Beginning of Litmus Test - Canadian Taste

A new comer has to open a bank account, apply for Health card, Permanent Resident card, SIN card, driving license and get their ward’s admission to a school. He/she has to be in touch with Settlement Workers who will guide and help them to get all these jobs done which usually takes three days time. Here again you get a quality interaction while dealing with different Government agencies as they are warm, quick and trouble free. We Indian or South Asian nationalities are often surprised to see government officials working efficiently, without taking any under or over the table bribe; you really feel that you are in a different world in which humans are efficient, honest and warm. The real Litmus test begins when you start looking for a job. Settlement Workers assess your degrees, experience and efficiency then advise you what to do next. Most of the time you are required to upgrade yourself by joining a local school or university and earning a certificate before jumping into the job market.

You may feel offended when a settlement worker (who is a high school+6 month diploma course graduate) will start telling you that you don’t know how to write a resume. Enormous emphasis is drawn on this futile exercise. As a former Human Resource Manager, I know what the important factors are in a resume which wins you a job. They will teach you how to use those tools which will help you to find a job. They simply think that you’re not coming from a city but from a jungle and you were given a visa by mistake and now it’s their job to make you walk on your legs. Actually, these are psychological weapons of modern Canadian system which tells you that whatever you know is nothing and if you need a job in this country, you need to go to school. You will see a vocational college/school/institute on every nook and corner having a good business. It does not matter what excels you have done previously; it’s all relegated to zero unless you attach a local certificate/degree/diploma with your previous qualifications, degrees or experience.

I have seen the height of Canadian hypocrisy when I witnessed a Californian white guy being tested for his Language assessment. He was a Computer Analyst and had worked for several years in Silicon Valley based Company like Intel, with vast working experience in Hong Kong, China, etc. The second attached devise is Canadian Experience. You will not get a good job unless you have local working experience. The system is built in such a way that they will make you think that your degrees/experience is nothing for them so you need a local certificate/degree/diploma. Most of the colleges/universities have funding facilities but as a new immigrant you have money in your accounts so you hardly get this State Fund for your further education unless you do some tricks in your bank account. You fall in a trap like situation, either you invest your hard earned money which is dwindling day by day in education or you end up with minimum wage labour jobs. Minimum wage jobs are the reality for 80-90% new immigrants who decide to stay in Canada otherwise, high profile ranked professionals like Doctors, Engineers and Professors-Teachers, just land here and returns to their respective work place, leaving behind their kids and wife. Moneyed categories of such professionals buy a house to put their families but the main earning hand remains out of Canada because his experience and qualifications are not accepted by the Hypocritical system of Canada. I personally know many cases of when UK educated and trained doctors are asked to qualify some silly examinations of Canada which are really ridiculous and a waste of resources. Canada is practising this super refined racial tactic when there is an acute shortage of Specialist Doctors and its citizens are suffering from long wait if they need to see a specialist doctor.
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