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Hosting a Refugee Hiring Event: A Guide to Coordinating a Collaborative Response to an Employment Imperative

This guide provides communities across Canada with a blueprint for hosting similar events to maximize matching refugees with hiring employers.

Published Date: 24 March 2024RecruitmentRefugeesENAccess the Guide
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Employer’s Guide: Newcomers and Your Workplace

Attraction, hiring and retention strategies are important aspects that employers must embrace to ensure a competitive business environment.

Published Date: 13 March 2024DEI StrategyDiversityHow to find talentHow to hire talentHow to retain talentInclusionInclusivity StrategyOnboardingRecruitmentRetentionENAccess the Guide
1 hourPrintable Resource

Guelph-Wellington Employers’ Guide to Hiring and Retaining Newcomers and Immigrants

Key principles to attract and retain an immigrant workforce. As Canada’s workforce shrinks and more employers begin to face skills and labour shortages, immigration has been recognized to be a critical source for economic growth and workforce development.

Published Date: 12 March 2024DEI StrategyHow to hire talentHow to retain talentOnboardingRecruitmentRetentionENAccess the Resource
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Attracting & Retaining Immigrants – Employer Guide

Putting in place the right conditions and steps to create a welcoming and inclusive workplace for newcomers takes planning, commitment and flexibility.

Published Date: 12 March 2024How to hire talentHow to retain talentRecruitmentRetentionENAccess the Guide
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Underground Miner Assessment Toolkit – Employer Guide for Hiring New Canadians and Immigrants

This  Employer Guide Toolkit is one of two, designed for employers in the Mining and Oil and Gas sectors to assess and hire immigrant underground miners.

Published Date: 15 January 2024AttractionHow to find talentHow to hire talentRecruitmentENAccess the Guide
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Words 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 Guide
1 hourPrintable Resource

Certificate in Inclusive Leadership 2020

The Certificate in Inclusive Leadership will help you to gain a strategic approach, practical tools, and the opportunity to build your skills to advance not only diversity but true inclusion. This program will enable you to grow your inclusive leadership capabilities and lead change within your team, department, or organization. Teacher: Rachel Crowe

Published Date: 30 August 2023Business Case for InclusionInclusionInclusivity StrategyLeadershipENAccess the Resource
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Employer’s Guide to Integrating Immigrants into the Workplace

This document is intended for employers in Ottawa who are interested in hiring and retaining skilled immigrants. The document is a reference guide that provides information about and insight into the most common challenges faced by local employers when recruiting and integrating immigrants into the workplace. The guide offers practical tips and suggestions for employers to address these challenges, highlighting local resources.

Published Date: 30 August 2023How to find talentHow to hire talentHow to retain talentENAccess the Guide
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Orientation, Retention and Promotion A Guide for Building Welcoming and Inclusive Workplaces for New Immigrant Workers

Orientation, Retention and Promotion – A Guide for Building Welcoming and Inclusive Workplaces for New Immigrant Workers is a part of the Get In The Know initiative. Get In The Know is a one of a kind initiative developed to support employers in the orientation, retention and promotion of new immigrant workers. The initiative includes this guidebook, a robust website, social media and training.

Published Date: 17 August 2023ENAccess the Guide
2 hoursTools

Hiring Assessment Toolkit – Employer Guide for Hiring New Canadians and Immigrants Occupation: Underground Miner

This Employer Guide Toolkit is designed for employers in the Mining and Oil & Gas sectors. The foundation of this resource is the Mining Industry Human Resources Council’s National Occupational Standard for Underground Miner.

Published Date: 15 June 2023How to hire talentInclusivity StrategyRecruitmentENAccess the Tool
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Attracting and Recruiting Newcomers

Finding committed, motivated and qualified individuals, and capitalizing on the economic benefits that diverse populations have to offer. Changing demographics are having an impact on business in Canada as unprecedented numbers of workers retire and fewer enter the labour market. The changes in our demographics mean that immigration is playing an increasingly critical role in alleviating our current and anticipated talent and skills shortage. Manitoba and other provinces compete for skilled international talent and our competitiveness in the world depends, in a large part, on our ability to attract, integrate, and retain international talent.

Published Date: 14 June 2023AttractionHow to find talentHow to hire talentHow to retain talentInclusionInclusivity StrategyRecruitmentENAccess the Tool