Another Canadian loses job to needless immigrant

[mikedavid00]

Here's an example of why Canadians are underemployed and stuggling to survive. This is a rare, precious full time job in Winnipeg that was given to a non-Canadian becuase of his 'credentials'. Any grad could have done this job. But no, since we have such a high supply of foreign educated in Canada, Canadians are loose jobs to these people on a daily basis when they are not needed here. In the US, you have to PROVE that you were not able to hire an American to do the work. Here in Canada, we just let anyone in which saturates our job market. Thus, Canadians who are graduated and in need of experience lose out to people who have 'higher credentials'. This causes wage depression and underemployment. It also devalues education. The below is an epedimic problem in Canada.

From internal email:

Memorandum To All Canadian Employees:

<name hidding> will join us, on February 1, 2007, as a <position hidding. Sorry. too many funny poeple on this forum with issues>, based in Winnipeg, and reporting to <name hidding> .

<name hidding> obtained a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering at The University of Buenos Aires and a Master's degree in biomedical engineering at Favaloro University, and has spent the past fifteen years in careers that include marketing, project management, applications, and field service.

Please welcome <name hidding> to the <name hidding> team.

Regards,

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We do it to ourselves folks!

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[Renegade]

mikedavid,

Were you the hiring manager? Did you interview all the canidates?

How do you know this wasn't the most qualified canidate for the position?

[Saturn]

mikedavid,

Were you the hiring manager? Did you interview all the canidates?

How do you know this wasn't the most qualified canidate for the position?

Cause immigrants are scum and are not qualified by definition. You should be embarrassed for asking such questions.

[mikedavid00]

mikedavid,

Were you the hiring manager? Did you interview all the canidates?

How do you know this wasn't the most qualified canidate for the position?

Your missing the bigger, greater picture of the whole post.

[geoffrey]

Canadians are too stubborn to move out to Alberta to help our with the shortage, so ya, we should bring in immigrants that are willing to work to replace the lazy.

[mikedavid00]

Canadians are too stubborn to move out to Alberta to help our with the shortage, so ya, we should bring in immigrants that are willing to work to replace the lazy.

9 of 10 jobs created in Alberta are part time, low paying jobs (fact).

There is no job boom in Alberta for average educated Canadian seeking a career. If there was, there would be tons of employers hiring poeple with no or little experience and paying them a lot. This is not happening in Alberta.

I've already proved this a couple weeks back on another thread.

[bk59]

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Any grad could have done this job.

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<name hidding> obtained a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering at The University of Buenos Aires and a Master's degree in biomedical engineering at Favaloro University, and has spent the past fifteen years in careers that include marketing, project management, applications, and field service.

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Any grad could have done this job?

First, for all we know, this was the only guy that applied that had sufficient credentials and experience.

Second, I'm guessing that the average Canadian does not have a Bachelor's electrical engineering degree AND a Master's degree in biomedical engineering AND fifteen years of experience over a range of business areas (marketing, project management, etc.). If this person is using that experience and his or her education, then no, the average Canadian graduate cannot do that job. In fact, take out the word Canadian. The average graduate from anywhere cannot do that job because it seems to be fairly specialized.