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♪ upbeat music ♪
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Transfer Your Skills
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to a Great Job!
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Hi. I'd like to tell you about
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two friends of mine who put
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their skills to work.
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♪ finger snap ♪
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HO GAN is a civil engineer
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trained in China.
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Since immigrating to Canada
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three years ago as an
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internationally-trained
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professional,
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he has studied hard to
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improve his English.
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♪ ding ♪
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Because HO GAN is not licensed
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to work in Canada as a civil
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engineer, he works as a team
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supervisor at a business
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innovation centre.
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♪ ding ♪
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At the same time, he is
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working on the training he needs
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to re-certify and be able to
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work as an engineer in Ontario.
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♪ ding ♪
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HO GAN is meeting his friend
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ANANYA here.
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HO GAN and ANANYA met at an ESL
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class at the Toronto District
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School Board's Bathurst Heights
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Adult Learning Centre.
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While HO GAN is an engineer
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from China and ANANYA is an
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accountant from India, they
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found they shared many of the
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same experiences as newcomers
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and have stayed in touch to
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support each other in their
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careers.
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During their meeting, ANANYA and
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HO GAN will use and talk about a
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number of different Essential
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Skills and work habits that are
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important for success in the
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workplace.
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Each time they do,
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we'll point it out
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by dropping in an icon
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like this one -
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oral communication.
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<<HO GAN>> Thanks for making
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time to meet.
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I really appreciate this;
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especially today.
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<<ANANYA>> Why? What's wrong?
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<<HO GAN>> It's not a big
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problem, but...
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I have a co-op student at work
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and I asked her to do something
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and she gave me much more
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than I asked for.
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I don't understand.
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<<ANANYA>> But did she do
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what you asked?
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<<HO GAN>> Oh yes and it was
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good, but...
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she talked to other people I
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work with and gave me extra
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like she was showing off...
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<<ANANYA>> Wait a minute.
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She did what she was asked
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and then a little more
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and you are complaining?
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That's not showing off,
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that's showing initiative.
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She showed she's reliable,
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can solve problems
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and likes to contribute
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to the team.
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Most Canadian employers
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would love to have someone
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like that on their staff.
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<<HO GAN>> Well,
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when you put it that way...
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I guess I can see what she was
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trying to do.
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I’ll talk to her when I get
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back to work.
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<<ANANYA>> Good.
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Workplaces can be confusing when
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you come from somewhere else.
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You know, I took this Workplace
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Culture and Communication Course
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that I think could be really
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good for you.
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<<HO GAN>> I don't need another
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communication course.
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<<ANANYA>> No, it's not a
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regular language course.
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It's designed for professionals
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like us who already understand
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English.
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This is about workplace culture:
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the things you're not always
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taught but you really need to
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know in order to fit in
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and succeed.
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It focuses on what employers
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are looking for -
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and it's specific to what's
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needed in Ontario.
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It really helped me get my
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job here.
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I'll send you the link.
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<<HO GAN>> Thanks. I'll look into it.
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<<ANANYA>> Good.
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But that's not what you came
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to talk about, is it?
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It was credential recognition;
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right?
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<<HO GAN>> Yes.
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Do you still have time?
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<<ANANYA>> Sure. I booked time
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for us in my schedule and
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I've still got 15 minutes.
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<<HO GAN>> Great.
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I really appreciate your advice.
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<<ANANYA>> It's not that long
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ago I was in the same situation.
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Trying to have your credentials
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recognized in Canada is
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definitely possible,
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but it takes time and effort.
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Tell me what's going on.
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<<HO GAN>> That's just it.
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Everything is taking
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too much time and
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too much effort.
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I've decided to quit my course.
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I don't need to work as an
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engineer. I've got a job.
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<<ANANYA>> Yes, and it's great -
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for now, but you're a civil
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engineer and you're working as
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a supervisor on a group of
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business projects.
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Is that what you want?
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Are you sure giving up
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engineering is the answer?
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<<HO GAN>> What do you mean?
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<<ANANYA>> I followed the
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re-credentialing path
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and certified as a Canadian CPA
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and that worked great for me.
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But that doesn't mean
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that's what you have to do.
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There's more than one way
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to work in Canada.
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What if you didn't get your
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Canadian credential BUT you had
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a job that let you use more of
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the things you enjoy about
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being an engineer?
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A job that let you use
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the skills you already have.
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<<HO GAN>> That would be great,
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but...
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how do I go about doing that?
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<<ANANYA>> Let's say...
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This is you.
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The “civil engineer”.
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What are the skills you have
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that make you a good
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engineer?
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<<HO GAN>> I don't know.
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<<ANANYA>> You must have some
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idea.
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<<HO GAN>> Well, I really like
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solving problems.
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<<ANANYA>> And?
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<<HO GAN>> Decision making.
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Oh, and math.
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Especially...
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measurement and calculation.
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And I am really good at
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working with documents.
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<<ANANYA>> Good.
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So we add those too.
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What other skills do you have?
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<<HO GAN>> I don't know.
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I haven't really thought
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about my skills this way before.
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<<ANANYA>> You don’t know right
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now, but there are resources
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that can help you.
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Being able to describe your
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skills in a way that makes sense
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to a Canadian employer gives you
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a huge advantage in finding
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the job you want.
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ANANYA told HO GAN about
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different resources she'd used.
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Resources like
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settlement dot org,
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and the Ontario Skills
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Passport, the OSP,
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where she could not only
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learn about skills
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but also assess her own
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skills and then look at
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different jobs -
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especially jobs in Ontario -
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where those skills were needed
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and could be transferred.
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Working together, they
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identified more Essential Skills
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and work habits:
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working independently,
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teamwork,
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initiative,
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entrepreneurship,
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computer use,
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and finding information.
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Then they looked at the unique
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skills HO GAN had beyond
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being a civil engineer
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like the facts
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he was fluent in Mandarin
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and had been a robotics expert
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in China.
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Skills that would be of great
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value to Canadian companies
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looking to expand
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internationally.
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♪upbeat music♪
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Both Ho Gan and Ananya
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felt they had made a good start
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HO GAN agreed to do some
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research using the OSP to
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learn more about the
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transferable skills he had
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before they met again.
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HO GAN started his research at
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settlement dot org and looked at
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the section on alternative jobs.
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The site explained how working
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in a different job, but one that
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uses your experience and
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transferable skills, can be a
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good way to get Canadian
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work experience.
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He checked the section for
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Engineers
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And found that Construction
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Estimator was a good match.
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Remembering what ANANYA said,
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HO GAN then went to the OSP,
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the Ontario Skills Passport.
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He searched by Occupation
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and found Civil Engineers.
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Clicking on Civil Engineers
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took him to the matching
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OSP Occupational Profile
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And showed him both the
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Essential Skills and the skill
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levels needed for that job.
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He could then click in to each
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of the Essential Skills
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And find authentic tasks
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that show how civil engineers
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use that skill in the workplace.
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For example, he read that
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civil engineers determine
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quantities of equipment,
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materials and labour
needed for large scale
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projects: a Measurement and
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Calculation task at level 4.
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HO GAN then went back to the
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occupation list and clicked on
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Construction Estimators.
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He clicked into that
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occupational profile
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and then the skills
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And that's where he discovered
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that construction estimators
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also calculate material
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quantities.
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Working through all the sample
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tasks in both profiles he could
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clearly see that both jobs use
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the same Essential Skills and
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often at the same skill levels.
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Ontario Skills Passport, Ho Gan
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could see how he could transfer
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his skills as a civil engineer
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to work as a
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construction estimator.
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♪ upbeat music ♪
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After talking with ANANYA
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and doing some research, HO GAN
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felt like a different person.
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He was excited about exploring
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alternate careers and finding
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one that would let him
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contribute the skills he already
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had as an engineer.
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he definitely planned to take
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the Workplace Communication
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Course so when he got the job
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he wanted, he'd be an even
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more valuable employee.
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It would still take time and
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nothing was going to change
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overnight, but having a plan
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definitely felt good.
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HO GAN and ANANYA followed
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similar but different paths to
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the same goal: to use the
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considerable skills they
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brought to Canada to
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contribute to their new
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community and its economy.
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♪ upbeat music ♪
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To learn more about how you
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can use your Essential Skills
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and work habits to explore
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alternative careers visit
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Ontario dot ca slash skills
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passport and settlement dot org