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MY SUCCESS STORY
Success does not always mean reaching the zenith, sometimes it just means achieving what is so close to your heart.
Migrating to Canada was not an easy decision for me, with no family, friends or support for our family here. With all the best wishes and blessings of all our family and friends in India, I landed with my husband and two little kids in Vancouver in March, 2014.
I had heard a lot about how it is difficult to enter into your own field and how you have to get a Canadian experience to finally enter your own field of employment. With a doctorate in management and 10 years of teaching experience in Business Schools in India, the thought of doing anything other than teaching was undoubtedly hard for me. What kept me strong was a thorough belief in my skills, a positive attitude and faith in God.
A lot of internet surfing, knowing about the free seminars and workshops for new immigrants in Canada was an asset for me. In the very first week of my landing, I got myself registered with Skill Connect.
My first priority was to take care of all the documentary work and vising various offices and schools myself, allowing my husband to go and volunteer for an organization, offering them service in handling a software, which he could operate. That did pay off and within twenty days, he was offered a job to handle the same software. Step one was complete. By the time, I had registered my daughter in the nearest school and located a Preschool for my second child.
The limited hours that I had with me, when both the kids were off to their schools, was the only time in which I had to do something for my own job. I attended a few seminars and workshops by Skill Connect and had a wonderful session on Resume Writing with my counsellor there.
After applying for a number of jobs online, with a few replies here and there, I did think…oh its easier said than done…..Whatever knowledge and positive thoughts you have seem very beautiful when all is well around you, but not when the whole world seems to be only shades of grey. I did not let any negative thoughts creep up my mind and embraced the reasons that had made me decide to come to Canada. “This is the right place and it should have the right job for me”. I saw a college teaching position advertised on a job portal and decided to apply for it. I spent some time to review and refresh my resume and attached it with a modest Cover Letter. Within 2 hours of my email, I received a call for an interview which had to take place within the next two hours. I managed to reach just in time and yes… I did get the job as a Business Instructor.
So, here I am, within two months of landing in this most welcoming country, well settled but knowing…………I have miles to go before I sleep.
Vandana
Success does not always mean reaching the zenith, sometimes it just means achieving what is so close to your heart.
Migrating to Canada was not an easy decision for me, with no family, friends or support for our family here. With all the best wishes and blessings of all our family and friends in India, I landed with my husband and two little kids in Vancouver in March, 2014.
I had heard a lot about how it is difficult to enter into your own field and how you have to get a Canadian experience to finally enter your own field of employment. With a doctorate in management and 10 years of teaching experience in Business Schools in India, the thought of doing anything other than teaching was undoubtedly hard for me. What kept me strong was a thorough belief in my skills, a positive attitude and faith in God.
A lot of internet surfing, knowing about the free seminars and workshops for new immigrants in Canada was an asset for me. In the very first week of my landing, I got myself registered with Skill Connect.
My first priority was to take care of all the documentary work and vising various offices and schools myself, allowing my husband to go and volunteer for an organization, offering them service in handling a software, which he could operate. That did pay off and within twenty days, he was offered a job to handle the same software. Step one was complete. By the time, I had registered my daughter in the nearest school and located a Preschool for my second child.
The limited hours that I had with me, when both the kids were off to their schools, was the only time in which I had to do something for my own job. I attended a few seminars and workshops by Skill Connect and had a wonderful session on Resume Writing with my counsellor there.
After applying for a number of jobs online, with a few replies here and there, I did think…oh its easier said than done…..Whatever knowledge and positive thoughts you have seem very beautiful when all is well around you, but not when the whole world seems to be only shades of grey. I did not let any negative thoughts creep up my mind and embraced the reasons that had made me decide to come to Canada. “This is the right place and it should have the right job for me”. I saw a college teaching position advertised on a job portal and decided to apply for it. I spent some time to review and refresh my resume and attached it with a modest Cover Letter. Within 2 hours of my email, I received a call for an interview which had to take place within the next two hours. I managed to reach just in time and yes… I did get the job as a Business Instructor.
So, here I am, within two months of landing in this most welcoming country, well settled but knowing…………I have miles to go before I sleep.
Vandana
