Transitional jobs vs Survival jobs, nice article to read

[emamabd]

http://canadianimmigrant.ca/work-and-education/alternatives-to-the-full-time-job-paradigm-search-strategies

 

[ameet747]

http://canadianimmigrant.ca/work-and-education/alternatives-to-the-full-time-job-paradigm-search-strategies

What a good piece to read! Extremely thought provoking and constructive.

 

[cnu]

What an excellent and inspiring post.

it touched some of dead/sleeping cells in my brain

 

[marrgo]

canadianimmigrant.ca/work-and-education/alternatives-to-the-full-time-job-paradigm-search-strategies

that's exactly what I was telling some friends a few days ago. Immigrating is the perfect opportunity for a career change, especially if you're in your late 20s - early 30s

 

[emamabd]

What an excellent and inspiring post.

it touched some of dead/sleeping cells in my brain

yep, its "thinking outside the box"

 

[emamabd]

that's exactly what I was telling some friends a few days ago. Immigrating is the perfect opportunity for a career change, especially if you're in your late 20s - early 30s

agree with you 8)

 

[sharat_joshi77]

http://canadianimmigrant.ca/work-and-education/alternatives-to-the-full-time-job-paradigm-search-strategies

Wonderful article...
The concept of job in Canada is different.
here, people shift careers very frequently and most of them are successful in it as well, where are in other countires), people only change jobs. They dont have the bigger perspective.

 

[marrgo]

Wonderful article...
The concept of job in Canada is different.
here, people shift careers very frequently and most of them are successful in it as well, where are in other countires), people only change jobs. They dont have the bigger perspective.

I love having this to look for )

 

[maina]

What a good piece to read! Extremely thought provoking and constructive.

agree

 

[maina]

Wonderful article...
The concept of job in Canada is different.
here, people shift careers very frequently and most of them are successful in it as well, where are in other countires), people only change jobs. They dont have the bigger perspective.

well said

 

[corazon3]

It is interesting that both case stories depict career transformation, where people followed a completely different career path, from IT consultant to gardener. Scientists claim that humans survived many natural disasters because they are one of the most adaptable "animal". I believe the same applies to immigration - those who do not stick blindly to their previous career choices and wish to re-train eventually succeed. Moreover, we also forget that when first immigrants came to Canada/US, there were no fancy office blocks and job market. People just relied on their entrepreneurship and the ability to manage a small business. I believe that those of us who failed to find jobs in their field after about a year of job hunting, instead of begging for jobs and desperately seeking to get recognition from seemingly intellectual recruiters, we should be more open to dramatic change of career. As I could not find any application for my PhD in economics (by the way obtained in UK, in case you think it is from Papua New Guinea), I am browsing one-year vocational courses after stressful work days in call centres, with the long-term perspective of opening a small business. I am specifically thinking of opening a bakery. Let us show the self-proclaimed intellectuals sitting in HR and recycling our CVs on a daily business that we can be more successful.

Hi there,

Don't waste any of your money and time, but just try to survive for 4 or 5 yrs, get CA passport and then get the f--k out of Canada. That's what most smart people do or did in the past. I know so many people opening businesses here and losing all their savings & financial assets. You sound very naive. Very few businesses (only huge multi-national corporations & businesses) succeed here and so don't take a risk and do more damage to yourself.

 

[emamabd]

Hi there,

Don't waste any of your money and time, but just try to survive for 4 or 5 yrs, get CA passport and then get the f--k out of Canada. That's what most smart people do or did in the past. I know so many people opening businesses here and losing all their savings & financial assets. You sound very naive. Very few businesses (only huge multi-national corporations & businesses) succeed here and so don't take a risk and do more damage to yourself.

You sound very pessimistic, a person should try all possible ways "within one's own potential" ofcourse - before giving up and leaving...otherwise why to immigrate in the first place?? You wouldn't die "without" a canadian passport its not a necessity to
live....what if you get an RQ when you apply for citizenship - and your application kept dragging on for years? Is it worth it to
spend 6+ years of your life waiting for a passport -while you don't have access to meaningful employment and not willing to
take the risk of starting a small business?

So unless a person is willing to "try" different ways there's no sense in immigrating. I would feel good about myself - even
if i didn't succeed and left Canada - but had tried hard enough..