{"id":136,"date":"2016-04-03T13:50:51","date_gmt":"2016-04-03T13:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artsweb.uwaterloo.ca\/germansofwaterlooregion\/?page_id=136"},"modified":"2016-08-26T18:22:51","modified_gmt":"2016-08-26T18:22:51","slug":"earning-a-living-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/artsweb.uwaterloo.ca\/germansofwaterlooregion\/earning-a-living-in-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Earning a Living in Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-66\" src=\"https:\/\/artsweb.uwaterloo.ca\/germansofwaterlooregion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2016\/03\/IMG_0026-1-300x292.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0026\" width=\"300\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artsweb.uwaterloo.ca\/germansofwaterlooregion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2016\/03\/IMG_0026-1-300x292.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artsweb.uwaterloo.ca\/germansofwaterlooregion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2016\/03\/IMG_0026-1-768x748.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artsweb.uwaterloo.ca\/germansofwaterlooregion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2016\/03\/IMG_0026-1-1024x997.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artsweb.uwaterloo.ca\/germansofwaterlooregion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2016\/03\/IMG_0026-1-700x681.jpg 700w, https:\/\/artsweb.uwaterloo.ca\/germansofwaterlooregion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2016\/03\/IMG_0026-1-332x323.jpg 332w, https:\/\/artsweb.uwaterloo.ca\/germansofwaterlooregion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2016\/03\/IMG_0026-1.jpg 1056w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The participants\u00a0who immigrated to Canada after World War II had vastly different job prospects than those who arrived in this century: The older generation emphasized\u00a0accepting whatever work they\u00a0could get, whereas those in the younger generation often had more options; some immigrants switched careers, whereas others maintained theirs throughout their lives here; and many made ends meet just by using their connections (nowadays called networking). Several German immigrants also started their own businesses that have since become strong contributors to the local community (and some even beyond). This chapter will introduce you to the many ways the immigrants made a living here in Canada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The participants\u00a0who immigrated to Canada after World War II had vastly different job prospects than those who arrived in this century: The older generation emphasized\u00a0accepting whatever work they\u00a0could get, whereas those in the younger generation often had more options; some immigrants switched careers, whereas others maintained theirs throughout their lives here; and many made ends &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artsweb.uwaterloo.ca\/germansofwaterlooregion\/earning-a-living-in-canada\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Earning a Living in Canada<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-136","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsweb.uwaterloo.ca\/germansofwaterlooregion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsweb.uwaterloo.ca\/germansofwaterlooregion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsweb.uwaterloo.ca\/germansofwaterlooregion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsweb.uwaterloo.ca\/germansofwaterlooregion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsweb.uwaterloo.ca\/germansofwaterlooregion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/artsweb.uwaterloo.ca\/germansofwaterlooregion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":189,"href":"https:\/\/artsweb.uwaterloo.ca\/germansofwaterlooregion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/136\/revisions\/189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsweb.uwaterloo.ca\/germansofwaterlooregion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}