This story mainly talks about the person I talked to Jay Subedi and how he thinks immigrants can adapt to the American Workforce.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (NCC News)- The New Americans event took place on Tuesday, Oct. 18 at The Atrium. SUNY Oswego hosted the event talking about how businesses can be more inclusive to New American refugees. There were people from a variety of organizations speaking: SUNY Oswego, TruCare Connections and Center for Court Innovation.
Two speakers from the event were Jay Subedi, Director of Business Development for TruCare Connections, and Sandra Bargainer, a Professor at SUNY-Oswego. In the event the importance of refugee’s feeling safe in the workplace was mentioned by other speakers.
Bargainnier wants employers to make sure they’re doing that.
“Don’t try to guess or make assumptions about what you’re workers need to feel safe,” said Bargainnier. “Ask them.”
A lot of times when immigrants come here the skills they learned in their home country doesn’t necessarily transfer over to America. Subedi had a similar incident when he came to America.
“Like I was a teacher back in Nepal,” said Subedi. “But I started working here from Subways cleaning the dishes.”
Subedi knows that immigrants can work in America they just need a chance to adapt.
“We can do the job, but it takes time to learn about the American culture,” said Subedi. “The system, the policies, the way it works.”
In addition, he said there are opportunities in Syracuse to be trained to work.
“The colleges are starting up, the universities are starting up, the local agencies are training them,” said Subedi.
Overall, Subedi felt honored speaking at the event.
“I felt honor being there because we as a New American forum we speak about many nations community around here and we help them,” said Subedi. “It was a great experience for us to tell the public what we do and where we came from.”