Complete Success Guide for the Immigrant Life: How to Survive * How to Thrive * How to be Fully Alive

Maglaya, Monette Adeva

ISBN 10: 0974110299 / ISBN 13: 9780974110295

Published by PDI Books, Glendale, CA, USA, 2004

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unused book / old stock; clean and tight and square, no tears or creases, text is clean and unmarked.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Complete Success Guide for the Immigrant Life: How to Survive * How to Thrive * How to be Fully Alive
• Publisher: PDI Books, Glendale, CA, USA
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: Dzongkha
• ISBN 10: 0974110299
• ISBN 13: 9780974110295
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Sociology
  • Reference

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Synopsis

For the prospective immigrant whose internal compass points to America as the place to be; for those searching for a road map as a guide in building an exciting and new, meaningful life; and perhaps even for some who sometimes forget what a great gift it is to live and work in America-this book is for you. Discover the secrets of: Starting up and starting over. Your life as an immigrant is like being given a tabula rasa, a new tablet, a clean slate from which you can build a brave new life in a brave new world, brick by brick, one day at a time; knowing yourself, your skills and abilities and working at your own pace. Building financial muscle. Practical and easy ways of building a healthy financial position early; cash is king, a good credit history is queen; stretching the dollar to the max; prodigious saving techniques; why the meek shall inherit the earth. Getting legal status. The employment route; desperately looking for employer sponsorship; finding an immigration lawyer; using employment agencies and headhunters; working under the table and in the shadows; employers from hell, oppressive working conditions and basic human rights; the labor market, the nation's economic health and how it affects the flow of immigration. Achieving real success. True success versus the toxic kind; making sense of pyhrric victory; making it and making a difference; Quo vadis, immigrant soul? Bonus features: 10 chapter separators featuring bits and pieces of Americana, 23 illustrative visuals, and brilliant quotations at the foot of nearly every page of the book. - Publisher.

About the Author

Monette Adeva Maglaya is an observer who writes about the immigrant way of life in America. Starting as a writer more than three decades ago, she has worked as editor, teacher, researcher, sales executive and consultant in the fields of education, advertising, public relations, marketing and sales. She has come full circle professionally and now divides her time between her family and writing.