Looking for a talented professional to hire in https://bccare.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/medcare-img22.jpgistration, finance or general business? MOSAIC is offering BCCPA members the opportunity to hire skilled immigrants for a 6-month internship at a 50 per cent wage subsidy.
The Immigrant Women’s Employment Readiness Connections Program (IWERC) matches employers with internationally-trained, professional women for a mentored internship. The program current has 15 participants (permanent residents or citizens, CLB level 7 and up) who have graduated from programs such as https://bccare.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/medcare-img22.jpgistration, human resources, marketing, business and finance.
Participants will be paid $20 per hour by the employer for a full-time position such as office coordinator, HR assistant, marketing assistant, accounting clerk, executive assistant, etc. The employer will receive $10 per hour as reimbursement from MOSAIC IWERC. The program is available in Metro Vancouver only.
Benefits for employers:
- Gain highly skilled employees
- Diversify the workplace to reflect changing global trends
- 50 per cent wage subsidy
- Free intercultural competency training
- Opportunity to work collaboratively with candidates to utilize innovative thinking processes to solve real-life problems
Immigrants bring more than just skills. They bring:
- Access to the international market. New customers, new products, new services!
- International connections
- Fresh and innovative perspectives
- Cultural know-how to increase success with cross-cultural ventures
The program is funded by the Government of Canada’s Foreign Credential Recognition Program. For more information, contact Program Coordinator Daisy Zhang at 778-861-1828 or email dzhang@mosaicbc.org. You can also contact Milena Godoy’s at 604-254-9626 x 1047 or email mgodoy@mosaicbc.org.
