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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 brilliant coaching session…
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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 of OPS…
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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 understanding of these…
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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 and part-time options….
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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 is…
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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 Newcomer Women (ENW)…
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World Skills is looking for Youth for a Brief Research Study
October 25, 2022
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…
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Targeted Recruitment Event – Not-for-Profit Social Services
September 14, 2022
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Coaching Event – Not-for-Profit Social Services
September 14, 2022
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Electricity HR Canada – Info Session
May 20, 2022
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City of Ottawa – How to get a job?
May 20, 2022
