Unit 5 Research Questions

There were five research questions for this study. Research Question 1 addressed how the overseas work credentials of China-born immigrants from overseas were regarded when these individuals applied for jobs. Two themes emerged for the first question: (a) Most local employers in the GTA did not consider foreign work credentials during job application for China-born immigrants; and (b) some companies, including most global high-technology firms, accepted technical work credentials from overseas and counted skilled work experiences during job applications.
Research Question 1. How do China-born immigrants in the GTA describe how their work credentials from overseas were regarded when they applied for jobs? Two themes emerged for this research …show more content…
Her first job was as a production worker in a factory. Similar results were reported by P1, who held a B.Sc. degree in industrial engineering and management (IEM); by P14, who held a B.Sc. degree in industrial management; by P18, who held a B.Sc. degree in civil engineering, and by P4, who held a B.Sc. degree in mechanical engineering. All three participants had been born in China, had degrees at the level of higher education, and had work experience in their fields before they arrived in GTA between 1997 and 2003. Nevertheless, they were unable to find work in the host country aligned with their professional experience or commensurate with their …show more content…
P1 studied heating and air-conditioning (HAC) at a local career college. P2 studied real estate, completed his real-estate license examination in 2012, and obtained his broker license in 2016. P4 earned his transportation driving license and drove back and forth from Canada to the United States. P7 enrolled in ESL and some accounting courses, and later she completed her accounting license examination and worked as an accounting consultant in