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There are three major ways to immigrate to Canada as a nurse. But first, you must prove that you are qualified at the same level as a qualified person working in this field in Canada. Therefore, the process will involve having your credentials assessed, reviewing your previous experience, and finally, proving that you are able to meet Canada’s licensing requirements.

Do you know that?

Nurses can immigrate to Canada as skilled workers through one of the federal or provincial economic immigration programs. As a foreign nurse, you may be eligible for Express Entry under the Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP), provided you meet the requirements of the program.

The second possible immigration option for nurses is the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP). Almost every province and territory administers a PNP to bring in skilled workers from around the world and help strengthen their local economies. Most of the PNP streams are therefore designed to address skill shortages in the province and are intended to welcome skilled workers with experience in occupations for which there is a demand in the province. Canadian provinces regularly hold their own draws and may target specific occupations such as nursing.

The Third way to immigrate to Canada as a nurse is to study nursing in Canada. To study nursing in Canada, you will be granted a Canadian study permit.

Life is not all about what you wish for. You also have to consider what you need. You might be dreaming of becoming a reputable lawyer or Engineer; But there is a solid path that leads to this desire of yours:

Study Abroad!

Not that you really need an excuse to fly to a far-off country in other to gain a world-class education, but to get sincere; you can’t gain the reputation you desire from an in-country learning point.

It'll also look good on your CV

Exploring a new country and at the same time picking up skills to gain a decent graduate job is pretty good going.

It is common knowledge that employees in the information technology industry command much higher average salaries than other career paths. As a Nigerian aiming to go abroad, if your goal is to work in a profession that you are proud of (instead of doing slavery kind of jobs like washing plates, toilets, cleaning the street under extreme weather conditions etc.) then I will encourage you to consider studying a course that guarantees respect, with mouth-watering salary when you graduate.

Below are roles that tops the list of highest-paid cyber-security jobs with an average salary range of $125,000 to $215,000.

1. Information Security Manager: $125,000 to $215,000.
2. Cyber security Engineer: $120,000 to $200,000
3. Application Security Engineer: $120,000 to $180,000.
4. Cyber security Analyst: $90,000 and $160,000.
5. Penetration Tester between: $80,000 to $130,000
6. Network Security Engineer: $125,000 to $185,000.

Do you know how much the world needs IT Security experts?

Currently, there is a shortage of 7.93 million Cyber Security professionals worldwide, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labour Statistics. The ever-growing need for graduates in the field of cyber security means that the field offers tremendous opportunities like good salary and job security for graduates of cyber security.

As the demand for IT professionals continues to increase as companies move operations online, organisations will continue to need graduates of cyber-security to improve information security. Here are 9 destinations and their tuition fees to explore for a degree program in cyber security.

1. Canada $18,000
2. USA $20,000
3. UK £14,500
4. Australia $26,000
5. Poland $4,000
6. Turkey $3,400
7. Germany £16,000
8. Russia $2,500
9. China $4,000

Why apply for a Degree Program in Cyber-security?

Degree programs in Cyber-security prepare students for well-paying careers in computers and IT. Although it takes time, money, and hard work to earn a degree, but it pays off at the long run because top organisations abroad are willing to pay huge salaries to graduates of cyber security to protect their data from hackers and remove vulnerabilities.

Wondering where in the world to look for work after you graduate as a cyber-security professional?

As digital connectedness continues to affect more and more organisations and almost every aspect of our lives, the opportunities for graduates of cyber security to work in any part of the world keep increasing. Cyber security skills are in demand worldwide. As a graduate, you can relocate across continents in search of professional fulfilment, higher income, better work-life balance, permanent residence and even adventure.

The Best Countries to Find Work as Cyber-Security Graduates

The countries listed here all have dynamic IT industries and regularly hire skilled foreign IT professionals.

. United states
. Canada
. Switzerland
. Denmark
. Singapore
. United Kingdom
. Germany
. Ireland
. Japan
. France
. Australia
. New Zealand
. Lithuania
. Estonia
. Spain
. Norway

Where Will You End Up?

There’s a world out there that beckons. Where you choose to relocate to will depend largely on what’s important to you. There are plenty of opportunities to explore even as a Nigerian, so if you aren’t satisfied with your current situation, it’s time to switch your career to cyber security so you can successfully explore the unlimited career possibilities that it has to offer. For Nigerians seeking permanent residence, high pay, job security and the option to work in any sector and in any country, then cyber-security field is the place to be.

Hello, How easy you get a work visa after studies would depend on so many factors. One of such factors is how relevant the course you studied is in the country you are looking to work in.

Are you planning to relocate and work in Canada? I have wonderful news for you! Canada considers Cyber-Security experts as highly-skilled workers which qualify individuals for many Canadian programs like Express Entry and Provincial Nominee Programs.

Technology has a hand in almost every single industry in the world. With technology playing such an important role in today’s society, cyber-Security graduates have become increasingly crucial for a country’s economy. In Canada, the average salary for cyber security graduate is $96,543 CAD per year.

How to work in Canada as a cyber security professional

Working in Canada as a cyber-security professional requires some requirements like:

. Completing a degree program in cyber-security.
. Having a work experience as a cyber-security or an IT professional.
. Having Intermediate or Advanced level of English.

Since Cyber-security is currently in high demand in Canada, there are many ways to immigrate to Canada as a foreign Professional. Here are some of the most popular ways you can do so:

1. Express Entry

Canada’s Express Entry Program is aimed toward skilled workers who wish to move to Canada. To be considered eligible for this program, your occupation will need to be grouped in skill level 0, A, or B. Cyber-Security graduates are eligible to apply for permanent residency in Canada through the Federal Skilled Worker Program, managed by the Express Entry system.

2. Provincial Nominee Program

This program allows you to immigrate to Canada if you are a skilled or semi-skilled worker and have a valid job offer that is needed in a particular province or territory. Each province or territory has its own PNP with in-demand occupation lists intended to meet the individual needs of its labour market. This will require that you send an Expression of Interest to relocate to the relevant region.

3. Atlantic Immigration Pilot

The Atlantic Immigration Pilot Program is similar to the Provincial Nominee Program described above. It is aimed at skilled individuals who know which province they would like to settle in when they arrive in Canada and assuming that province is one of the four participating provinces in this immigration pilot.

Many of Canada’s permanent residency immigration programs privilege applicants who have a connection to Canada, either with ties to a specific province, Canadian work experience, or a Canadian educational credential. Nigerians likes to benefit from all of these advantages if they choose to pursue immigration to Canada permanently.

Did you know?

The majority of international student graduates in Canada are eligible to apply for a post-graduation work permit which authorizes them to work in Canada and gain valuable work experience. If you want to immigrate to Canada permanently, coming as an international student is a practical first step on your journey.

So What are the Immigration Programs for Nigerian students like You?

There are many immigration programs available to international students from Nigeria. While each program operates differently, the programs listed below provide international student graduates with accelerated pathways to becoming Canadian permanent residents:

. Canadian Experience Class
. Federal Skilled Worker Program
. Provincial Nominee Programs
. Quebec Immigration Options
. Post-Graduation Work Permits

Please note that many of the programs are operated through Canada’s Express Entry system, the federal system for managing permanent resident applications.

It often feels bad seeing the frustrations Nigerians passes through after wasting so much money and time applying and re-applying for Canadian visa with so many REJECTIONS.

Anyway,

It is painful. But there are other countries offering opportunities for Nigerians to become Permanent Residents. One of such alternative is:

The UK Permanent Residence Program

Otherwise called 'Indefinite Leave to Remain or Settlement' in the UK. This is considered as one of the best option and ultimate end-goal for many Nigerians who want to stay in the UK Permanently.

The UK offers a wealth of opportunities, in terms of career, culture, and family life. And it is only natural that having studied and worked for some years in the UK, you and your family will want to make it your permanent home. If you are a Nigerian and you are granted Indefinite Leave to Remain, you will have permission to live and work in the UK without restriction.

So the Question is,

Who can Apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain?

. Graduates who transit to Skilled Workers Visa
. Current holders of a working visa
. Current holders of a Dependent Visa or family visas
. Long-term residents of the UK

What are the Requirements for Obtaining Indefinite Leave to Remain?

To apply for ILR, you must meet the following criteria:

. Study and Work in the UK
. Show proof of your English language proficiency:
. Pass the ‘Life in the UK’ test
. Meet the ‘continuous residency’ requirements
. Meet any minimum income requirements (if applicable)

What are the Benefits of an Indefinite Leave to Remain Visa?

As a Nigerian, the Indefinite Leave to Remain in the UK provides you and your family the opportunity to advance your status in the UK. This means that Nigerians like you with ILR can live and work in the UK Permanently, free from visa restrictions.

Are you aware that, In the current global landscape, the UK is still a big hitter, providing boundless opportunities for graduates with the relevant qualification, skills and willingness to work hard?

So,

If you are planning to stay and work in the UK once your studies are completed, then you will be joining thousands of students each year who, having worked hard to build up their skills, knowledge, and qualifications, and have made the ultimate decision to start their new career in the UK using the Tier 2 (Otherwise known as the Skilled Workers Visa)

What is the Tier 2 / Skilled Workers Visa?

The Tier 2 visa route allows graduate students or skilled workers from outside of the European Economic Area with a job offer to work in the UK on a long-term basis. This automatically gives Nigerians the opportunity to stay back permanently in the UK to work.

Advantages of switching to Skilled Workers Visa from a Student Visa

. Ability to stay in the UK after your studies
. Visa holders can bring dependents on the visa
. Spouse is allowed to work on the visa
. No limits on the number of graduates who can switch to it.
. Minimum salary requirement has been reduced to £25600 from threshold of £30000
. Fast Track Visas will be provided for healthcare professionals.
. Finally earning an income after many years of hard study
. Can lead to Indefinite Leave to Remain after 5 or 6 years
. Your dependants can study full time or work full time in the UK
. The employer doesn’t need to complete a Resident Labour Market Test which can involve expensive advertising for the employer

The opportunities are fantabulous, thereby making the UK one of the best study destinations to consider in recent years.

Trust your Easter break was splendid?

Hmmm, I hope you are not like me that spent the whole break working on visa application instead of enjoying the festive break with my family and friends.

To continue the ideas I shared with you last week on Programs That Guarantees 5 Years Skilled Workers Visa in the UK, today, I will be sharing with you Top Courses for Better Immigration Prospects and Permanent Residence in Canada, USA, Australia, UK and the Schengen zone

As You Are Already Aware,

These countries are recognized as the world's leading destinations for international education. Every year, several students from Nigeria go to these countries for higher education with the hope of staying back to work. They consider these countries as safe, welcoming, and supportive places to work and live permanently.

As we usually counsel our students, your aim of going abroad to study should not be to get the 2 to 3 Years Post Study Visa in UK, Canada, Australia and the Schengen Zone, RATHER, your target should be how to get Lucrative Jobs that Guarantees Permanent Residence or what they call Indefinite Leave to Remain in the UK.

Why You Need To Be Properly Guided or Reasons Why We You Need To Make Proper Research Before Applying:

• you’ll be profiled to understand how best to be guided.
• you’ll get help to secure admission for the right programs as the first step towards getting permanent residence abroad.
• you’ll be guided to ensure that your course is the type that guarantees high immigration prospects
• you’ll be put through the steps needed to get high paying jobs in top companies abroad
• you’ll be adviced on the short courses / certifications that will help position you as a high skilled professional
• you’ll be exposed to how you can take advantage of your student visa to relocate your entire / immediate family
• For those willing to set up businesses / companies abroad to ensure permanent relocation, you’ll guided on how to go about it.
• you’ll get to know countries whose student visa provides an excellent route to permanent residence
• Show you the criteria leading to citizenship, and how you can have dual citizenship.

In Summary,

I am sure you know one or two individuals that were forced to come back to Nigeria as a result of their inability to get good jobs abroad because they studied courses that are irrelevant to the economy of their study destination. You do not have to repeat such mistake.
Working with an accredited oversees consultant will prevent you from repeating that same mistake.

Key Point #1. Play on the Best Youth Team you can. If you have to travel an extra 30 minutes to play on a more competitive team that is playing against the best teams in your area then do it. To go pro you need to regularly be playing against the best and becoming one of the best players on among those players.

Key Point #2. Join a Pro Team’s youth academy. You want to play on a pro team’s youth academy because you will have access to pro coaches and you will be in there funnel to the first team. Most pros teams in Europe are great at developing youth talent into 1st team players. They look at you like an investment. Play well, become the best on your under 12’s team and they will move you to under 14’s. Do well there and they move you to U-15’s. This trend continues until you are training with 1st team as a teenager.

Key Point #3. Get Seen. Each player from different parts of the world have their own unique challenges to getting seen. No matter how hard you train in your garden if scouts aren’t seeing you then it’s like you don’t exist to them. It doesn’t mean your training doesn’t count for you because it counts very much.

Key Point #4. Create your own Luck. Don’t sit around waiting to get lucky, waiting for scouts to find you. Go find them. Scouts are at big tournaments. Scouts are at academy games. Follow the key points above to try to get in front of them.

Key Point #5. Be ready for your opportunity. When you do get the chance to play in a big game or attend an Academy trial make sure you are ready. Yes, you might be not training that hard in your garden thinking I’ll never get my shot and then 6 months later you get a shot but you are not ready. You need to think, “I will get my shot, I will make my “it” happen. I’m going to train hard now to be ready for when it comes.”

Key Point #6. You never know who’s watching. Football is the world’s game. Regular looking people are walking around football pitches with massive contacts and you may have no idea. Just because someone isn’t titled an official scout doesn’t mean they don’t know pro coaches who value their opinion.

What Player Could Be Doing Wrong:

Some things that could be going wrong. If you are playing bad regularly it could be because you are putting too much pressure on yourself to go pro. This process takes a lot of time. Enjoy the journey. Yes, dream big but focus one day at a time. Remember small improvements daily equal big improvements over time.


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There are so many different languages in the world. Learning another language might take a lot of effort but read on to see the benefits and opportunities that could come your way if you put your time and energies into learning another language.

Other Cultures will open up

When you learn another language, you are able to get an insight into that language’s culture. You also get to see your own culture from a new perspective. To be able to connect with another culture – through books, newspapers, TV, websites and, of course, through conversations, can give you a lot of pleasure. And you can share your own culture with others in their native language. A new world of connection and understanding will be open to you.

Improvement where you least expect it

Educational research shows that results in English and Maths are higher for students who study a foreign language. The reasons for this are varied: perhaps the study skills acquired and used for studying another language also strengthen study skills used in other areas; your ability to analyse and interpret information will be stronger and your knowledge of the grammar of your native language is often made clearer to you through explicitly learning another language’s grammar.

Employment prospects

In today’s global economy, knowing another language really gives you a competitive edge when applying for a job. No matter what type of career you pursue, you will be more attractive to an employer if you have another language. Those who have the ability to speak and use more than one language are more likely to be able to find a job which opens up travel opportunities and chances to exchange with others.
There might be other employment chances you have not even considered. Perhaps you would be able to get translation or interpretative work as a summer or holiday job to use your language skills; maybe a summer camp programme would be more interested in a camp counselor with another language. The possibilities are out there for you when you have additional language skills.

Travel and leisure

Think of the chances opened to you in the world of travel as a speaker of another language. You will be a more confident traveler in the places where your second or additional language is spoken and you will gain a lot more from travel since you will be able to communicate with local people.

Exciting learning methods

Learning another language might give you the chance to experience more interesting and innovative learning methods. You can learn a language through watching movies or TV in that language, through joining a conversation group with other learners, even through immersion and study programmes in the country where the language is spoken. A range of diverse study and learning techniques are available when learning another language.

Which language should I choose?

When thinking about the choice of a second language there is no easy answer. A lot of people have the choice decided for them because their school only offers one or two languages. For those of us located in Asia, the choice of another Asian language seems a good one, since regional trade and other exchanges are a daily occurrence. Japan is a powerful economic power in Asia, so Japanese may appear to be a good choice.

Mainland China is often described as a superpower of the future, so Mandarin might be an attractive language to consider. Spanish is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world and opens up opportunities not only in Europe but also in Central and South America and possibly in the US. The other traditional languages of French and German are widely studied in schools and Italian seems like a romantic choice when considering the rich culture of art and food that language might open up.

Whichever one you choose, learning a second language is an enriching and rewarding experience.

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These days, many nonmedical professionals are changing careers and shifting into nursing and healthcare. We’re seeing nurses entering the profession from careers in industries as varied as insurance, banking, publishing, retail and management.
As a significant number of younger nurses simultaneously enter the profession directly from the post-high school college experience, new nurses who are slightly (or significantly) older must find ways to call attention to their previous work experiences in order to market themselves to prospective employers. Here are three strategies for highlighting your previous career as you enter the nursing profession.

1) Tout transferable skills gained from other jobs.
Promote your previous work and life experiences on applications, resumes and cover letters. Whether you worked in banking or retail, there are always skills that are directly transferable to nursing, and these can be leveraged in a variety of ways. Employment in the retail sector necessitates the development of customer service skills, and experience in the insurance industry can make you valuable in terms of management and negotiation skills. Your previous work experiences can be beneficial in a nursing role.

2) Show why your maturity is an asset.
As a new nurse in your 30s, 40s, 50s or beyond, your relative maturity can be seen as a strength if you showcase your life experience when applying for a job. You can refer to your age and maturity as strengths in terms of your history of working with others, your deep life experience, your varied skill sets and the wisdom and learned intelligence you bring to the table.

3) Demonstrate your grasp of the issues.
Mature entry-level nurses can use resumes, cover letters and interviews to communicate their understanding of healthcare and nursing issues. For instance, a nurse with experience as an insurance representative can demonstrate understanding of the complex world of the Affordable Care Act and the need for attention to detail in terms of ICD-10 codes and medical billing. Or a career in middle management may allow you to display keen insights regarding emotional intelligence and positive workplace culture.

If you’re an older entry-level nurse competing against 22-year-old college grads for the same positions, promote your personal and professional life experiences — and be proud of them. Your job is to convince a potential employer that it is worthwhile to invest in your skills, experience and maturity. Be yourself, put your cards on the table and allow an employer to see you for who you are — a competent new nurse with a plethora of life experience under your belt.


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