Denys Smushko moved to Canada within six months. He then spent one year in Olds, a town in Central Alberta, working with a group of Ukrainians at a hardware store.
Talk about a soft landing.
But things got hairy once he decided to go to school.
It even got more complicated when it was time to get a job. Denys describes struggling with self-doubt, questioning himself, and thinking he wasn’t good enough.
Today, Denys helps other immigrants settle in via the RBC Newcomers program. He joined me on The Newcomers Podcast to chat about:
His honeymoon phase and the subsequent reality check
The stuff he sees immigrants get wrong when trying to settle in
His how to hit the ground running playbook
Job hunting in Canada vs. back home in Ukraine
The RBC Newcomers program, how they help immigrants, and more.
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