You emigrated to a foreign country trying to look for a better life for you and your family, but find yourself with the uncertainty of if you will be able to work on your profession or not. Many women used to be career women in their countries of origin and when they emigrated to other countries they are forced to work minimum waige jobs in order to make ends meet. When my family emigrates out of Cuba, I went to Puerto Rico with my family, but my mother went to Canada, because we couldn’t leave the country together. My mother is a mathematician, PhD, and all that, and her first job in Canada, was working in a factory packing candies. So obviously she felt a little bit frustrated but at the same time she was grateful for a new start. Now she has a better as a software engineer, and she enjoys it; so after that she has always tells me that I shouldn’t settle, it doesn’t matter if today I am feeding pigeons in the street, if we have the motivation, we will be able to take our careers back.
Immigrants often face challenges in foreign countries, the most obvious one is the language and the differences in the law. Some professionals can work in any country, others have to take boards exams and it is not always easy, it can be exhausting and discouraging but if we don’t try it. For example lawyers and doctors are the ones who really have the biggest troubles when they go to foreign countries. But I think the best way to approach this problems is being proactive and always be motivate, have your eyes on the target, for example, first thing to do is learning the language of the country you just move to, the TV, newspapers. Then, contrary to what many people would believe is move away from the neighborhoods from the same ethnicity as you, for example if you are Romanian, don’t live in Romanian neighborhoods. This may seems odd, but the truth about this, is that you look yourself in the mirror of the people of the same ethnicity as you that have been more years in that country and some of them have made it, some of them have not. Also in the minorities neighborhoods some people have the tendency to use the “poor me” card, the best thing to do, is live in a neighborhood as neutral as possible, so you can have a better understanding of the culture and how things work in that country. Also it is important to inform yourself about what are the qualifications, exams, and documentation you need in order to start working in your profession. But the most important thing is be motivated and don’t feel sorry for ourselves, it may not be easy, but it is not impossible.
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