New recruitment tool launched to link employers with foreign trained professionals in Canada

Canada, 18th February: A new recruitment tool has been launched for connecting employers with foreign trained professionals seeking jobs in Chatham-Kent

Out of the total 200,000 immigrants coming to Canada in the year 2010, around 51 percent possessed post-secondary qualifications, states job search facilitator with Adult Language and Learning Center, Connie Piggott.

The qualifications of newcomers coming to Chatham-Kent range from PhD degrees to technical qualifications, adds Piggott.

And the launch of new online tool, the official website of Skills International, is proving to be of tremendous advantage for new immigrants by helping them find the jobs in their respective fields, Piggott asserts.

The website is committed to providing relevant jobs to immigrants in Canada by helping them get connected to various employers in the nation. It is an easy to use, cost effective and an exclusive online recruitment tool in Canada.

New Canadians encounter several difficulties in finding employment in their chosen fields in Canada, Piggott stated.

Canadian employers are in need of high-skills, commitment, dedication and motivation in their potential workforce and that’s exactly found to be present in the foreign trained professionals, states employer liaison with Skills International, Marlene Meechan.

The online tool becomes a handy means to bridging the gap between foreign professionals and employers in Canada as it contains web-enabled database of profiles of various potential job seeking foreign trained professionals in Ontario.

The best thing about hiring an immigrant through Skills International program is that one knows they have been through a program, adds Meechan.

The website is a great resource and the human resources department must be made aware of this, stated Mayor Randy Hope, while speaking on its launch. This online resource can help Chatham-Kent attract higher number of immigrants and add to the growth of its population, he said.

Foreign trained professionals are a resource of immense talent and they must be tapped into by the nation, stated executive director of The Adult Language and Learning Centre, Tracy Callaghan.

Out of the total 400 immigrants working in the center in 2010, 88 were foreign trained professionals.

A free resource for professionals as well as employers in Canada, it saves highly-educated foreign professionals from working at low-paid jobs and provides an opportunity to sharp their soft-skills, thus enabling them make valuable contributions to the economic development of the nation.