Immigrants do not come to a new country to fail..... they come to work hard to improve their living standards..... but the reality always dawns once you are in the battlefield. If only 10% get into to their fields does not mean that other 90% did not evaulate their credentials, try to upgrade their skills, communications or prepare better resume.... only that the reality was entirely different in practice than theory. Qorax had cited an example of a doctor who was able to practice in his profession after 12 years. For example a pharmacist will have to put in four years of studies and fees ranging upwards $40,000 to get re-qualified. As trasceg said start everything all over again ie back to square one.
If many immigrants are stuck in survival jobs, it is certainly not out of choice.
IT is not a regulated profession, neither is cooks, chefs, plumbers, welders and like. These are some of the fields where people can literally walk-into their professions. The irony is the lower you are in the ladder of skilled category the better chances of getting jobs in your fields, of course with some training.
Professions which are regulated like doctors, pharmacists, nurses, teachers etc. face the toughest struggle to get into their fields. If they were not hard workers they would not have achieved what they are in the first place.
The issue here is what are so called "in-demand" jobs. Canadian immigration puts the cart before the horse when it comes to this issue. Rather than evaluating the credentials of applicants before the immigration process it does it other way round leaving skilled doctors, specialists to drive taxis or work in macdonals thereby defeating the very purpose immigraion is granted in the first place.
Yes, regulated professions are the toughest to get into. I have heard of so many horrible stories (not in Canada but the US) which people come to the US and even though their credentials are recognized, they had a hard time passing the competency exams. Mind you, these people have been out of school for years and years too so that could have made it harder for them to pass. Most of the really successful ones that I have seen are the ones that try to fully integrate into the new system and speak good English. A story would be a pharmacist from Croatia, came to the US, decided to go back to pharmacy school despite the fact that NABP recognized her credentials, spent 4 years in school, got herself licensed and never looked back. I have also seen pharmacy technicians who are licensed pharmacists in their own country working as technicians while trying to pass the exams in the US. Some are still working as technicians till today and that was about 5 years ago when we talked.
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