What is Canadian Experience? Immigrants Puzzle!
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Many new arrivals to Canada and Toronto in particular discover that they cannot get an IT job as soon as they arrive - no matter their level of skill or experience. The reasons given usually center around language skills and lack of "Canadian experience".

What is Canadian experience?

Canadian experience usually means having experience interacting with people in the context of the culture found in Canada. Every culture is different. For instance, relationships between supervisors and sub-ordinates vary from culture to culture; and country to country. And Toronto is the most cultural diverse city in the world!

How can I get Canadian experience without a Canadian job?

Getting Canadian experience without a job:
Volunteer. Volunteering for a charitable or cultural organization will help you to get Canadian experience and references.

There are many charitable and cultural organizations in Toronto and across Canada that need volunteers.

When you volunteer you are working. And you have someone that you will report to - a supervisor. You work with other people - usually in English.

The end result is that you gain Canadian experience. Experience that provides you with practical experience about the culture. Practical experience in speaking English and learning the local idiom, expressions, etc. And you gain References - from the person or persons that supervized you; and the people that you work with.

How do I find a charitable organization?
There are a number of groups in Toronto that can direct you to charitable organizations that need your help and in turn can help you to gain Canadian experience.

The Possibilities Project is a great place to start looking. http://www.possibilitiesproject.com/



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sanjeevm   
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faisal   
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Post ID: #PID Posted on: 08-06-04 01:00:32

doesn't work with me either.


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uday62   
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Location: Canada

Post ID: #PID Posted on: 01-09-04 15:00:32

Quote:
Orginally posted by ashu

This article was very interest and am sure will help the new guys to think before they decide to come

Hey Ashu, seems like you never came the first time to Canada. Probably you were born in India as Canadian citizen?????


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uday62   
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Posts: 129
Location: Canada

Post ID: #PID Posted on: 01-09-04 15:06:33

Quote:
Orginally posted by ashu

This article was very interest and am sure will help the new guys to think before they decide to come

Please stop such messages. Seems like you were born in India with Canadian Citizenship. May I ask you as to how many new immigrants have you helped on their settlement in Canada.


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VJ   
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Post ID: #PID Posted on: 02-09-04 01:14:04

Dear All,

I am not able to open it. Getting the following error mesage. "Can not load an asset of type Article with ID '1066255810946'. Please supply a valid asset ID and try again".

Regards,

VJ



reachme   
Member since: Feb 04
Posts: 63
Location: Bangalore, India

Post ID: #PID Posted on: 02-09-04 02:40:04

I was able to access the page.Seems interesting and useful. Thanks Yash.

For those who were not able to open it, try going to one of the following pages and then link yourself to the main page. Just might work..

http://overview.careeredge.ca/index.asp?FirstTime=True&context=0&FromContext=4&language=1

http://www.careerbridge.ca/about.asp



Dead Poets Society   
Member since: Sep 04
Posts: 1
Location: Earth

Post ID: #PID Posted on: 02-09-04 11:18:22

Chor, none of your link works...


Quote:
Orginally posted by Chor_Per_Mor

Yes Blue Lobster
You are very right.
Many in India are aware of tough situation ahead to some extent and determined to do any job here..................its just that they have no clear idea what ANY job means and what other unforeseen problems come with it.
Sure our mind filters out the undesireable when one thinks of "back home". Thats human nature. In above article there is mention of a middle aged person who lost close to $60, 000 before ruturning to Pakistan. But within months had to come back when he found the situation depressing there as well. That is the reality.
However what I am trying topoint out is two things.
First of all immigrants from south asia are not fully aware of the problems that await them and always hope (against hope) that things will wok out. The questions some of them ask from India before coming here are at times hilarious if not right away stupid. Instead of asking practical questiosn about cost of living and managin the show for several months or even 2-3 years they are more insterested in knowing if their degrees will get them a job!!!!!!!!
They come unprepared and thats is the second point I am trying to make. How come people from Korea, Hong Kong or Romania dont work in factories while we have to? Because all these people bring money with them, they arrive and relax, upgrade their skills develop networks and then land a good job after a year or so. We on the other hand run staright to labour jobs, aiming straight for $50.00 a day income, forgetting that it is a vicious cycle and a dead end begining.
And still how many immigrants on this board ask if Govt. really checks at the airport how much money they are bringing in!!!!!!!!!!






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