Canadian standards. There is no way around this requirement. Same is true in other countries.
If a engineer that is not Canadian licensed needs work while he gets his accreditation I guess he might consider driving a taxi. For the record... taxi drivers are not looked down upon in this country and they make darn good money.
[28-07-2005,13:06]
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sharon |
(in reply to: Job scenario (engineering & medicine) - some truth)
I agree with Boss. US immigrants have the same problem. I´ve worked in many different sectors and there are people from all over the world who may have been doctors or other professional and well educated in their home country, but here in the US they aren´t able to practice because of the time and energy to obtain a US license or certification, so they take jobs that allow them to utilize their skills in some facet, they just adapt. As far as the speaking english goes...there are people that have just the basic skills in english and they must take jobs that are not considered highly skilled, but nonetheless important.
In my journey to prepare myself for the job market I´ve had to do a lot of research, calling recruiters and asking what they like to see in a potential employee, looking at periodicals, etc... I don´t think anyone on this forum can quash all of our fears or give a complete picture of what you can expect, it´s up to you to find out the answers.
[28-07-2005,13:59]
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Pugsly |
(in reply to: Job scenario (engineering & medicine) - some truth)
oh, and I agree with Sharon as well.
[28-07-2005,13:59]
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Pugsly |
(in reply to: Job scenario (engineering & medicine) - some truth)
I live in a Central America and even here , in order to work as a professional you must be licensed by our Government .
If you are a Immigrant here , you must wait until you get your license.
It happens everywhere in the world , I am immigrating to Canada as an electronic engineer but I realize that I can?t work as one , but I go a job offer to work as a technician , I won?t make 100k a year but enough to live comfotable until I get my license.
[28-07-2005,14:11]
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Andy |
(in reply to: Job scenario (engineering & medicine) - some truth)
All I can say is that the new immigrants are spoiled rotten. You start your new life with a shovel in your hand! You can bullshit all you want.... You must get-in where you fit-in. Most of you probably can´t even speak English properly. I would say cry all ye want. Unless you got skill that can be proved and verified, you are good for not much...
[28-07-2005,18:28]
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ano |
(in reply to: Job scenario (engineering & medicine) - some truth)
Dear ano
Go FU**** your self , is my english clear enough for you?
[28-07-2005,19:17]
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Andy |
to andy (in reply to: Job scenario (engineering & medicine) - some truth)
hey andy I think your english is perfect! :-)))
[02-08-2005,10:19]
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deso |
