Catering Business and Immigrants
Groups coming to Canada must remember that there are no jobs waiting for them. Instead, they should consider following the example of earlier immigrants that decided to use their culture to make a living.
That is why major cities in South America, Europe, Canada and the U.S. have Spanish, French, Polish, Italian, Greek, Chinese, Vietnamese, Filipino or Indian restaurants. Most of them arrived in the new country with very little or no English, so the only option at the time, was to sell their food.
Time passed and kids came along. They grew up and had more options because they were born speaking English or French. Some of them decided they did not want to work in family restaurants so they chose other careers.
We are not implying that all immigrants should work in catering, rather they should be prepared to do so while they plant resumes all over the internet with the hope of finding a job in the new country.
Ideally, it should not be a problem because all jobs require computer knowledge and most people have it before they come to Canada. The reality is something else. Employers want Canadian experience and what it is, is highly subjective.
Immigrants in a new country can flip the script and design apps rooted in their culture, but adapted for a broader consumer base. This blog is inspired but what I saw at the grocery store this morning: very small finger perogies.
They were not in the shape of the traditional Ukrainian or Polish perogie. They look like tiny sausages and event planners can use them as finger food along with small quiches and carrot sticks.
By: Nonqaba waka Msimang.
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