Skip Survival Jobs

Drawing on his first few years as an immigrant, Ron Auza narrates how people constantly reminded him of this widely accepted advice: "New immigrants, no matter how highly experienced and educated they are, will not be able to work in their field of expertise immediately upon arriving in a new country. At first, they will have to take on survival jobs for months, if not years, and work their way up again from the bottom." The thing that bothers him the most is that immigrants have come to believe this as the outright truth. The reality of these statements is apparent in almost every fellow immigrant he has met ... doctors working as cab drivers, engineers flipping burgers at fast-food chains, nurses serving at restaurants, accountants working as cashiers in grocery stores, and many other examples of professionals working jobs that do not match their professional skills and capabilities. Ron affirms that by believing in this reality, immigrants gradually experience discouraging effects. Hidden beneath their smiles and comforts are disappointment and frustration due to unmet expectations. Even worse, immigrants have accepted this as their fate, abandoning their dreams and passions-the very skills and capabilities that brought them to their new country. Within two months of his arrival in Canada, Ron started his first job as a director of business excellence in a large multinational company. In this book he shares the hope that new immigrants can choose a different reality; that going with the crowd is not always the best or most rewarding path. Ron tells how he did it and offers his advice to new immigrants so they can skip survival jobs and quickly establish their desired careers upon entry in a new country.