Build Awareness and Leadership

Build Awareness and Leadership

Help your organization adopt an immigrant-readiness approach by assessing where you are now, building the cultural competence of leaders and making diversity and inclusivity a strategic priority.

Understand and Evaluate Your HR Practices

To get the support of senior leaders, assess and analyze your current HR practices to see if they screen-out skilled immigrants or prevent them from advancing to senior positions. Continue reading

Creating and Supporting Champions

Identify senior leaders to champion your cause and arm yourself with the business case for hiring and integrating skilled immigrants. Continue reading

The Benefits of Hiring Skilled Immigrants

Benefits include representing a large proportion of the labour market, providing access to diverse local and international markets and enhancing innovation. Continue reading

Building Leaders’ Cross-Cultural Competencies

Encouraging leaders to participate in tasks that build their own cross-cultural competencies, as well as those of staff, will help create an inclusive workplace for skilled immigrants. Continue reading