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Moncton, NB

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Immigration Law 101

Women’s integration (Gender perspective to immigration)

Vendre la réalité et non le rêve: Définir ‘la réalité’

Foreign credential recognition & bridging programs

NB in NB (no BS in New Brunswick)

Channels for finding talent in IT

Youth inclusion project

Involvement & Volunteering

How can we empower newcomers to hold visible leadership position in our community

When is the last time I went out of my way to have a conversation with, connect with, a newcomer

Degree program in newcomer welcoming

Creating a multiculturalism sensitivity curriculum in schools

Responsibility & accountability

Neighborhood involvement

How might we create B2B network to share best practices?

How can we better attract + retain international students to graduation and beyond?

Cross-cultural training for immigrants & recruiting communities & stakeholders & service providers

How training can help match labor market heads and immigration

St. John's, NL

Immigration for SME (Small, Medium Enterprises)

Fact Influencer

Retaining Newcomers in NL

How to prevent employee screening out based on nationalities?

Empowering Newcomer Immigrant/Refugee

Community Embrace Diversity

Immigration Francophone

Local Community Awareness

Arts & Culture Club

How can municipalities work together to make retention successful across the entire province?

Potluck arts experience Excuse to get together (Jams)

Collab between orgnizations

How do we connect employers and international students?

Awareness Implementation

Retention of International Students and Foreign Workers

Tombolo Festival-Keeping the Als room together annually

Moving beyond being new

Halifax, NS

How do we attract Workers/Immigrants to Rural Areas

Communication and Storytelling

Addressing underemployment / change of employment

Food security and immigration. (Its impact on Rural economies)

Inclusive language bias (unconscious)

Creating tomorrow's Nova Scotia - and inclusive Nova Scotia

Supporting immigrants or refugees facing oppression as minorities in their country of origin

How do we engage and Inspire our children?

New opportunities for work: Emerging Solutions attaching immigrants to meaningful work.

Universities Supporting International students

Sponsor Family Member

Inclusion Groups

Attracting Diverse Applicants

How can you become an ally to newcomers?

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Channels for finding talent in IT

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Who came? 
Carolina - Magma; Andrew - Moosehead\ESJ; Maryn - IRCC; Karla - Blue spurs consulting; Jessica - Venn; Sara - T4G; Ian - ESJ; Bonnie - Settlement group; Theresa - ONB; Sungmi - MCAF
Questions?
How did you find the employees you’ve hired through AIPP? 
How do we help skilled IT workers get hired to stay in the region?
Notes & Ideas
Job persona > job description 
How do we filter the resumes that come through?
Local consultants in target countries
Organisations like 3+ 
Mission trips
Community groups
Targets: Isreal, Ukraine, India (hit & miss)
What does IT mean? Lots of unknown
IT is an all industries and we need backgrounds from all disciplines 
Certifications
Can cross check it’s on databases 
Lots of junior talent in IT (0-3\5 years)
Some intermediate talent
Almost no senior talent 
Actions
Develop categories of roles that IT companies are looking for
Share job opps for candidates that are referred, that don’t fit at your org
Take away 
IT (industry) can do a better job explaining their hiring needs
We need to share candidates that don’t meet the need of your organisation to keep them in the region
Government agencies need to filter resumes better to what employers are looking for

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