Rebuilding More Than a Resume

Client: Daniel, 35 — Project manager, newcomer to Canada.
Struggling with underemployment after immigration.

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When Daniel moved to Canada, he thought the hardest part would be the paperwork.
He was wrong.

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Despite a decade of experience as a project manager in Brazil, fluent English, and a master's degree, he found himself applying to entry-level jobs and hearing nothing back. The silence chipped away at his confidence. But what hurt more wasn’t rejection it was the feeling of invisibility.

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He started asking questions like:
“Do my skills even matter here?”
“Maybe I need to be someone else to be accepted.”
“Did I make a mistake coming here?”

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That’s when we met.

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In our first session, we used the Enneagram to map Daniel’s type — a Type 6: loyal, committed, and deeply motivated by safety and trust. We explored how the immigration process had triggered his core fear of uncertainty, and how trying to “play it safe” in Canada was causing him to downplay his own leadership.

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Through our work, Daniel:

• Reclaimed his strengths without diluting his voice
• Identified industries where his background translated, not diminished
• Developed a new narrative for his career one that honored both his past and his potential
• Rebuilt his confidence not from the outside in, but from the inside out

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The Takeaway

Your career doesn’t start over just because your context does.
You don’t need to erase who you are you just need the right guidance to translate your identity into new ground.