other professions

Directions for Immigrants provides career coaching services to professionals in various fields including:

  • Engineering
  • Healthcare
  • Finance and Accounting
  • Business Administration
  • Education
  • Information Technology
  • Manufacturing
  • Construction

Resource Centre at Directions.

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From left to right, Souleymane Camara, a Petrochemical Engineer from Senegal, Diana Cardenas, a Mechanical Engineer from Colombia and Raymond Bacchus, an Electrical Engineer from Guyana, take advantage of the Resource Centre at Directions for their job search.

Souleymane Camara

Internationally Educated Petrochemical Engineer (Senegal)

“Directions for Immigrants has helped me a lot. Meetings with my career coach have allowed me to polish my resume. Information sessions have given me the opportunity to meet with human resources representatives from oil and gas companies based in Calgary. No cost resources such as computers with internet access, phone, fax and printers are very important for professional newcomers to Canada”.
Souleymane pursued his studies in Petrochemical Engineering in Romania, and has four years of professional experience before arriving in Canada two years ago.

Diana Cardenas

Internationally Educated Mechanical Engineer (Colombia)

“My career coach at Directions for Immigrants has supported me in the process of applying and getting a job. The labour market in Calgary is different than my home country. My objective is to restart my career as soon as possible in this province, and I think Directions staff will help me a lot in this regard. The best thing is that I can review my progress and recognize the small goals I have accomplished and what more I will have to do”.

Raymond Bacchus

Internationally Educated Electrical Engineer (Guyana)

“The talented staff have helped me develop good job search strategies and provided me with materials and guidance. Resume critiques and the use of internet access have been important resources for me. When I came to Calgary, I did not have internet access to e-mail my resumes. My career coaches designed an action plan to enable me to get a job and pursue accreditation”.
Raymond completed his engineering studies in Guyana and has five years of professional experience.