EMPLOYEMNT PROBLEMS FOR THE OVER QUALIFIEDS’

[SISH7255]

Hi everyone,

I am confused about my future employment in Canada. So far I have worked in 4 different countries on various positions including Technical Manager. Moreover, my education qualification is as following-

Bach. of Electrical Engineering- from India
MBA(Project Management)- from USA-online
PMP(Project Management Professional)- USA based globally recognized
LEED AP (BD+C)- USA based globally recognized
Additionally I have plenty other certificates including computers

Once I land in Canada, I am planning to apply for the position of Electrical Engineer. With my current qualifications, I feel that the prospective Canadian employers might reject me because I am overqualified for the position of electrical engineer due to my MBA. And no one will be willing to employ me on higher position based on my MBA because I do not have Canadian degree or experience. So my question is, can I hide my MBA qualification on CV like I never did it and disclose only the rest ones? Is it against the law?

Any comments are highly appreciated.

Regards,
SISH7255

 

[shuhash]

Re: EMPLOYEMNT PROBLEMS FOR THE OVER QUALIFIEDS'

Hi everyone,

I am confused about my future employment in Canada. So far I have worked in 4 different countries on various positions including Technical Manager. Moreover, my education qualification is as following-

Bach. of Electrical Engineering- from India
MBA(Project Management)- from USA-online
PMP(Project Management Professional)- USA based globally recognized
LEED AP (BD+C)- USA based globally recognized
Additionally I have plenty other certificates including computers

Once I land in Canada, I am planning to apply for the position of Electrical Engineer. With my current qualifications, I feel that the prospective Canadian employers might reject me because I am overqualified for the position of electrical engineer due to my MBA. And no one will be willing to employ me on higher position based on my MBA because I do not have Canadian degree or experience. So my question is, can I hide my MBA qualification on CV like I never did it and disclose only the rest ones? Is it against the law?

Any comments are highly appreciated.

Regards,
SISH7255

don't worry too much .. and do not hide your degree ... canada recognizes USA degrees so ur MBA would be fine ... that will actually help to market urself ( MBA + certifications) ... i work for an investment bank in US and I know for a fact we hire people with candian degree in USA ( i am working with few of them) .. it works both ways ...

 

[SISH7255]

Re: EMPLOYEMNT PROBLEMS FOR THE OVER QUALIFIEDS'

don't worry too much .. and do not hide your degree ... canada recognizes USA degrees so ur MBA would be fine ... that will actually help to market urself ( MBA + certifications) ... i work for an investment bank in US and I know for a fact we hire people with candian degree in USA ( i am working with few of them) .. it works both ways ...

Thank you shuhash!

I truly appreciate ur response.

 

[omm]

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Dont worry I am BE- Computer + 1year diploma IT in germany + 2years Master degree in IT (Italian language) + MCSE , CCNA Routing & Switching.
No worries it's good for FSW PR if you higly qualified, thats increase your points.

OMM

 

[mr_rana]

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@shuhash,

How about MBA from UK?

I did from Manchester Business School, UK which is ranked among world's top 30 but not sure if Canadian job market would treat it in the same way as you said for MBA from USA?

Any inputs?

regards

 

[haral]

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my 2 cents..

everytime you sent a cv your resume should be targetted at the job you are applying for...And the your circumstances will dictate what types of jobs you will going for.

e.g. there was a time when i rmeained unemployed for a year...got laid off from a high profile job and than could'nt find one of the same level...so i chopped off some of my titles and trainings which would make more experienced and started applying for lesser positions and eventually got one...

 

[jnathan]

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Canada needs people who can work practically, they already got plenty of people with degrees and certs.
everyone must have gone through the speeches of Kenney in his recent visit to BC.