Canada is a country of immigrants. However, it is a fact that most professionally qualified immigrants to Canada have to go through a lot of struggle to settle in their new homeland. They suffer due to lack of proper information regarding their licensing requirements, job opportunities, and several other settlement issues. They have to undergo prolonged periods of uncertainty and insecurity about their future and constantly need help to get an entry in their respective professions. Lack of any support from family, friends, and colleagues makes their transition into a new system that is totally different from the one that they left behind, even harder.

Immigrant professionals experience a huge gap in their support network, making their integration into Canadian society ever more daunting. Most of them are otherwise perfectly fit to immediately take up positions in their respective professions. However, due to lack of acceptance and proper networking, long-term survival jobs seem like the only options. These professionals are unable to compete in the Canadian job market because of insufficient language skills, lack of Canadian experience and qualifications, and an ineffective supporting network. It is not easy for any individual to cope with such difficulties without any meaningful and organized support network. Transitioning to any new system requires constant repositioning, realignment, and readjustment.

In order to help professionally qualified immigrants deal with such grim challenges, I founded an organization by the name of 'Proactive Canadian Professionals Association', also known as PACPA. Its management realized very early on that waiting for outside help will not solve the problem and self help is the best option. It has been helping immigrants since 2004 to find gainful employment in their respective professions and join Canadian mainstream through networking. It is important to note that more than 85 % of jobs in Canada are filled through networking, without ever being advertised.

PACPA believes that the transition process for new immigrants can be made much easier by providing them necessary guidance and ongoing support. This requires access to a network of professionals who are willing to help their fellow members as and when needed. PACPA currently has more than 1,100 professionals as its members and is constantly growing. It has now become one of the largest groups of internationally qualified Canadian professionals.

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