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…
Quick. Think of an NGO (non-governmental organization). Chances are that OXFAM sprang to mind, and for good reason. It is one of the best-known NGOs in the world (founded in 1942 in England as the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief). So, when a large number of women in World Skills’ Empowering Visible Minority Newcomer Women (ENW)…
The Federal Internship for Newcomers Program – Youth Initiative (FIN-YESS) at World Skills Employment Centre is working on a new research study to: Explore the opportunities and constraints to young newcomer professionals’ employment in the Canadian public service Assess if new strategies are needed to promote the Canadian public service as an employer of choice for youth…
Red Cross TRE Tues. Oct 26, 2021 Join the largest humanitarian network in the world! This is how Elizabeth Parente-Roy pitches her job postings on LinkedIn. Elizabeth is a Talent Acquisition Specialist with the Canadian Red Cross. On Oct. 26, she brought this message to more than 20 clients in World Skills’ Empowering Visible Minority Newcomer Women (ENW) project. These clients…
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