“That struck me like a bolt of lightning,” said Mr. Thoma, 44, an engineer then running his family’s elevator company. “I asked myself, ‘Why should I stay here when the future is brighter someplace else?’ ”
The above is an interesting comment considering that later in the article, he says that Canada is short of truck drivers, and not elevator engineers:
"Mr. Thoma confessed to doubts about how many jobs Canada had for someone with his specialty. He has sent out his résumé and will go to Toronto this month to scout for work. “My problem is that I’m not a truck driver,” he said with a shrug. “Canada has a shortage of truck drivers.”"
How can the future be brighter when he's not sure he can get a job? The future is brighter because Canada is different; its not Germany. He got burnt out in Germany, not Canada.
Having said that, most of my German friends have encountered similar difficulties cited in the article of finding jobs in their professions, and as a consequence, have emigrated. However, the US is down the list in terms of preferences behind other European countries, the UK, AU and Canada. |
