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;<\/p>\nWe are two female immigrants educated as an economist and a lawyer respectively, in our home countries. Maja has encouraged us to identify the difficulties for immigrant women with foreign education to get the jobs we are qualified for in our town.<\/p>\n
We have applied for jobs over a long period of time. First we tried in the fields in which we are educated, economy and law, but without success. Afterwards we have tried almost everything. We read the advertisements in the papers and send our CVs and applications weekly.<\/p>\n
Some of the obstacles we meet are:<\/p>\n
– Some employers say that language is crucial: they only want employers who speak the native language fluently.<\/p>\n
– Others refer to cultural difficulties, and implies that we havent got the right background to understand and handle different challenges in the job.<\/p>\n
– One employer was interested, but as he got to know that Leylah insisted on using her hijab at work, she got a turndown.<\/p>\n
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Do you readers have any comments and advice?<\/p>\n
Leylah and Carissa<\/p>\n