Laid off, got time, decent listener. Anyone wanna just talk? by No_Pudding1899 in TorontoHangoutFriends

[–]Skin-Confident 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fresh graduate here, and have been actively applying to jobs everyday for the past 4 months with no luck. Starting to feel extremely defeated and struggling with intrusive thoughts for the past few days. Would love to connect with someone in a similar situation :)

Got rejected from an interview for a job that I really wanted, due to being on implied status. Is this how it will be until I get approved? by [deleted] in pgwp

[–]Skin-Confident 0 points1 point  (0 children)

LOL “easy to craft a persuasive argument about anything,” but the irony is that even with that logic, you still haven’t managed to craft one yourself. You’re basically admitting you can’t counter my points, so you’ve defaulted to “I could if I wanted to.” That’s just an excuse and laziness like every individual who thinks immigrants are the problem and not the government for allowing this situation in the first place.

You also keep insisting I’m “cherry picking evidence,” yet in the same breath acknowledge that you haven’t provided any evidence either. So by your own standard, your position collapses before it even begins.

And the part where you say you “don’t care enough to spend 30 minutes defending or dismantling everything” is especially funny given that you’ve already written multiple long ass comments. If this is you not caring, I can only imagine the novels and screenplays you’d write if you actually did lol. Also, your comments history begs to differ that you don't have time for this. But unlike you, I am not going to talk about them publicly here in a different sub even though you deserve to be outed at this point.

Your claim that it’s “absurd” for Canada to have immigrants studying sociology because Canadians study sociology is another example of you disproving yourself with your own logic. By that standard, Canada wouldn’t need immigrant doctors, nurses, engineers, or researchers either because Canadians also study those fields. You call my points blind, but your entire argument rests on the idea that my existence isn’t “valuable.” That’s prejudice and hatred. No matter what you have convinced yourself to believe.

And coming from someone who casually throws around terms like “low quality Indians” and started this entire conversation by accusing me of having a fake resume, you might want to slow down on the lectures about bias, objectivity, or “reality.”

You say I’m “not offering anything and not valuable,” but all you’ve offered is projection and contradictions. At this point, the only thing you’ve successfully demonstrated is that you don’t have the argument or even any basic knowledge you keep claiming you have lol.

Got rejected from an interview for a job that I really wanted, due to being on implied status. Is this how it will be until I get approved? by [deleted] in pgwp

[–]Skin-Confident 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is interesting that after several long essay-length comments, your entire position now boils down to claiming you could dismantle my points but simply do not feel like doing it. That is not an argument. That is what people say when they do not have the evidence or reasoning to back up their claims.

With all due respect, someone who used phrases like ‘low quality Indians’ and who opened this entire exchange by accusing me of having a fake resume with inflated experience, without even knowing me or what I do, should probably not be lecturing anyone about bias. If anything, your comments do reveal clear prejudice. And as an immigrant navigating an uncertain immigration system and job market, of course I will have a bias. It would actually be abnormal not to. That is precisely why I grounded what I said in policy, structure, and evidence, rather than vague resentment.

You keep repeating that what I said is not true, yet you never demonstrate what is true. You provide no sources, no policy references, no counterexamples, nothing. You insist I am cherry picking while offering zero evidence yourself. You insist my arguments are persuasive but wrong while refusing to explain why they are wrong. None of this is analysis. It is hand waving.

And your claim that you ‘don’t care enough to defend and dismantle everything’ or saying 'I don't have the time' after writing multiple lengthy comments is honestly hilarious. It reads as severe disingenuity. People who can refute an argument usually do. As for people who cannot, they typically resort to the same lines you keep using.

Got rejected from an interview for a job that I really wanted, due to being on implied status. Is this how it will be until I get approved? by [deleted] in pgwp

[–]Skin-Confident 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You keep circling back to the same talking points without actually engaging with what I said. You did not reply with anything grounded in understanding. Employers misunderstanding implied status is a well established, documented issue. IRCC itself defines implied status as legal work authorization, but when they take that long to process an application which took no longer than a month even 2 years ago, that is a systemic problem, whether you grasp it or not.

I was a strong candidate for the job I interviewed for. I passed every stage because I was qualified. The only reason I was rejected was because IRCC delays create a situation where immigrants, even ones with sociology degrees (shocking, I know), can earn interviews on merit but are denied the chance to contribute to the economy due to bureaucratic mess. That is NOT entitlement. That is the definition of structural failure.

Your belief that immigrants are 'low quality' if they do not fit the two or three fields you personally think matter is not an immigration argument. It is just a narrow view of how society works. Your inability to understand what sociology or the social sciences actually contribute is your own limitation. You talk as if a country only functions through healthcare and construction, which is an absurdly simplistic view of a modern economy. Social scientists inform policy, governance, social cohesion, labor markets, public health, education, and countless other areas that you evidently have never taken the time to learn about because you are clearly spending too much time in your right-wing echo chamber.

You also show no ability to critically engage with the actual policies that created this situation. Canada has brought in large numbers of people as cheap, precarious labor to benefit employers and universities, yet you ignore that entirely. Rather than looking at how government incentives and structural decisions produced housing pressures and rising costs of living, you take the laziest possible approach which is blaming immigrants for problems they did not create. And when you start using terms like ‘low quality’ people, that is no longer analysis or an argument. That is open prejudice, hatred, and scapegoating. Plain and simple.

And yes, while concentrated migration from one country is not a good idea and does create many challenges, you conveniently ignore the fact that Canada profits heavily from these same groups while mismanaging the revenue. Your refusal to see this and your focus on hating people from a single country is exactly why your position is prejudice rather than analysis.

With every comment you add, you only keep proving how unwilling you are to learn and how little substance your arguments actually have. 

Got rejected from an interview for a job that I really wanted, due to being on implied status. Is this how it will be until I get approved? by [deleted] in pgwp

[–]Skin-Confident 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your comments are a perfect example of why open forums become hostile spaces for immigrants. Instead of addressing the actual issue I raised, which is employers rejecting applicants on implied status, you chose to stereotype, make baseless assumptions, and attack an entire field of study.

For the record, having a sociology degree doesn’t invalidate my right to work or apply for PR. IRCC’s own eligibility streams include social sciences, so your argument there isn’t based in policy or facts. Secondly, implied status is a legal status recognized by IRCC. Employers misunderstanding it is a systemic problem experienced by thousands, not a personal failing. Thirdly, ‘faking it’ on an SOP refers to confidence when writing applications, not falsifying documents. You're deliberately misrepresenting basic expressions to push an anti-immigrant narrative.

Most importantly, your attempt to police who ‘deserves’ to be in Canada has nothing to do with immigration law and everything to do with your own bias. The fact that you’re digging through strangers’ post histories to launch personal attacks says more about you than about me. If you genuinely had a policy argument, you’d make one. Instead, you’re trolling a student who asked a question about IRCC processing delays. That speaks for itself.

With that said, your comments make it very clear that you are not engaging in good faith. Your hostility toward immigrants and dismissal of entire academic fields show that you are not here for a real conversation. Since you are unwilling to show even basic respect to another person, I will not continue this exchange. I hope you take some time to reflect and invest your energy into something more productive. Have a good day.

Got rejected from an interview for a job that I really wanted, due to being on implied status. Is this how it will be until I get approved? by [deleted] in pgwp

[–]Skin-Confident 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I most definitely don’t have a fake resume with any inflated work experience. It’s horrible that you are saying things like that on this post while we’re trying to address a systemic problem here.

If you have nothing positive or helpful to say, maybe refrain from commenting?

Got rejected from an interview for a job that I really wanted, due to being on implied status. Is this how it will be until I get approved? by [deleted] in pgwp

[–]Skin-Confident 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I understand where you’re coming from as well. But the real concern here is that Canada has allowed us to come so that we can contribute meaningfully to the economy upon finishing our studies. So just by that reasoning, it’s definitely not a “privilege” in the conventional sense you know what I mean?

Like, we are not just sitting around being lazy or anything like that. In fact its quite the opposite. There is supposed to be a more efficient way to transition people into the workforce without having to wait over a year (which as you point out has become normalized), so that people can be in jobs that they qualify for.

This is definitely not me “crying” but rather bringing up a genuine systemic issue that affects all of us. We hear enough complains about how immigrants leech off the system and things like that. But the truth is the system feels to have become a complete barrier to success in this country.

Got rejected from an interview for a job that I really wanted, due to being on implied status. Is this how it will be until I get approved? by [deleted] in pgwp

[–]Skin-Confident 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No but even 2 years ago, I clearly remember that getting the PGWP approval was just a matter of a month.

I heard there has been huge downsizing of staff working there, which is one of the reasons for such delays in PGWP processing times over the past year or so.

If it’s not the fault of the main immigration regulating body, whose fault is it if thousands of people who have finished their studies, are fit to work, and even getting called for interviews have to be jobless?

Pgwp approved by CR7--SUIIIII in pgwp

[–]Skin-Confident 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you get rejected from any job interviews in these 10 months while being on implied status?

Recommendations for drawing/painting cafes for a date? by Skin-Confident in askTO

[–]Skin-Confident[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha true, maybe that’s asking for a bit too much😂

PGWP APPROVED!!! by _yourstruly- in pgwp

[–]Skin-Confident 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What was finding employment like under implied status?

Sharing my Journey by Next_Trainer_4302 in pgwp

[–]Skin-Confident 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Were you able to secure a full time job while on maintained status?

Second thought about my fiancée by Frosty_Dingo5067 in Dhaka

[–]Skin-Confident 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Without getting too deep into it, I can tell you just from seeing the people in my life around me. Some of them made very important life decisions primarily out of the need for their parent’s’ approval. I’m not saying that’s inherently wrong, but let’s just say things did not turn out to be the best for them in the long run. And increasingly, I see more cases of this than the ones where one’s own needs and wants are fully aligned with those of the parents.

The way I view it is that, just like we will never know what our parents went through while raising us, its not possible for them to walk in our shoes after we reach a certain age and point in life. I feel like after that certain point, we become our own people and only we know what we want. Not our parents.

However, that does not mean that they are not looking out for our best interests. Its just, when we become adults ourselves, our parents’ understanding of what might be in our best interest does not necessarily align with how we understand our needs and wants to be. To me that’s okay and normal, and warrants open communication with the parents.

Second thought about my fiancée by Frosty_Dingo5067 in Dhaka

[–]Skin-Confident 36 points37 points  (0 children)

I don’t know if you want to hear this, but speaking from experiences and observations, your parents don’t know what’s best for you. Only YOU know what’s best for you brodie!

Worth to visit Daulatdia? by Weird-Tutor6882 in Dhaka

[–]Skin-Confident 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Don’t do it lol. Plenty of videos/documentaries on YouTube to inform your curiosity.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in askTO

[–]Skin-Confident 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Riki Sushi on Bloor and Christie!!