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Refugees Jobs Agenda:Rethinking Employer Role & Leadership
June 22, 2017
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Refugees Jobs Agenda
Webinar Series
A webinar series exploring refugees and labour market integration hosted by Hire Immigrants, Cities of Migration and Bertelsmann Stiftung.
Upcoming Sessions:
• From Welcoming Cities to Welcoming Economies (June 28) - Register now
• Entrepreneurship Offers Employment Pathway - Coming soon
@hireimmigrants @CitiesMigration
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This webinar is co-presented by:
Refugees Jobs Agenda:
Rethinking Employer Role & Leadership
A G E N D A
1. Presentation by Merissa Preston, Training Liaison,
LiUNA! Local 506 (Toronto, CA)
2. Presentation by Anki Elken, Head of Sustainability &
Public Affairs, Randstad Sweden Group (Stockholm, SE)
3. Q&A moderated by Fatma Hassan, Program
Coordinator, Hire Immigrants (Toronto, CA)
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Refugees Jobs Agenda: Rethinking Employer Role & Leadership
Construction Union:
Innovative Training Program for Refugees
Merissa PrestonTraining Liaison,
LiUNA! Local 506
(Toronto, CA)
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Refugees Jobs Agenda: Rethinking Employer Role & Leadership
OVERVIEW
Who are we?
• Serves 8,000 workers
• Construction and industrial sectors:• Demolition
• Precast Erector/Finisher
• Abatement
• Cement Finishing
• Concrete Sawing and Drilling
• Waterproofing
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Refugees Jobs Agenda: Rethinking Employer Role & Leadership
FOCUS
What do we provide in the training centre?
• Membership training
• Health & Safety; Equipment
• Apprenticeship training
• 4 programs
• Community programming• Pre-apprenticeship, skills and health &
safety
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Refugees Jobs Agenda: Rethinking Employer Role & Leadership
TRAINING CENTRE
What programs do we offer?
• Whims
• Working at Heights
• Ministry of Labour 4 Steps
• Propane
• Health and Safety Regulations
• Hoisting and Rigging
• Traffic Control
• Workplace Violence and Harassment
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Refugees Jobs Agenda: Rethinking Employer Role & Leadership
SKILLED TRADE SHORTAGE
What are our current labour needs?
• Contractors cannot complete jobs
• Contractors turning down jobs
= Job loss, tax loss and pay loss
Challenge
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Refugees Jobs Agenda: Rethinking Employer Role & Leadership
SKILLED TRADE SHORTAGE
What are our current labour needs?
• Through Apprenticeship Training• Construction Craft Worker
• Precast Erector
• Concrete Finisher
• HAZMAT Worker
• Employer Recruitment
Mitigating Skills Shortage
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Refugees Jobs Agenda: Rethinking Employer Role & Leadership
REFUGEE PROGRAM
Who’s involved?
• LiUNA! Local 506 Training Centre
• ACESS Employment
• Ontario Masonry Training Centre
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Refugees Jobs Agenda: Rethinking Employer Role & Leadership
REFUGEE PROGRAM
What are the program specifics?
• Two streams of sector-
specific language training
• Pre-apprenticeship training
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Refugees Jobs Agenda: Rethinking Employer Role & Leadership
REFUGEE PROGRAM
How do we select refugees?
• Partners: connect to refugee community
• Refugee skills profile – experience in:• Concrete; Brick & Stone
• Painting
• Drywall
• Tile & Flooring
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Refugees Jobs Agenda: Rethinking Employer Role & Leadership
REFUGEE PROGRAM
How do we select refugees?
• Language prerequisite: CLB Level 2
• Participate in the classroom training
• Previous experience/interest
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Refugees Jobs Agenda: Rethinking Employer Role & Leadership
REFUGEE PROGRAM
What are the current outcomes?
• Pilot launched November 2016
• 100% retention/participation
• 66 graduates
• 20 in full-time employment
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Refugees Jobs Agenda: Rethinking Employer Role & Leadership
REFUGEE PROGRAM
How can other employers replicate?
• Partner with local organizations• Partner with industry knowledge
• Partner with training expertise
• Partner with connections to population
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Refugees Jobs Agenda: Rethinking Employer Role & Leadership
Recruitment Agency:
Providing Refugee Pipeline for Employer
Anki ElkenHead of Sustainability & Public Affairs,
Randstad Sweden Group
(Stockholm, SE)
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Refugees Jobs Agenda: Rethinking Employer Role & Leadership
OVERVIEW
Who are we?
• Mission: Shaping the world of work
• Key Facts (2016):• Revenue € 20,7 billion
• ~5,752 branches & in-house locations
• 34,060 corporate employees
• 626,300 staffing employees (ave.)
• Present in 39 countries
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Refugees Jobs Agenda: Rethinking Employer Role & Leadership
SECTORS
Who do we serve?
• Offer employment solutions:• Skills shortages
• Declining population
• Aging workforce
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Refugees Jobs Agenda: Rethinking Employer Role & Leadership
REFUGEE PROGRAM
Who’s involved?
Randstad Antenn
We Link
Sweden
Scania
Swedish Agency
for Economic &
Regional Growth
$Connection to community
Recruit, train & source
Demand
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Refugees Jobs Agenda: Rethinking Employer Role & Leadership
REFUGEE PROGRAM
How do we support refugee employment?
• Highlight individuals’ ability to work
• Connect with refugee population• We Link Sweden supports dialogue
• Create refugee pipeline into work
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Refugees Jobs Agenda: Rethinking Employer Role & Leadership
REFUGEE PROGRAM
We Link Sweden
1,8 Mkr*Projektägare
Municipalities
RandstadAntenn*
4,6 Mkr*Projektägare
Scania, Post Nord, ICAOther clients
Public Employment
Agency
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Refugees Jobs Agenda: Rethinking Employer Role & Leadership
REFUGEE PROGRAM
How do we support refugee employment?GCS HQ
Coach talk
Competence
Coach talk
Motivation
Coach talk
Interview
Application documents
Recruitment Interview
Sourcing
ANTENN
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Refugees Jobs Agenda: Rethinking Employer Role & Leadership
REFUGEE PROGRAM
What are the program specifics?
Newly arrived
Match candidates with clients
Coaching Provided
Find new channels to target group
400 people from target group will participate
100 people will get permanent job
50/50 – men & women employed
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Refugees Jobs Agenda: Rethinking Employer Role & Leadership
REFUGEE PROGRAM
How do will we select refugees?
Government
Agencies
Formal
Networks
Personal
Networks
Social
Media
Public
Spaces
Municipalities
Institutions
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Refugees Jobs Agenda: Rethinking Employer Role & Leadership
REFUGEE PROGRAM
How do will we select refugees?
Example: Visiting Networks
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Refugees Jobs Agenda: Rethinking Employer Role & Leadership
REFUGEE PROGRAM
What are the current outcomes?
Women; 25%
Men; 75%
DRCongo
Egypt Eritrea India
Iraq Morocco
Somalia
Sweden
Syria
TunisiaUzbekistan
Elementary; 30%
High school; 15%
University and college; 55%
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Acknowledgements
Refugees Jobs Agenda:
Rethinking Employer Role & Leadership
Merissa Preston, Training Liaison, LiUNA! Local 506 (Toronto, CA)
Anki Elken, Head of Sustainability & Public Affairs, Randstad Sweden Group (Stockholm, SE)
Fatma Hassan, Program Coordinator, Hire
Immigrants (Toronto, CA)
www.hireimmigrants.ca