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Think Before Action:
Here we will discuss challenges for New Immigrants in Canada.
From hundreds of years, Canada has been a center of
fantasies and rumors for people living away.
Sometimes there was news of huge gold deposits in Canada
and sometimes there were dreams of vast form land waiting to put seeds in it. From Canada rocks were taken
to UK but no gold was found in them so rocks were used
for road building only and; Yes there was a vast fertile land,
but uneven and full of bushes and trees.
Now in 21st century, thousands of educated professionals
around the world are thinking of
immigration to Canada. They do not have complete picture in
mind what they are going to face in Canada. Most of the educated
professional immigrants are doing odd jobs in Canada
and it is not because they are making good money in these
jobs but because mostly Canadian employers do not consider them for any job
related to their education and experience.
Now the question is why?
If we list reasons, they may be given as follows;
1: Lack of trust:
New immigrants do not have Canadian work references,
which is a necessity for getting a job in Canada.
Work reference means some one who can tell about your
skills, your dealings with coworkers and clients, your behavior,
etc.
2: In job workshops; they tell job seekers that 85% job
market in Canada is hidden. Hidden Job Market means; jobs that
never advertise and only employers, managers, supervisors
and some of employees of the organization know about them.
3: Difficulty in communication.
4: They need you for jobs, Canadian do not want to do.
5: They are reluctant to change their workplace environment.
6: Some of employers suppose, quality of work of Canadians is always
superior.
7: Canadian employers need to oblige people in their social circle.
8: Employers and Canadian Immigration Department have no
coordination in making the immigration policy. Canadian immigration
policy is obsolete. It does not reflect the actual needs of labor market.
Regarding immigration one of the minister of Ontario Government once
said, "No more academics needed." Immigration policy needs
complete revision and totally new vision is needed.
9: Mostly Canadian employers, managers and supervisors are not trained
for utilizing multicultural workforce.
What ever the reasons are, we have no control on them. We
can only adjust ourselves according to prevailing conditions in job market of Canada.
Most of the new professional immigrants start with general
labor (mostly through Employment Agencies) for survival.
If you do not have a very good physique, please do not
write more than 25 pounds of weight you can carry as workplace
deaths and injuries record is not very impressive in Canada. Do not
try to visualize the situation of Canadian job market from jobs posted on internet.
After getting driving license and becoming familiar to the
city, some of immigrants start pizza delivery and some try for taxi
or truck driving license. Some of them find better choices in
odd jobs. After some time a few of professional immigrants go for study,
but job finding is still a challenge for them.
What ever you are doing for applying for immigration to
Canada, is only for satisfying Canadian visa officer. It is of no use as
soon as you step in Canada. Socially, after entering in
Canada you are just like any other person came from
abroad; refugee or undocumented worker (illegal
immigrant) and you need to show your Photo Identification
(Photo ID) where ever you go. One of the banks did not
accept my back home passport as photo ID another bank
accepted.
You should think on following points before making a decision on immigration to Canada;
1) Do you really need immigration?
2) There are too many problems in the country you are living in and are you confident that these problems will be solved with immigration.
3) Is Canada only choice for immigration? You should consider immigration to countries other then Canada as well.
4) Do consider the cultural difference that you and your family will face after immigration to Canada. You may loose 50% of you culture, values and traditions, but your kids may loose 100% of them. So be prepared.
5) Are you willing to work as general labor after immigration? General labor means; labor work in fast phase environment under constant monitoring.
6) People living in third world assume that all human weaknesses/ limitations belong to their land and as soon as they will land in a developed country they will be free from all such things, but actually all humans are sons and daughters of same father and mother and our weaknesses and strengths are all common.
7) Racial discrimination is a fact. You and your kids will have to face it, especially in small cities.
8) If you do not look like Canadian, you will be suspicious for many people.
9) Please do not compare Canada with United States, there is a hell of difference between them. United States is a totally deregulated society (except security measures after 9/11) whereas Canada is an overregulated society. In an overregulated society, bureaucracy and technocracy dominate and they exploit the society especially newcomers.
10) People working at a managerial job in home country should not assume that they will get at least a supervisor or foreman job in Canada.
According to new changes in immigration policy, first preference is to people with Canadian experience, second preference is for those with job offers and third is for those of 38 professions.
If you have a genuine job offer, it is very good, but do not think it will last forever and be prepared for an odd job for survival. Because work is one of three NOT DEPENDABLE Ws of Canada.
In my opinion, if you have a job in your profession, from job point of view, do not come to Canada. If you have other reasons for immigration, choice is yours.
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