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Enhancing Newcomer Success with Pre-Arrival Employment Services

ISIS offers pre-arrival services to empower immigrants through counseling, workshops, and support, aiding in their seamless integration into Canadian society. The program facilitates job readiness, networking, and career planning, benefiting over 300 clients annually. Pre-arrival support ensures newcomers are better prepared, enabling them to secure employment faster and increasing their success rate. Post-arrival, ISIS continues to provide various services and programs to enhance workforce integration.

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Enhancing Newcomer Success with Pre-Arrival Employment Services

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  1. CANNEXUS 2013 January 28th – 30th, 2013 Mohja Alia Manager, Employment and Bridging

  2. Mission Statement ISIS is a leading community organization that welcomes immigrants.  Working in partnership, ISIS offers services and creates opportunities that enable immigrants to participate fully in Canadian life.

  3. Over 300 pre-arrival clients per year • Pre-arrival clients currently live in over 30 countries • Top three source countries: India, Philippines and China • Post-arrival clients live in over 40 Nova Scotian communities ISIS Numbers

  4. Pre-arrival services have proven to be an invaluable asset in • setting expectations • preparing immigrants for the challenges they will face in Canada • speeding up their integration Why Pre-arrival?

  5. Supportive Online Learning Environment • Employment & Career Counseling • Business Counseling • Language Counseling Pre-arrival Services at ISIS

  6. Online Employment & CareerCounseling Business Counseling Language Counseling • Job Search Workshop  • Interview Skills Workshop • Working in Canada Workshop  • Practice Interview Program • Mentoring program • Workplace Communication Skills • Email Writing • Professional Writing Skills • Idioms for the Workplace • Listening Practice Activities • Interpersonal Communication Skills • Introduction to Business in Canada • Evaluating Your Business Idea

  7. Facilitated • Individualized follow-up • Self-paced activities • Timely feedback • Peer interaction • Discussion groups • Customized activities Supportive Online Learning Environment

  8. Employment Counseling Set goals, make plans, build skills… • Provide individual pre-arrival employment counseling • Assess transferrable skills and work experience • Help clients understand Canadian labor market realities (be Job Ready)

  9. Employment Counseling For clients in regulated occupations… • Self assessment tools (i.e. healthcare professions, engineering, law) • Pathway to licensure diagrams • Access to information and online resources • Referral to regulatory bodies and professional associations

  10. Employment Counseling Begin links to workforce integration… • Help to identify and research potential employers • Refer to specific employers • Pre-arrival interviews with employers

  11. Pre-arrival / Distance Employment Counselling

  12. 91% Employed in field Outcomes Pre-arrival

  13. Get started earlier and arrive better prepared • Build realistic expectations • Complete assessment of credentials and preliminary exams • Identify essential and employability skills (self assessment) • Ready to start other profession specific bridging programs immediately on arrival • Identify and explore alternative careers • Connect strategically with employers • Boost newcomers’ employment rate and pace! Benefits of Pre-arrival Services

  14. Integrating Faster: Post-arrival supports & programs • Work Placement • Wage Subsidy • Work-based Competency Assessment for Engineers • Professional Bridging Programs (IMG, IPG, IEDP) • Observerships (ITL, IMG)

  15. International Medical Graduates Video • International Pharmacy Graduates Video

  16. International Pharmacy Graduates (IPGs) Success Rate- 2012 • 16 IPGs participated in the pharmacy Bridging Program at ISIS and sat for the Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada exams • 14 IPGs passed exam/exams • 9 IPGs are fully licensed and started practicing pharmacy in NS The success rate of IPGs attending the IPG Bridging Program in Nova Scotia is 88%

  17. IMGs’ Success Rate- 2011 IMGs in NS : 2011 Pass rate – 70 % IMGs in NS: 2011 Pass rate – 83%

  18. Success Story Services Received: “I am writing to share with you and thank you and everyone at ISIS for all the support and aid that has allowed me to successfully find a remarkable employment opportunity that will kick off my career here in Canada to an amazing start!!! I have been accepted as a Research Associate at Capital Health/IWK. I will forever be indebted to you and ISIS for providing me with the essentials of successful settlement and job finding mainly pre-arrival as well as post arrival, without which I would have been completely stranded and more than likely unable to find a job as perfect and as relevant to me as the one I have now. Thank you.” Pre-arrival client • Pre-arrival: • Employment counseling • Pre-employment workshops • Pathway navigation • Employer connections & • referral • Post-arrival: • Practice interview • Introduction to the IMG • Bridging program • Employer connections & • referral

  19. Halifax, NS Last word: Pre-arrival services are an essential part of our strategy to help newcomers succeed

  20. Group occupation-based orientation sessions • E-recruitment tool (in process) • Expanding professional mentor program • Live-streaming (trial phase) • Online access to profession specific information sessions, • educational resources, and courses (www.online.isisns.ca) • Connect regulatory partners with pre-arrival initiatives • (i.e. Nova Scotia Start) Moving forward

  21. Questions?

  22. THANK YOU Mohja Alia Manager, Employment and Bridging Programs Immigrant Settlement and Integration Services (ISIS) (902) 406-8840 malia@isisns.ca

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