The complete success guide for the immigrant life
Subtitle: how to survive, how to thrive, how to be fully alive
By: Monette Adeva Maglaya.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: PDI Books
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Glendale, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
Subjects: Immigrants -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Immigrants -- United States -- Life skills guides; Americanization -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Life skills guides.
Other titles: Success guide for the immigrant life
Description: 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.
Table of contents: title: Preface --; title: Dedication --; title: Acknowledgments --; title: Warning/disclaimer -- -- ch. 1.; title: Getting legal status -- -- ch. 2.; title: Learning the basics -- -- ch. 3.; title: Taking care of yourself : the mind-body-spirit connection -- -- ch. 4.; title: Family matters -- -- ch. 5.; title: Education and career -- -- ch. 6.; title: Money matters -- -- ch. 7.; title: Danger, danger : the common traps -- -- ch. 8.; title: Going into business : the entrepreneurial route -- -- ch. 9.; title: America : successful immigrant nation -- -- ch. 10.; title: Defining success --; title: Afterword --; title: About the author --; title: Bibliography / recommended reading --; title: List of web resources --; title: Index --; title: Order page / website.