NV is a talented civil engineer, also in his 40s. He graduated with a
Bachelor of Science degree from a major foreign university in 1973. Since
graduating, he has held increasingly senior engineering positions with
government departments in Sri Lanka, Malaysia and New Zealand, and with the
United Nations Development Programme. Today, after two and a half years of
additional training and job hunting in Canada, he earns $41,000 as a building
inspector in Ontario. Though he would prefer to be recognized and to work as
a professional engineer, NV feels fortunate to have work even marginally
related to his qualifications [Skills for Change 1998].
In some ways, NV is right to feel lucky. As a foreign-trained engineer
who, in a relatively short time, found work that is at least related to his
qualifications, he is an anomaly.
Most engineers who immigrate to Canada, usually on our country’s warm
invitation, fully expect to practise their profession upon arrival. Many,
however, end up in jobs totally unrelated to their training. Some end up with
no work at all, their skills and talents wasted. The situation is repeated
over and over again across the professions, and to a lesser degree in the
trades.
Foreign-trained professionals and tradespeople seeking access to their
occupations typically face major obstacles. Indeed, immigrant doctors driving
taxis and foreign-trained chemists delivering pizzas are well-worn clichés
and part of our cultural consciousness. How did this problem come to be?
....
z:
www.maytree.com/HTMLFiles/publications_INNA.html............
kto zna dane (moze wskazac linki w swoich krajach, niekoniecznie po angielsku)
na temat statystyk 'skilled migrants' dostajacych prace zgodnie z
kwalifikacjami?
(zachecam do odpowiedzi na Polonia2
))
