5 cases where half hearted migration attempts are normally bound to fail

As a Career Coach for new migrants, I get to meet a lot of new migrants regarding career advice. While most of them will be successful, there are some certain types who I know are among those that are unfortunately going to find it tough. They are making what I call a half hearted migration attempt. Here are some typical examples

First case is of those who have taken out 3 or 4 weeks of annual leave to complete their migration visa stamping process and secure a job here within that strict time frame only. After all, they cruised through points test, passed the English language test and qualifications skills assessment, etc so they feel, all this equates to them being able to secure a job easily. Its turns out be a sight-seeing and information gathering trip.

Second case is of those that change their resume everyday and apply for lots of industry jobs online! In fact, they apply for all new jobs in their industry sometimes, everyday! They don’t realise that they are just playing a career dart board game where the probability of hitting a bulls-eye is down to bare minimum. They normally lose momentum and get de-motivated fast.

Third case is of those who migrate here and search for a dream role with an exact matching job title to their overseas role and equate it in terms of matching money, seniority and job profile. They refuse to try out temporary odd jobs. They don’t want their excellent career to lose steam, but often their migration related job search process does.

Fourth case is of those who used to work in ‘profession A’ overseas in their parent country. However they don’t like this profession and have seen others in profession B earning more money and getting more respect. They decide to do a quick short cut course and start a new career without any experience in ‘profession B’ in their new country.

Fifth and worst of all is the case of new migrants who try to search for jobs from the safety of overseas shores itself, as they don’t want to risk migrating to a new country without a job. They keep bombarding everyone they know with emails and messages which normally gets them nowhere.

My friends, securing a job in any new country is not such an easy process! But it’s not that tough, rocket science either. By keeping the back door open, you may be denying yourself a chance to be successful. By taking a guarded or no risk / time poor approach, you are creating your own hurdles. I know it all depends a lot on everyone’s own circumstances, situation, skills, educational and risk profile etc, but please don’t make a half hearted migrated attempt.

Please consider the fact that you are among the lucky ones who have secured a visa through the migration process, others did not even get this chance. The last step in your migration process is to secure a proper professional job, so don’t take it lightly and seek out proper paid professional advice.