The journey of job seeking


The journey of job seeking

 Trevor Shi

 First, first, please let me tell you about myself.my name is Trevor, I am looking for a job now, This is the second week of job seeking in Toronto. Job seeking in Toronto is not an easy case. I would like to share with you what I have done during those days.

I was a cybersecurity analyst with 4 years of work experience. I have completed my bachelor degree in computer networking. I have CCNA/CISSP/Qualys VM Certifications.

I have been in Canada for 3 years. I came to Canada for love, my wife is a Chinese Canadian. when I first land in here, my language skill was poor, I could get any word.at that time my wife was pregnant, I had to pay my home mortgage, I didn't get a chance to find a professor job. so I took a survey job in a Chinese supermarket because they did not require English. Then people go shopping at the Chinese supermarket, they speak Chinese. I still kept learning English, listening podcast every day, watching youtube videos, speaking to myself. I kept refreshing my professor knowledge, I got CCNA/CISSP certification as I was a supermarket worker.   I knew I couldn't do this job for the rest of my life, I needed to put my talents in the right way. 

Until 04/2019, I got a chance to jump out. started to learn English. I took an English workshop for one month at day time.m, took ESL course at nighttime, took ToastMaster Training on Friday evening. All of those actions made my English got a big improvement. My CLB test average source from level 5 became to level 7.Then, I took the cybersecurity bridge program, I took an online MOOC cyber course. I got Qualys Vulnerability management certification as well after I graduated the program. 

 I started job seeking at July first, trying to get cybersecurity entry-level job position.

 so, I would like to share with you about my job seeking story. 

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