Let me be honest with you: I am really frustrated at the situation.
Week after week after week I receive emails from people all over the world asking me to solve their problems.
Even worst: I receive mails from people that are supposed to be able to help themselves.
They are all crybabies, waiting for someone to put the bottle in their mouths to feed them. You may be one of them. Yes, you. Do not look over your shoulder.
Today I will not only give you one of those rants, I will also help you take the first step. So the next time, you can just write to say thanks while you wipe out your tears.
You should be ashamed of your self!
I will start by sharing with you the email that triggered all this. This is what I received form some Mohammed from somewhere in Asia…
You should be ashamed of yourself, Mohammad!
How is it possible that a University graduate professional has the guts to ask for a job in such a way? What did this person learn all those years? What kind of highly educated human being is not able to set a plan and start working on it?
We are talking about a Chemical Engineer here, my friends! That takes time, money, effort… and I hope some pride! How is that possible to have such a low self esteem?!
Stop being such a cry baby! You (or your parents) did not pay your high education for that! Be a man!
Anger does not take you very far
I can imagine Mohammad at his job or his home, all sad and looking down, crying in the inside for his bad luck. Depression. Depression is a form of anger. It’s an irrational form of anger that makes us punish and hurt ourselves and, as any form of irrational anger, is good for nothing.
Why is that? Simple! Very simple: it’s preventing you to work towards your goal. You just have your mind deep in thoughts that are taking you anywhere.
Be rational and sue your anger in a productive way. Think! Think! Think!
What do you want? How are you going to get there? What do you need to get there? What are your strategies and tactics?
You are an Engineer my friend! You should know better than this!
How to use Rational Anger to Immigrate to Canada
So let me give you a quick help with this. The following is some food for thought that, hopefully, will help you put back in your feet and start going.
Take notes:
- The chances of getting a job from outside Canada are very, very, very low
- Sending emails like the above do not help. Who will want to hire a looser?
- No money, no visa. If you are poor and cannot get at least a few thousand dollars your Canadian dream will be even further.
- There are several different immigration programs. You may be well fit in one of them!
- Invest: in education, languages and a good, trustable Registered Immigration Consultant.
- An Immigration Consultant should be able to assess your profile and give you good recommendations. But be careful: it’ s plenty of garbage out there.
- Make a plan, even if it will take 2 years. Immigration is not easy nor fast. there’s no easy and fast path to Canada. I can assure you.
- If you are a proud University Professional (not like Mohammad) go to Linked in, make a nice, good profile and start networking with people in Canada working in your area.
- Ask around all you need to know about your field in this country: salaries, employers, cities, recruiters…
- Information is the key to success
- And remember… Feeling sorry for themselves is not what Successful Immigrant do!
Now it’s your turn…
C’mon! Stand up! Shake yourself a little bit. Go to the washroom an wash your face… Are you ready? I want you to perform a task right here, right now!
I want you to go to LinkedIn, create a profile (or update the one you already have) and research for all the groups related to your professional area.
When you are done, come back and leave me a comment telling me how many you found and recommending the one you liked the most.
Go! Move!
abu huda February 4, 2013 at 1:33 pm
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Hi
When i was reading this letter then i was laughing for whole day.
regards
huda
Mr.G February 4, 2013 at 1:40 pm
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Sad, eh?
Now that you are in Toronto, do you have any recommendation for this guy?
Alexandra February 4, 2013 at 2:58 pm
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Hello Mr.G
Thanks for all your advice and suggestions. I am study Sociology and I’M English Instructor, I wish to live in Canada where I can use English and Spanish all the time but unless, English.
I wish to know which is the programme that fits me in order to live and get a job in Canada. Remind I am 49 y.o. and I have two boys (my sons) one is 15 y.o. and the other is 9 y.o. Which chances do we have??Here, in Argentina is really hard to get dollars because they’re very expensive to get them, in order to pay tickets for airplane and so on.
Would you mind to help me whith all these issues??
Thanks.
Mr.G February 4, 2013 at 3:04 pm
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English instructor? Really?
Zhu February 4, 2013 at 3:41 pm
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Ouch… sounds like me being a Spanish instructor! (don’t worry, never was, never will be!)
I guess this commenter kind of missed your point!
Mr.G February 4, 2013 at 3:45 pm
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I bet she never read the post.
Zhu February 4, 2013 at 3:43 pm
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I get plenty of these emails too and now I don’t even bother replying. I also get people who want to marry me. You know, fastest way to get a visa, of course. EVERYBODY knows that and I’m supposed to drop down to me knee and yes “yes, handsome stranger, of course I will marry you so that you can live in Canada, my pleasure!”
People…!!
Mr.G February 4, 2013 at 3:45 pm
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Last week I received a very flattering email from a Latam reader… including some pictures.
Interesting people out there…
Zhu February 6, 2013 at 7:27 pm
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Bet your wife was happy re. the pics
Baba T February 5, 2013 at 6:04 am
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Oh Mohammed, too too bad!. i suggest start something by yourself my friend; the moment you do that, the moment you fell better
Alaxandra, Any one would be willing to help, “provided” you step up your game
Merci
Arunthia February 5, 2013 at 10:00 am
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Being an Asian i too feel ashamed !
squirrel February 6, 2013 at 9:42 pm
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Good entry, post it on your Spanish site as well!
S
teresita February 7, 2013 at 2:33 pm
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Tough love!
akram February 16, 2013 at 11:31 pm
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Life in Canada is more harder than your homeland.
Never migrate to Canada if you are old above 35 years.
Never migrate to Canada if you are well settled in your country.
Expenses of Canada without job convert to you within months into a beggar.
Either into street beggar or Official beggar.
Life of respect in your homeland is more better than that of homeless immigrant.
Many Engineers and Doctors are jobless or doing very menial work like Janitorial workers and dish washer.
They have built so much high walls and barriers for every professional like Engineers,Doctors and Pharmacist, it is simply not possible for them to cross over them.
You should only come in Canada when you have your relative in Canada who can look after you.
and you have passed all examinations for recognition of your carrier and profession, otherwise you will just frustrate and weep and loose all your money which you have earned in your back home country.
Your Canadian landlord will become rich you will become poor.
You will get 700 CAD for your children funds but will loose 2000 CAD per month for your expenses.
Immigration may be a very fruitful economic policy for many countries its benefits are like permanent tourists, cheap professional, cheap and ample labor force, Investors and rich and matured citizens and users of old and useless infrastructure and users of old motor vehicles.
Those countries who do not support such immigration policies are foolish but an immigrant loose many things his money, his relatives, his profession. his settled life and his natural habitat and infact he gives a great sacrifice in this process and most of them in the end returned to their homeland with all expenses paid.