Akash shahane
Jobless
Still finding my why
“I’m 24, came to Toronto from India eight months ago on a work permit, chasing better opportunities after my business degree, but right now jobless and grinding through the toughest stretch yet—resumes vanishing into HR black holes demanding “Canadian experience” I don’t have, interviews stalling on accents or gaps, cold winters hitting harder than endless rejections while rent drains my savings in a cramped Scarborough share with instant noodles and TTC job fair runs. Miss the warmth of home, family chats, and easy street eats, feeling isolated amid the polite brush-offs, but I’m pushing on with daily LinkedIn tweaks, free settlement workshops, volunteer stints for resume cred, and cold emails—life’s brutal here for newcomers, yet I’m fighting daily to carve my way through, no quit in sight.”
This story is still becoming. That is why it belongs here.
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