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Making Hiring and Onboarding Language Inclusive
This guide identifies steps employers can take to make job descriptions, interviews and onboarding processes more “language inclusive," accounting for diversity in official language proficiency, accents, communication styles, and cultural nuances within language.
Published Date: 27 June 2025DEI StrategyHiringImmigrant Talent IntegrationInclusionLanguageOnboardingWorkforce DevelopmentENAccess the ResourceAssessing Language and Communication Skills
Employers often grapple with assessing the language and communication skills of newcomer talent. This resource provides possible frameworks and tips to help employers in this endeavor, along with key considerations.
Published Date: 27 June 2025CommunicationImmigrant Talent IntegrationLanguageWorkforce DevelopmentENAccess the ResourceWords Matter: Guidelines on Using Inclusive Language in the Workplace (BC)
The use of inclusive language plays an important role in promoting higher employee engagement, superior customer service and increased productivity—all important aspects of a positive work culture.
Published Date: 25 October 2023BelongingCommunicationInclusionLanguageENAccess the GuideMaximizing your Return on Inclusion (Onboarding Refugees Step 1)
TIP SHEET 1: Credential Recognition and Language Support A challenge for any employer is the acknowledgement and recognition of qualifications, education and professional certifications of credentials received abroad – especially in the case of refugees, who were forced to flee their home countries with no supporting documentation and whose institutions might have no contact with the outside world.
Published Date: 15 June 2023InclusionLanguageOnboardingRefugeesENAccess the Tip SheetThe Inclusive Workplace Language Guide
Published Date: 08 December 2022DEI StrategyInclusionInclusivity StrategyLanguageStrategyENView the InfographicLanguage Proficiency: Tips for Recruiting Skilled Immigrants
What can employers do to assess an applicant's language skills, and, if required, help an employee improve those skills on the job?
Published Date: 06 December 2022How to hire talentLanguageRecruitmentENAccess the Tip SheetLanguage Proficiency: Tips for Recruiting Skilled Immigrants
What can employers do to assess an applicantâs language skills, and, if required, help an employee improve those skills on the job? Read moreâ¦
Published Date: 21 October 2021LanguageENAccess the Tip Sheet