My husband and I are both young professionals in Boston. We are on work visa. I work for a large company as a technical representative with a possibility to move to Vancouver through an internal transfer. My husband is thinking about a career change. He plans to go to the law school in UBC.
Here are the pros that we list,
1. Easy to get green card and citizenship
2. Inexpensive tuition in Canada
3. Pleasant weather in Vancouver
4. Closer to China
5. Great Chinese food
6. Less expensive housing
I asked a co-worker, who got his citizenship in Canada. He listed all the good things about Canada. But I forgot to ask him why he decided to come to Boston.
We're seriously thinking about moving to Vancouver. Any comments? Any suggestion?
一直在无忧上都是看,很少说。今天也想说说自己的体会,让大家扔扔砖头。
我觉得“心态”是很重要的。就好像这里所说的,如果Thinking Positively,事情就会是Positive。或者我说说自己的经历吧。我是2001年3月到多伦多的,那时不知道天高地厚,以为凭在中国外企的工作经验,找工作只是a piece of cake。刚开始的时候,担心自己的英文水平不够,还全职去读ESL,以为2-3个月下来,自己的英文ready了,再找工作就简单了。3个月后开始全职找工作,发了无数的resume,结果还是一样,找上门的都是agent。整整半年过去了,一个正式面试的机会都没有。911发生了,心里更加彻底地失望,心里只想回国。联系以前的头,他说回来吧,我给你相同的待遇和位置,一切似乎已成定局。但是我心里总有个声音对自己说,“回去后,就等于走回原来的那条路了,甘心吗?”我wife这时的行动也改变了我的看法。其实最想回去的是她,当我准备要回去的时候,她兴奋得比来加拿大的时候还厉害。但是当她知道我内心矛盾的时候。她说:“想留下,就留下吧。我去打工,你继续找你的工作,找不到就去读书吧。我不相信我们活不下去。”说完的第二天,她就到处找工去了,跑上几天,居然给她找到了一份包装的工作。由于经常加班,一个月下来除去税还有1500多。但是每天回来,她累得只想睡觉。看见她这个样子,我对自己说“来加拿大的时候,我答应给她好的生活,现在反而是她养我了,我对得起她吗?她都可以找到工作,我为什么不行”。从那以后,我不让自己呆在家里,走出去,去workshop,上agency,打电话,找朋友,反正一切可以用到的方法都用到了,努力终于有了回报,2001年的11月底,我找到了现在的这份工作:VC programming。公司刚起步,所以我的工资不高,才2000多,而且没有benifit。但是起码我可以干上了professional的工作,而且今年公司开始有盈利了,把我的工资加到了3000多。现在我买了车,而且让wife去读书。虽然不能说生活以后就会变好,但是我觉得只要我努力,总有好的一天。
抱怨是没有一点作用的。既然来了,还是想想怎么好好地生活下去吧。
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falsepresident
2003-02-12 12:48
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falsepresident
2003-02-12 11:06
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In Canada, the discrimination in career search is more serious than in USA (I had been in USA before, I know some differences between these two countries). It is very hard to find a professional job in Canada, not due to your skills, but the society, the economy here. Getting a professional job is something like winning a lottery. The prosperous of those companies related to job search workshop sponsored by the government could tell you the huge potential clients of those companies (how many unmemployed people exist) .
In Canada, It is not so difficult to find a General Labor job (6.85-10 CAD$/hour, you will find one in 1-2 month), but the problem is: nobody accept you as a qualified professional candidiate if they know that you have washed dishes full-time in the past 2-3 years, the result should be: you keep doing your Gerenal Labour until you retire or die. You are able to buy a house and a car (pay your mortgage in 20 years). But is that your goal abroad?
谈谈加拿大华人和在美华人的心态问题