WHITE CANADIAN WORK

The canadian dream, dont we have it, in some form or another? I did, and I belive i still have it, somewhere on the mud cynicism that living in canada for 9 years and having low payed jobs and being asked to over produce when I wasnt even motivate to do my best, when you feal exploited by a system that asks more and pays, humanly, emotionaly...less and less.

But lets talk about Work, the blood that makes the Canadian, the World economy spin and breath, we the immigrants who try to find a job, feal they belong here, I belong here, I like Canada alot, still there are many things in the canadian system that dont make sence, that hurt Us Imigrants that make Canada their home.

There is a general fealing that we are equal, legaly we are to some extend if we forget for some instants the fact most cops are white canadians, no need to be surprise, more on the way. When it comes to leadership in organizations, corporations and so forth, who leads? canadians, and i wont go to the sex details( male or female) thats a glass long broken. The white "supremacy" in Canada, and I dont mean this in any KKK type of way, goes to the extend that while canadians have the "easy" job, and stay the longer employed it seems, immigrants not just struggle to find a job, keep it and to be understand, because of our "poor english".

It seems its us who have to do the work to be understood in so many levels, yes its a multicultural country and all that, but in a multicultural country dont the "hosts" dont have to do some work too?? But as i was saying I worked once in a company, a famous one in fact proud of its, open to debate, "equality" where most of the leaders were white canadians, employers in fact did the easy job like helping costumers, while the new canadians with their poor english and hard work, stayed on the back producing and while we on the back were expected more and more, often even doing the work on the group of canadians, the leadership never took notice of the difference of treatment.

I applyed several times to places like HMV, Rogers Video, StarBucks, Fundraising and I didnt understood why i didnt fet the job, well, take some time to visit and notice I realized why, who work on this places are Canada born people while fluently speaking and cool atitude candians have, of course me or any other new canadian/immigrant will never  get that job, the answer is right in front of you. Then I have to ask what are the policies of this companies about the people they hire?? are they so specific that goes to the point of the hired being a immigrant or canadian born?..or maybe whos to blame its the leadership, that chooses the easier way, buy hiring people that they dont have to strugle to understand....so maybe its not the difficulty of the job, but some obvious preference on those companies, that dont seem very canadianm isnt it!!!

But if I want to work on Macdonals, Superstore or Burguer King where the conditions, lets say are more EXPLOITIVE, the process of hiring, and work demand wont compare with the previous companies that I said above, because being a canadian born sure brings great advantages and who get the crapy job and have to show we are at the same level as canadians?? we are, the new immigrants!!

Yes we came a long way from the past experiences of Immigration, but we are still a long way to go and for that the system must change and w

Un Horizonte Nuevo, otra vez…

Hace unos años los deje todos atrás, cada recuerdo amargo que cruzaba mi pensamiento; fue extraño ese momento, pues cada uno de ellos se hizo presente  aquella tarde. Recordé mi infancia y mi adultez. Hubo momentos donde sentí pena de mí y hubo otros donde me sentí valiente y decidida; de igual manera ambos fueron duros de vivir y esa tarde estaban conmigo una vez más, todos a la vez. Salieron de mí,  y me sentí responsable de mi vida, aunque a veces pareciera victima.  Y tan fácil como soltar una maleta, los deje a ellos también y quedaron todos atrás.

Yo cambie, pude recoger nuevas memorias; pude vivir mi vida al lado de los seres que tanto amo, sin un solo reproche. Marche hacia delante…

Y caminado de frente me encuentro otro horizonte, pues este viaje aun no termina. Hoy otra vez, después de tantos años, los dejo una vez más atrás; no esos recuerdos que deje en esa tarde; los nuevos, pues una vez más la vida fue dura, y fui feliz, y fui vulnerable.  Una vez mas sin equipaje, me muevo hacia delante y cambiare otra vez; y recogeré nuevas memorias, y viviré al lado de los que tanto amo sin reproches. Otra vez…

Beatriz

Perdoname

Hiring to Firing you!!! Please apply!!!

We live in a mad world, often I am forced  to say an abusurd world. Modern companies dont seem to just to hire people, with all their human limitations, but machines it seems. Its competition we can say, but that same competition have some pervert side effects on people lifes and word place, most of all it unhumanises people that become alienated on their constant struggle to bet the expected level of the company, but if the company dont like the employer for some stupid reason, very easly that same company can come up with reasons to make one more unemployed.

But not having a job and keeping it its hard, being hired now a days it is in itself a push to extreme limits, like companies want a Perfect person for the job and if along the hiring process something unperfect happens on the part of the job seeker, your history. We live in a world dominated by an irrational desire to have money and to spend it, since companies want us to consume, consume and consume while spending the money of out effort.....companies abuse us to make them money and on our time off, other organizations compete for our money in entreteinment and pleasure, this are our chains.

But lets talk about the hiring process...you must dress right, talk right, have a wonderfull resume in its form and content, a resume that not only shows who you are, but for some time you can in a letter be magnificent and wonderfull with the only letter in yout life you are able to touch a heart to be called for an interview. After conquering the heart of the employer he wants to know what you can do and how you are, on interview he text you by your past exemples and experiences and lets not forget that in all this process if the boss feels something is not right or he doesnt like this or that....well, your out.

When testing your skills that often happens, from writting, to answering phone calls, computer skills and so forth...the shadow of mistakes its always on your back, but then again "we want to hire you!" also rings deep inside you. To some extend we are at the mercy of the organizitions from the time we send a resume to the 1 interview and so forth " you better be perfect" walk over water, raise the dead or turn water into wine, if getting a job depends on it, you must do it!!!

And in this world where organizations have control over us and our desteny often no matter how hard we try, its never good enough for them, because we were born with a fragility, being human. Text after text after text we have to go throught, from a phone interview to many task ones, to find out at the end, for the majority that applys " i am sorry but you didnt performed according to out expectations"..and so the grueling job search continues again and the selection continues for the "Uberman"that the organizations have in mind, they either too unreal or we will have to lie to ourselfs and to them for both of us to reach a certain agreement.

We workers, who look for a job are at a loss on this competitive selvage market of job search, we became and are comodities, we dont mean nothing to them, they have more people out there who want to work and are able to reach the purposes of the organizations, those people that like many companies, dont mind steping on people, using them and explore them as they please to reach the ultimate and aburd goal of more money on their account.

More money for what reason?? wanting money for money sake, at any price, when people are trown out and kicked around if they dont fit the organizations ambitions. Many dont just look for a job but a company to sell their soul, humanity and integrety...as long as they pay, they are the best "toy" to be bought....I meet a few of those tyoe of the companies, they are usualy blind, stupid and ignorant, but the company loves them since their lack of self awarenes and blissfull stutpidy makes them lots of money....its a great deal!!!

A new paradigm needs to come in the future, a solution to this powerless hiring process we unemployed have, we are not on the wiining side and nothing can garantee we will ever be. The reason I wrote this article is because i find it offencive and stupid how organizations since the hiring process abuse their powers, by the simple fact they give us the money we need, and most of all because we are all replaceble in this economic selvagery...we simply become objects, we are objects and becoem more and more alienated and stupified when organizations while during the hiring process or while working push us to extremes and ask in the name of their profit and power, for us to loose our dignity and humity...and thats is very very wrong!!!!!


Tiago R

silence

There are many working for Him

This week I had the certainty of knowing that so many are working for Him. I know a lady who is trying to build a new temple; there are others that are helping her, building her dream. There is a humble group of women who live near my house that, deal with their own problems and spread the good news of God with happiness. There is another who learns about Him, a little more each day and filled with hope, help others that she found on her path, just with words. I read books about love and how we should help spread it. There are so many working for Him and everyone does things their own way, each one of them believes in different religions, live in a different country and speak a different language, each one believes that their truth is absolute; and absolute or not, there is a one thing that matters, that they all are working for Him.

Join Them!

Give good advice and you will be working for Him. Open the door for someone, dare to discuss a thought; struggle to live a life with dignity, full of love and you will be working for Him. If you only think big, there are millions of needy people around the world; Help them!  

Dream, Love, Live, Give glory to God and you will be working for Him.

Beatriz

Hay Muchos Trabajando para El

Esta semana tuve la certeza de saber que hay tantos trabajando para El. Conozco una señora que, esta intentando construir un nuevo templo; hay otros que la ayudan a construir su sueño. Hay un grupo de humildes señoras que viven cerca de mi casa que lidian con sus problemas y en adición esparcen la buena noticia de Dios, con amor y felices. Hay otra que aprende de El un poco más cada día y llenándose de esperanza, ayuda al que se encuentra de frente con sus propias palabras. He leído libros que hablan del amor y como debemos ayudar a esparcirlo. Hay tantos trabajando para El  y cada uno hace las cosas a su manera, cada cual cree en religiones diferente, cada uno vive en un país diferente y hablan diferentes lenguas; cada uno cree que su verdad es absoluta; y absoluta o no, hay una sola cosa que importa, que todos están trabajando para El.

¡Únete!

Da un buen consejo y estarás trabajando para El. Ábrele la puerta a alguien, atrévete a debatir un pensamiento, lucha por vivir una vida con dignidad, llena de amor  y estarás trabajando par El. Si solo piensas en grande, hay millones de necesitados en el mundo, ¡Ayúdalos!                                             

Sueña, Ama, Vive, Dale la Gloria a Dios

y estarás trabajando para El.

Beatriz