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Searching for Canadian Experience ? This Book May Help From The Brampton Guardian By DEE UNDERWOOD Special to the Guardian No career experience? You’ve come to the Wright place. Career development practitioner and mentor Daisy Wright has published a book called No Canadian Experience, Eli? which is a career guide for newcomers to Canada. As an immigrant herself now living in Brampton, Wright has learned a lot about the challenges immigrants face. Wright moved here from Jamaica 18 years ago. She and her husband moved to Brampton because her friend told her it would be a “good settling ground” to orient themselves with Canada. Once here, Wright decided Brampton was the perfect place to stay and raise her family. After earning her bachelor of arts from Ryerson University and a post-graduate degree in career develop-merit from Conestoga College, she now runs her own career consulting firm, the Wright Career Solution. She was able to thaw from her personal experience and her work to pinpoint and write about the basic skills of job hunting and resume writing, as well as interviewing and networking skills. ‘The most common things immigrants hear is either that they are over qualified or that they have no Canadian experiences” said Wright. Though she had never been turned away due to a lack of Canadian experience, she accredited that to her experience in the U.S., working with the United Nations. “Experience is experience, whether you are in Canada or not,” she said. “You just have to say convince the employer that by combining your international experience with their Canadian experience, you can work together to achieve the goal of the business.” Wright encourages newcomers to go through credential evaluations, which checks your training and skills to ensure that you can keep up with the Canadian industries. “Employers are just don’t understand how equal the training in one country can be to training in Canada. They just can’t relate the standards,” she said. Though much of her book is about how immigrants can get into the Canadian workforce, about half of her advice is applicable to anyone in the job market. “There are examples of cover letters, resumes and interview questions, as well as a wide range of resources for job seekers,” she said. “Sixty-five to eighty per cent of jobs are not advertised, so you have to know where to look to find the right one.” Above all, Wright’s best advice is to persevere and keep trying. “You have to remember that if you were someone over there, you can be someone here.” Wright’s book, No Canadian Experience, Eh? is available through her Web she at wwwnocanadianexperience-eh.com~ and will be available through Chapters and Amazon.com in the near future.

New Book on Procession of Saints JoeGoaUk <joegoauk@yahoo.co.uk> Fr. Cosme Jose Costa SFX, professor of History of Christianity at the Pilar Theological College will release a new book "World's Grand Procession of Saints in India", written by Rosario F Rodrigues at St. Andrew Church, Goa-Velha on March 26. After intense research work, Rodrigues discovered that the initial purpose of starting this procession was in order to venerate the "Holy Face" of Jesus Christ on a centuries old cloth, preserved in the church of St. Andrew at Goa-Velha. This is the second book by Rosario. Earlier he authored a book on Betim apparitions in 1996. This book is registered under the International Standard Numbering System for Books in New Delhi and price at Rs.675. However, only on the day of procession of saints, the book will be sold at a subsidized rate of Rs.300. It is all about life and history of each of the 30 saints, history of the village and procession with over 200 colourful photos of Charols including the missing images of the Saints from the procession and brief study on the processions throughout out the world. Check here a photo show video of the last year's http://www.goatourism.magnify.net/item/8THS2KHQTRDYB... http://www.goatourism.magnify.net/publish/item?media...