When Huawei Canada established itself in Canada in 2008, they faced many challenges finding highly skilled talent they needed. Skilled immigrants were the solution.
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Huawei Canada: RBC Immigrant Advantage Award
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Maxxam Analytics: Toronto Star Award for Excellence in Workplace Integration
Maxxam’s co-op program for skilled immigrants has evolved to become an essential recruitment strategy for their fluctuating client-driven work volumes and to address skill shortages in their field.
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Zuleika Sgro: 2010 winner, Canadian HR Reporter Award for Individual Achievement
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Career Bridge: CBC Toronto Vision Award for Immigrant Inclusion
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TheSpec.com: Research finds immigrant entrepreneurs lacking in guidance, but not enthusiasm
Lisa Grace Marr Workforce Planning Hamilton (formerly the Hamilton Training and Advisory Board) has completed a study exploring what kind of place this is to make a living as an immigrant entrepreneur. Wise5 is the name of the year-long research project headed by Sarah Wayland in concert with similar agencies in the regions of Niagara, [...]
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A Diverse Workforce is Essential for TD’s Success
The insights and skills of a diverse workforce aren’t just nice-to-haves for TD Bank, they’re essential for the organization’s success, says Ed Clark, Group President and CEO at TD Bank Group. In the video, Mr. Clark explains why diversity will continue to be a priority for the bank after his retirement in 2013.
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Globe and Mail: The widening gap in Canada’s labour market
Tavia Grant and Richard Blackwell There’s no shortage of people looking for work. Some 1.4 million Canadians are unemployed, the jobless rate is still above pre-recession levels and youth unemployment is nearly 14 per cent. Despite this, employers across the country say they can’t find the right workers for all kinds of available jobs.
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Globe and Mail: New approach proposed for immigrant recruiting
Canada annually receives about 250,000 immigrants – many of whom have advanced degrees and skills that are in demand – but only a small fraction of them manage to land jobs at small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), which represent 64 per cent of new private-sector positions. The issue is two-fold, the report concludes: Smaller employers [...]
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Toronto Star: Federal budget 2012: Skilled immigrants urge investments into talents already in Canada
Nicholas Keung Every evening after dinner, Naseem Ahmed Pasha would don his dress pants and dress shirt, and say goodbye to his three boys, telling them he was leaving for work in hospital. By the time Pasha, a family doctor from India, got to his worksite, he would change into his uniform, the uniform of [...]
National Post: Third party to assess immigrants: Kenney
Tobi Cohen OTTAWA – Immigration Minister Jason Kenney announced plans to hire an outside company to assess the educational credentials of newcomers before they arrive in Canada in a bid to keep foreign physicians from having to drive cabs when they arrive.
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