Poople like you will succeed anywhere in the world. --- Salus Correia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Among other things, Cecil wrote: > > I have heard stories of qualified professionals in > Australia (and elsewhere) doing menial jobs as there > are no job opportunities in their particular field. > Isn't that then a waste of an education? Not to say > the problem does not exist in India, but we do admit > to it... > _______________________________________________________________________________________________ > > Well Cecil,you too have written well, but then > that's what you always do, much to the delight of > Goans who read Goanet! > > What you said above is true. But you have to > remember that it applies to you and me who think of > migrating with their grey hairs on! It is difficult > as you rightly said, for qualified professionals who > migrate, to get job opportunities in their > particular field. But that is not the case with the > young ones who live and qualify here. Somehow there > is a problem with us getting jobs in our field, > however highly qualified we may be. But the kids > start right away, and that makes the difference. > The young ones have open doors in any careers of > their choice in this country. > > You also spoke about education and careers in > detail. Well, I do believe that one needs a good > educational background for any career of choice. > While there are lots of career opportunities in > India, we still hear of many companies showing > preference to overseas qualified candidates as > compared to the local ones. This is not something > new anyway. Even in our time, we used to envy the > foreign returned blokes to took over [talk of > Harvard etc!!] > > And we cannot deny the fact that this area is still > lacking in many respects in amchem Goem. Maybe with > time, things will change and our grandchildren or > great grandchildren will be the beneficiaries. But > for now, the overseas options seems to be better for > the children. > > For your information, when i first landed here in > melbourne 5 years ago, it was very difficult for me > to start in my field of expertise. I just could not > get anywhere and drew a blank wall wherever I tried. > It was very frustrating. Here employers seek local > expererience, and without that it is difficult. I > do know of guys making it in their lines of > expertise, but many including me did not. Out of > desperation I took on a job in a factory in order to > survive with my family. There were lots of fears, > and fear can drive one to the wall. But guess what? > I enjoyed coming home after the first day at work. > I could just put my feet up, and relax without any > work stress whatsoever!!! That was a great feeling, > so much so, that I decided that I would do just that > for some time! After a year, I decided that I > wanted to continue in this new line, but realized > that I would not have the energy to continue at the > pace I was on. So the next step I took was to > qualify myself locally, after which I got a > promotion and I am very happy now in the Automobile > manufacturing industry. I am relaxed at work, and > there is no stress as compared to the time when I > spent about 17 years dedicated to Purchasing > followed by the manufacture of Linda's Bebinca in > Goa! And the cycle continues. Right now I have a > qualified dentist on my assembly line. Two months > ago I had a young guy from Tamil Nadu who had a > masters in Engineering, but like me could not get an > entry. He worked with me for about eight months, > but now managed to get a very good job in his line > with a Telephone provider here, and is very happy > with his success. > > So you see, it is a matter of choices, and not a > matter of running down Goa or wanderlust as some may > think. The benefits are there too. We do afford > more, live better than we ever did, but then that > comes with the package I suppose! And at the core > of that big package lies a lot of hard work! > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
