Posted on: 10-06-06 18:11:28
HI! FRIENDS,
I AM SANJEEV (FROM INDIA- DELHI) AN ELECTRONICS ENGINEER BY PROFESSION- WORKED IN SALES &MKT-ING FEILD- 10 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN DEALING WITH GLASS SHELL & COLOURED PICTURED TUBES OF T.V's.
MIGRATED TO CANADA 2 MONTHS BACK. JOINED ENERGY SELLING COMPANY AS SALES REPRESENTATIVE(DOOR TO DOOR SALES) FOR 1 MONTH. MY FAMILY(WIFE & A 6 YEARS OLD SON) JOINED ME JUST 1 MONTH BACK.
WITH ODD WORKING HOURS & BEING TIRED WITH DOOR TO DOOR WITH NO BREAK FOR MY PERSONAL IMIGRATION FORMALITIES(SIN CARD, LICENCE TESTS, KIDS SCHOOL ADDMISSION, SHIFTING, ETC), I HAD TO TAKE A BREAK FROM MY JOB. STILL LOOKING FOR ANOTHER JOB OPPORTUNITY.
I AM TOO CONFUSED FOR UPGRADATION OF MY QUALIFICATIONS. TO MY SURPRISE, THERE NO SUCH FIELD RELATED TO MY EXPERIENCE OF INDIA (TV's, PICTURE TUBES,ETC). I HAVE ENG. DEGREE BUT WORKED IN MARKETING FEILD, THAT MEANS NO TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE OF ENG.
I EXPLORED FOR SAP, ENG., FINANCE RELATED FEILDS. THE PROBLEM IS THAT BEING NEW TO THIS COUNTRY WITH LIMITED INFORMATION &A VERY FEW CONTACTS IAM NOT GETTING THE TRUE PICTURE OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED FIELDS.
1. THE JOB PROSPECTS & EARNINGS
2. IN WHICH FIELD IT IS WORTH SPENDING MONEY &TIME.
ALL MY DESI FRIENDS ARE REQUESTED TO HELP ME THEIR VALUEABLE EXPERIENCES & ADVICE ASAP.
IT WILL BE A GREAT HELP FOR ME.
SANJEEV
You could try for job at Futureshop or Sears. You would fit into the home theatre or audio business. But I guess you require SIN to apply at Futureshop.
For a career in finance go to http://www.csi.ca" rel="nofollow">LINK This might help. CSC is a must to get into finance. You may also consider insurance as a career. Go advocis site andget more info.
Sanjeev,
Relax and try to think, if you have to make a career change what it will be. For that if you need to upgrade your qualification go for it. I guess you are a legal immigrant therefore you will qualify for Student loan. Only part that you will miss on loan is Bursary (Scholarship).
Don't get fixed to one option, that is marketing. Try other avenues, make a career move. Whatever you feel is best for your satisfaction.
Being an engineer and working for future shop or any chain will not give you career satisfaction. Think hard and make a move. Best of luck buddy.
I was told this and now I am telling you. This is your incubation period in Canada. Everybody has gone thru this phase....make best use of it to transform yourself into the system.
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THANK U ICEBERG & CHARLIE FOR UR VALUABLE FEEDBACK . I M TRYING FOR THE FINANCE FIELD. I AM PLANING FOR THE INSURANCE SECTOR & IT NEEDS LICENSING. I M PLANNING FOR THE LIFE LICENSING . I NEED FURTHER HELP FROM ALL MY DESI'S. I HV HEARD THAT AFTER THE LLQP LICENSE WITH THE SALES & MKTG EXPERIENCE, IT IS EASY TO GET THE JOPBS IN THE BANKS & BANKS SPONSER THE SECURITIES COURSE FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES .
SINCE I AM HAVING A ENGINEERING BACKGROUND & ONLY SALES EXPERIENCE . IF I WANT TO GET INTO THE TECHNICAL FIELD AFTER GETTING THE DEGREE EVALUATION & GOING THROUGH THE TECHNICAL EXAMS AS ADVISED BY THE VALUATING AGENCY. WHAT IS THE SCOPE OF GETTING THE ENGINEERING JOBS.PLS SEND UR VALUABLE FEEDBACK ASAP.
SANJEEV
Sanjeev,
My understanding of the process if it can help you, represent your case to Technical body as an application engineer instead of marketing & sales. It may become a hurdle for you to link technical to pure sales job of submission of quote and picking orders. In Canada techincal selling is more of inside sales protfolio. I have sales background from India but I have successfully made a career move by moving to Manufacturing using my Engineering background and upgradation. If that can help you, I guess
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thanks Charlie,
u are talking about the technical bodies for the valuation of the Engineering degree. Please give the details of the same so that i can also approch them for the help.Can u pls tell me the courses which are demand in electronics & are short term/Part time in which co-op placement can be provided by the College/University, which will also lead to the necessary canadian technical experience for getting the future jobs in Toronto/Canada.
i request all the desi's to share their views on the same .
Sanjeev
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Originally posted by sanjeev71
thanks Charlie,
u are talking about the technical bodies for the valuation of the Engineering degree. Please give the details of the same so that i can also approach them for the help.Can u pls tell me the courses which are demand in electronics & are short term/Part time in which co-op placement can be provided by the College/University, which will also lead to the necessary Canadian technical experience for getting the future jobs in Toronto/Canada.
i request all the desi's to share their views on the same .
Sanjeev
I am from Mechanical side therefore my research will not help you but PLC is in demand I guess. Any electronic engineer would like to reply you will be best.
For engineer, P Eng is the designation required for engineers in ON. OCATT is the other one which is more of Technician certification. I did not go for any evaluation of degree instead got my Post Graduation. Now at interview I use my Engineering Degree as a plus plus point with my post graduation. I opted for a full time program because my evaluation is that full time is rated as a serious education compare to part time. Also it is easier to get job for companies are aware of graduating dates of programs of their interest.
Choose program of your interest from Community college and find out by speaking to faculty. Admissions are open till the 2nd week of program start date. You are very much in time to apply for them. I hope this helps you.
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