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3) No one will start or continue ANY threads neither demeaning nor commending anything in the Success Stories Section (SSS). These threads will be immediately deleted. Any input to stories in this section will only go via moderators. The reason for this is

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Agreed on all other counts except this one.

One should be free to question (in a decent manner) directly.

This whole business of going Through a moderator to ask simple questions is very tedious. And locking the thread leads to more issues i.e. suspicion.

The basic rule followed in the direct one to one between say me and the success story poster should be to watch for undesirable language, which you can edit out after a warning.

I belive in an open forum people should be able to ask questions and the answer questions.

And people are really not asking for personal details anyway.

Rest you guys own the forum , so its up to you.

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Orginally posted by BlueLobster

What questions relevant to the story has he not answered? Please send them to me and I'll ask him those.

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I had been thinking of staying out of this thread since it was developing into something undesireable (from my point of view), but have decided to come back to post a few questions. If GiG does not want to answer, it will not matter, but if he does, it might help me and some others - perhaps. So here are my questions:

1. He has written he came from premier institutes - I would like to know which ones is he talking about - so that I will know that employers in Canada do know those institutes, and give due weightage to them?

2. What fields was/is he in which are a direct offshoot of his education? Like I have seen quite a few Mechanical engineers doing extremely well in the IT field, which was not their original education. This would have a direct link to the education and its recognition by employers here. In case the professional field he is in is not the same as his basic education, how could the employers make a connection between his premier institutes and his field of work?

3. Does he have any special experience which is in shortage in Canada (like in Finance field, it is relatively much easy to get good jobs if one has implentation /functional knowledge of Oracle 11i)?

4. We all know (but I can't prove it with any statistics or newpaper articles) that it is very difficult, but not impossible, for any employee to get in direct touch with Presidents/CEOs of companies, more so for a new immigrant who is not even an emplyee. With over 15 years of experience of working directly with/under the Owners/Chairman/MDs of companies, I have found it easy to be able to talk to CEOs and Presidents of many companies - but at that time I was myself in good positions. I have not been able to do that here in Canada (not often, sometimes yes). My request to GiG is to share with us the methodology adopted by him which put him in direct contact with persons of that level and they also agreed to interview him directly, instead of thru the normal HR dept route. This perhaps can be a great lesson for all of us.

5. As written earlier, is it possible to see his resume (he can remove all the proper nouns and addresses from there). This will give us an insight for a really attractive resume.

6. It might sound funny, but did he send his resume by e-mail, fax or snail mail or by all three as some do. I have been told e-mail is easy to delete, faxes get lost in piles of paper and normal hard copy (of a resume) is usually sent to the HR dept by the secretary/mail opener even if addressed to the President of the organisation (or should I say, specially if addressed to the high management - not necessarily if it is addressed to middle management). Reply to this question will tell me what is the best method for putting forward your resume.

7. A very important question for me personally - though may not apply to many others -Did GiG find it difficult to pen down his achievements and experience in just two pages as is hammered into you by any Canadian resume consultant, or did he not bother about it and went on for a longer resume describing his various accolades? I personally find it very difficult to squeeze in my experience and achievements in two pages since I have experience of more things than a normal accountant would have.

8. His reasons to migrate to Canada from two points of view:

a) the thought of even migrating - what could have prompted him to do it? More money, better lifestyle, freedom, pollution of India, family ties, to get away from family (yes, some do that too - thought they might have everything in India). The reason to ask this question is what really prompts such highly educated and intelligent, well to do professional to come out of India, a growing economy and hopefully a superpower of the next decade.

b) why Canada, and not say USA, Germany, UK, Australia or New Zealand?

9. Though not asking for his identity, because that would not help me in any manner whatsoever, his reasons to remain ananomous. May be we could learn something from his reasons.

10. And lastly, but most importantly, having reached such a senior status in his profession in Canada, is he willing to help other desis, ofcourse the deserving but not so lucky ones, in getting ahead in their careers? This could be done by mentoring, helping on resumes, recommanding to persons known to him etc. etc.

If anyone finds any of my questions offensive, I aplogise and would withdraw the same immediately. But in my view, the answers to some of the questions would directly help me, and the others will definitely help the forum members.

Chandresh

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I had been thinking of staying out of this thread since it was developing into something undesireable (from my point of view), but have decided to come back to post a few questions. If GiG does not want to answer, it will not matter, but if he does, it might help me and some others - perhaps. So here are my questions:

If anyone finds any of my questions offensive, I aplogise and would withdraw the same immediately. But in my view, the answers to some of the questions would directly help me, and the others will definitely help the forum members.

Chandresh

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This is the only meaningful post in this whole thread which is just aimlessly going back and forth.

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Pray , b4 the topic digresses again if possible lets have a response 2 Chandresh s points .......Either by GiG or BL .

Manasvi .

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Yeah, let's!!