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- Category: Employer Partner
- Category: Employer Partner and Service Delivery Partner
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- Category: Employer Tools and Resources
- “What’s stopping you?” – Overcoming Barriers to Hiring Tech-Skilled Immigrant Talent in Canada
- #BCJobConnect: A Key Resource for Advancing Employer Diversity and Inclusion in BC
- Employer Playbook: Strategies for Immigrant Inclusion in Canadian Workplaces.
- Manu Varma from Traction on Demand
- ASCEND Participant Feature: Jaspreet Hundal
- Diversity and Inclusion – Mentoring Success Story
- Onboarding Newcomers: Toolkits for Employers
- WEBINAR – FAST: Strengthen Your Workforce
- WEBINAR – BC JobConnect: Making it Easy for Employers to Connect to Immigrant Talent
- WEBINAR – Facilitating Your Access to Global Talent: Programs and Supports for Employers
- Employer Tip Sheets: Onboarding Refugees
- WEBINAR – How to Assess Credentials & Screen-In New Canadians
- WEBINAR – Maximizing your Return on Inclusion: Onboarding Refugees
- How to Assess and Select the Best Immigrant Talent
- How to Create Effective and Inclusive Job Descriptions
- How to Effectively Create a Welcoming Workplace and Successfully Integrate New Employees
- How to Source Qualified Immigrant Talent
- Why Hiring Immigrant Talent is Good for Business
- IEC-BC Webinars
- Integrating and Retaining International Trained Workers
- How to Prepare for a Diverse Workforce
- How to Create a Culturally Inclusive Work Environment
- A Manager’s Guide to Reasonable Accommodation
- Assessing and Selecting of International Trained Workers
- How to Assess Skills and Negotiate Competencies
- Diversity at Work Toolkit
- Mastering the Job Interview Process
- Hiring and Retaining Skilled Immigrants: A Cultural Competence Toolkit – Screening Applications
- Hiring Assessment Toolkit – Employer Guide for Hiring New Canadians and Immigrants Occupation: Underground Miner
- Recruitment: Finding International Trained Workers Potential to Prosperity
- Finding Pre-Screened Immigrant Talent
- Immigrant-Friendly Businesses: Effective Practices for Attracting, Integrating, and Retaining Immigrants in Canadian Workplaces
- Hiring and Retaining Skilled Immigrants: A Cultural Competence Toolkit – Screening Tool
- Government Streams for Hiring Foreign Workers
- Temporary Foreign Worker Program Changes
- Tips on Finding Immigrant Talent
- Tools for Providing Support
- Improve English Skills
- Tips on Hiring Immigrant Talent
- Tips for Screening Resumes
- Assessing Professional Credentials
- Assessing Language Proficiency
- Assessing International Experience
- Assessing Academic Credentials
- Organizations That Can Help
- Assessing Resumes of New Canadians
- How to Conduct Culturally-Savvy Interviews
- Places to Advertise Job Openings
- Creating Barrier-Free Job Descriptions
- Making mentorship work at Telus – A conversation with Cindy LaPorte
- Mentoring helps new Canadian land prime job
- WEBINAR – Unlocking Employment Barriers to Leverage Global Talent
- What is the cost of not hiring global talent?
- WEBINAR – Leadership Development through Mentoring
- Category: How to Find Talent
- Category: How to Hire Talent
- Category: How to Retain Talent
- Category: Forums and Roundtables
- Category: Leaders Summit
- Category: News
- October is Small Business Month. How are immigrants contributing to SMEs?
- Is your small business ready for Canada’s changing demographics?
- New RFP Opportunity: #ImmigrantsWork Employer Navigator Web Platform
- Read our 2023-2024 MentorConnect Impact Report
- Op-ed: Now is not the time to lose faith in immigration because Canada cannot prosper without it
- National Employer Feedback Forums Aim to Transform Immigrant Talent Inclusion
- Read our 2022-2023 Annual Report
- Announcing our 2023-2024 Board of Directors
- Introducing the Afghan Refugee Onboarding Toolkit for Employers
- Op-ed: Newcomer underemployment costs us all. Here’s what we can do about it.
- Tech Bootcamps: the story so far—and what’s coming up
- The Tech Bootcamps: Why Canada needs tech-skilled immigrant talent.
- How Employers Can Help Eliminate the Income Gap for Economic Immigrants in B.C.
- Half A Million New Permanent Residents Yearly by 2025
- IEC-BC’s Impact in 2021-2022: Innovation and Expansion of IEC-BC’s Program to Prepare Newcomers for the Future of Work
- British Columbia’s population is older but has experienced growth in household income and is more linguistically diverse
- STATEMENT ON THE PASSING OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II
- Pandemic Worsened Employment Gaps Despite Recent Immigrants Working in Essential Sectors
- Choosing BC as a new home
- BC Leading the Country in Employment and New Business Growth
- The Future of Immigrant Talent in BC’s Labour Market
- Over A Million Jobs to Be Added to BC’s Economy
- Statement from IEC-BC CEO on the Passing of Dr. Demetrios G. Papademetriou
- Employer Partner Spotlight: Evan Young | #SuccessStories
- Service Delivery Partner Spotlight: Sogol Jamali | #SuccessStories
- IEC-BC’s Visual Impact Story
- STATEMENT OF SOLIDARITY: DAY FOR TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION
- Newcomer Spotlight: Silvia Bon | #SuccessStories
- Newcomer Spotlight: Anitha Amarnath | #SuccessStories
- IEC-BC partners with Future Skills Centre on program to fill long-term care jobs
- #ImmigrantsWork: Mobilizing Toward Action
- #ImmigrantsWork Campaign and How You Can Support Immigrant Inclusion in Canada’s Labour Market
- Building Immigrant Inclusion into Business Recovery Plans
- Future Skills Centre Launches Six Innovation Projects and Call for Proposals
- Growth initiative for immigrant-serving organizations
- The BRICK Connects with Skilled Immigrants at Joint Event with IEC-BC
- New Publication Offers Employers Strategies to Fill Labour Shortages
- IEC-BC Launches Research Partnership with Carleton University
- EAG Discusses Measurement-based Approach to Diversity and Inclusion
- IEC-BC Kicks Off New Round of MentorConnect Program with City of Vancouver
- IEC-BC Celebrates 10 Years with a Packed Open House
- IEC-BC Partners with Starbucks Canada to Offer New Career Choices to Refugee Youth
- Canadian Immigration Summit 2018
- IEC-BC Releases New Report on Employer Challenges in Integrating Immigrants in Tech
- FAST Helps Immigrants Make Meaningful Connections
- Facilitating Your Access to Global Talent
- Immigrant Engineers Learn How to be Effective in Finding Canadian Employment
- IEC-BC Celebrates Mentoring Month, Welcomes 15 New MentorConnect Mentors
- On International Migrants Day Let’s Have an Honest Conversation about Immigration
- IEC-BC Year in Review
- Innovative Event Marks New Chapter in IEC-BC, TELUS Partnership
- IEC-BC Teams Up With Surrey Board of Trade In Diversity, Inclusion
- Unlocking the Diversity Dividend in BC
- IEC-BC Explores Innovative Ways to Connect Newcomers, Employers in IT, Finance
- IEC-BC Brings BC JobConnect to #SurreyNEW
- The Chance To Succeed
- Surrey Entrepreneur Proves Anything is Possible with the Right Education and Drive
- A Chance To Re-Invent Yourself
- Mentoring Immigrants Helps Organizations Build Better Leaders
- Shifting Perspectives – One Success Story at a Time
- IEC-BC Releases 2016-2017 Annual Report
- Giving Back to Your Professional Community
- It’s About Finding the Right Spirit, Energy and Attitude
- IEC-BC to Present Webinar with Conference Board of Canada
- IEC-BC Creates Employer Advisory Group
- IEC-BC to Create an Advisory Group
- Homegrown Program Puts Global Skills to Work in BC
- 6th Mentorship Program with City of Vancouver Launched
- 500 Mentors and Counting!
- A Message from Kelly Pollack, IEC-BC CEO: Let’s Not Overlook the Big Picture
- New CEO Announcement
- IEC-BC’s Mentoring Program Helps Immigrant Land City of Vancouver Job
- We Must Commit to Connecting Refugees to Jobs
- Video: We Have Big Dreams
- Event Media Coverage: Tapping Into New Talent
- Tapping Into New Talent: Opportunities for BC Businesses
- Webinar for Employers: BC Refugees JobConnect
- Celebrating National Mentoring Month
- A Message from Kelly Pollack, IEC-BC CEO: Building Our Canada Brand
- New Project To Map Refugee Skills, Engage Employers in Surrey, Abbotsford
- A Message from Kelly Pollack, IEC-BC CEO – November 2016
- IEC-BC’s Kelly Pollack Speaks at Top Employer Summit in Vancouver
- Leveraging Diversity for Business Edge, Economic Growth
- A Message from Kelly Pollack, IEC-BC CEO – October 2016
- Surrey: Connector Program Helps Promote City’s Sustainability Vision
- IEC-BC partners with Urban Futures to provide views on immigration
- Networking Event Brings Together Vancouver Tech with New Immigrants
- A Message from Kelly Pollack, IEC-BC CEO – June 2016
- Celebrating Partnership with City of Vancouver
- A Message from Kelly Pollack, IEC-BC CEO – May 2016
- Category: Podcasts
- Category: Service Delivery Partner
- Category: Uncategorized
- Protected: What role does language play in successful immigration and integration in Canada?
- Protected: The Small Business Landscape in Canada
- Protected: How Employers Can Be Allies for Their 2SLGBTQIA+ Employees
- Protected: Employer Partner Spotlight: Ernesto Valdes | #SuccessStories
- How IEC-BC Used LinkedIn to Amplify Voices of Our Partners in Business and Community
- Web Page Maintenance
- BC JobConnect: Making it Easy for Employers to Connect to New Canadians
- I am an employer looking for immigrant talent
- We help employers create diverse and inclusive workplaces
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Resumes
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- Resume: Pipefitter
- Resume: Payroll Clerk
- Resume: Operations Manager
- Resume: Network Adminstrator
- Resume: Marketing Manager
- Resume: Heavy Duty Mechanic
- Resume: Electrician
- Resume: Chef
- Resume: Civil Engineer
Organizations
- Le Relais Francophone
- Société de développement économique de la Colombie-Britannique (SDECB)
- YWCA Metro Vancouver
- Victoria Immigrant & Refugee Centre Society
- Vernon & District Immigrant & Community Services Society
- Training Innovations
- South Okanagan Immigrant and Community Services (SOICS)
- Shuswap Settlement Services Society
- S.U.C.C.E.S.S.
- Progressive Intercultural Community Services Society (PICS)
- Impact North Shore
- North Okanagan Employment Enhancement Society (NOEES)
- North Island Employment Foundations Society (NIEFS)
- MOSAIC
- Kitimat Community Services Society
- Kelowna Community Resources
- Employment Connections
- Douglas College - The Training Group
- DIVERSEcity Community Resources Society (DIVERSEcity)
- Central Vancouver Island Multicultural Society
- Burnaby Multicultural Society
- BC Construction Association - STEP (Skilled Trades Employment Program)
- Back in Motion
- ASPECT
- Alberni Valley Employment Centre
- Kamloops Immigrant Services
- Intercultural Association of Greater Victoria (ICA)
- Immigrant Services Society of BC (ISSofBC)
- Immigrant and Multicultural Services Society
- Hecate Strait Employment Development Society
- GT Hiring Solutions
- Greater Trail Community Skills Centre
- Fraserside Community Services Society
- Abbotsford Community Services (ACS)
Staff
- Patrick MacKenzie
- Kathleen Campbell
- Daisy Quon
- Rania Younes
- Elham Ershad
- Kakada On
- Iona Santos-Fresnoza - On Mat Leave
- Sahar Sayedy
- Daniel Chen
- Vania Barber
- Anshul Modi
- Peiman Sadeghi
- Stefanus Kurniawan
- Jabin Itagi
- Maia Fortin Xu
- Hala Helmy
- Ben Marsh
- Maryam Gharib
- Harries Wong
- Danny Lee
- Mohammad Al-Azraq
- Lucy Chuang
- Jeannalla Burns
- Pantea Fard