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World Skills 7th Annual Job Fair: Seizing Ottawa’s Global Talent
October 3, 2024
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
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Arrive Prepared in Canada
August 22, 2023
Did you know that at World Skills, we help newcomers kick-start their Job Search journey before arriving in Canada? Making the decision to move to another country to start a new life is exciting but can also be very challenging. Navigating culture shock, a new climate, a different job market, learning new skills and integrating
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Discover Exciting New Job Opportunities in the Self Storage Industry
July 10, 2023
Did you know that the Self-storage Industry offers remote jobs as well? Self-storage has become an increasingly popular industry in recent years. With people downsizing their homes, relocating, or simply looking for a place to store their belongings, the demand for self-storage units has risen. If you are interested in pursuing a career in the
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Canada Border Services Agency launches Recruitment Drive – Partners with World Skills
July 6, 2023
The Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) has partnered with World Skills Employment Centre to host a Recruitment Drive and Information Session for IT professionals. The session was held in June where newcomers had an opportunity to learn about the benefits of working at the CBSA. .The CBSA’s Data and Database Administration Division says it is
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World Skills Wins 2023 Non-Profit Award
July 4, 2023
World Skills – Most Empowering Immigrant Employment Skills Development Organization 2023 – Ontario (Ottawa, July 4, 2023) ) In 2023, World Skills Employment Centre was nominated for the 2023 Non-profit Awards, organized and hosted by Acquisition International, a United Kingdom based multimedia company. World Skills won thd award in the category of, “Most Empowering
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Youth Advisory Committee Recruitment
June 29, 2023
FIN YESS Program Background Information: The Federal Internship for Newcomers (FIN) Program, which is managed by the Settlement and Integration Policy Branch within Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), aims to provide short-term work experience to internationally trained professionals in federal, provincial and municipal government organizations The Youth Employment and Skills Strategy (YESS), run by Employment
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Museums of the Future – Ingenium
February 9, 2023
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
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ENW Coaching Event – Robert Half International
January 6, 2023
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
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Ontario Public Service (OPS) Recruitment Drive
January 3, 2023
“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
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Clarifying IT Roles
January 3, 2023
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
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Scotiabank Fills Its Ottawa Talent Pool
January 3, 2023
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
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Coaching and Cooperation Canada
January 3, 2023
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
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OXFAM – ENW Program
January 3, 2023
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
