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You have to make your professional recognition
step by step and in the right order.

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My name is Gaurav Kumar and I’m a motor vehicle
mechatronics technician.

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I’ve learned the profession in India. 
But Germany is famous for its cars. 

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To work here and to improve myself:
That was my dream.

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I looked for an employer in Germany
and applied for recognition.

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Unfortunately I only received partial recognition.

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I asked ProRecognition what I could do with that.

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We’re from the Indian ProRecognition team and are
based at the Indo-German Chamber of Commerce in Pune.

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From here we advise skilled workers on all
questions relating to recognition ...

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and we support them as they go through
the process of migrating to Germany.

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For Mr Kumar, we identified he had to do refresher training.

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A four-month placement at a business in Germany.

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I thought to myself, no problem.
After all, I’m good at my job.

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We then advised Mr Kumar and his employer
on preparing a training plan ...

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and helped with the visa application.

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I totally underestimated the problem with the language.

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With the visa, I travelled to Germany immediately.
It’ll all work out, I thought to myself.

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Unfortunately it didn't. Without the language
skills, it’s hard to work here.

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So I returned to India but
I did not want to give up.

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I knew I had to learn German. That’s what
ProRecognition had recommended.

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Gaurav Kumar had shown me he was really
interested in Scania. And that he had a plan.

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We had a look. Did we want to support him
in his endeavours? We decided we did.

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Everything did work out second time round.
And we’re pleased too.

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I’ve now been at Scania for one year.

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I got the recognition and
I have a permanent contract.

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He’s integrated really well and is part of the team.

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We’re impressed with every aspect of his assembly work.
We’re very happy with him.

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The people here love their work
and the teamwork is great.

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And my teammates really support me a lot.

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I made things harder for myself
than they needed to be.

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My tip for anyone wanting to apply for recognition:

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Definitely get advice first
before you start recognition!

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And start to learn German!
Then, everything becomes possible.