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IELTS Preparation Strategy

After a huge response on my first blog on  Job search as a new Immigrant , a lot of people asked me how you achieved desired band score in IELTS in first attempt. So, I thought to contribute my two cents on IELTS preparation for the benefit of a bigger audience. I achieved 8 band overall after preparing for about a month on my own and here is how I did it… For most of us, who studied in English or are now working in multinational companies, English is used in our day to day life, so preparing for IELTS is just about getting familiarized with the test pattern so there are no surprises on the test day. As everyone knows, the only way to master in IELTS is practice but at the same time it’s very important to review and analyze your mock test results to find out your weak areas and work on them. I have seen people giving 5-10 mock tests per day but no improvement in scores at all as you can’t expect different results by doing the same thing again and again. You need to assess and fin

Job search as a new Immigrant

On several requests from my friends, I am penning down my immigration story from India to Canada. This blog is focused more towards job search strategies. My wife, Pooja and I landed in Toronto on Sept 13th, 2018 and both of us started our permanent jobs in October, 2018 in our respective profiles.  Pooja and I had first thought of immigrating back in July 2017 and since then it was never looking back. After several considerations, we finalized Canada and gave our IELTS exam. With a bit of preparation and luck, I got beyond the golden score of 8777 LRWS in first attempt and then it was just about document collection, submission and waiting for our Permanent Residency approval. After getting it, we took 3 months break to travel South East Asia for a month and spend rest of the time traveling and living with our family and friends in India. In July 2018, we booked our tickets for Sept 13th from Bengaluru to Toronto as this was the most common entry point for immigrants. In August,