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HBR Blog Network: Encourage Foreign-Born Employees to Participate More in Meetings
Andy Molinsky Imagine the following: Feng Li is a Chinese-born management consultant for a major American-based professional services firm in Chicago. Feng has impeccable oral and written English and outstanding technical skills. He is also very creative. In fact, he...
Financial Post: Moving past diversity: RBC’s journey to rid its upper ranks of ‘unconscious bias’
Dan Ovsey Diversity is one of those buzz words often tossed around in the corporate world by organizations with an interest in presenting themselves as progressive. Yet, in many cases talk of diversity is just that — talk. RBC may be the exception to the rule. Current...
Globe and Mail: Bridging the gap between skills and culture
Jared Lindzon When Luiss Zaharia moved to Canada in 2002, she knew that she would have to work her way up the corporate ladder, but she never imagined that it would be so difficult to find a career that matched her qualifications. She certainly had the know-how, she...
Global News: Immigrant unemployment: The more education, the bigger the gap
Anna Mehler Paperny Friday’s employment numbers may’ve been lacklustre. But the job search is far bleaker for new Canadians: Years after the recession officially ended, you’re still more likely to be out of a job if you’re an immigrant. And the gap between immigrants...
Last chance – Don’t forget to submit your IS Award nomination!
Deadline January 15, 2014. Do you know a Champion of Immigrant Employment? Are you one? Apply or submit a nomination for a TRIEC Immigrant Success Award, sponsored by RBC. Nominations are now open for the TRIEC IS Award: RBC Champions of Immigrant Success. Up to four...
TRIEC’s December e-Lert is out
More than 90 per cent of mentees and mentors are satisfied with their mentoring experience. Read about the success stories of mentees, mentors and employer partners with The Mentoring Partnership. If you're working on your New Year's resolution list, think...
Toronto Star: Pearson airport: Home away from home for thousands
For many immigrants, Toronto’s airport has become both the gateway and departure point for a new way of life in Canada. Over the second half of Kevin Veerasamy’s life, the one that started the day he arrived in Canada from Mauritius, one place has loomed larger than...