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  hireimmigrants.ca New Video: Hiring skilled immigrants just makes “good business sense,” says Questrade's Zuleika Sgro, winner of the 2011 Canadian HR Reporter Individual Achievement Award, part of TRIEC's Immigrant Success (IS) Awards. Click to learn more about Ms. Sgro's work to recruit and integrate newcomers.

  

  Hiring Skilled Immigrants Makes ‘Good Business Sense,’ Says... hireimmigrants.ca

  When she started her role with Questrade, Zuleika Sgro created a library of best practices for recruiting internationally trained professionals. In her first year, she oversaw 100 hires, of which nearly 20 per cent were newcomers to Canada.

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  hireimmigrants.ca Did you know you can't ask a job candidate about his or her immigration status? How about Canadian experience? Find out more about the dos and don'ts of interview questions in our latest eTip.

  Dos and don’ts of interview questions hireimmigrants.ca

  As an employer, you need to know if a job candidate can legally work for you. But questions about a candidate’s immigration status, and specifically country of origin, are discriminatory under human rights laws in Canada....

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  hireimmigrants.ca When you hire skilled immigrants, not only do you get their talent and expertise but they also act as a magnet for other "leading minds" from their countries of origin, says Pythian's founder and executive chairman in this video.

  

  Skilled Immigrants Attract More Talent to Pythian hireimmigrants.ca

  Pythian, a remote database and consulting services company, has discovered an unexpected benefit of having skilled immigrant employees: They attract other highly skilled immigrants to the company. For example, the Ottawa-based...

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  hireimmigrants.ca The City of Montreal is helping newcomers overcome one of the biggest barriers to employment: Lack of Canadian experience. Read about the City's six-month internship program, which includes a mentoring and training component to help immigrants integrate into the Quebec workforce.

  

  City of Montreal’s Internships Give Newcomers First ‘Canadian’... hireimmigrants.ca

  Program helps newcomers integrate into Quebec workforce through on-the-job training, mentoring and coaching.

  9 days ago
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  hireimmigrants.ca Did you miss our last webinar "Using hireimmigrants.ca and the Roadmap Tool to Create and Manage a Diverse Workforce"? The recording, slides and additional resources are online now!

  Using hireimmigrants.ca and the Roadmap Tool to Create and Manage a... hireimmigrants.ca

  This webinar walks users through the re-designed hireimmigrants.ca site – and the Roadmap tool – exploring the navigation and new content to help employers recruit, retain and promote skilled immigrants.

  11 days ago
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  hireimmigrants.ca New Video: Hear how AltaGas uses work placements to find highly skilled workers to fill labour shortages.

  Work Placements Help AltaGas Find Skilled Talent hireimmigrants.ca

  When AltaGas began facing staffing challenges a few years ago, it partnered with immigrant-serving agencies in Alberta to tap into the skilled immigrant talent pool.

  18 days ago
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  hireimmigrants.ca New video: Hear how Loblaw helps foreign-trained pharmacist overcome "Canadian experience" barrier to become a pharmacy manager.

  Loblaw Helps Foreign-Trained Pharmacists Become Licensed hireimmigrants.ca

  Hari Pemasani, a pharmacist from India, talks about how Loblaw helped him grow his career from part-time pharmacy assistant to pharmacy manager.

  29 days ago
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  hireimmigrants.ca Algonquin College has several programs in place to attract, retain and engage skilled immigrants, garnering the Ottawa-based college a 2012 Employer Excellence Award. In this video, Denyse Diakun, Director of Workforce and Personal Development at the college, talks about the initiative she's most proud of: Cultural competency training.

  Cultural Competency Training Makes College an Award-Winning Employer hireimmigrants.ca

  Algonquin College has several programs in place to attract, retain and engage skilled immigrants, garnering the college a 2012 Employer Excellence Award from Hire Immigrants Ottawa and the Employer Council of Champions. The...

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  hireimmigrants.ca Did you receive our latest eTip? Read three ways you can ensure skilled immigrants are ready to move up the ladder and then sign up to receive tips set directly to your inbox.

  

  3 Ways to Prepare Skilled Immigrants for Promotion hireimmigrants.ca

  Do you expect employees to speak up when they want a promotion? If you take this approach, you may be overlooking many talented employees who come from a culture where it’s customary to wait for an invitation for promotion....

  1 month ago

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