On Saturday, January 25th, 2025, the Ottawa Newcomer Entrepreneurs Hub (ONE Hub) hosted its highly anticipated Annual Alumni Networking Event, “Showcasing Immigrant-Owned Businesses: Strengthening the Ottawa Business Community” at the World Skills Employment Centre. The event brought together over 70 attendees consisting of immigrant entrepreneurs, business experts, community partners, and aspiring entrepreneurs, all under one…
Firstly, we are thrilled to announce the launch of the Newcomer Mentorship for Future Leaders in Banking & Finance, a new addition to the corporate mentorship programs in banking and finance at World Skills. This exciting initiative made possible through a strong partnership between World Skills and RBC (Royal Bank of Canada), marked another step…
ONE Hub Incubation Program Recap! On August 1st, 2024, the Ottawa Newcomer Entrepreneurs Hub hosted a Pitch Networking Event to watch pitch presentations from 7 out of 8 inspiring immigrant entrepreneurs who completed our 4-week Incubation program. This program provided invaluable support and connections for their business development and growth. Furthermore, we had over 70…
Honouring Our 25th Anniversary Commitment with a Tree Planting Event! 
Today, October 3, 2024, the World Skills Employment Centre team fulfilled a special promise we made at our 25th Anniversary Gala—to plant 25 trees to commemorate this important milestone. 
Early this morning, 20 of our dedicated staff members headed to a beautiful farm…
On September 25th, 2024, World Skills hosted its 7th Annual Job Fair, bringing together 40 employers and 824 job seekers in search of career opportunities in Ottawa. This event provided internationally trained professionals, who now call Ottawa home, the chance to connect with a diverse range of local employers eager to fill vacancies and enrich…
World Skills Employment Centre is excited to announce the opening of our new office at 237 Argyle Avenue!
January 24, 2023 Canada’s national museums are one of Ottawa’s unique pleasures. It doesn’t take long for newcomers to discover them, especially if they have children. And it doesn’t take long to get a job with them, said Kate Moore, the HR Director for Ingenium, the Crown Corporation that manages these museums, the Agriculture and Food Museum,…
Kate MacDonald loves her job – helping people, newcomers in particular, find good work. Kate is the Senior Associate of Business Development in the Administrative and Customer Support division in the Ottawa office of Robert Half International (RHI), a global staffing firm with over 325 offices. On December 21, she gave a brilliant coaching session…
“I didn’t even know there was an Ontario Public Service!” exclaimed one ENW client after a great recruitment information session put on by two OPS program managers for 20 ENW clients. This is understandable because in Ottawa the OPS is almost invisible compared to the federal and municipal governments. Yet there are thousands of OPS…
Fall of 2022, World Skills and ESDC collaborated on a large recruiting drive (over 300 applications) to create talent pools for several roles, including some in IT, e.g. Project Manager, Data Scientist, and Business Analyst. While screening applications, it became clear that these role titles mean different things to different people. The understanding of these…
On November 25, 2022, Scotiabank held a highly innovative and productive recruitment campaign for World Skills clients to expand its talent pool for Financial Advisor and Customer Experience Associate candidates for all its Ottawa-area branches. These roles exist in every Scotiabank branch. These are great jobs with a choice of permanent full-time and part-time options….
Every month, ENW holds two events with employers in specific sectors: a Recruitment event and a Coaching event. In October it was NGOs. The Recruitment event featured OXFAM and Cooperation Canada gave the coaching session to a group of ENW women with relevant backgrounds who had expressed interest in working for NGOs. Cooperation Canada is…
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