Best Employers for New Canadians

These employers have been recognized as offering innovative programs to assist immigrants in making the transition to the Canadian workplace.
Each employer is evaluated in terms of whether:

 they offer programs specifically designed to assist employees who are recent immigrants to Canada;
they have taken steps to reduce employment barriers for recent immigrants, such as by recognizing foreign educational credentials [...]

Engineering and Technology Labour Market Study

This study is examining the current and future employment picture within the engineering and technology sectors of the Canadian economy. Five issues are the focal point of the study:

Employer labour requirements
The available workforce
Attitudes and practices related to certification and licensing
The role of diversity groups
Globalization

You can check out the affiliated website or an interim report.
Here are [...]

Roadmap to Recognition

There are a series of fact sheets on the Ministry of Economic Development’s website that I want to draw your attention to. These documents are designed for immigrants and provide helpful information related to credential recognition, language and skill upgrading and conducting an effective job search.

Foreign Credential Recognition Program

The federal government has announced $800,000 worth of new funding that will allow the Maytree Foundation to develop a set of on-line tools aimed at helping skilled immigrants integrate into the Canadian workforce.

Stepping stones

Many of our clients who have professional designations in engineering, information technology, construction, electronics and other fields will want to take note of a recent article from the Times-Colonist. A common tactic for newcomers to Canada to take is to seek employment in their field at a level with less responsibility. This allows individuals to establish [...]

Seminar for Internationally Trained Engineers

The Society for Internationally Trained Engineers is hosting a seminar on June 14th 2008. Note that this event is in Vancouver. See their website for details.

Regulated or not

Most occupations in Canada are not regulated. The employer can assess a foreign credential and decide on whether the applicant has the required skills and experience to do the job. There are specific occupations however, where people who wish to work in a field need to be registered with an association or organization that oversees the [...]

Engineering Matching and Placement program

Please Note: This information was forwaded to us by email. The in-take session referred to in this post takes place in Vancouver. If you are interested in this please use the email address listed at the end of this post to ask for more information.
Come and learn about this exciting opportunity!
E-MAP (Engineering Matching and Placement [...]

Teaching the teachers

Teaching in BC is one of those regulated professions that requires membership in a governing body. In this case the BC College of Teachers is responsible for reviewing applications from foreign-trained teachers.
This article examines the issues and describes a Simon Fraser University professional qualification program which helps immigrant teachers to make the transition to BC classrooms. 

Is a foreign credential a barrier to employment ?

Sadly for some employers it appears to be. An article in the Montreal Gazette touches on this issue.
The foreign credential issue, to be sure, is one part of the problem. Employers have trouble assigning value to a degree obtained from a foreign academic program with which they are not familiar.
Forty-four per cent of companies in a [...]