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TORONTO REGION IMMIGRATION EMPLOYMENT COUNCIL (TRIEC) TORONTO REGION IMMIGRATION EMPLOYMENT COUNCIL (TRIEC)

TRIEC Toolkit: Innovative Tools and Programs for Immigrant Employment2011 OCASI Professional Development Conference20 June 2011

Racquel Sevilla and Rose DeVeyra, TRIEC

TORONTO REGION IMMIGRATION EMPLOYMENT COUNCIL (TRIEC)

Agenda


Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council (TRIEC)

Convene, catalyze, collaborate

Mission: To create & champion solutions to better

integrate skilled immigrants in the Greater Toronto Region labour market.


What does TRIEC do?

• To convene and collaborate with partners, creating opportunities for skilled immigrants to connect to the local labour market. [individual]

• To work with key stakeholders, particularly employers, building their awareness and capacity to better integrate skilled immigrants into the workforce. [organizational]

• To work with all levels of government, enhancing coordination and effecting more responsive policy and programs for skilled immigrant employment. [systemic]


Programs Developed by TRIEC

Brings together recent skilled immigrants and established professionals in occupation-specific mentoring relationships

Paid-internship program for skilled immigrants

Builds professional networks and enhances job search skills. Builds cultural competencies.

Provides Canadian work experience to skilled immigrants and flexible capacity for employers


Why is TRIEC engaging with Professional Immigrant Networks (PINs)?

• Another practical means by which immigrants integrate into the labour market more quickly, in the right jobs

• TRIEC’s stakeholders expressed the need to connect more systematically to PINs to:

• Channel information• Offer services and supports• Recruit for employment• Expand markets• Increase membership


What are PINs?

Organized, volunteer-run groups created by and for internationally-educated and experienced professionals who seek to:

• Create a forum to contribute to and enrich their respective communities

• Cultivate social capital• Find meaningful employment, primarily in their

areas of professional practice• Sharpen their skills set• Keep abreast with current trends and changes in

their respective sectors


Increasing the Capacity of PINs

To work collaboratively with professional immigrant networks to increase their capacity to connect their skilled immigrant

members to employment

Goal of the PINs Initiative:


Benefits of connecting with PINs(Job Seekers)

• Develop professional relationships & networks in your field

• Connections to employment opportunities


Benefits of connecting with PINs (Job Seekers)

• Mentoring opportunities

– Formal / informal, individual / group

• Professional development

– Technical skills, soft skills

• Volunteering opportunities• Support in the licensing process• Access to information


Benefits of connecting with PINs (Employers)

• Recruitment - largely untapped talent pool– Job postings

– Info sessions

• Become a PINs Partner– Training– Mentoring– Sponsorships– Tours– Staff volunteer opportunities


Benefits of connecting with PINs (Agencies)

• Referrals for your job-seeking clients • Outreach to new clients

• Recruit potential mentors or speakers

How? Some examples:• Participate at a PINs event• Invite PINs to speak to your clients• Offer space at your location


PINs Resources

www.settlement.org/immigrantnetworks • List of 50+ groups run by and for internationally-

trained professionals with an online presence

www.triec.ca/programs/ImmigrantNetworks • Background on the PINs initiative, PINs video, event

highlights and resources, facts and stat


Video Resources

• Finding Talent• Integrating Talent• Cross-cultural Teamwork• http://www.hireimmigrants.ca

For Employers, Agencies and New Immigrants


Discussion Guides and Additional Resources

Video Discussion Guides:• Finding Talent• Integrating Talent• http://www.hireimmigrants.ca/tools/4

Workshop Resources and Facilitation Guide• Finding Talent• Integrating Talent• Achieving Success in the Canadian Workplace• http://www.triec.ca/programs/WorkIntegration

For Employers and Agencies


Workshops

• How-to HR: Recruitment and Selection – Full-day Workshop– Impact of cultural biases when sourcing candidates,

conducting resume and telephone screening, and interviewing

– Strategies to identify and address immigrant employment barriers

• Integrating Talent – 3 Half-day workshops– Cross-cultural Connections and Teamwork– Orientation and Onboarding for Culturally Inclusive

Workplaces– Managing Performance Across Cultures

For Employers


Arriving Summer 2011

Workshop: Achieving Success in the Canadian Workplace – First 90 Days and Beyond

– Workshop Resources – Discussion guide– Train the trainer

Video Discussion Guides – Finding Talent and Integrating Talent - New

Immigrant perspective– Cross-cultural Teamwork – Employer and New

Immigrant perspectives

For Employers and Delivery Partners


Arriving Summer 2011

E-learning Platform• Professional development resources• Build Cultural-competence• Web-based, learn at your own pace• Free

Train the Trainer• Deliver our half-day workshops to your

organization• Customizable workshop facilitation resources

For Employers and Delivery Partners


Questions?


Contact TRIEC

Website:

http://www.triec.ca

Sign up for:• Mailing list – Notification when learning tools become

available• TRIEC E-lert Subscription

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