Several Canadian businesses have been impacted by the many lockdowns over the past two years and are challenged with finding local workers to fill open positions. The companies have been asking the government to allow them access to the Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) program. In the fourth quarter of 2021, there were 915,000 open jobs […]
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Employment for women in Canada was substantial for the month of July 2021, with 154,000 of the 157,000 new Canadian jobs going to women. Female employment has bounced back to pre-pandemic levels. Economists expected 60,000 new jobs in Canada at this time, but the job increase was over twice that number. The unemployment rate dropped
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During former US President Donald Trump’s administration, Canada made headlines in the USA about trying to lure STEM workers from America. Although the US has a new president, Canada is continuing to try and recruit skilled workers from the south. For years, the Silicon Valley had better salaries and weather, which drew Canadian engineers, coders,
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Canada saw an influx of Chinese immigrants from 1984 to 1997, and it is now seeing a second wave. Maria Law, who relocated last year, said staying in her homeland was not an option. She chose a free future for her children instead of making money while not being allowed to speak out. History has
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What is “Express Entry” to Canada? The points-based Express Entry Canadian immigration system was launched in 2015, as a faster and more efficient way to select the most qualified skilled foreign workers to be approved for a Permanent Resident Visa to Canada. An Express Entry profile containing a skilled foreign worker relevant details is
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Yaye Peukassa, an employability and entrepreneurship counselor, produced a major federal government event and he is the organization’s first official assigned to recruiting skilled workers for northern Ontario. Over 600 people stopped by SEO’s booth to express interest in working in Ontario, with several of them having experience in aircraft maintenance, mining, IT, finance, and
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A handful of Canadian companies are in the process of hiring skilled refugees living abroad with the aid of Talent Beyond Boundaries (TBB), a non-profit organization. They have been matching U.S. companies with refugees that have needed skills and are now branching out to Australia and Canada. Bonfire, a Kitchener-based tech company, has hired Syrian
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada has one big advantage over the U.S. and that is immigration. He commented that the nation is open to immigration and he doesn’t see the United States matching that anytime soon. He said Canadians are very favorable toward immigration, proving why the government can issue visas to the top
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Immigrants are bringing the employment gap between Canadian-born workers and newcomers closer together, according to new data from Statistics Canada. The immigrant unemployment level is at the lowest point since 2006, which is when data was first being collected. The unemployment rate for Canadian residents stood at five percent in 2017, and 6.4 percent for
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Waking up to a call from Sweden, Donna Strickland, a University of Waterloo professor, found out she was the winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize in physics. Her groundbreaking efforts in the field of laser physics made her the third woman to win the Nobel Prize in physics. She has joined the elite club with
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