P10 Unit 1 Assignment

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Theme 2: Some companies, including most global high-technology firms, accepted technical work credentials from overseas and counted skilled work experiences during job applications. Although many of the participants with higher education obtained no results from their applications to professional positions, exceptions were found among China-born immigrants with technical training. Participant P10 had a B.Sc. degree in mechanical engineering and worked as a crane technician in China for about nine years before immigrating to Canada. He then studied for a Masters of Engineering degree in Montreal and obtained a similar job as a crane technician in an international company in the GTA. P10 has remained in this position for more than 12 years. He reported that he owned a detached suburban house in an upper-middle class neighborhood and intended to buy rental income properties for investment in the coming years. P10 claimed that employers accepted and considered his high level of education, his work credentials, and his technological work experiences from China when he applied for technical careers, especially in a global …show more content…
More than two thirds of the participants described their experiences of coping with job discrimination and employment disparities as negative and depressing. Participant P1 claimed that he had mailed hundreds of job applications and resumes but without results. He finally worked as a pizza deliveryman and then a factory worker. P1 stated: “In the factory, because of my language issue and poor communication… [my supervisor] did not give me an easy or good-paying job.” He described his experience of coping with work discrimination and disparities as a matter of “keeping positive and learning, striving, and aiming to find a job in my own

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