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Employers find internationally-trained workers have
a good work ethic, are hardworking, loyal, flexible and skilled,
bring new ideas and diversity to their workplace, and provide access
to customers from other cultures and languages. (Source: Public Policy
Forum Study for Canadian Government, 2004)
'We
believe that immigrants may very well represent our largest
pool of available workers, and are delighted that your Society
provides this important service.'
Kathy Gaudry – Manager - Training and Staffing, Thrifty Foods
'
Staff
of the Employment Transitions Program pre-screen applicants
for positions we have available at The Fairmont Empress; interviews
with the selected candidates
are then conducted by members of the hotel’s Human Resources
Department. As a result of these interview sessions, we have
hired many valued employees
for various positions within the hotel.'
Catherine Cliff – Human Resources Advisor, The Fairmont Empress
'The
Employment Transitions Program has provided Trafford Publishing
with pre-screened and qualified applicants to review for possible
employment. Through this
process we have interviewed and hired many valued employees
that have contributed greatly
to our continuously changing company.'
Soleia Zotzman - Human Resources Coordinator,
Trafford Publishing
'I
have hired wonderful valued employees thanks to the efficient
staff and the way
this program is run.'
Cheryl Cooke - Manager, Jazzman’s Café at the
Royal BC Museum
'We
were able to bring a new member to our team....This opportunity
both helped an immigrant quickly find employment in an unfamiliar
community and also
more than
met our needs for this position, since the individual we eventually
hired had both the international experience and language skills
we were seeking.'
Penny Poole - Executive Director, World
Fisheries Trust
'We
find the Employment Transitions Program to be a very useful
service in recruiting
colleagues to
work at our care home.'
Michelle Goulet - Director of Support Services,
Mount Edward Court Care Home
'Your
group has offered the West Corporation an opportunity to find
and utilize the best possible candidates to assist our team
with our recruiting efforts.
We
have been impressed with the quality of your candidates, the
professionalism of your
team, and the initiatives they have created.'
Ejay Russell – Director of Human Resources, West Corporation
'The
Employment Liaison, Sukhmeet Grewal, and his team sent four
candidates our way, three of whom were worthy of interview.
This is a noteworthy
ratio. Within a
week we had hired one of these candidates.'
Christie Eng – President, Shady Creek
Ice Cream Company Ltd.
2005 Ethics in Action Award for Individual Impact
'All
employees that Premier Linen has hired through this program
have turned out to be
a great
asset to our
company.'
Chris Teader - Vice President, Premier Linen
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