How to overcome the barrier of not having Canadian Experience as a new immigrant?

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Unless you get transferred to Canada by a multinational with offices there, it’s extremely hard. I know several cases of people with senior positions in tech/banking/retail in other countries, then moved to Canada under the skilled worker (now Express Entry program I think) and had to start over as door-to-door salespeople, grocery baggers, etc. I wish I had better news for you — good luck regardless!

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Thankyou so much for your insights. I can totally resonate with the fact that after having a certain level of job and then immigrating to Canada makes it a difficult. I guess all we can do is keep trying.

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