BENEFITS OF HIRING IMMIGRANTS
By hiring internationally-trained professionals and trades people, Canadian employers gain employees with great diversity in education, training, job skills, expertise and experience.
Hiring skilled immigrants will help employers to grow and better succeed in the local marketplace and in today’s global economy.

To learn more about the business case (why employers should hire skilled immigrants), visit:
www.lookingahead.bc.ca

ACCESSING THE LARGE AND GROWING POOL OF SKILLED IMMIGRANTS

There are numerous agencies ready to help employers connect with the skilled immigrants than can address their labour needs.

To learn more about the help available to employers to access the talent pool of skilled immigrants, visit:
The Canadian Program at www.newcanadians.org
Skills for Change at www.skillsforchange.org
Career Bridge at www.careerbridge.ca
JOB CONNECT at www.job-connect.on.ca
Human Resources and Social Development Canada at www.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca

IMPROVING HIRING PRACTICES

To improve the hiring process we encourage employers to train their human resources staff to better assess competencies, skills, prior learning and foreign credentials, and to better understand the requirements necessary to manage a culturally diverse workforce.

To learn more about the resources that can assist in developing cultural awareness, visit:
Cultural Profiles Project at www.cp-pc.ca

LANGUAGES SKILL

Languages skills are a pre-condition for skilled immigrants to be accepted into Canada. But for foreign trained professionals and trades people to be able to perform satisfactory in their fields of training and expertise in the Canadian labour market, a higher and more specific job-related level of language skills and proficiency is required.

To learn more about the assessment of language skills and levels of proficiency, visit:
www.language.ca


ASSESSING INTERNATIONAL CREDENTIALS

One of the main challenges faced by employers when hiring immigrants is to have a clear understanding of foreign credentials, as well as assessing their equivalencies to Canadian.

To learn more about the resources available to assist employers in assessing the credentials of skilled immigrants, visit:
World Education Services(WES) at www.wes.org.ca
The University of Toronto at www.ad.utoronto.ca/ces

For a comprehensive listing of organizations and programs providing services to employers hiring skilled immigrants, consult the BBOT Employers Resource Guide at this site.