News You Can Use - Immigration becoming increasingly important

  These materials will give you a piece of the "Canadian flavour" about the current trends in the Canadian society towards more effective HR practices. I hope that will also help you be better prepared for your journey as an IEP in Canada. I encourage you to check them out.


ALLIES (Assisting Local Leaders with Immigrant Employment Strategies) is a project jointly funded by Maytree and The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation. ALLIES provides funding, information, networks and technical expertise to Canadian cities so that they can successfully adapt and implement local ideas for skilled immigrants to find suitable employment.


Resources from the 2010 ALLIES Learning Exchange: Putting Ideas into Action are now available on the 2010 Learning Exchange presentation page. These include a summary report of the proceedings, audio files and slide presentations from the main plenary sessions and workshops along with a photo gallery. 


Are you really prepared to come to Canada? I would like to suggest you to review these materials by clicking the above link. You can  find out what are the greatest difficulties faced by immigrants, and... prepare! It's not a surprise that language and literacy are playing a major role in adapting to the Canadian workplace. And, most important... it is strongly correlated with your future personal income.

* For more info: Don Drummond – Changing Face of the Canadian Workplace

I thought you might find interesting to watch this video "Finding Talent" from the cultural competence "recruiting" series, a  dramatic television style video, where we come face to face with the challenges faced by an immigrant job seeker on the one hand, and those faced by a medium sized employer. 

As well, Maximizing Skilled Immigrant Talent video focuses on how cultural differences can impact team dynamics. I encourage you to check it out.

All the best and be happy!

“The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone.” ~ Orison Swett Marden