Resources
There are many programs, resources, tools and services available to help employers identify, recruit, retain skilled newcomers and work towards a diverse and inclusive workforce.
Downloadable Guides:
- The Employer’s Roadmap for hiring and retaining internationally trained workers.
- The Working in Canada Tool, created by the federal government, provides information on job descriptions, wages, skill requirements, language training and job opportunities based on occupation and location.
- Employers’ Guide: Newcomers & Your Workplace – Thunder Bay.
- Business Critical: Maximizing the Talents of Visible Minorities – An Employer’s Guide.
- Dollar & Sense: Your guide to grants, loans and tax benefits for apprentices and employers in Northwestern Ontario.
- The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) offers an opportunity for employers to recruit and retain skilled foreign workers and qualifying international students for full-time jobs of an indeterminate duration.
Links & Tools:
Northwestern Ontario:
- Thunder Bay Multicultural Association
- Magnet Today – Employers, a tool for employers that matches job postings with the best potential candidates available.
- North Superior Workforce Planning Board: Employers
- North Superior Workforce Planning Board: Apprenticeships for Employers
- Professions North
- Yes Employment Services Thunder Bay
- Ontario Immigration – Northwestern Ontario Profile
Ontario:
- Bridge Training Programs – Ontario Immigration
- Career Edge for Employers
- Comparative Education Service
- Employer Guide for Hiring Newcomers
- Employment Ontario
- Global Experience Ontario
- Hire Immigrants Ottawa
- International Credential Assessment Service of Canada
- Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration (Ontario)
- Ontario Immigration – Work in your Profession or Trade
- Ontario Skills Passport: Skills and Work Habits for the Workplace
- Skills for Change: Employer Services
- Settlement.Org
- World Education Services
- World Skills Employment Centre (Ottawa)
Canada:
- Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks
- Centre for Intercultural Learning
- CanLearn
- Find an Occupational Profile – Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials
- Destination Canada
- Educational Testing Service Canada Inc.
- Employer Liaison Network
- Essential Skills Profiles
- Francophone Immigration
- Hire Immigrants
- Human Resources Management Canada Inc.
- How to hire a foreign worker
- Job Bank
- Labour Market Impact Assessment
- Post-Graduation Work Permit Program
- Temporary Foreign Workers: Your Rights are Protected
- Test de connaissance du français
- Test de français international
- Test of English as a Foreign Language
- Test of English for International Communication
- Test of Workplace Essential Skills (TOWES)
- Tools, Assessment and Training Support
- Visa Exemptions
- Work Permit Exemptions
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