When I arrived to Canada back in 2005 my first job was in a Call Center. And also was the second one.
Not what I’d call good jobs, but they were the first to arrive and I took them. I did not care much at the time. I just wanted to stop the leaking from my bank account!
A few months after, when I was more involved with French I had a proposition to work at Parliament Hill. It was a few months contract but it was better paid, in a better position and in a more interesting place. At the same time, I had the job offer from Waterloo for the company I work now. That was around 9 months after our landing. It took me 9 months to get the “good job”.
Is that soon enough? It’s in the average. Most of the people I know (educated professionals with good language skills and interesting experience in their home countries) ended up getting “the good job” after 6 months in average. It looks like soon enough now, seven years after. It was an eternity 7 years ago.
Sometime I look back and think what I could’ve done better to get “the good job” sooner, and this is what I want to share with you today.
