Employer Resources

Recruitment

• Hack the hiring process to reap diversity's bottom-line benefits
• Employer best practices for hiring skilled newcomers
• Hire a registered professional planner
• Multimedia and recruitment tools
• Diverse recruitment: tips for inclusive recruitment and interviewing
• Create a job ad or job description
• Ontario Skills Passport

Onboarding

• Employer's guide to integrating immigrants into the workplace
• Tips for onboarding skilled immigrants
• Onboarding recent immigrants in the workplace (video)
• Inclusive employee onboarding (free course)
• Onboarding Skilled Immigrants: Ensuring Success for New Hires
• Onboarding Boosts Success for New Hires
• 10 Keys to an Immigrant-Inclusive Workplace

Retention

• How to retain global talent
• Integrating and retaining internationally trained workers
• Prepare for a diverse workforce

Tools and Resources

• TRIEC Campus (free)
• Hire Immigrants Roadmap
• The Ultimate Hiring and Retention Toolkit
• Hiring and Retaining Skilled Immigrants: A Cultural Competence Toolkit
• Danger and Opportunity: Bridging Cultural Diversity for Competitive Advantage by Lionel Laroche and Caroline Yang (Book)
• Recruiting, Retaining and Promoting Culturally Different Employees by Donald Rutherford and Lionel Laroche (Book)
• Managing Cultural Diversity in Technical Professions by Lionel Laroche (Book)
• Essential Language Skills Profile
• Hire Immigrants Ottawa's Cross-Cultural Competency Training Program (free)

Programs and Services for Employers

• Multicultural Business Solutions
• Canada - Ontario Job Grant
• Academic Credential Assessment Services
• Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration Ontario Bridge Training

Programs and Services for Employees

• CAPE's Advanced Training and Workshops
• Global Experience Ontario (GEO)
• Language Training
• Access Centre for Regulated Employment
• Comparative Education Service (CES)
• International Credential Assessment Service of Canada
• Ontario Skills Passport
• Career Map: Applied Science and Engineering Technicians and Technologists

Regulatory Information

General

• Ontario Human Rights Commission

Professional Engineers

• Government of Ontario Professional Engineers Act
• Use of the Professional Engineer's Seal
• Professional Engineering Practice
• Professional Engineers Reviewing Work Prepared by Another Professional Engineer
• Professional Engineers Ontario Practice Advice Resources and Guidelines
• Professional Engineers Ontario Academic Requirements
• Professional Engineers Ontario Work Experience Requirements
• Professional Engineers Ontario Requirements for LIcensure
• Professional Practice in Canada

Professional Geoscientists

• Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Program Requirements
• Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario Minimum Knowledge Requirements
• Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario Work Experience Requirements

Professional Planners

• Ontario Professional Planners Institute Continous Professional Learning
• Ontario Professional Planners Institute Professional Regulation

Green Building Professionals

• LEED Credentials

Environmental Professionals

• Qualifications for the Environmental Professionals Certification
• Environmental Professional in-training (EPt) Certification

Success Stories

• Enbridge lays down the pipeline for immigrant talent to succeed
• Investing in staff helps Teshmont Consulting engage and retain their employees
• Self-declaration form asks Manitoba Hydro employees to disclose immigrant status
• Work to improve yourself, on a professional and personal level
• Finding employment is often a team effort
• Canada's Best Diversity Employers: BC Hydro
• Canada's Best Diversity Employers: City of Toronto
• Canada's Best Diversity Employers: City of Vancouver
• Former PAIE participant success story  (video)
• York Region success story with the PAIE program (video)
• Conservation Authority Removes Barriers and Shares the Value of Diversity
• Engineering firm turns to skilled immigrants for hard-to-find skills
• Construction union trains and tests in native language
• More than one-third of engineers hired at Husky are skilled immigrants
• Syncrude strengthens its workforce by recognizing foreign skills and experience
• Associated Engineering helps foreign-trained engineers become accredited in Canada