The Government of Canada introduces new resource for Canadian employers interested in hiring internationally trained foreign workers

Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC), in partnership with the Foreign Credentials Referral Office (FCRO) and The Alliance for Sector Council (TASC), has recently launched a new resource to guide Canadian employers through the process of hiring foreign workers with international training. This new resource was announced this month by by Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney.

Available at www.credentials.gc.ca, the Employer’s Roadmap is an online tool designed to assist Canadian employers human resources professionals, recruiters and managers in small to medium-sized enterprises who cannot find qualified workers within the Canadian labour market, to bring in foreign workers to staff their growing businesses.

The Employer’s Roadmap is a tool for Canadian employers, “This is a practical resource that employers in any sector will find useful in helping to meet their staffing needs and improve their competitiveness in a rapidly changing economy,” said the executive director of TASC, Andrew Cardozo. “The Employer’s Roadmap is exactly what is needed to make the process of hiring and retaining internationally trained workers a lot more efficient.”

Specifically outlined in the Employer’s Roadmap are explanations as to how to recruit foreign workers, how to assess a foreign worker’s qualification as well as how to select them. It also includes suggestions on how to integrate and retain these workers once they become new employees. Information is also provided on the range of national and regional resources available across the country to support employers.