Educated Immigrants in Canada stuck in survival jobs

This is quiet a problem so far.   barriers for new immigrants to find a desirable job in their original fields include:

1) culture and language barriers

2) foreign degree recognition

3) the “unique” job seeking method and

4) still existing “discrimination” in Canada.

In response to those barriers, government needs to:

1) develop transitional program to help immigrant adapt into the new environment more quickly;

2) strict immigrant policy to only admit immigrant with a foreign degree recognized in Canada, or set up a place where employers can obtain reliable information on foreign institutions;

3) establish law and related regulation to ban “discrimination” and “empty job advertisement” in the process of recruiting.

Since the initiative for Canada to attract immigrants is to benefit Canadian economy and society, it is critical for government to foster a friendly and welcomed environment, instead of excluding newcomers outside of the main stream society. Without an appropriate application of their talents,  many landed immigrants are can only add burden to the society. The alternative for many immigrants is to look for other opportunities outside of this country, which will definitely lead to the loss of human capital, especially for Canada, a country having a competitive neighbor also looking for qualified labor forces.

This response was written by Xiaoyu Lin 2011 in response to this article below from the Ethiopian Review:

http://www.ethiopianreview.com/content/13591

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