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Nishitno1 has been an avid follower of Canadiandesi for quite some time now. He was here on a student visa prior to landing a job. Also very active during meetings and picnics. Following is his post on the job-serach experience.

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Got it !
Yesss ; Today July 15 2004 ; I have got the most wanted thing in Canada(no gifts for guessing it right).After nearly 10 months of struggle ;effort ;tears ; dejection ; loss of self belief and education I have managed to land a job in my field.

On September 12 2003 I landed in Canada to study my Post Graduate diploma in International Business.Placed seemed nice because i view it it with the eye of a tourist and Perhaps because I am FOB India. Time was flying and I was happy to be at Canada - The land of oppurtunity.

October 2003 - Met several people all cribbing about canada and doing labour job and add to that the negative post's (My perspective then) at CD and A promising 22 year old was shattered and felt he had made a very big mistake by coming to Canada because those are senior people and they cant be wrong.

Started doing a cash Job and took it as a way of my Life in Canada.BTW i was still studying.

Dec 2003 - the Hue and Cry about Canada was still on to No Solution to the problem in sight ; everyday i would say my parents i am coming back and they would say complete the course then take a decision.

Jan 10 2004 - First CD Meeting
Met several people Including Chandresh Jee ; Jacob ; Rashmi Bhai and various others.That day changed a lot of things for me.I met Jacob and this guy was pumping in Confidence in me wheras i was not being able to feel confident.I was with him for around 2-3 hrs and that was my first and last meeting till date but it taught me a lot of things.

What i saw was his good lifestyle and a good car and what i missed was his 2 yrs in so called labour jobs ; he was not born with a pot of gold he created it ;fighting it out despite the odd ; which was a quality in me once upon a time as i felt then.

Feb 2003 - No solution in sight yet ;The course for which i had come for was ending in April and I was all set to return home and waste my Investments that my parents had made.

I got in touch with a net identity called " Biomed" ; Now prominently Known as Vimal jee a conversation on phone with him lasted around an hour (remember we had not met just a first telephonic conversation via CD) got few realistic view and at the end of the conversation i was with a solution.

Few things that i can prominently recall of the conversation is
"Aap Canada mein aa chuke hoon ; Mistake is commited ; Now if u go back it will be a blunder"

" Take what Canada has to give "

" U have Invested what u have to and now all u can loose is time so move on "

This conversation Changed a lot of things for me ; it was same me and same Canada but what had changed was my perspective.

To add to that Mr Jacob gives me a punch via a PM on CD and that hit where it had to.

Things were getting in right places; no change in my life yet but a huge one in mind.

Now i said to myself I cant get Lower then what I am doing I can only rise from here.
I have lost or spent what i had to now i can only gain.

nothing had changed but my perspective of things.


April 2004 - My trauma ended with the course and My job search was my only priority in my life.I would go to temples to network; various networking events and even called people when i was feeling that they are not liking it but did it ke "shayad kuch hoon jayen".


May 2004 - Still Jobless and had decided for myself that i wont ask for any money from my dad ; result - meals of dal chawal.

June 2004 - Confidence still high ; Morale still high ; I was not sure if i will get a job but i was sure of i am not loosing anything except time and to keep my morale high I kept a close eye on indian news and was continuously doing a reality check on the self created option of moving back to India.

I was hearing back from my friends in India that guys from top 20 B-schools were getting less then 10 K as pay package and all ;I was a bit shocked but it gave me higher incentives to stay in Canada where even after labour job a couples saves higher then the salary mentioned.

July 1 - Still morale high Money draining fast (papa se jooh nahin mangne the) Ab Dal Chawal bhi baand hoone ki kagar pe tha.

July 12 I went for a labour job into construction and at the end of the 8 hr day that guy (A desi-gerrard street category) wanted to pay me $ 40 when he has promised me 50 so had a fight with him ; took $50 from him and he said he doesnt need me the next day.

July 13 - Dont know why but Applied to all the positions relating to my field on workopolis.com; even if it meant repeat application; just did it.

In the evening I had a Call from Livingston Intl that they want to interview me on July 14 at 10:00 a.m I said ok (Is desh mein interview ke liyen bhi koi naa bolta hain)

July 14 Gave the interview ; and it went well ; I was confident i had done my job now only Canadian experience (read between the lines) can stop me from this job.They said someone from HR will Call me for a telphonic interview.I have my fingers crossed.

July 15 around 2:00 P.m receive a call from the gentleman who interviewed me ; he said he has a position for me and wants me to offer a position in his company.

what else but party time for now.

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